Urban population growth in Czechia

The urban population of Czechia changed by -0.06% in 2025.

Measure: Urban population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Czechia, 2025 -0.06% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.51percentage points 2024: 0.46%
European Union, 2025 0.39% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 0.50% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 187th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population growth in Czechia over time

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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 CzechiaEuropean Union
2025 -0.06% 0.39%
2024 0.46% 0.48%
2023 1.84% 0.55%
2022 1.59% 0.38%
2021 -1.87% -0.01%
2020 0.16% 0.11%
2019 0.31% 0.37%
2018 0.25% 0.35%
2017 0.18% 0.29%
2016 0.11% 0.49%
2015 0.11% 0.44%
2014 0.02% 0.33%
2013 -0.05% 0.33%
2012 0.05% 0.33%
2011 0.12% -0.01%
2010 0.21% 0.38%
2009 0.49% 0.43%
2008 0.75% 0.52%
2007 0.51% 0.52%
2006 0.19% 0.56%
2005 0.05% 0.60%
2004 -0.06% 0.58%
2003 -0.12% 0.57%
2002 -0.30% 0.50%
2001 -0.50% 0.46%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.51 percentage points from 0.46% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 0.11%, the figure has changed by −0.17 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Czechia has the 187th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 0.39%.

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 for Czechia
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