Urban population growth in North America
The urban population of North America changed by 0.67% in 2025.
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2025
0.67%
Change from 2024
−0.60percentage points
World, 2025
1.36%
Urban population growth in North America over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | North America | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.67% | 1.36% |
| 2024 | 1.27% | 1.40% |
| 2023 | 1.10% | 1.35% |
| 2022 | 0.75% | 1.33% |
| 2021 | 0.24% | 1.48% |
| 2020 | 0.36% | 1.52% |
| 2019 | 0.47% | 1.74% |
| 2018 | 0.56% | 1.85% |
| 2017 | 0.65% | 1.90% |
| 2016 | 0.75% | 2.02% |
| 2015 | 0.74% | 2.14% |
| 2014 | 0.78% | 2.09% |
| 2013 | 0.76% | 2.20% |
| 2012 | 0.82% | 2.13% |
| 2011 | 0.82% | 2.56% |
| 2010 | 0.91% | 1.97% |
| 2009 | 1.00% | 2.22% |
| 2008 | 1.11% | 2.19% |
| 2007 | 1.14% | 2.34% |
| 2006 | 1.20% | 2.31% |
| 2005 | 1.18% | 2.27% |
| 2004 | 1.21% | 2.32% |
| 2003 | 1.16% | 2.41% |
| 2002 | 1.24% | 2.41% |
| 2001 | 1.29% | 2.33% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.60 percentage points from 1.27% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 0.74%, the figure has changed by −0.07 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.36%.