Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Slovakia

Urban population share in Slovakia in 2025 — 53.2%. Ranked 148 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 19.8 pp.

2025 53.2% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 148of 217
Period maximum 56.8%1991
Period minimum 33.4%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Slovakia, 1960–20253040506019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 33.4%1962: 34.4%1964: 35.8%1966: 37.4%1968: 39.2%1970: 41%1972: 43%1974: 45.3%1976: 47.8%1978: 50%1980: 51.8%1982: 53.1%1984: 54.4%1986: 55.5%1988: 56.4%1990: 56.8%1992: 56.8%1994: 56.7%1996: 56.5%1998: 56.3%2000: 56.1%2002: 55.9%2004: 55.6%2006: 55.2%2008: 54.9%2010: 54.6%2012: 54.3%2014: 54%2016: 53.7%2018: 53.5%2020: 53.2%2022: 53.2%2024: 53.2%2025: 53.2%
Change over the period: +19.8 pp Annual average: 0.3 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Slovakia 53.2%
World 57.8%
Eastern Europe computed 70.1%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — Slovakia, by year Slovakia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 53.2 +0 pp
2024 53.2 +0 pp
2023 53.2 +0 pp
2022 53.2 +0 pp
2021 53.2 −0.1 pp
2020 53.2 −0.1 pp
2019 53.4 −0.1 pp
2018 53.5 −0.1 pp
2017 53.6 −0.1 pp
2016 53.7 −0.1 pp
2015 53.9 −0.1 pp
2014 54 −0.1 pp
2013 54.1 −0.1 pp
2012 54.3 −0.1 pp
2011 54.4 −0.1 pp
2010 54.6 −0.2 pp
2009 54.7 −0.2 pp
2008 54.9 −0.2 pp
2007 55.1 −0.2 pp
2006 55.2 −0.2 pp
2005 55.4 −0.2 pp
2004 55.6 −0.2 pp
2003 55.7 −0.1 pp
2002 55.9 −0.1 pp
2001 56 −0.1 pp
2000 56.1 −0.1 pp
1999 56.2 −0.1 pp
1998 56.3 −0.1 pp
1997 56.4 −0.1 pp
1996 56.5 −0.1 pp
1995 56.6 −0.1 pp
1994 56.7 −0.1 pp
1993 56.8 −0 pp
1992 56.8 −0 pp
1991 56.8 +0 pp
1990 56.8 +0.2 pp
1989 56.6 +0.3 pp
1988 56.4 +0.4 pp
1987 56 +0.5 pp
1986 55.5 +0.5 pp
1985 55 +0.6 pp
1984 54.4 +0.6 pp
1983 53.8 +0.7 pp
1982 53.1 +0.7 pp
1981 52.4 +0.7 pp
1980 51.8 +0.8 pp
1979 51 +1 pp
1978 50 +1.1 pp
1977 48.9 +1.2 pp
1976 47.8 +1.2 pp
1975 46.6 +1.2 pp
1974 45.3 +1.2 pp
1973 44.1 +1.1 pp
1972 43 +1 pp
1971 41.9 +0.9 pp
1970 41 +0.9 pp
1969 40.1 +0.9 pp
1968 39.2 +0.9 pp
1967 38.3 +0.9 pp
1966 37.4 +0.8 pp
1965 36.6 +0.8 pp
1964 35.8 +0.7 pp
1963 35.1 +0.6 pp
1962 34.4 +0.6 pp
1961 33.9 +0.5 pp
1960 33.4

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.