Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Czechia

Urban population share in Czechia in 2025 — 72.9%. Ranked 79 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 13.3 pp.

2025 72.9% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 79of 217
Period maximum 75.5%1981
Period minimum 59.6%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Czechia, 1960–202555606570758019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 59.6%1962: 60.6%1964: 61.5%1966: 62.4%1968: 63.3%1970: 64.4%1972: 65.7%1974: 67%1976: 69.5%1978: 69.7%1980: 74.7%1982: 75.5%1984: 75.5%1986: 75.4%1988: 75.3%1990: 75.2%1992: 75.1%1994: 74.9%1996: 74.6%1998: 74.3%2000: 74%2002: 73.8%2004: 73.7%2006: 73.6%2008: 73.5%2010: 73.3%2012: 73.2%2014: 73.1%2016: 73%2018: 72.8%2020: 72.7%2022: 72.7%2024: 72.8%2025: 72.9%
Change over the period: +13.3 pp Annual average: 0.2 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Czechia 72.9%
World 57.8%
Eastern Europe computed 70.1%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — Czechia, by year Czechia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 72.9 +0.1 pp
2024 72.8 +0.1 pp
2023 72.7 +0 pp
2022 72.7 +0 pp
2021 72.7 −0 pp
2020 72.7 −0.1 pp
2019 72.8 −0.1 pp
2018 72.8 −0.1 pp
2017 72.9 −0.1 pp
2016 73 −0.1 pp
2015 73 −0.1 pp
2014 73.1 −0.1 pp
2013 73.2 −0.1 pp
2012 73.2 −0.1 pp
2011 73.3 −0.1 pp
2010 73.3 −0.1 pp
2009 73.4 −0.1 pp
2008 73.5 −0.1 pp
2007 73.5 −0.1 pp
2006 73.6 −0.1 pp
2005 73.6 −0.1 pp
2004 73.7 −0.1 pp
2003 73.8 −0.1 pp
2002 73.8 −0.1 pp
2001 73.9 −0.1 pp
2000 74 −0.1 pp
1999 74.1 −0.1 pp
1998 74.3 −0.1 pp
1997 74.4 −0.2 pp
1996 74.6 −0.2 pp
1995 74.7 −0.1 pp
1994 74.9 −0.1 pp
1993 75 −0.1 pp
1992 75.1 −0.1 pp
1991 75.2 −0.1 pp
1990 75.2 −0 pp
1989 75.3 −0 pp
1988 75.3 −0 pp
1987 75.4 −0 pp
1986 75.4 −0 pp
1985 75.4 −0 pp
1984 75.5 −0 pp
1983 75.5 −0 pp
1982 75.5 −0 pp
1981 75.5 +0.8 pp
1980 74.7 +4.6 pp
1979 70.1 +0.4 pp
1978 69.7 −0.7 pp
1977 70.4 +0.9 pp
1976 69.5 +2.1 pp
1975 67.3 +0.3 pp
1974 67 +0.6 pp
1973 66.4 +0.7 pp
1972 65.7 +0.7 pp
1971 65 +0.6 pp
1970 64.4 +0.5 pp
1969 63.8 +0.5 pp
1968 63.3 +0.5 pp
1967 62.8 +0.5 pp
1966 62.4 +0.5 pp
1965 61.9 +0.4 pp
1964 61.5 +0.5 pp
1963 61 +0.5 pp
1962 60.6 +0.5 pp
1961 60.1 +0.5 pp
1960 59.6

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.