Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Croatia

Urban population share in Croatia in 2025 — 57.8%. Ranked 135 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 27.7 pp.

2025 57.8% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 135of 217
Period maximum 57.8%2025
Period minimum 30.1%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Croatia, 1960–20253040506019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 30.1%1962: 32%1964: 34.1%1966: 36.3%1968: 38.4%1970: 40.4%1972: 42%1974: 43.4%1976: 44.8%1978: 46%1980: 47.3%1982: 48.7%1984: 50.2%1986: 51.8%1988: 53.1%1990: 54.1%1992: 54.6%1994: 55%1996: 55.3%1998: 55.6%2000: 55.7%2002: 55.7%2004: 55.6%2006: 55.5%2008: 55.4%2010: 55.3%2012: 55.3%2014: 55.5%2016: 55.7%2018: 56.1%2020: 56.5%2022: 57%2024: 57.5%2025: 57.8%
Change over the period: +27.7 pp Annual average: 0.43 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Croatia

Croatia 57.8%
World 57.8%
Southern Europe computed 71.8%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — Croatia, by year Croatia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 57.8 +0.3 pp
2024 57.5 +0.3 pp
2023 57.2 +0.2 pp
2022 57 +0.2 pp
2021 56.8 +0.2 pp
2020 56.5 +0.2 pp
2019 56.3 +0.2 pp
2018 56.1 +0.2 pp
2017 55.9 +0.2 pp
2016 55.7 +0.1 pp
2015 55.6 +0.1 pp
2014 55.5 +0.1 pp
2013 55.4 +0.1 pp
2012 55.3 +0 pp
2011 55.3 −0 pp
2010 55.3 −0 pp
2009 55.3 −0 pp
2008 55.4 −0.1 pp
2007 55.4 −0.1 pp
2006 55.5 −0.1 pp
2005 55.5 −0.1 pp
2004 55.6 −0 pp
2003 55.6 −0 pp
2002 55.7 −0 pp
2001 55.7 +0 pp
2000 55.7 +0 pp
1999 55.6 +0.1 pp
1998 55.6 +0.1 pp
1997 55.5 +0.1 pp
1996 55.3 +0.2 pp
1995 55.2 +0.2 pp
1994 55 +0.2 pp
1993 54.8 +0.2 pp
1992 54.6 +0.2 pp
1991 54.3 +0.3 pp
1990 54.1 +0.4 pp
1989 53.7 +0.5 pp
1988 53.1 +0.6 pp
1987 52.5 +0.7 pp
1986 51.8 +0.8 pp
1985 51 +0.8 pp
1984 50.2 +0.8 pp
1983 49.4 +0.8 pp
1982 48.7 +0.7 pp
1981 48 +0.7 pp
1980 47.3 +0.6 pp
1979 46.7 +0.6 pp
1978 46 +0.6 pp
1977 45.4 +0.6 pp
1976 44.8 +0.7 pp
1975 44.1 +0.7 pp
1974 43.4 +0.7 pp
1973 42.7 +0.7 pp
1972 42 +0.8 pp
1971 41.2 +0.8 pp
1970 40.4 +0.9 pp
1969 39.4 +1 pp
1968 38.4 +1.1 pp
1967 37.4 +1.1 pp
1966 36.3 +1.1 pp
1965 35.2 +1.1 pp
1964 34.1 +1.1 pp
1963 33 +1 pp
1962 32 +1 pp
1961 31 +0.9 pp
1960 30.1

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.