Urban population share in South Asia
35.8% of people in South Asia lived in urban areas in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2025
35.8%
Change from 2024
+0.3percentage points
World, 2025
57.8%
Urban population share in South Asia 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.
| Period | South Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35.8% | 57.8% |
| 2024 | 35.5% | 57.6% |
| 2023 | 35.1% | 57.3% |
| 2022 | 34.8% | 57.1% |
| 2021 | 34.5% | 56.8% |
| 2020 | 34.2% | 56.4% |
| 2019 | 33.9% | 56.1% |
| 2018 | 33.6% | 55.8% |
| 2017 | 33.3% | 55.3% |
| 2016 | 33.0% | 54.9% |
| 2015 | 32.6% | 54.4% |
| 2014 | 32.3% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | 32.0% | 53.4% |
| 2012 | 31.7% | 52.9% |
| 2011 | 31.3% | 52.5% |
| 2010 | 31.0% | 51.8% |
| 2009 | 30.5% | 51.4% |
| 2008 | 30.1% | 50.9% |
| 2007 | 29.7% | 50.4% |
| 2006 | 29.2% | 49.9% |
| 2005 | 28.8% | 49.4% |
| 2004 | 28.4% | 48.9% |
| 2003 | 28.0% | 48.4% |
| 2002 | 27.7% | 47.8% |
| 2001 | 27.3% | 47.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 35.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 32.6%, the figure has changed by +3.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.
More for South Asia
All statistics for South Asia
Population
1,692,252,900 people
2025 · World Bank
Population growth
0.88%
2025 · World Bank
Population aged 65 and over
7.4%
2025 · World Bank
Population aged 0 to 14
24.6%
2025 · World Bank
Fertility rate
1.98 births per woman
2024 · World Bank
Crude birth rate
16.4 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank