Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Ukraine

Urban population share in Ukraine in 2025 — 69.6%. Ranked 93 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 22.2 pp.

2025 69.6% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 93of 217
Period maximum 69.6%2025
Period minimum 47.4%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Ukraine, 1960–20254050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 47.4%1962: 48.8%1964: 50.1%1966: 51.7%1968: 53.3%1970: 54.9%1972: 56.6%1974: 58.1%1976: 59.6%1978: 61%1980: 62.2%1982: 63.2%1984: 64.4%1986: 65.5%1988: 66.6%1990: 67.4%1992: 67.9%1994: 67.9%1996: 67.7%1998: 67.6%2000: 67.4%2002: 67.3%2004: 67.6%2006: 68%2008: 68.4%2010: 68.6%2012: 68.8%2014: 69.1%2016: 69.2%2018: 69.3%2020: 69.4%2022: 69.4%2024: 69.5%2025: 69.6%
Change over the period: +22.2 pp Annual average: 0.34 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Ukraine 69.6%
World 57.8%
Eastern Europe computed 70.1%
Urban population share — Ukraine, by year Ukraine All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 69.6 +0.1 pp
2024 69.5 +0.1 pp
2023 69.5 +0.1 pp
2022 69.4 +0 pp
2021 69.4 +0 pp
2020 69.4 +0 pp
2019 69.4 +0 pp
2018 69.3 +0.1 pp
2017 69.3 +0.1 pp
2016 69.2 +0.1 pp
2015 69.2 +0.1 pp
2014 69.1 +0.1 pp
2013 68.9 +0.1 pp
2012 68.8 +0.1 pp
2011 68.7 +0.1 pp
2010 68.6 +0.1 pp
2009 68.5 +0.1 pp
2008 68.4 +0.2 pp
2007 68.2 +0.2 pp
2006 68 +0.2 pp
2005 67.8 +0.2 pp
2004 67.6 +0.2 pp
2003 67.4 +0.2 pp
2002 67.3 −0 pp
2001 67.3 −0.1 pp
2000 67.4 −0.1 pp
1999 67.5 −0.1 pp
1998 67.6 −0.1 pp
1997 67.6 −0.1 pp
1996 67.7 −0.1 pp
1995 67.8 −0.1 pp
1994 67.9 −0 pp
1993 67.9 +0.1 pp
1992 67.9 +0.2 pp
1991 67.7 +0.3 pp
1990 67.4 +0.3 pp
1989 67.1 +0.5 pp
1988 66.6 +0.5 pp
1987 66.1 +0.5 pp
1986 65.5 +0.5 pp
1985 65 +0.6 pp
1984 64.4 +0.6 pp
1983 63.8 +0.6 pp
1982 63.2 +0.5 pp
1981 62.7 +0.5 pp
1980 62.2 +0.6 pp
1979 61.6 +0.6 pp
1978 61 +0.7 pp
1977 60.2 +0.7 pp
1976 59.6 +0.7 pp
1975 58.8 +0.8 pp
1974 58.1 +0.7 pp
1973 57.4 +0.8 pp
1972 56.6 +0.9 pp
1971 55.7 +0.9 pp
1970 54.9 +0.7 pp
1969 54.1 +0.8 pp
1968 53.3 +0.8 pp
1967 52.4 +0.8 pp
1966 51.7 +0.8 pp
1965 50.9 +0.8 pp
1964 50.1 +0.7 pp
1963 49.4 +0.6 pp
1962 48.8 +0.5 pp
1961 48.2 +0.9 pp
1960 47.4

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.