Azerbaijan vs Iran: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 58.6% in Azerbaijan and 77.4% in Iran, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iran, by 18.7 percentage points, or 1.32 times that in Azerbaijan.

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% of people · UN

AzerbaijanIranUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Iran has been higher since 1985, when it overtook Azerbaijan.
In 2025, Azerbaijan ranked 141 and Iran ranked 75 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Azerbaijan at 59.4% and Iran at 86.9% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Azerbaijan	Iran
2025	58.6	77.4
2024	58.6	77
2023	58.5	76.7
2022	58.4	76.3
2021	58.4	76
2020	58.3	75.6
2019	58.1	75.2
2018	57.2	74.8
2017	56.4	74.4
2016	55.8	73.9
2015	55.2	73.4
2014	54.6	72.8
2013	54.2	72.3
2012	53.8	71.8
2011	53.5	71.2
2010	53.3	70.6
2009	53.1	70
2008	53.1	69.4
2007	52.8	68.8
2006	52.7	68.3
2005	52.5	67.9
2004	52.3	67.3
2003	51.7	66.6
2002	51.2	65.9
2001	51.2	65.2
2000	51.1	64.5
1999	51	63.7
1998	51.5	62.9
1997	51.9	62.1
1996	52.1	61.1
1995	52.3	60.4
1994	52.5	59.6
1993	52.7	58.7
1992	52.9	57.9
1991	53.2	56.9
1990	53.7	56.5
1989	54.1	55.9
1988	53.7	55.4
1987	53.5	54.8
1986	53.4	54.2
1985	53.2	53.6
1984	53.1	52.8
1983	53.2	52.1
1982	53.2	51.4
1981	53.2	50.7
1980	53.2	49.9
1979	52.7	49.2
1978	53	48.5
1977	52.7	47.8
1976	52.4	46.8
1975	52	46.1
1974	51.6	45.2
1973	51.3	44.3
1972	50.7	43.3
1971	50.4	42.4
1970	50.2	41.5
1969	50	40.6
1968	50	39.7
1967	49.9	38.9
1966	49.6	37.7
1965	49.7	37.1
1964	49.5	36.6
1963	49.5	36
1962	49	35.3
1961	49	34.6
1960	48.1	34
1959	47.9	33.3
1958	47.6	32.6
1957	47.8	31.9
1956	47.9	31.2
1955	48.4	30.5
1954	48.2	29.9
1953	45.7	29.3
1952	45.1	28.7
1951	45	28.1
1950	43.8	27.5

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

Year	Azerbaijan	Iran
2026	58.7	77.7
2027	58.8	78.1
2028	58.8	78.5
2029	58.9	78.8
2030	58.9	79.2
2031	59	79.5
2032	59	79.9
2033	59	80.3
2034	59.1	80.6
2035	59.1	81
2036	59.2	81.4
2037	59.2	81.8
2038	59.2	82.1
2039	59.2	82.5
2040	59.3	82.9
2041	59.3	83.3
2042	59.3	83.7
2043	59.3	84.1
2044	59.3	84.5
2045	59.3	84.8
2046	59.4	85.2
2047	59.4	85.6
2048	59.4	86.1
2049	59.4	86.5
2050	59.4	86.9

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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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