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Urban population in Canada

1960 – 2025 · 66 data points section.rank · Countries section.updated Oct 22, 2026
people · Canada

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2025

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Latest value · 2025 82.9% +0.2 pp section.change_since
Countries · 2025 section.rank Place 1 is the highest value.
section.change_since +1.6 pp
vs section.levels.world +25.1 pp section.levels.world: 57.8% · 2025
Urban population, 1960 – 2025 percent · Canada · section.levels.world
+1.6 pp section.change_since
Canada section.levels.world

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2025

section.compare Urban population · percent
Canada
82.9%
section.levels.world
57.8%

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Canada · 1960 – 2025
Latest value 82.9% · 2025
First value 69.0% · 1960
Highest 82.9% · 2025
Lowest 69.0% · 1960
Data points 66

By year

section.all_years · 1960 – 2025

YearCanadaChange section.levels.world
2025 82.9% +0.2 pp 57.8%
2024 82.7% +0.2 pp 57.6%
2023 82.5% +0.2 pp 57.3%
2022 82.4% +0.2 pp 57.1%
2021 82.2% +0.2 pp 56.8%
2020 82.0% +0.2 pp 56.4%
2019 81.7% +0.2 pp 56.1%
2018 81.6% +0.1 pp 55.8%
2017 81.4% +0.1 pp 55.3%
2016 81.3% +0.1 pp 54.9%
2015 81.2% +0.0 pp 54.4%
2014 81.2% +0.0 pp 53.9%
2013 81.2% +0.0 pp 53.4%
2012 81.2% +0.0 pp 52.9%
2011 81.1% +0.1 pp 52.5%
2010 81.0% +0.2 pp 51.8%
2009 80.9% +0.2 pp 51.4%
2008 80.7% +0.2 pp 50.9%
2007 80.4% +0.2 pp 50.4%
2006 80.2% +0.2 pp 49.9%
2005 80.0% +0.3 pp 49.4%
2004 79.7% +0.3 pp 48.9%
2003 79.4% +0.3 pp 48.4%
2002 79.1% +0.3 pp 47.8%
2001 78.8% +0.2 pp 47.3%
2000 78.6% +0.2 pp 46.8%
1999 78.4% +0.2 pp 46.3%
1998 78.3% +0.2 pp 45.8%
1997 78.1% +0.2 pp 45.3%
1996 77.9% +0.3 pp 44.8%
1995 77.6% +0.3 pp 44.3%
1994 77.3% +0.3 pp 44.0%
1993 77.0% +0.3 pp 43.7%
1992 76.7% +0.1 pp 43.4%
1991 76.6% +0.0 pp 43.2%
1990 76.6% +0.0 pp 42.8%
1989 76.5% +0.0 pp 42.7%
1988 76.5% +0.0 pp 42.4%
1987 76.5% +0.0 pp 42.1%
1986 76.5% +0.1 pp 41.8%
1985 76.4% +0.2 pp 41.4%
1984 76.2% +0.2 pp 41.1%
1983 76.0% +0.2 pp 40.6%
1982 75.9% +0.1 pp 40.2%
1981 75.7% +0.1 pp 39.9%
1980 75.7% +0.1 pp 39.5%
1979 75.6% +0.0 pp 39.1%
1978 75.6% +0.0 pp 38.6%
1977 75.5% +0.0 pp 38.3%
1976 75.5% −0.0 pp 38.0%
1975 75.6% −0.1 pp 37.7%
1974 75.7% −0.2 pp 37.4%
1973 75.9% −0.1 pp 37.2%
1972 76.0% −0.1 pp 36.9%
1971 76.1% +0.1 pp 36.7%
1970 75.9% +0.4 pp 36.4%
1969 75.5% +0.6 pp 36.3%
1968 75.0% +0.7 pp 36.0%
1967 74.3% +0.7 pp 35.8%
1966 73.6% +0.7 pp 35.6%
1965 72.9% +0.8 pp 35.4%
1964 72.1% +0.9 pp 35.1%
1963 71.3% +0.8 pp 34.6%
1962 70.4% +0.8 pp 34.4%
1961 69.7% +0.6 pp 34.5%
1960 69.0% 34.2%

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2025

Ranking · Countries

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryUrban population
42 Bangladesh 30.5%
41 India 33.5%
40 Yemen 34.2%
39 Sierra Leone 42.2%
38 Egypt 42.5%
37 Congo - Kinshasa 42.5%
36 Liberia 52.3%
35 Romania 53.1%
34 Philippines 53.2%
33 Indonesia 55.1%
32 Honduras 55.9%
31 Poland 60.1%
30 China 61.5%
29 Ecuador 63.0%
28 Congo - Brazzaville 63.4%
27 Lithuania 67.1%
26 Italy 69.5%
25 Algeria 71.9%
24 Finland 72.3%
23 Czechia 72.8%
22 Bulgaria 73.6%
21 Russia 74.5%
20 Colombia 77.3%
19 Mexico 78.0%
18 Greece 78.0%
17 France 78.7%
16 Spain 79.6%
15 United States 80.3%
14 Germany 81.1%
13 South Korea 81.4%
12 Canada 81.6%
11 Norway 82.2%
10 United Kingdom 82.4%
9 Saudi Arabia 83.5%
8 Brazil 86.4%
7 Chile 88.0%
6 Türkiye 88.2%
5 Lebanon 89.3%
4 Gabon 89.5%
3 Argentina 91.8%
2 Netherlands 92.6%
1 Hong Kong SAR China 100.0%

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2018

section.what

The share of people who live in towns and cities rather than the countryside.

section.how

Residents of areas defined as urban by the national statistical office, divided by the total population.