Urban population growth in Slovenia

The urban population of Slovenia changed by 0.59% in 2025.

Measure: Urban population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Slovenia, 2025 0.59% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.14percentage points 2024: 0.72%
European Union, 2025 0.39% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 0.50% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 151st of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population growth in Slovenia 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 SloveniaEuropean Union
2025 0.59% 0.39%
2024 0.72% 0.48%
2023 0.76% 0.55%
2022 0.25% 0.38%
2021 0.12% -0.01%
2020 0.55% 0.11%
2019 1.17% 0.37%
2018 0.27% 0.35%
2017 3.00% 0.29%
2016 0.05% 0.49%
2015 5.19% 0.44%
2014 1.95% 0.33%
2013 0.71% 0.33%
2012 -0.16% 0.33%
2011 -0.14% -0.01%
2010 0.19% 0.38%
2009 0.67% 0.43%
2008 -0.06% 0.52%
2007 0.37% 0.52%
2006 0.16% 0.56%
2005 0.05% 0.60%
2004 -0.02% 0.58%
2003 0.02% 0.57%
2002 0.15% 0.50%
2001 0.28% 0.46%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.14 percentage points from 0.72% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 5.19%, the figure has changed by −4.61 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Slovenia has the 151st highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 0.39%.

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 Slovenia
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