Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Serbia

Urban population share in Serbia in 2025 — 62.6%. Ranked 118 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 33.6 pp.

2025 62.6% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 118of 217
Period maximum 62.6%2025
Period minimum 29.1%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Serbia, 1960–202520304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 29.1%1962: 31.1%1964: 33.4%1966: 35.8%1968: 38%1970: 40%1972: 41.5%1974: 42.9%1976: 44.1%1978: 45.2%1980: 46.2%1982: 47.2%1984: 48%1986: 48.8%1988: 49.5%1990: 50.4%1992: 51.3%1994: 52.4%1996: 53.5%1998: 54.6%2000: 55.6%2002: 56.5%2004: 57.3%2006: 58.2%2008: 58.9%2010: 59.4%2012: 59.3%2014: 59.9%2016: 60.4%2018: 60.8%2020: 61.2%2022: 61.9%2024: 62.4%2025: 62.6%
Change over the period: +33.6 pp Annual average: 0.52 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Serbia 62.6%
World 57.8%
Southern Europe computed 71.8%
Urban population share — Serbia, by year Serbia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 62.6 +0.3 pp
2024 62.4 +0.2 pp
2023 62.1 +0.2 pp
2022 61.9 +0.5 pp
2021 61.4 +0.1 pp
2020 61.2 +0.2 pp
2019 61 +0.2 pp
2018 60.8 +0.2 pp
2017 60.6 +0.2 pp
2016 60.4 +0.2 pp
2015 60.1 +0.3 pp
2014 59.9 +0.3 pp
2013 59.6 +0.3 pp
2012 59.3 −0.1 pp
2011 59.4 +0.1 pp
2010 59.4 +0.2 pp
2009 59.2 +0.3 pp
2008 58.9 +0.3 pp
2007 58.6 +0.4 pp
2006 58.2 +0.4 pp
2005 57.8 +0.4 pp
2004 57.3 +0.4 pp
2003 56.9 +0.4 pp
2002 56.5 +0.4 pp
2001 56 +0.5 pp
2000 55.6 +0.5 pp
1999 55.1 +0.5 pp
1998 54.6 +0.5 pp
1997 54 +0.6 pp
1996 53.5 +0.6 pp
1995 52.9 +0.6 pp
1994 52.4 +0.5 pp
1993 51.8 +0.5 pp
1992 51.3 +0.5 pp
1991 50.8 +0.4 pp
1990 50.4 +0.4 pp
1989 49.9 +0.4 pp
1988 49.5 +0.4 pp
1987 49.2 +0.4 pp
1986 48.8 +0.4 pp
1985 48.4 +0.4 pp
1984 48 +0.4 pp
1983 47.6 +0.4 pp
1982 47.2 +0.5 pp
1981 46.7 +0.5 pp
1980 46.2 +0.5 pp
1979 45.7 +0.5 pp
1978 45.2 +0.5 pp
1977 44.7 +0.6 pp
1976 44.1 +0.6 pp
1975 43.5 +0.6 pp
1974 42.9 +0.7 pp
1973 42.2 +0.7 pp
1972 41.5 +0.7 pp
1971 40.8 +0.8 pp
1970 40 +0.9 pp
1969 39.1 +1 pp
1968 38 +1.1 pp
1967 36.9 +1.2 pp
1966 35.8 +1.2 pp
1965 34.6 +1.2 pp
1964 33.4 +1.2 pp
1963 32.2 +1.1 pp
1962 31.1 +1 pp
1961 30.1 +1 pp
1960 29.1

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.