Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Haiti

Urban population share in Haiti in 2025 — 55.6%. Ranked 143 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 40.4 pp.

2025 55.6% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 143of 217
Period maximum 55.6%2025
Period minimum 15.2%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Haiti, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 15.2%1962: 16%1964: 16.8%1966: 17.6%1968: 18.4%1970: 19.3%1972: 20.4%1974: 20.5%1976: 20.5%1978: 20.5%1980: 20.6%1982: 20.6%1984: 20.9%1986: 21.7%1988: 22.9%1990: 24.4%1992: 26.4%1994: 28.6%1996: 31.1%1998: 33.9%2000: 36.8%2002: 40%2004: 41.9%2006: 43.3%2008: 44.7%2010: 46.1%2012: 47.4%2014: 48.8%2016: 50.1%2018: 51.4%2020: 52.6%2022: 53.9%2024: 55%2025: 55.6%
Change over the period: +40.4 pp Annual average: 0.62 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Haiti 55.6%
World 57.8%
Caribbean computed 69%
Low-income countries computed 35.6%
Urban population share — Haiti, by year Haiti All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 55.6 +0.6 pp
2024 55 +0.6 pp
2023 54.4 +0.6 pp
2022 53.9 +0.6 pp
2021 53.2 +0.6 pp
2020 52.6 +0.6 pp
2019 52 +0.6 pp
2018 51.4 +0.6 pp
2017 50.7 +0.6 pp
2016 50.1 +0.7 pp
2015 49.4 +0.7 pp
2014 48.8 +0.7 pp
2013 48.1 +0.7 pp
2012 47.4 +0.7 pp
2011 46.8 +0.7 pp
2010 46.1 +0.7 pp
2009 45.4 +0.7 pp
2008 44.7 +0.7 pp
2007 44 +0.7 pp
2006 43.3 +0.7 pp
2005 42.6 +0.7 pp
2004 41.9 +0.7 pp
2003 41.2 +1.2 pp
2002 40 +1.6 pp
2001 38.4 +1.5 pp
2000 36.8 +1.5 pp
1999 35.3 +1.5 pp
1998 33.9 +1.4 pp
1997 32.5 +1.4 pp
1996 31.1 +1.3 pp
1995 29.8 +1.2 pp
1994 28.6 +1.2 pp
1993 27.4 +1.1 pp
1992 26.4 +1 pp
1991 25.4 +0.9 pp
1990 24.4 +0.8 pp
1989 23.6 +0.7 pp
1988 22.9 +0.6 pp
1987 22.2 +0.5 pp
1986 21.7 +0.4 pp
1985 21.3 +0.3 pp
1984 20.9 +0.2 pp
1983 20.7 +0.1 pp
1982 20.6 +0 pp
1981 20.6 +0 pp
1980 20.6 +0 pp
1979 20.5 +0 pp
1978 20.5 +0 pp
1977 20.5 +0 pp
1976 20.5 +0 pp
1975 20.5 +0 pp
1974 20.5 +0 pp
1973 20.4 +0 pp
1972 20.4 +0.1 pp
1971 20.3 +1 pp
1970 19.3 +0.4 pp
1969 18.8 +0.4 pp
1968 18.4 +0.4 pp
1967 18 +0.4 pp
1966 17.6 +0.4 pp
1965 17.2 +0.4 pp
1964 16.8 +0.4 pp
1963 16.4 +0.4 pp
1962 16 +0.4 pp
1961 15.6 +0.4 pp
1960 15.2

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.