Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Tuvalu

Urban population share in Tuvalu in 2025 — 65.4%. Ranked 106 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 53.1 pp.

2025 65.4% +0.7 pp vs 2024
World rank 106of 217
Period maximum 65.4%2025
Period minimum 12.4%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Tuvalu, 1960–202502040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 12.4%1962: 12.5%1964: 12.8%1966: 13.5%1968: 14.2%1970: 14.5%1972: 14.6%1974: 15.2%1976: 20.5%1978: 27.1%1980: 30.2%1982: 31.9%1984: 33.3%1986: 35.2%1988: 37.5%1990: 39.7%1992: 41.3%1994: 42.5%1996: 43.6%1998: 44.5%2000: 45.5%2002: 46.7%2004: 48.4%2006: 50.5%2008: 52.8%2010: 55.1%2012: 56.9%2014: 58.3%2016: 59.5%2018: 60.6%2020: 61.9%2022: 63.3%2024: 64.7%2025: 65.4%
Change over the period: +53.1 pp Annual average: 0.82 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Tuvalu 65.4%
World 57.8%
Urban population share — Tuvalu, by year Tuvalu All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 65.4 +0.7 pp
2024 64.7 +0.7 pp
2023 64 +0.7 pp
2022 63.3 +0.7 pp
2021 62.6 +0.7 pp
2020 61.9 +0.7 pp
2019 61.2 +0.7 pp
2018 60.6 +0.6 pp
2017 60 +0.5 pp
2016 59.5 +0.6 pp
2015 58.9 +0.6 pp
2014 58.3 +0.7 pp
2013 57.6 +0.7 pp
2012 56.9 +0.9 pp
2011 56 +1 pp
2010 55.1 +1.1 pp
2009 54 +1.1 pp
2008 52.8 +1.2 pp
2007 51.7 +1.1 pp
2006 50.5 +1.1 pp
2005 49.4 +1 pp
2004 48.4 +0.9 pp
2003 47.5 +0.8 pp
2002 46.7 +0.7 pp
2001 46.1 +0.6 pp
2000 45.5 +0.5 pp
1999 45 +0.5 pp
1998 44.5 +0.5 pp
1997 44 +0.5 pp
1996 43.6 +0.5 pp
1995 43.1 +0.5 pp
1994 42.5 +0.6 pp
1993 42 +0.6 pp
1992 41.3 +0.8 pp
1991 40.6 +0.9 pp
1990 39.7 +1 pp
1989 38.6 +1.1 pp
1988 37.5 +1.1 pp
1987 36.4 +1.1 pp
1986 35.2 +1 pp
1985 34.2 +0.9 pp
1984 33.3 +0.8 pp
1983 32.6 +0.7 pp
1982 31.9 +0.8 pp
1981 31.1 +0.9 pp
1980 30.2 +1.1 pp
1979 29 +2 pp
1978 27.1 +3.1 pp
1977 24 +3.5 pp
1976 20.5 +3.2 pp
1975 17.3 +2.1 pp
1974 15.2 +0.5 pp
1973 14.7 +0.1 pp
1972 14.6 +0.1 pp
1971 14.5 +0.1 pp
1970 14.5 +0.1 pp
1969 14.4 +0.2 pp
1968 14.2 +0.3 pp
1967 13.9 +0.4 pp
1966 13.5 +0.4 pp
1965 13.1 +0.3 pp
1964 12.8 +0.2 pp
1963 12.6 +0.1 pp
1962 12.5 +0.1 pp
1961 12.4 +0.1 pp
1960 12.4

Polynesia, 2025

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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.