Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — EAEU

Urban population share in the EAEU in 2025 — 72.2%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 20.3 pp.

2025 72.2% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 72.2%2025
Period minimum 51.9%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — EAEU, 1960–20255060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 51.9%1962: 53.7%1964: 55.3%1966: 56.8%1968: 58.4%1970: 60%1972: 61.5%1974: 63.3%1976: 64.8%1978: 65.9%1980: 67%1982: 68%1984: 68.8%1986: 69.6%1988: 70.4%1990: 70.8%1992: 70.5%1994: 70.2%1996: 70.2%1998: 70.4%2000: 70.3%2002: 70.4%2004: 70.3%2006: 70.2%2008: 70.4%2010: 70.5%2012: 70.8%2014: 71%2016: 71.2%2018: 71.4%2020: 71.7%2022: 71.9%2024: 72.1%2025: 72.2%
Change over the period: +20.3 pp Annual average: 0.31 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

EAEU 72.2%
World 57.8%
Urban population share — EAEU, by year EAEU All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 72.2 +0.1 pp
2024 72.1 +0.1 pp
2023 72 +0.1 pp
2022 71.9 +0.1 pp
2021 71.8 +0.1 pp
2020 71.7 +0.1 pp
2019 71.6 +0.1 pp
2018 71.4 +0.1 pp
2017 71.3 +0.1 pp
2016 71.2 +0.1 pp
2015 71.1 +0.1 pp
2014 71 +0.1 pp
2013 70.9 +0.1 pp
2012 70.8 +0.1 pp
2011 70.7 +0.2 pp
2010 70.5 +0.1 pp
2009 70.4 +0 pp
2008 70.4 +0.1 pp
2007 70.3 +0.1 pp
2006 70.2 +0 pp
2005 70.2 −0.2 pp
2004 70.3 −0.1 pp
2003 70.5 +0.1 pp
2002 70.4 +0 pp
2001 70.4 +0 pp
2000 70.3 +0.1 pp
1999 70.2 −0.2 pp
1998 70.4 +0.1 pp
1997 70.3 +0 pp
1996 70.2 +0.1 pp
1995 70.2 −0 pp
1994 70.2 −0.1 pp
1993 70.2 −0.3 pp
1992 70.5 −0.3 pp
1991 70.8 −0 pp
1990 70.8 +0.1 pp
1989 70.7 +0.3 pp
1988 70.4 +0.3 pp
1987 70 +0.4 pp
1986 69.6 +0.4 pp
1985 69.2 +0.4 pp
1984 68.8 +0.4 pp
1983 68.4 +0.5 pp
1982 68 +0.5 pp
1981 67.5 +0.5 pp
1980 67 +0.5 pp
1979 66.5 +0.5 pp
1978 65.9 +0.5 pp
1977 65.4 +0.6 pp
1976 64.8 +0.7 pp
1975 64.1 +0.8 pp
1974 63.3 +0.9 pp
1973 62.4 +0.9 pp
1972 61.5 +0.9 pp
1971 60.7 +0.6 pp
1970 60 +0.8 pp
1969 59.3 +0.8 pp
1968 58.4 +0.8 pp
1967 57.6 +0.8 pp
1966 56.8 +0.8 pp
1965 56 +0.7 pp
1964 55.3 +0.8 pp
1963 54.5 +0.8 pp
1962 53.7 +0.8 pp
1961 52.9 +1 pp
1960 51.9

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.