Urban population share in North America
80.5% of people in North America lived in urban areas in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2017.
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
80.5%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
57.8%
Urban population share in North America 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 | North America | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80.5% | 57.8% |
| 2024 | 80.4% | 57.6% |
| 2023 | 80.3% | 57.3% |
| 2022 | 80.3% | 57.1% |
| 2021 | 80.2% | 56.8% |
| 2020 | 80.2% | 56.4% |
| 2019 | 80.3% | 56.1% |
| 2018 | 80.4% | 55.8% |
| 2017 | 80.5% | 55.3% |
| 2016 | 80.6% | 54.9% |
| 2015 | 80.6% | 54.4% |
| 2014 | 80.7% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | 80.7% | 53.4% |
| 2012 | 80.7% | 52.9% |
| 2011 | 80.7% | 52.5% |
| 2010 | 80.7% | 51.8% |
| 2009 | 80.7% | 51.4% |
| 2008 | 80.6% | 50.9% |
| 2007 | 80.5% | 50.4% |
| 2006 | 80.4% | 49.9% |
| 2005 | 80.2% | 49.4% |
| 2004 | 80.0% | 48.9% |
| 2003 | 79.7% | 48.4% |
| 2002 | 79.5% | 47.8% |
| 2001 | 79.3% | 47.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 80.4% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 80.6%, the figure has changed by −0.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.
More for North America
All statistics for North America
Population
383,501,065 people
2025 · World Bank
Population growth
0.57%
2025 · World Bank
Population aged 65 and over
18.6%
2025 · World Bank
Population aged 0 to 14
16.9%
2025 · World Bank
Fertility rate
1.59 births per woman
2024 · World Bank
Crude birth rate
10.4 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank