United Kingdom - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in United Kingdom was 56,395,650 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 56,395,650 in 2020 and a minimum value of 41,104,660 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 41,104,660
1961 41,381,470
1962 41,661,200
1963 41,900,110
1964 42,098,400
1965 42,294,200
1966 42,452,050
1967 42,603,820
1968 42,733,860
1969 42,833,740
1970 42,925,830
1971 43,056,860
1972 43,295,640
1973 43,470,960
1974 43,590,040
1975 43,677,890
1976 43,757,640
1977 43,833,730
1978 43,925,440
1979 44,054,300
1980 44,195,960
1981 44,271,630
1982 44,228,170
1983 44,215,090
1984 44,257,470
1985 44,329,760
1986 44,404,210
1987 44,470,320
1988 44,540,720
1989 44,628,280
1990 44,733,260
1991 44,855,740
1992 45,011,750
1993 45,154,420
1994 45,304,830
1995 45,459,650
1996 45,610,450
1997 45,762,480
1998 45,931,120
1999 46,119,140
2000 46,319,550
2001 46,557,340
2002 46,930,580
2003 47,323,790
2004 47,767,770
2005 48,269,620
2006 48,798,540
2007 49,351,700
2008 49,913,480
2009 50,463,080
2010 51,030,310
2011 51,600,210
2012 52,130,340
2013 52,650,600
2014 53,209,680
2015 53,802,930
2016 54,382,820
2017 54,923,320
2018 55,426,600
2019 55,909,920
2020 56,395,650

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in United Kingdom was 83.90 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 83.90 in 2020, while its lowest value was 77.03 in 1971.

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 78.44
1961 78.37
1962 78.24
1963 78.10
1964 77.96
1965 77.82
1966 77.68
1967 77.54
1968 77.40
1969 77.26
1970 77.12
1971 77.03
1972 77.20
1973 77.36
1974 77.52
1975 77.68
1976 77.84
1977 78.01
1978 78.16
1979 78.32
1980 78.48
1981 78.59
1982 78.54
1983 78.49
1984 78.44
1985 78.39
1986 78.34
1987 78.29
1988 78.24
1989 78.19
1990 78.14
1991 78.11
1992 78.17
1993 78.23
1994 78.29
1995 78.35
1996 78.41
1997 78.47
1998 78.53
1999 78.59
2000 78.65
2001 78.75
2002 79.05
2003 79.34
2004 79.63
2005 79.92
2006 80.20
2007 80.48
2008 80.76
2009 81.03
2010 81.30
2011 81.57
2012 81.84
2013 82.10
2014 82.37
2015 82.63
2016 82.89
2017 83.14
2018 83.40
2019 83.65
2020 83.90

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization