Urban population share in Aruba

61.7% of people in Aruba lived in urban areas in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 1968.

Measure: Urban population share Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Aruba, 2025 61.7% % of total population
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 61.8%
World, 2025 57.8% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 121st of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population share in Aruba over time

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

Urban population share (% of total population), 2001 to 2025
Period ArubaWorld
2025 61.7% 57.8%
2024 61.8% 57.6%
2023 61.8% 57.3%
2022 61.9% 57.1%
2021 61.9% 56.8%
2020 62.0% 56.4%
2019 62.3% 56.1%
2018 62.5% 55.8%
2017 62.8% 55.3%
2016 63.0% 54.9%
2015 63.2% 54.4%
2014 63.4% 53.9%
2013 63.6% 53.4%
2012 63.8% 52.9%
2011 64.0% 52.5%
2010 64.2% 51.8%
2009 64.3% 51.4%
2008 64.5% 50.9%
2007 64.7% 50.4%
2006 64.8% 49.9%
2005 65.0% 49.4%
2004 65.1% 48.9%
2003 65.2% 48.4%
2002 65.3% 47.8%
2001 65.3% 47.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 61.8% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 63.2%, the figure has changed by −1.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Aruba has the 121st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.

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.TOTL.IN.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Aruba
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