Argentina vs Brazil: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 92.4% in Argentina and 88.2% in Brazil, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Argentina, by 4.2 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Brazil.

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% of people · UN

ArgentinaBrazilUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Argentina has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Argentina ranked 27 and Brazil ranked 42 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Argentina at 93.4% and Brazil at 91.3% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Argentina	Brazil
2025	92.4	88.2
2024	92.3	87.9
2023	92.2	87.6
2022	92.1	87.4
2021	92	87.1
2020	91.9	86.9
2019	91.9	86.7
2018	91.8	86.4
2017	91.7	86.2
2016	91.6	86
2015	91.5	85.7
2014	91.4	85.4
2013	91.3	85.2
2012	91.2	84.9
2011	91.1	84.6
2010	91	84.3
2009	90.8	84.1
2008	90.7	83.8
2007	90.5	83.5
2006	90.3	83.3
2005	90.1	83
2004	89.9	82.7
2003	89.8	82.4
2002	89.6	82
2001	89.4	81.6
2000	89.2	81.2
1999	89	80.6
1998	88.8	79.8
1997	88.6	79
1996	88.4	78.3
1995	88.2	77.7
1994	88	77.2
1993	87.7	76.6
1992	87.5	76.1
1991	87.2	75.5
1990	86.9	74.9
1989	86.6	74.3
1988	86.2	73.6
1987	85.8	73
1986	85.4	72.3
1985	85	71.6
1984	84.6	70.9
1983	84.1	70.1
1982	83.7	69.3
1981	83.3	68.4
1980	82.9	67.4
1979	82.5	66.3
1978	82.1	65
1977	81.7	63.5
1976	81.4	61.9
1975	81	60.3
1974	80.6	58.7
1973	80.2	57.1
1972	79.7	55.7
1971	79.3	54.3
1970	78.8	53.2
1969	78.2	52.2
1968	77.6	51.2
1967	76.9	50.3
1966	76.2	49.5
1965	75.4	48.7
1964	74.7	47.9
1963	73.9	47.1
1962	73.2	46.3
1961	72.4	45.5
1960	71.7	44.7
1959	71	43.9
1958	70.3	43
1957	69.6	42.2
1956	68.9	41.4
1955	68.2	40.6
1954	67.5	39.8
1953	66.8	38.9
1952	66.1	38.1
1951	65.4	37.3
1950	64.7	36.6

UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050

Year	Argentina	Brazil
2026	92.4	88.5
2027	92.5	88.8
2028	92.6	89
2029	92.6	89.3
2030	92.7	89.6
2031	92.8	89.8
2032	92.8	90
2033	92.9	90.1
2034	93	90.2
2035	93	90.3
2036	93.1	90.5
2037	93.1	90.6
2038	93.2	90.7
2039	93.2	90.8
2040	93.2	90.8
2041	93.3	90.9
2042	93.3	91
2043	93.3	91.1
2044	93.4	91.1
2045	93.4	91.2
2046	93.4	91.2
2047	93.4	91.2
2048	93.4	91.3
2049	93.4	91.3
2050	93.4	91.3

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The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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