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Urban population share — North Macedonia

Urban population share in North Macedonia in 2025 — 62.9%. Ranked 116 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 28.9 pp.

2025 62.9% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 116of 217
Period maximum 62.9%2025
Period minimum 34%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — North Macedonia, 1960–2025304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 34%1962: 36.5%1964: 39.4%1966: 42.4%1968: 45.1%1970: 47.4%1972: 49.1%1974: 50.4%1976: 51.6%1978: 52.6%1980: 53.5%1982: 54.5%1984: 55.2%1986: 55.9%1988: 56.7%1990: 57.5%1992: 58.6%1994: 59.8%1996: 59.7%1998: 59.3%2000: 58.5%2002: 57.9%2004: 57.9%2006: 57.9%2008: 58%2010: 58.1%2012: 58.4%2014: 58.8%2016: 59.4%2018: 60.2%2020: 61.2%2022: 62%2024: 62.6%2025: 62.9%
Change over the period: +28.9 pp Annual average: 0.44 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

North Macedonia 62.9%
World 57.8%
Europe & Central Asia 74.1%
Southern Europe computed 71.8%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 69.8%
Urban population share — North Macedonia, by year North Macedonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 62.9 +0.3 pp
2024 62.6 +0.3 pp
2023 62.3 +0.3 pp
2022 62 +0.3 pp
2021 61.7 +0.5 pp
2020 61.2 +0.5 pp
2019 60.6 +0.5 pp
2018 60.2 +0.4 pp
2017 59.7 +0.4 pp
2016 59.4 +0.3 pp
2015 59.1 +0.3 pp
2014 58.8 +0.2 pp
2013 58.6 +0.2 pp
2012 58.4 +0.2 pp
2011 58.2 +0.1 pp
2010 58.1 +0.1 pp
2009 58 +0.1 pp
2008 58 +0 pp
2007 57.9 +0 pp
2006 57.9 +0 pp
2005 57.9 +0 pp
2004 57.9 +0 pp
2003 57.9 −0 pp
2002 57.9 −0.2 pp
2001 58.1 −0.4 pp
2000 58.5 −0.5 pp
1999 58.9 −0.4 pp
1998 59.3 −0.2 pp
1997 59.6 −0.1 pp
1996 59.7 −0.1 pp
1995 59.7 −0 pp
1994 59.8 +0.4 pp
1993 59.4 +0.8 pp
1992 58.6 +0.6 pp
1991 57.9 +0.5 pp
1990 57.5 +0.4 pp
1989 57.1 +0.4 pp
1988 56.7 +0.4 pp
1987 56.3 +0.4 pp
1986 55.9 +0.4 pp
1985 55.6 +0.4 pp
1984 55.2 +0.4 pp
1983 54.9 +0.4 pp
1982 54.5 +0.4 pp
1981 54 +0.5 pp
1980 53.5 +0.5 pp
1979 53.1 +0.5 pp
1978 52.6 +0.5 pp
1977 52.1 +0.5 pp
1976 51.6 +0.6 pp
1975 51 +0.6 pp
1974 50.4 +0.6 pp
1973 49.8 +0.7 pp
1972 49.1 +0.8 pp
1971 48.3 +0.9 pp
1970 47.4 +1.1 pp
1969 46.4 +1.2 pp
1968 45.1 +1.4 pp
1967 43.8 +1.4 pp
1966 42.4 +1.5 pp
1965 40.9 +1.5 pp
1964 39.4 +1.5 pp
1963 37.9 +1.4 pp
1962 36.5 +1.3 pp
1961 35.2 +1.2 pp
1960 34 —

Southern Europe, 2025

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

GI Gibraltar 100 MC Monaco 100 SM San Marino 97.2 MT Malta 95.7 AD Andorra 88.9 ES Spain 80.5 GR Greece 79.2 IT Italy 69.7 ME Montenegro 65.6 MK North Macedonia 62.9 RS Serbia 62.6 PT Portugal 61.5 AL Albania 58.9 HR Croatia 57.8 SI Slovenia 56 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 52.7 XK Kosovo 50.9
Full table for all countries

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.

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