Urban population growth in United Kingdom
The urban population of United Kingdom changed by 0.39% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 1993.
United Kingdom, 2025
0.39%
Change from 2024
−0.80percentage points
World, 2025
1.36%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
0.69%
Position in 2025
161st of 217
Urban population growth in United Kingdom over time
View
United Kingdom
World
×
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.39% | 1.36% |
| 2024 | 1.20% | 1.40% |
| 2023 | 1.41% | 1.35% |
| 2022 | 1.08% | 1.33% |
| 2021 | 0.46% | 1.48% |
| 2020 | 0.45% | 1.52% |
| 2019 | 0.78% | 1.74% |
| 2018 | 0.75% | 1.85% |
| 2017 | 0.80% | 1.90% |
| 2016 | 1.04% | 2.02% |
| 2015 | 0.95% | 2.14% |
| 2014 | 0.97% | 2.09% |
| 2013 | 0.87% | 2.20% |
| 2012 | 0.90% | 2.13% |
| 2011 | 0.96% | 2.56% |
| 2010 | 0.94% | 1.97% |
| 2009 | 0.90% | 2.22% |
| 2008 | 0.92% | 2.19% |
| 2007 | 0.91% | 2.34% |
| 2006 | 0.86% | 2.31% |
| 2005 | 0.82% | 2.27% |
| 2004 | 0.70% | 2.32% |
| 2003 | 0.61% | 2.41% |
| 2002 | 0.59% | 2.41% |
| 2001 | 0.58% | 2.33% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.80 percentage points from 1.20% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 0.95%, the figure has changed by −0.56 percentage points.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, United Kingdom has the 161st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.36%.
More for United Kingdom
All statistics for United Kingdom
Urban population share
83.3%
2025 · World Bank
Population growth
0.30%
2025 · World Bank
Population on 1 January
67,025,542p (Provisional) people
2020 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
67,025,542p (Provisional) people
2020 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
9.3 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
9.4 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat