Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Micronesia

Urban population share in Micronesia in 2025 — 22.5%. Ranked 208 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 0.5 pp.

2025 22.5% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 208of 217
Period maximum 26.5%1980
Period minimum 22.3%2010

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Micronesia, 1960–20252224262819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 23%1962: 23.5%1964: 24%1966: 24.4%1968: 24.8%1970: 25.2%1972: 25.5%1974: 25.8%1976: 26.1%1978: 26.4%1980: 26.5%1982: 26.5%1984: 26.4%1986: 26.3%1988: 26.2%1990: 26%1992: 25.8%1994: 25.6%1996: 24.6%1998: 23%2000: 22.3%2002: 22.3%2004: 22.3%2006: 22.3%2008: 22.3%2010: 22.3%2012: 22.3%2014: 22.3%2016: 22.3%2018: 22.3%2020: 22.4%2022: 22.4%2024: 22.5%2025: 22.5%
Change over the period: −0.5 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Micronesia 22.5%
World 57.8%
Micronesia (subregion) computed 69.3%
Urban population share — Micronesia, by year Micronesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 22.5 +0 pp
2024 22.5 +0 pp
2023 22.4 +0 pp
2022 22.4 +0 pp
2021 22.4 +0 pp
2020 22.4 +0 pp
2019 22.4 +0 pp
2018 22.3 +0 pp
2017 22.3 +0 pp
2016 22.3 +0 pp
2015 22.3 +0 pp
2014 22.3 +0 pp
2013 22.3 +0 pp
2012 22.3 +0 pp
2011 22.3 +0 pp
2010 22.3 −0 pp
2009 22.3 −0 pp
2008 22.3 −0 pp
2007 22.3 −0 pp
2006 22.3 −0 pp
2005 22.3 +0 pp
2004 22.3 +0 pp
2003 22.3 +0 pp
2002 22.3 +0 pp
2001 22.3 +0 pp
2000 22.3 −0.2 pp
1999 22.5 −0.6 pp
1998 23 −0.8 pp
1997 23.8 −0.8 pp
1996 24.6 −0.6 pp
1995 25.3 −0.3 pp
1994 25.6 −0.1 pp
1993 25.7 −0.1 pp
1992 25.8 −0.1 pp
1991 25.9 −0.1 pp
1990 26 −0.1 pp
1989 26.1 −0.1 pp
1988 26.2 −0.1 pp
1987 26.2 −0.1 pp
1986 26.3 −0 pp
1985 26.4 −0 pp
1984 26.4 −0 pp
1983 26.4 −0 pp
1982 26.5 −0 pp
1981 26.5 −0 pp
1980 26.5 +0 pp
1979 26.4 +0.1 pp
1978 26.4 +0.1 pp
1977 26.3 +0.1 pp
1976 26.1 +0.2 pp
1975 26 +0.2 pp
1974 25.8 +0.2 pp
1973 25.6 +0.2 pp
1972 25.5 +0.2 pp
1971 25.3 +0.2 pp
1970 25.2 +0.2 pp
1969 25 +0.2 pp
1968 24.8 +0.2 pp
1967 24.6 +0.2 pp
1966 24.4 +0.2 pp
1965 24.2 +0.2 pp
1964 24 +0.2 pp
1963 23.7 +0.2 pp
1962 23.5 +0.2 pp
1961 23.3 +0.3 pp
1960 23

Micronesia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.