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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Urban population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period PortugalSpainEuropean Union
2025 1.30% 1.28% 0.39%
2024 1.30% 1.25% 0.48%
2023 1.50% 1.40% 0.55%
2022 0.75% 0.93% 0.38%
2021 0.61% 0.29% -0.01%
2020 0.09% 0.59% 0.11%
2019 0.01% 0.81% 0.37%
2018 -0.17% 0.57% 0.35%
2017 -0.25% 0.38% 0.29%
2016 -0.32% 0.22% 0.49%
2015 -0.42% 0.08% 0.44%
2014 -0.54% -0.14% 0.33%
2013 -0.55% -0.18% 0.33%
2012 -0.41% 0.26% 0.33%
2011 -0.05% 0.59% -0.01%
2010 0.49% 0.74% 0.38%
2009 0.85% 1.21% 0.43%
2008 1.15% 1.94% 0.52%
2007 1.40% 2.21% 0.52%
2006 1.53% 2.05% 0.56%
2005 1.62% 2.03% 0.60%
2004 1.70% 2.05% 0.58%
2003 1.79% 2.09% 0.57%
2002 1.85% 1.65% 0.50%
2001 1.92% 0.89% 0.46%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.URB.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects