Urban population share in the Caribbean in 2025 — 69%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 29.9 pp.
1960–2025 · % of population
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Caribbean
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69 | +0.2 pp |
| 2024 | 68.8 | +0.2 pp |
| 2023 | 68.6 | +0.1 pp |
| 2022 | 68.5 | +0 pp |
| 2021 | 68.5 | +0.1 pp |
| 2020 | 68.4 | +0.1 pp |
| 2019 | 68.3 | +0.1 pp |
| 2018 | 68.2 | +0 pp |
| 2017 | 68.2 | +0.1 pp |
| 2016 | 68.1 | +0.1 pp |
| 2015 | 68 | +0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 67.9 | +0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 67.8 | +0.1 pp |
| 2012 | 67.7 | +0.1 pp |
| 2011 | 67.5 | +0.2 pp |
| 2010 | 67.4 | +0.3 pp |
| 2009 | 67.1 | +0.4 pp |
| 2008 | 66.7 | +0.5 pp |
| 2007 | 66.2 | +0.5 pp |
| 2006 | 65.7 | +0.5 pp |
| 2005 | 65.2 | +0.5 pp |
| 2004 | 64.7 | +0.4 pp |
| 2003 | 64.3 | +0.5 pp |
| 2002 | 63.8 | +0.5 pp |
| 2001 | 63.3 | +0.6 pp |
| 2000 | 62.8 | +0.6 pp |
| 1999 | 62.2 | +0.5 pp |
| 1998 | 61.7 | +0.6 pp |
| 1997 | 61.2 | +0.6 pp |
| 1996 | 60.6 | +0.5 pp |
| 1995 | 60 | +0.5 pp |
| 1994 | 59.6 | +0.4 pp |
| 1993 | 59.1 | +0.4 pp |
| 1992 | 58.7 | +0.5 pp |
| 1991 | 58.2 | +0.5 pp |
| 1990 | 57.7 | +0.5 pp |
| 1989 | 57.2 | +0.6 pp |
| 1988 | 56.6 | +0.5 pp |
| 1987 | 56.1 | +0.5 pp |
| 1986 | 55.6 | +0.5 pp |
| 1985 | 55.1 | +0.4 pp |
| 1984 | 54.7 | +0.5 pp |
| 1983 | 54.2 | +0.5 pp |
| 1982 | 53.7 | +0.5 pp |
| 1981 | 53.3 | +0.4 pp |
| 1980 | 52.9 | +0.5 pp |
| 1979 | 52.3 | +0.6 pp |
| 1978 | 51.7 | +0.7 pp |
| 1977 | 51.1 | +0.7 pp |
| 1976 | 50.3 | +0.8 pp |
| 1975 | 49.5 | +0.8 pp |
| 1974 | 48.7 | +0.8 pp |
| 1973 | 47.9 | +0.7 pp |
| 1972 | 47.2 | +0.7 pp |
| 1971 | 46.5 | +0.8 pp |
| 1970 | 45.7 | +0.7 pp |
| 1969 | 45.1 | +0.7 pp |
| 1968 | 44.4 | +0.7 pp |
| 1967 | 43.6 | +0.7 pp |
| 1966 | 42.9 | +0.7 pp |
| 1965 | 42.2 | +0.7 pp |
| 1964 | 41.4 | +0.7 pp |
| 1963 | 40.7 | +0.7 pp |
| 1962 | 40.1 | +0.6 pp |
| 1961 | 39.5 | +0.5 pp |
| 1960 | 39 | — |
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.