Armenia vs Azerbaijan: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 65.9% in Armenia and 58.6% in Azerbaijan, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Armenia, by 7.3 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in Azerbaijan.

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% of people · UN

ArmeniaAzerbaijanUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Armenia has been higher since 1957, when it overtook Azerbaijan.
In 2025, Armenia ranked 110 and Azerbaijan ranked 141 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Armenia at 68.9% and Azerbaijan at 59.4% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Armenia	Azerbaijan
2025	65.9	58.6
2024	65.8	58.6
2023	65.7	58.5
2022	65.6	58.4
2021	65.4	58.4
2020	65.2	58.3
2019	65	58.1
2018	64.9	57.2
2017	64.7	56.4
2016	64.6	55.8
2015	64.5	55.2
2014	64.4	54.6
2013	64.4	54.2
2012	64.3	53.8
2011	64.3	53.5
2010	64.3	53.3
2009	64.4	53.1
2008	64.4	53.1
2007	64.4	52.8
2006	64.5	52.7
2005	64.5	52.5
2004	64.6	52.3
2003	64.7	51.7
2002	64.7	51.2
2001	64.8	51.2
2000	65	51.1
1999	65.2	51
1998	65.4	51.5
1997	65.7	51.9
1996	66.1	52.1
1995	66.4	52.3
1994	66.7	52.5
1993	67	52.7
1992	67.3	52.9
1991	67.6	53.2
1990	67.7	53.7
1989	67.8	54.1
1988	67.8	53.7
1987	67.7	53.5
1986	67.6	53.4
1985	67.5	53.2
1984	67.3	53.1
1983	67	53.2
1982	66.8	53.2
1981	66.5	53.2
1980	66.2	53.2
1979	65.9	52.7
1978	65.5	53
1977	65.1	52.7
1976	64.5	52.4
1975	63.8	52
1974	63	51.6
1973	62.3	51.3
1972	61.5	50.7
1971	60.6	50.4
1970	59.9	50.2
1969	58.8	50
1968	57.7	50
1967	57.1	49.9
1966	56.5	49.6
1965	56.1	49.7
1964	55.6	49.5
1963	54.6	49.5
1962	53.6	49
1961	52.5	49
1960	51.2	48.1
1959	50.4	47.9
1958	49.5	47.6
1957	48.6	47.8
1956	47.7	47.9
1955	46.6	48.4
1954	45.6	48.2
1953	44.5	45.7
1952	43.4	45.1
1951	42.2	45
1950	41.1	43.8

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

Year	Armenia	Azerbaijan
2026	66.1	58.7
2027	66.2	58.8
2028	66.3	58.8
2029	66.4	58.9
2030	66.5	58.9
2031	66.6	59
2032	66.8	59
2033	66.9	59
2034	67	59.1
2035	67.1	59.1
2036	67.2	59.2
2037	67.3	59.2
2038	67.5	59.2
2039	67.6	59.2
2040	67.7	59.3
2041	67.8	59.3
2042	67.9	59.3
2043	68	59.3
2044	68.2	59.3
2045	68.3	59.3
2046	68.4	59.4
2047	68.5	59.4
2048	68.6	59.4
2049	68.8	59.4
2050	68.9	59.4

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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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