Austria vs Poland: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 69.7% in Austria and 60.1% in Poland, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Austria, by 9.6 percentage points, or 1.16 times that in Poland.

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% of people · UN

AustriaPolandUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Austria has been higher since 1987, when it overtook Poland.
In 2025, Austria ranked 98 and Poland ranked 132 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Austria at 79.2% and Poland at 72.1% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Austria	Poland
2025	69.7	60.1
2024	69.5	60
2023	69.2	59.9
2022	69	59.8
2021	68.8	59.8
2020	68.5	59.9
2019	68.3	60
2018	68.1	60.1
2017	67.9	60.2
2016	67.7	60.2
2015	67.6	60.3
2014	67.4	60.4
2013	67.3	60.5
2012	67.2	60.6
2011	67.2	60.7
2010	67.1	60.9
2009	67.1	61
2008	67	61.1
2007	67	61.3
2006	67	61.4
2005	67	61.6
2004	67	61.7
2003	66.9	61.7
2002	66.9	61.8
2001	66.8	61.8
2000	66.8	61.8
1999	66.7	61.7
1998	66.5	61.7
1997	66.3	61.7
1996	66.1	61.6
1995	65.9	61.6
1994	65.6	61.6
1993	65.3	61.5
1992	65	61.4
1991	64.6	61.4
1990	64.1	61.3
1989	63.4	61.2
1988	62.4	61.1
1987	61.3	61
1986	60.1	60.7
1985	58.9	60.4
1984	57.7	60.1
1983	56.7	59.6
1982	55.8	59.2
1981	55.2	58.7
1980	54.7	58.2
1979	54.3	57.7
1978	53.9	57.2
1977	53.5	56.7
1976	53.2	56
1975	52.9	55.3
1974	52.6	54.6
1973	52.4	53.9
1972	52.1	53.2
1971	51.9	52.6
1970	51.7	52.1
1969	51.4	51.6
1968	51.2	51.2
1967	51	50.9
1966	50.8	50.6
1965	50.6	50.2
1964	50.4	49.9
1963	50.3	49.5
1962	50.1	49.1
1961	50	48.6
1960	49.9	48.1
1959	49.8	47.4
1958	49.7	46.7
1957	49.6	45.9
1956	49.5	45
1955	49.4	44
1954	49.3	43
1953	49.3	42
1952	49.2	40.8
1951	49.2	39.7
1950	49.2	38.4

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

Year	Austria	Poland
2026	70	60.2
2027	70.2	60.4
2028	70.5	60.6
2029	70.8	60.8
2030	71.1	61.1
2031	71.4	61.4
2032	71.7	61.7
2033	72.1	62.1
2034	72.4	62.4
2035	72.8	62.8
2036	73.1	63.3
2037	73.5	63.7
2038	73.9	64.2
2039	74.3	64.7
2040	74.7	65.3
2041	75.1	65.8
2042	75.5	66.4
2043	75.9	67.1
2044	76.4	67.7
2045	76.8	68.4
2046	77.3	69.1
2047	77.8	69.8
2048	78.2	70.5
2049	78.7	71.3
2050	79.2	72.1

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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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