Urban population — all countries

Urban population — Euro area

Urban population in the Euro area in 2025 — 277,875,886 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 64.8%.

2025 278M people +0.47% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 278M people2025
Period minimum 169M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Urban population — Euro area, 1960–2025150M200M250M300M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 168,573,665 people1962: 174,862,875 people1964: 182,226,960 people1966: 189,847,187 people1968: 196,182,568 people1970: 201,701,158 people1972: 206,653,841 people1974: 211,291,863 people1976: 214,563,047 people1978: 217,757,440 people1980: 220,952,163 people1982: 223,744,304 people1984: 225,789,819 people1986: 227,731,926 people1988: 230,242,201 people1990: 233,053,512 people1992: 235,705,601 people1994: 238,256,083 people1996: 240,451,900 people1998: 242,922,832 people2000: 245,425,456 people2002: 248,723,455 people2004: 252,430,387 people2006: 255,930,017 people2008: 259,256,943 people2010: 261,706,523 people2012: 262,740,624 people2014: 264,817,664 people2016: 267,787,128 people2018: 269,802,627 people2020: 271,716,040 people2022: 273,403,212 people2024: 276,570,691 people2025: 277,875,886 people
Change over the period: +109M (+64.84%) Average annual rate: 0.77 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Euro area 278M people
World 4.75B people
Urban population — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 278M +1.31M +0.47%
2024 277M +1.53M +0.56%
2023 275M +1.63M +0.6%
2022 273M +1.16M +0.43%
2021 272M +522,833 +0.19%
2020 272M +702,272 +0.26%
2019 271M +1.21M +0.45%
2018 270M +1.12M +0.42%
2017 269M +895,209 +0.33%
2016 268M +1.58M +0.59%
2015 266M +1.39M +0.52%
2014 265M +1.03M +0.39%
2013 264M +1.05M +0.4%
2012 263M +1.09M +0.41%
2011 262M −51,138 −0.02%
2010 262M +1.17M +0.45%
2009 261M +1.28M +0.5%
2008 259M +1.59M +0.62%
2007 258M +1.74M +0.68%
2006 256M +1.69M +0.66%
2005 254M +1.81M +0.72%
2004 252M +1.85M +0.74%
2003 251M +1.86M +0.75%
2002 249M +1.71M +0.69%
2001 247M +1.58M +0.65%
2000 245M +1.45M +0.59%
1999 244M +1.05M +0.43%
1998 243M +1.07M +0.44%
1997 242M +1.4M +0.58%
1996 240M +1.2M +0.5%
1995 239M +997,426 +0.42%
1994 238M +1.18M +0.5%
1993 237M +1.37M +0.58%
1992 236M +1.33M +0.57%
1991 234M +1.33M +0.57%
1990 233M +1.36M +0.59%
1989 232M +1.45M +0.63%
1988 230M +1.33M +0.58%
1987 229M +1.18M +0.52%
1986 228M +1.09M +0.48%
1985 227M +851,282 +0.38%
1984 226M +976,989 +0.43%
1983 225M +1.07M +0.48%
1982 224M +1.21M +0.55%
1981 223M +1.58M +0.71%
1980 221M +1.61M +0.73%
1979 219M +1.59M +0.73%
1978 218M +1.59M +0.74%
1977 216M +1.6M +0.75%
1976 215M +1.58M +0.74%
1975 213M +1.69M +0.8%
1974 211M +2.24M +1.07%
1973 209M +2.39M +1.16%
1972 207M +2.53M +1.24%
1971 204M +2.42M +1.2%
1970 202M +2.56M +1.29%
1969 199M +2.96M +1.51%
1968 196M +3.01M +1.56%
1967 193M +3.32M +1.75%
1966 190M +3.69M +1.98%
1965 186M +3.93M +2.16%
1964 182M +3.88M +2.18%
1963 178M +3.48M +1.99%
1962 175M +3.22M +1.87%
1961 172M +3.07M +1.82%
1960 169M

About the indicator

The population living in urban settlements, by national definitions of urban areas. The indicator complements the urban population share: a country with a modest urbanization percentage can hold one of the largest urban populations in the world simply because of its overall size.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.