Urban population growth in Georgia

The urban population of Georgia changed by 3.34% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 1961.

Measure: Urban population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Georgia, 2025 3.34% Annual % change
Change from 2024 +0.23percentage points 2024: 3.11%
World, 2025 1.36% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 35th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population growth in Georgia 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 GeorgiaWorld
2025 3.34% 1.36%
2024 3.11% 1.40%
2023 1.31% 1.35%
2022 1.08% 1.33%
2021 0.35% 1.48%
2020 0.70% 1.52%
2019 0.39% 1.74%
2018 0.48% 1.85%
2017 0.53% 1.90%
2016 0.61% 2.02%
2015 0.78% 2.14%
2014 0.76% 2.09%
2013 0.50% 2.20%
2012 0.12% 2.13%
2011 0.09% 2.56%
2010 0.17% 1.97%
2009 -0.01% 2.22%
2008 0.53% 2.19%
2007 0.25% 2.34%
2006 0.10% 2.31%
2005 -0.09% 2.27%
2004 -0.23% 2.32%
2003 -0.48% 2.41%
2002 -0.89% 2.41%
2001 -1.71% 2.33%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.23 percentage points from 3.11% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 0.78%, the figure has changed by +2.56 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Georgia has the 35th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.36%.

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 Georgia
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