Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Indonesia

Urban population share in Indonesia in 2025 — 59.4%. Ranked 130 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 44.8 pp.

2025 59.4% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 130of 217
Period maximum 59.4%2025
Period minimum 14.6%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Indonesia, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 14.6%1962: 15.1%1964: 15.5%1966: 15.9%1968: 16.3%1970: 16.8%1972: 17.5%1974: 18.4%1976: 19.5%1978: 20.8%1980: 22.1%1982: 23.6%1984: 25.2%1986: 26.9%1988: 28.7%1990: 30.6%1992: 32.7%1994: 35.1%1996: 37.5%1998: 39.9%2000: 42%2002: 43.8%2004: 45.4%2006: 47%2008: 48.5%2010: 49.9%2012: 51.2%2014: 52.5%2016: 53.8%2018: 55.1%2020: 56.3%2022: 57.5%2024: 58.8%2025: 59.4%
Change over the period: +44.8 pp Annual average: 0.69 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Indonesia 59.4%
World 57.8%
South-Eastern Asia computed 54.4%
Urban population share — Indonesia, by year Indonesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 59.4 +0.6 pp
2024 58.8 +0.6 pp
2023 58.1 +0.6 pp
2022 57.5 +0.6 pp
2021 56.9 +0.6 pp
2020 56.3 +0.5 pp
2019 55.7 +0.6 pp
2018 55.1 +0.6 pp
2017 54.5 +0.6 pp
2016 53.8 +0.6 pp
2015 53.2 +0.7 pp
2014 52.5 +0.7 pp
2013 51.8 +0.7 pp
2012 51.2 +0.7 pp
2011 50.5 +0.6 pp
2010 49.9 +0.7 pp
2009 49.2 +0.7 pp
2008 48.5 +0.7 pp
2007 47.7 +0.7 pp
2006 47 +0.8 pp
2005 46.2 +0.8 pp
2004 45.4 +0.8 pp
2003 44.6 +0.8 pp
2002 43.8 +0.9 pp
2001 42.9 +0.9 pp
2000 42 +1 pp
1999 41 +1.1 pp
1998 39.9 +1.2 pp
1997 38.7 +1.2 pp
1996 37.5 +1.2 pp
1995 36.3 +1.2 pp
1994 35.1 +1.2 pp
1993 33.9 +1.2 pp
1992 32.7 +1.1 pp
1991 31.6 +1 pp
1990 30.6 +1 pp
1989 29.6 +0.9 pp
1988 28.7 +0.9 pp
1987 27.8 +0.9 pp
1986 26.9 +0.9 pp
1985 26 +0.8 pp
1984 25.2 +0.8 pp
1983 24.3 +0.8 pp
1982 23.6 +0.7 pp
1981 22.8 +0.7 pp
1980 22.1 +0.7 pp
1979 21.5 +0.7 pp
1978 20.8 +0.7 pp
1977 20.1 +0.6 pp
1976 19.5 +0.6 pp
1975 18.9 +0.5 pp
1974 18.4 +0.5 pp
1973 17.9 +0.4 pp
1972 17.5 +0.4 pp
1971 17.1 +0.3 pp
1970 16.8 +0.3 pp
1969 16.5 +0.2 pp
1968 16.3 +0.2 pp
1967 16.1 +0.2 pp
1966 15.9 +0.2 pp
1965 15.7 +0.2 pp
1964 15.5 +0.2 pp
1963 15.3 +0.2 pp
1962 15.1 +0.2 pp
1961 14.8 +0.2 pp
1960 14.6

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.