Urban population growth in World
The urban population of the world changed by 1.36% in 2025.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2025
1.36%
Change from 2024
−0.04percentage points
European Union, 2025
0.39%
Urban population growth in World over time
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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 | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.36% | 0.39% |
| 2024 | 1.40% | 0.48% |
| 2023 | 1.35% | 0.55% |
| 2022 | 1.33% | 0.38% |
| 2021 | 1.48% | -0.01% |
| 2020 | 1.52% | 0.11% |
| 2019 | 1.74% | 0.37% |
| 2018 | 1.85% | 0.35% |
| 2017 | 1.90% | 0.29% |
| 2016 | 2.02% | 0.49% |
| 2015 | 2.14% | 0.44% |
| 2014 | 2.09% | 0.33% |
| 2013 | 2.20% | 0.33% |
| 2012 | 2.13% | 0.33% |
| 2011 | 2.56% | -0.01% |
| 2010 | 1.97% | 0.38% |
| 2009 | 2.22% | 0.43% |
| 2008 | 2.19% | 0.52% |
| 2007 | 2.34% | 0.52% |
| 2006 | 2.31% | 0.56% |
| 2005 | 2.27% | 0.60% |
| 2004 | 2.32% | 0.58% |
| 2003 | 2.41% | 0.57% |
| 2002 | 2.41% | 0.50% |
| 2001 | 2.33% | 0.46% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.04 percentage points from 1.40% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 2.14%, the figure has changed by −0.78 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 0.39%.