Urban population — all countries

Urban population — G7

Urban population in the G7 in 2025 — 644,184,245 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 82.5%.

2025 644M people +0.33% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 644M people2025
Period minimum 353M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Urban population — G7, 1960–2025300M400M500M600M700M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 353,053,791 people1962: 367,134,847 people1964: 381,603,038 people1966: 395,387,837 people1968: 407,254,444 people1970: 418,098,418 people1972: 429,876,908 people1974: 439,595,517 people1976: 446,730,441 people1978: 453,347,896 people1980: 460,132,265 people1982: 466,352,211 people1984: 472,138,365 people1986: 478,423,114 people1988: 485,334,046 people1990: 493,847,567 people1992: 504,211,399 people1994: 514,773,906 people1996: 525,044,363 people1998: 535,047,852 people2000: 544,689,909 people2002: 556,112,723 people2004: 569,445,793 people2006: 581,168,105 people2008: 592,015,154 people2010: 600,725,801 people2012: 606,469,373 people2014: 613,590,877 people2016: 621,333,836 people2018: 626,544,656 people2020: 629,912,378 people2022: 633,391,988 people2024: 642,069,838 people2025: 644,184,245 people
Change over the period: +291M (+82.46%) Average annual rate: 0.93 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 644M people
World 4.75B people
Urban population — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 644M +2.11M +0.33%
2024 642M +4.63M +0.73%
2023 637M +4.04M +0.64%
2022 633M +2.79M +0.44%
2021 631M +688,891 +0.11%
2020 630M +1.23M +0.2%
2019 629M +2.14M +0.34%
2018 627M +2.43M +0.39%
2017 624M +2.78M +0.45%
2016 621M +4.04M +0.65%
2015 617M +3.7M +0.6%
2014 614M +3.55M +0.58%
2013 610M +3.58M +0.59%
2012 606M +3.56M +0.59%
2011 603M +2.19M +0.36%
2010 601M +4.1M +0.69%
2009 597M +4.61M +0.78%
2008 592M +5.31M +0.9%
2007 587M +5.54M +0.95%
2006 581M +5.61M +0.97%
2005 576M +6.11M +1.07%
2004 569M +6.69M +1.19%
2003 563M +6.64M +1.19%
2002 556M +6.22M +1.13%
2001 550M +5.2M +0.95%
2000 545M +4.83M +0.89%
1999 540M +4.81M +0.9%
1998 535M +4.9M +0.92%
1997 530M +5.11M +0.97%
1996 525M +5.13M +0.99%
1995 520M +5.14M +1%
1994 515M +5.16M +1.01%
1993 510M +5.4M +1.07%
1992 504M +5.39M +1.08%
1991 499M +4.97M +1.01%
1990 494M +4.45M +0.91%
1989 489M +4.07M +0.84%
1988 485M +3.56M +0.74%
1987 482M +3.35M +0.7%
1986 478M +3.25M +0.68%
1985 475M +3.04M +0.64%
1984 472M +2.85M +0.61%
1983 469M +2.93M +0.63%
1982 466M +2.96M +0.64%
1981 463M +3.26M +0.71%
1980 460M +3.34M +0.73%
1979 457M +3.45M +0.76%
1978 453M +3.34M +0.74%
1977 450M +3.28M +0.73%
1976 447M +3.23M +0.73%
1975 444M +3.91M +0.89%
1974 440M +4.58M +1.05%
1973 435M +5.14M +1.2%
1972 430M +5.44M +1.28%
1971 424M +6.34M +1.52%
1970 418M +5.28M +1.28%
1969 413M +5.57M +1.37%
1968 407M +5.7M +1.42%
1967 402M +6.17M +1.56%
1966 395M +6.68M +1.72%
1965 389M +7.11M +1.86%
1964 382M +7.25M +1.94%
1963 374M +7.21M +1.96%
1962 367M +7.09M +1.97%
1961 360M +6.99M +1.98%
1960 353M

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.