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Living in cities

% of people · World Bank World Development Indicators, SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS

Countries with any figure: 215
Years: 1960–2025
Compare on: 2025 215 countries
Newest year: 2025 215 countries
Every year: 215 countries
Stop before 2025: 0 countries

Statistical offices report at different speeds, so the newest year usually has fewer countries than the years before it. A country's "latest" figure elsewhere on this site can therefore be from different years for different countries; rankings only compare countries with a figure for the same year.

Compare countries on this indicator

Countries with a figure for Living in cities, each yearThe best-covered year has 215 countries. 2025 is the last year with at least 90% of that (215); 2025 has 215.

Show the numbers (66 rows)

Year	Countries with a figure
2025	215
2024	215
2023	215
2022	215
2021	215
2020	215
2019	215
2018	215
2017	215
2016	215
2015	215
2014	215
2013	215
2012	215
2011	215
2010	215
2009	215
2008	215
2007	215
2006	215
2005	215
2004	215
2003	215
2002	215
2001	215
2000	215
1999	215
1998	215
1997	215
1996	215
1995	215
1994	215
1993	215
1992	215
1991	215
1990	215
1989	215
1988	215
1987	215
1986	215
1985	215
1984	215
1983	215
1982	215
1981	215
1980	215
1979	215
1978	215
1977	215
1976	215
1975	215
1974	215
1973	215
1972	215
1971	215
1970	215
1969	215
1968	215
1967	215
1966	215
1965	215
1964	215
1963	215
1962	215
1961	215
1960	215

Which countries have figures for Living in cities, by year215 countries have at least one figure from 1960 to 2025; 215 have every year, 0 have gaps, and 0 stop before 2025.

Point at a row to see the country and its years.

Years with a figure
Country stops before 2025
End of 2025, the last year at least 90% of countries report

Get this data

This page's numbers, as JSON:

curl https://visualizedata.org/data/indicators/urban-share.json

The World Bank API it comes from (live, no key):

curl "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS?format=json&per_page=30000&date=1960:2030"

Open the JSON

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators: SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS (CC BY 4.0)
Updated several times a year; each indicator has its own latest year.
Countries are the datasites geo registry's; regional and income-group aggregates are left out.
Built 2026-10-26.