Urban population growth in OECD members
The urban population of OECD member countries changed by 0.55% in 2025.
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2025
0.55%
Change from 2024
−0.26percentage points
World, 2025
1.36%
Urban population growth in OECD members 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.
| Period | OECD members | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.55% | 1.36% |
| 2024 | 0.81% | 1.40% |
| 2023 | 0.80% | 1.35% |
| 2022 | 0.61% | 1.33% |
| 2021 | 0.33% | 1.48% |
| 2020 | 0.49% | 1.52% |
| 2019 | 0.72% | 1.74% |
| 2018 | 0.71% | 1.85% |
| 2017 | 0.68% | 1.90% |
| 2016 | 0.84% | 2.02% |
| 2015 | 1.00% | 2.14% |
| 2014 | 1.09% | 2.09% |
| 2013 | 1.05% | 2.20% |
| 2012 | 0.92% | 2.13% |
| 2011 | 0.75% | 2.56% |
| 2010 | 0.94% | 1.97% |
| 2009 | 1.02% | 2.22% |
| 2008 | 1.11% | 2.19% |
| 2007 | 1.07% | 2.34% |
| 2006 | 1.11% | 2.31% |
| 2005 | 1.17% | 2.27% |
| 2004 | 1.25% | 2.32% |
| 2003 | 1.28% | 2.41% |
| 2002 | 1.25% | 2.41% |
| 2001 | 1.15% | 2.33% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.26 percentage points from 0.81% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 1.00%, the figure has changed by −0.46 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.36%.