Austria - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Austria was 5,238,479 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,238,479 in 2020 and a minimum value of 4,561,167 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 4,561,167
1961 4,592,914
1962 4,624,644
1963 4,658,034
1964 4,692,726
1965 4,726,878
1966 4,763,809
1967 4,803,163
1968 4,831,802
1969 4,852,163
1970 4,872,871
1971 4,897,890
1972 4,927,193
1973 4,955,326
1974 4,964,528
1975 4,952,131
1976 4,944,146
1977 4,946,802
1978 4,943,554
1979 4,935,890
1980 4,936,650
1981 4,947,212
1982 4,930,765
1983 4,902,840
1984 4,882,418
1985 4,864,664
1986 4,847,469
1987 4,830,238
1988 4,816,676
1989 4,817,928
1990 4,833,974
1991 4,861,464
1992 4,893,935
1993 4,912,877
1994 4,910,076
1995 4,895,821
1996 4,880,469
1997 4,864,091
1998 4,847,335
1999 4,834,637
2000 4,824,004
2001 4,820,068
2002 4,821,291
2003 4,822,095
2004 4,829,142
2005 4,839,033
2006 4,839,801
2007 4,832,038
2008 4,823,638
2009 4,812,679
2010 4,800,510
2011 4,792,887
2012 4,817,487
2013 4,861,991
2014 4,916,377
2015 4,988,134
2016 5,058,968
2017 5,110,858
2018 5,153,759
2019 5,196,085
2020 5,238,479

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Austria was 58.75 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 65.39 in 1980, while its lowest value was 57.12 in 2011.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 64.72
1961 64.81
1962 64.86
1963 64.91
1964 64.96
1965 65.01
1966 65.06
1967 65.11
1968 65.16
1969 65.21
1970 65.26
1971 65.30
1972 65.31
1973 65.32
1974 65.33
1975 65.34
1976 65.35
1977 65.36
1978 65.37
1979 65.38
1980 65.39
1981 65.36
1982 65.10
1983 64.84
1984 64.57
1985 64.31
1986 64.04
1987 63.77
1988 63.50
1989 63.23
1990 62.96
1991 62.69
1992 62.42
1993 62.14
1994 61.87
1995 61.60
1996 61.32
1997 61.05
1998 60.77
1999 60.49
2000 60.21
2001 59.93
2002 59.66
2003 59.38
2004 59.09
2005 58.81
2006 58.53
2007 58.25
2008 57.97
2009 57.68
2010 57.40
2011 57.12
2012 57.15
2013 57.34
2014 57.53
2015 57.72
2016 57.91
2017 58.09
2018 58.30
2019 58.52
2020 58.75

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization