Urban population growth in European Union
The urban population of the European Union changed by 0.39% in 2025.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2025
0.39%
Change from 2024
−0.09percentage points
World, 2025
1.36%
Urban population growth in European Union 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.
| Period | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.39% | 1.36% |
| 2024 | 0.48% | 1.40% |
| 2023 | 0.55% | 1.35% |
| 2022 | 0.38% | 1.33% |
| 2021 | -0.01% | 1.48% |
| 2020 | 0.11% | 1.52% |
| 2019 | 0.37% | 1.74% |
| 2018 | 0.35% | 1.85% |
| 2017 | 0.29% | 1.90% |
| 2016 | 0.49% | 2.02% |
| 2015 | 0.44% | 2.14% |
| 2014 | 0.33% | 2.09% |
| 2013 | 0.33% | 2.20% |
| 2012 | 0.33% | 2.13% |
| 2011 | -0.01% | 2.56% |
| 2010 | 0.38% | 1.97% |
| 2009 | 0.43% | 2.22% |
| 2008 | 0.52% | 2.19% |
| 2007 | 0.52% | 2.34% |
| 2006 | 0.56% | 2.31% |
| 2005 | 0.60% | 2.27% |
| 2004 | 0.58% | 2.32% |
| 2003 | 0.57% | 2.41% |
| 2002 | 0.50% | 2.41% |
| 2001 | 0.46% | 2.33% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.09 percentage points from 0.48% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 0.44%, the figure has changed by −0.04 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.36%.
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Urban population share
75.2%
2025 · World Bank
Population growth
0.20%
2025 · World Bank
Population on 1 January
450,646,971ep (Source flag ep) people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
450,646,971ep (Source flag ep) people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
7.7ep (Source flag ep) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
10.7ep (Source flag ep) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat