Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Cyprus

Urban population share in Cyprus in 2025 — 66.7%. Ranked 100 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 31.4 pp.

2025 66.7% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 100of 217
Period maximum 68.8%2001
Period minimum 35.3%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Cyprus, 1960–2025304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 35.3%1962: 37.1%1964: 38%1966: 38.7%1968: 39.2%1970: 40.1%1972: 41.5%1974: 46.1%1976: 53.3%1978: 57.6%1980: 61.1%1982: 63.3%1984: 64.6%1986: 65.7%1988: 66.5%1990: 67.1%1992: 67.6%1994: 68%1996: 68.3%1998: 68.6%2000: 68.8%2002: 68.8%2004: 68.6%2006: 68.3%2008: 67.9%2010: 67.5%2012: 67.3%2014: 67.1%2016: 67%2018: 66.8%2020: 66.7%2022: 66.7%2024: 66.7%2025: 66.7%
Change over the period: +31.4 pp Annual average: 0.48 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Cyprus 66.7%
World 57.8%
Western Asia computed 76.2%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — Cyprus, by year Cyprus All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 66.7 +0 pp
2024 66.7 +0 pp
2023 66.7 +0 pp
2022 66.7 −0 pp
2021 66.7 −0 pp
2020 66.7 −0 pp
2019 66.8 −0.1 pp
2018 66.8 −0.1 pp
2017 66.9 −0.1 pp
2016 67 −0.1 pp
2015 67 −0.1 pp
2014 67.1 −0.1 pp
2013 67.2 −0.1 pp
2012 67.3 −0.1 pp
2011 67.4 −0.1 pp
2010 67.5 −0.2 pp
2009 67.7 −0.2 pp
2008 67.9 −0.2 pp
2007 68.1 −0.2 pp
2006 68.3 −0.2 pp
2005 68.4 −0.2 pp
2004 68.6 −0.1 pp
2003 68.7 −0.1 pp
2002 68.8 −0 pp
2001 68.8 +0 pp
2000 68.8 +0.1 pp
1999 68.7 +0.1 pp
1998 68.6 +0.1 pp
1997 68.5 +0.1 pp
1996 68.3 +0.2 pp
1995 68.2 +0.2 pp
1994 68 +0.2 pp
1993 67.8 +0.2 pp
1992 67.6 +0.2 pp
1991 67.4 +0.3 pp
1990 67.1 +0.3 pp
1989 66.8 +0.3 pp
1988 66.5 +0.4 pp
1987 66.1 +0.4 pp
1986 65.7 +0.5 pp
1985 65.2 +0.5 pp
1984 64.6 +0.6 pp
1983 64 +0.7 pp
1982 63.3 +1 pp
1981 62.4 +1.3 pp
1980 61.1 +1.6 pp
1979 59.5 +1.9 pp
1978 57.6 +2.1 pp
1977 55.5 +2.2 pp
1976 53.3 +2.9 pp
1975 50.4 +4.3 pp
1974 46.1 +3.4 pp
1973 42.7 +1.2 pp
1972 41.5 +0.8 pp
1971 40.7 +0.6 pp
1970 40.1 +0.5 pp
1969 39.6 +0.4 pp
1968 39.2 +0.3 pp
1967 38.9 +0.3 pp
1966 38.7 +0.3 pp
1965 38.4 +0.3 pp
1964 38 +0.4 pp
1963 37.6 +0.5 pp
1962 37.1 +0.7 pp
1961 36.4 +1.1 pp
1960 35.3

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.