Demography · World Development Indicators

Urban population — Countries

Urban population · % of population. WDI observations are shown without interpolation by MetaphAI; reference years and coverage can differ across countries.

What it measures

Urban population · % of population. WDI observations are shown without interpolation by MetaphAI; reference years and coverage can differ across countries.

How to interpret it

WDI observations are shown without interpolation by MetaphAI; reference years and coverage can differ across countries.

Key figures

Spain80.51%55th in 2025
Highest value100%Sint Maarten
Lowest value14.63%Liechtenstein
Median64.19%217 countries and territories with data
Change in Spain+1.3 pp2015–2025

Source

World Bank — World Development Indicators

World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wup/, note: United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects, National definitions, publisher: UN Population Division

Limitations

Urban population — Countries

Urban population · % of population. WDI observations are shown without interpolation by MetaphAI; reference years and coverage can differ across countries.

International ranking

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Urban population over time

WDI observations are shown without interpolation by MetaphAI; reference years and coverage can differ across countries.

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