Urban population share in United Kingdom
83.3% of people in United Kingdom lived in urban areas in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
United Kingdom, 2025
83.3%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
57.8%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
80.4%
Position in 2025
50th of 217
Urban population share in United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83.3% | 57.8% |
| 2024 | 83.2% | 57.6% |
| 2023 | 83.2% | 57.3% |
| 2022 | 83.1% | 57.1% |
| 2021 | 83.0% | 56.8% |
| 2020 | 82.9% | 56.4% |
| 2019 | 82.7% | 56.1% |
| 2018 | 82.4% | 55.8% |
| 2017 | 82.2% | 55.3% |
| 2016 | 82.0% | 54.9% |
| 2015 | 81.8% | 54.4% |
| 2014 | 81.6% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | 81.5% | 53.4% |
| 2012 | 81.3% | 52.9% |
| 2011 | 81.1% | 52.5% |
| 2010 | 81.0% | 51.8% |
| 2009 | 80.9% | 51.4% |
| 2008 | 80.8% | 50.9% |
| 2007 | 80.6% | 50.4% |
| 2006 | 80.5% | 49.9% |
| 2005 | 80.4% | 49.4% |
| 2004 | 80.3% | 48.9% |
| 2003 | 80.2% | 48.4% |
| 2002 | 80.1% | 47.8% |
| 2001 | 80.0% | 47.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 83.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 81.8%, the figure has changed by +1.5 percentage points.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, United Kingdom has the 50th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.
More for United Kingdom
All statistics for United Kingdom
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
Total fertility rate
1.68 births per woman
2018 · Eurostat
Population aged 65 and over
18.4%
2019 · Eurostat