Belarus vs Poland: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 79.5% in Belarus and 60.1% in Poland, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belarus, by 19.4 percentage points, or 1.32 times that in Poland.

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% of people · UN

BelarusPolandUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Belarus has been higher since 1983, when it overtook Poland.
In 2025, Belarus ranked 65 and Poland ranked 132 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Belarus at 87.4% and Poland at 72.1% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Belarus	Poland
2025	79.5	60.1
2024	79.2	60
2023	78.8	59.9
2022	78.5	59.8
2021	78.1	59.8
2020	77.8	59.9
2019	77.5	60
2018	77.2	60.1
2017	77	60.2
2016	76.9	60.2
2015	76.6	60.3
2014	76.3	60.4
2013	76	60.5
2012	75.5	60.6
2011	75.1	60.7
2010	74.6	60.9
2009	74.2	61
2008	73.6	61.1
2007	73.1	61.3
2006	72.6	61.4
2005	72	61.6
2004	71.8	61.7
2003	71.3	61.7
2002	70.9	61.8
2001	70.3	61.8
2000	69.9	61.8
1999	69.5	61.7
1998	69	61.7
1997	68.6	61.7
1996	68.3	61.6
1995	68	61.6
1994	67.8	61.6
1993	67.5	61.5
1992	67.3	61.4
1991	67	61.4
1990	66.4	61.3
1989	65.8	61.2
1988	64.9	61.1
1987	63.8	61
1986	62.8	60.7
1985	61.8	60.4
1984	60.8	60.1
1983	59.7	59.6
1982	58.7	59.2
1981	57.6	58.7
1980	56.6	58.2
1979	55.4	57.7
1978	54.4	57.2
1977	53.2	56.7
1976	52	56
1975	50.7	55.3
1974	49.4	54.6
1973	48	53.9
1972	46.6	53.2
1971	45.2	52.6
1970	44	52.1
1969	42.7	51.6
1968	41.5	51.2
1967	40.2	50.9
1966	39.1	50.6
1965	38	50.2
1964	37	49.9
1963	36	49.5
1962	34.9	49.1
1961	33.9	48.6
1960	32.7	48.1
1959	31.4	47.4
1958	29.9	46.7
1957	28.4	45.9
1956	27.4	45
1955	26.8	44
1954	26.3	43
1953	25.3	42
1952	24.2	40.8
1951	22.9	39.7
1950	21.6	38.4

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

Year	Belarus	Poland
2026	79.8	60.2
2027	80.2	60.4
2028	80.5	60.6
2029	80.8	60.8
2030	81.2	61.1
2031	81.5	61.4
2032	81.8	61.7
2033	82.2	62.1
2034	82.5	62.4
2035	82.8	62.8
2036	83.1	63.3
2037	83.5	63.7
2038	83.8	64.2
2039	84.1	64.7
2040	84.4	65.3
2041	84.7	65.8
2042	85	66.4
2043	85.4	67.1
2044	85.7	67.7
2045	86	68.4
2046	86.3	69.1
2047	86.6	69.8
2048	86.9	70.5
2049	87.2	71.3
2050	87.4	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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