Urban population growth in Indonesia

The urban population of Indonesia changed by 1.87% in 2025.

Measure: Urban population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Indonesia, 2025 1.87% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.03percentage points 2024: 1.90%
World, 2025 1.36% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2025 0.59% Middle value of 19 countries
Position in 2025 75th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population growth in Indonesia 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 IndonesiaWorld
2025 1.87% 1.36%
2024 1.90% 1.40%
2023 1.92% 1.35%
2022 1.83% 1.33%
2021 1.76% 1.48%
2020 1.81% 1.52%
2019 2.10% 1.74%
2018 2.14% 1.85%
2017 2.21% 1.90%
2016 2.27% 2.02%
2015 2.39% 2.14%
2014 2.46% 2.09%
2013 2.54% 2.20%
2012 2.62% 2.13%
2011 2.53% 2.56%
2010 2.64% 1.97%
2009 2.71% 2.22%
2008 2.80% 2.19%
2007 2.89% 2.34%
2006 2.96% 2.31%
2005 3.01% 2.27%
2004 3.09% 2.32%
2003 3.24% 2.41%
2002 3.39% 2.41%
2001 3.55% 2.33%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.03 percentage points from 1.90% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 2.39%, the figure has changed by −0.52 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Indonesia has the 75th 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 Indonesia
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