Urban population growth in Pakistan

The urban population of Pakistan changed by 2.45% in 2025.

Measure: Urban population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Pakistan, 2025 2.45% Annual % change
Change from 2024 +0.04percentage points 2024: 2.42%
World, 2025 1.36% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 57th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population growth in Pakistan 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 PakistanWorld
2025 2.45% 1.36%
2024 2.42% 1.40%
2023 2.70% 1.35%
2022 2.90% 1.33%
2021 3.01% 1.48%
2020 2.87% 1.52%
2019 2.67% 1.74%
2018 2.48% 1.85%
2017 2.17% 1.90%
2016 2.02% 2.02%
2015 2.08% 2.14%
2014 2.14% 2.09%
2013 2.24% 2.20%
2012 2.49% 2.13%
2011 2.80% 2.56%
2010 3.01% 1.97%
2009 3.07% 2.22%
2008 3.19% 2.19%
2007 3.15% 2.34%
2006 2.89% 2.31%
2005 2.92% 2.27%
2004 2.99% 2.32%
2003 2.90% 2.41%
2002 3.01% 2.41%
2001 3.38% 2.33%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.04 percentage points from 2.42% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 2.08%, the figure has changed by +0.38 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Pakistan has the 57th 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 Pakistan
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