Urban population share in Saint Lucia

29.1% of people in Saint Lucia lived in urban areas in 2025.

Measure: Urban population share Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Saint Lucia, 2025 29.1% % of total population
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 29.1%
World, 2025 57.8% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 197th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population share in Saint Lucia 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.

Urban population share (% of total population), 2001 to 2025
Period Saint LuciaWorld
2025 29.1% 57.8%
2024 29.1% 57.6%
2023 29.1% 57.3%
2022 29.1% 57.1%
2021 27.4% 56.8%
2020 25.8% 56.4%
2019 24.2% 56.1%
2018 22.9% 55.8%
2017 21.8% 55.3%
2016 20.8% 54.9%
2015 20.0% 54.4%
2014 19.4% 53.9%
2013 18.9% 53.4%
2012 18.6% 52.9%
2011 18.5% 52.5%
2010 18.5% 51.8%
2009 19.0% 51.4%
2008 19.8% 50.9%
2007 20.9% 50.4%
2006 22.2% 49.9%
2005 23.5% 49.4%
2004 24.8% 48.9%
2003 26.0% 48.4%
2002 26.9% 47.8%
2001 27.5% 47.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 29.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 20.0%, the figure has changed by +9.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Saint Lucia has the 197th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.

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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.TOTL.IN.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Saint Lucia
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