Urban population share in European Union
75.2% of people in the European Union lived in urban areas in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
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
75.2%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
57.8%
Urban population share in European Union 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.
| Period | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75.2% | 57.8% |
| 2024 | 75.0% | 57.6% |
| 2023 | 74.9% | 57.3% |
| 2022 | 74.8% | 57.1% |
| 2021 | 74.6% | 56.8% |
| 2020 | 74.5% | 56.4% |
| 2019 | 74.5% | 56.1% |
| 2018 | 74.3% | 55.8% |
| 2017 | 74.2% | 55.3% |
| 2016 | 74.1% | 54.9% |
| 2015 | 73.9% | 54.4% |
| 2014 | 73.7% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | 73.5% | 53.4% |
| 2012 | 73.4% | 52.9% |
| 2011 | 73.2% | 52.5% |
| 2010 | 73.1% | 51.8% |
| 2009 | 72.9% | 51.4% |
| 2008 | 72.8% | 50.9% |
| 2007 | 72.7% | 50.4% |
| 2006 | 72.6% | 49.9% |
| 2005 | 72.4% | 49.4% |
| 2004 | 72.2% | 48.9% |
| 2003 | 72.1% | 48.4% |
| 2002 | 71.9% | 47.8% |
| 2001 | 71.8% | 47.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 75.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 73.9%, the figure has changed by +1.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.
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Crude death rate
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Total fertility rate
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22.0%ep (Source flag ep)
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