Urban population share in Slovakia

53.2% of people in Slovakia lived in urban areas in 2025.

Measure: Urban population share Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Slovakia, 2025 53.2% % of total population
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 53.2%
European Union, 2025 75.2% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 70.7% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 148th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population share in Slovakia 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 SlovakiaEuropean Union
2025 53.2% 75.2%
2024 53.2% 75.0%
2023 53.2% 74.9%
2022 53.2% 74.8%
2021 53.2% 74.6%
2020 53.2% 74.5%
2019 53.4% 74.5%
2018 53.5% 74.3%
2017 53.6% 74.2%
2016 53.7% 74.1%
2015 53.9% 73.9%
2014 54.0% 73.7%
2013 54.1% 73.5%
2012 54.3% 73.4%
2011 54.4% 73.2%
2010 54.6% 73.1%
2009 54.7% 72.9%
2008 54.9% 72.8%
2007 55.1% 72.7%
2006 55.2% 72.6%
2005 55.4% 72.4%
2004 55.6% 72.2%
2003 55.7% 72.1%
2002 55.9% 71.9%
2001 56.0% 71.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 53.2% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 53.9%, the figure has changed by −0.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Slovakia has the 148th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 75.2%.

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 Slovakia
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