Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Northern Mariana Islands

Urban population share in the Northern Mariana Islands in 2025 — 92.2%. Ranked 27 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 12 pp.

2025 92.2% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 27of 217
Period maximum 92.2%2025
Period minimum 80.1%1970

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Northern Mariana Islands, 1960–20258085909519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 80.1%1962: 81.3%1964: 81.1%1966: 81.2%1968: 81.4%1970: 80.1%1972: 86.4%1974: 86.4%1976: 86.5%1978: 86.6%1980: 86.7%1982: 87.2%1984: 88%1986: 88.8%1988: 89.5%1990: 89.7%1992: 89.7%1994: 89.6%1996: 89.6%1998: 89.9%2000: 90.2%2002: 90.3%2004: 90.5%2006: 90.7%2008: 90.8%2010: 90.9%2012: 91.1%2014: 91.3%2016: 91.4%2018: 91.5%2020: 91.7%2022: 91.9%2024: 92.1%2025: 92.2%
Change over the period: +12 pp Annual average: 0.19 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Northern Mariana Islands

Northern Mariana Islands 92.2%
World 57.8%
Micronesia (subregion) computed 69.3%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — Northern Mariana Islands, by year Northern Mariana Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 92.2 +0.1 pp
2024 92.1 +0.1 pp
2023 92 +0.1 pp
2022 91.9 +0.1 pp
2021 91.8 +0.1 pp
2020 91.7 +0.1 pp
2019 91.6 +0.1 pp
2018 91.5 +0.1 pp
2017 91.5 +0.1 pp
2016 91.4 +0.1 pp
2015 91.3 +0.1 pp
2014 91.3 +0.1 pp
2013 91.2 +0.1 pp
2012 91.1 +0.1 pp
2011 91 +0.1 pp
2010 90.9 +0.1 pp
2009 90.9 +0.1 pp
2008 90.8 +0.1 pp
2007 90.7 +0.1 pp
2006 90.7 +0.1 pp
2005 90.6 +0.1 pp
2004 90.5 +0.1 pp
2003 90.4 +0.1 pp
2002 90.3 +0.1 pp
2001 90.3 +0.1 pp
2000 90.2 +0.1 pp
1999 90 +0.2 pp
1998 89.9 +0.2 pp
1997 89.7 +0.1 pp
1996 89.6 +0 pp
1995 89.6 −0 pp
1994 89.6 −0 pp
1993 89.6 −0.1 pp
1992 89.7 −0 pp
1991 89.7 −0 pp
1990 89.7 +0 pp
1989 89.7 +0.2 pp
1988 89.5 +0.3 pp
1987 89.2 +0.4 pp
1986 88.8 +0.4 pp
1985 88.4 +0.4 pp
1984 88 +0.4 pp
1983 87.6 +0.4 pp
1982 87.2 +0.3 pp
1981 86.9 +0.2 pp
1980 86.7 +0.1 pp
1979 86.6 +0.1 pp
1978 86.6 +0.1 pp
1977 86.5 +0.1 pp
1976 86.5 +0 pp
1975 86.4 +0 pp
1974 86.4 +0 pp
1973 86.4 +0 pp
1972 86.4 +3 pp
1971 83.4 +3.3 pp
1970 80.1 −0.2 pp
1969 80.2 −1.2 pp
1968 81.4 −0.8 pp
1967 82.2 +1.1 pp
1966 81.2 +0.7 pp
1965 80.4 −0.6 pp
1964 81.1 −0.3 pp
1963 81.4 +0.1 pp
1962 81.3 +0.3 pp
1961 81 +0.9 pp
1960 80.1

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.