Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Slovenia

Urban population share in Slovenia in 2025 — 56%. Ranked 139 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 27.7 pp.

2025 56% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 139of 217
Period maximum 56%2025
Period minimum 28.2%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Slovenia, 1960–2025203040506019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 28.2%1962: 30%1964: 31.7%1966: 33.4%1968: 35.1%1970: 37%1972: 39.1%1974: 41.6%1976: 44.3%1978: 46.7%1980: 48.5%1982: 49.4%1984: 50.2%1986: 50.8%1988: 51%1990: 50.6%1992: 50.7%1994: 50.2%1996: 50.3%1998: 50.5%2000: 50.7%2002: 50.8%2004: 50.7%2006: 50.6%2008: 50.4%2010: 50.1%2012: 49.8%2014: 51%2016: 53.6%2018: 55.2%2020: 55.4%2022: 55.3%2024: 55.8%2025: 56%
Change over the period: +27.7 pp Annual average: 0.43 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Slovenia 56%
World 57.8%
Southern Europe computed 71.8%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — Slovenia, by year Slovenia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 56 +0.2 pp
2024 55.8 +0.2 pp
2023 55.5 +0.2 pp
2022 55.3 +0 pp
2021 55.3 −0.1 pp
2020 55.4 −0.1 pp
2019 55.5 +0.3 pp
2018 55.2 −0.1 pp
2017 55.2 +1.6 pp
2016 53.6 −0 pp
2015 53.7 +2.7 pp
2014 51 +0.9 pp
2013 50 +0.3 pp
2012 49.8 −0.2 pp
2011 49.9 −0.2 pp
2010 50.1 −0.1 pp
2009 50.2 −0.1 pp
2008 50.4 −0.1 pp
2007 50.5 −0.1 pp
2006 50.6 −0.1 pp
2005 50.6 −0.1 pp
2004 50.7 −0 pp
2003 50.8 −0 pp
2002 50.8 +0 pp
2001 50.8 +0.1 pp
2000 50.7 +0.1 pp
1999 50.6 +0.1 pp
1998 50.5 +0.1 pp
1997 50.4 +0.1 pp
1996 50.3 +0.1 pp
1995 50.2 +0 pp
1994 50.2 −0.2 pp
1993 50.4 −0.3 pp
1992 50.7 +0.1 pp
1991 50.5 −0.1 pp
1990 50.6 +0.3 pp
1989 50.3 −0.7 pp
1988 51 +0.1 pp
1987 50.9 +0.2 pp
1986 50.8 +0.2 pp
1985 50.5 +0.3 pp
1984 50.2 +0.4 pp
1983 49.8 +0.4 pp
1982 49.4 +0.4 pp
1981 49 +0.5 pp
1980 48.5 +0.8 pp
1979 47.7 +1 pp
1978 46.7 +1.2 pp
1977 45.6 +1.3 pp
1976 44.3 +1.3 pp
1975 43 +1.4 pp
1974 41.6 +1.3 pp
1973 40.3 +1.2 pp
1972 39.1 +1.1 pp
1971 38 +1 pp
1970 37 +0.9 pp
1969 36 +0.9 pp
1968 35.1 +0.9 pp
1967 34.2 +0.9 pp
1966 33.4 +0.9 pp
1965 32.5 +0.8 pp
1964 31.7 +0.8 pp
1963 30.8 +0.8 pp
1962 30 +0.9 pp
1961 29.1 +0.9 pp
1960 28.2

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.