Spain - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Spain was 38,274,380 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 38,274,380 in 2020 and a minimum value of 17,227,480 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 17,227,480
1961 17,614,510
1962 18,089,100
1963 18,560,790
1964 19,059,710
1965 19,580,950
1966 20,096,610
1967 20,660,200
1968 21,248,040
1969 21,772,800
1970 22,330,440
1971 22,878,390
1972 23,372,200
1973 23,870,860
1974 24,372,580
1975 24,876,770
1976 25,379,950
1977 25,880,540
1978 26,368,360
1979 26,838,010
1980 27,289,440
1981 27,669,150
1982 27,925,420
1983 28,151,120
1984 28,357,570
1985 28,549,380
1986 28,723,940
1987 28,887,110
1988 29,036,440
1989 29,169,750
1990 29,286,920
1991 29,430,520
1992 29,607,130
1993 29,793,330
1994 29,967,940
1995 30,133,080
1996 30,291,560
1997 30,451,230
1998 30,610,090
1999 30,767,120
2000 30,937,860
2001 31,186,430
2002 31,708,810
2003 32,390,830
2004 33,059,300
2005 33,727,740
2006 34,408,810
2007 35,159,320
2008 35,833,180
2009 36,260,460
2010 36,535,850
2011 36,773,880
2012 36,904,880
2013 36,891,840
2014 36,890,020
2015 36,971,020
2016 37,112,880
2017 37,311,860
2018 37,588,420
2019 37,974,180
2020 38,274,380

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Spain was 80.81 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 80.81 in 2020, while its lowest value was 56.57 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 56.57
1961 57.30
1962 58.31
1963 59.31
1964 60.30
1965 61.28
1966 62.25
1967 63.21
1968 64.17
1969 65.11
1970 66.04
1971 66.85
1972 67.54
1973 68.22
1974 68.90
1975 69.57
1976 70.23
1977 70.88
1978 71.53
1979 72.16
1980 72.79
1981 73.28
1982 73.52
1983 73.75
1984 73.98
1985 74.21
1986 74.44
1987 74.67
1988 74.90
1989 75.13
1990 75.35
1991 75.53
1992 75.61
1993 75.69
1994 75.77
1995 75.86
1996 75.94
1997 76.02
1998 76.10
1999 76.18
2000 76.26
2001 76.34
2002 76.53
2003 76.78
2004 77.02
2005 77.26
2006 77.50
2007 77.74
2008 77.98
2009 78.21
2010 78.44
2011 78.67
2012 78.90
2013 79.13
2014 79.37
2015 79.60
2016 79.84
2017 80.08
2018 80.32
2019 80.57
2020 80.81

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization