European Union - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in European Union was 335,426,400 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 335,426,400 in 2020 and a minimum value of 209,424,100 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 209,424,100
1961 213,181,700
1962 217,026,100
1963 221,155,200
1964 225,330,000
1965 229,461,400
1966 233,459,500
1967 237,286,900
1968 240,893,000
1969 244,278,900
1970 247,339,300
1971 250,392,500
1972 253,675,300
1973 256,859,000
1974 259,945,600
1975 262,841,900
1976 265,497,900
1977 268,106,800
1978 270,694,100
1979 273,201,000
1980 275,684,800
1981 277,931,200
1982 279,652,300
1983 281,059,600
1984 282,265,200
1985 283,455,400
1986 284,870,000
1987 286,582,400
1988 288,368,800
1989 289,995,500
1990 291,681,200
1991 293,352,100
1992 294,873,500
1993 296,384,300
1994 297,720,300
1995 298,883,100
1996 299,966,900
1997 300,993,300
1998 301,959,300
1999 303,042,800
2000 304,075,000
2001 305,278,400
2002 306,962,000
2003 309,016,300
2004 311,124,800
2005 313,183,100
2006 315,148,400
2007 317,172,300
2008 319,152,700
2009 320,826,800
2010 322,196,500
2011 322,486,000
2012 323,794,300
2013 325,389,400
2014 326,995,200
2015 328,554,200
2016 330,129,000
2017 331,550,000
2018 333,026,400
2019 334,223,800
2020 335,426,400

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in European Union was 74.96 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 74.96 in 2020, while its lowest value was 58.68 in 1960.

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 58.68
1961 59.22
1962 59.75
1963 60.34
1964 60.92
1965 61.51
1966 62.08
1967 62.62
1968 63.13
1969 63.58
1970 64.02
1971 64.47
1972 64.88
1973 65.27
1974 65.65
1975 65.99
1976 66.30
1977 66.62
1978 66.96
1979 67.28
1980 67.59
1981 67.86
1982 68.06
1983 68.22
1984 68.36
1985 68.48
1986 68.63
1987 68.84
1988 69.05
1989 69.20
1990 69.37
1991 69.56
1992 69.72
1993 69.85
1994 69.99
1995 70.13
1996 70.27
1997 70.40
1998 70.53
1999 70.67
2000 70.83
2001 71.01
2002 71.24
2003 71.46
2004 71.68
2005 71.90
2006 72.12
2007 72.34
2008 72.56
2009 72.76
2010 72.97
2011 73.17
2012 73.36
2013 73.54
2014 73.72
2015 73.91
2016 74.11
2017 74.31
2018 74.52
2019 74.74
2020 74.96

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization