Bolivia vs Mexico: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 71.6% in Bolivia and 80% in Mexico, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mexico, by 8.5 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in Bolivia.

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% of people · UN

BoliviaMexicoUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Mexico has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Bolivia ranked 90 and Mexico ranked 63 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Bolivia at 82.4% and Mexico at 89.5% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Bolivia	Mexico
2025	71.6	80
2024	71.2	79.8
2023	70.9	79.5
2022	70.6	79.2
2021	70.4	78.9
2020	70	78.7
2019	69.7	78.4
2018	69.4	78
2017	69.1	77.7
2016	68.7	77.4
2015	68.4	77.2
2014	68	77
2013	67.7	76.8
2012	67.3	76.7
2011	66.8	76.6
2010	66.4	76.5
2009	66	76.5
2008	65.5	76.5
2007	65.1	76.5
2006	64.7	76.5
2005	64.2	76.5
2004	63.8	76.3
2003	63.3	76.1
2002	62.8	75.7
2001	62.3	75.3
2000	61.9	74.9
1999	61.4	74.6
1998	60.9	74.3
1997	60.4	74
1996	59.9	73.6
1995	59.4	73.3
1994	58.8	73
1993	58.2	72.6
1992	57.6	72.2
1991	56.8	71.9
1990	55.9	71.5
1989	54.9	71
1988	53.8	70.6
1987	52.6	70.1
1986	51.4	69.6
1985	50.1	69.1
1984	48.8	68.6
1983	47.5	68.1
1982	46.3	67.5
1981	45.2	66.9
1980	44.1	66.3
1979	43.2	65.7
1978	42.3	65
1977	41.7	64.4
1976	41.2	63.6
1975	40.8	62.9
1974	40.5	62.1
1973	40.1	61.4
1972	39.8	60.6
1971	39.5	59.8
1970	39.2	59
1969	38.9	58.3
1968	38.6	57.5
1967	38.4	56.6
1966	38.1	55.8
1965	37.9	55
1964	37.7	54.1
1963	37.5	53.3
1962	37.3	52.4
1961	37.1	51.6
1960	36.9	50.8
1959	36.7	49.9
1958	36.5	49.1
1957	36.3	48.3
1956	36.2	47.5
1955	36	46.7
1954	35.8	45.9
1953	35.6	45.1
1952	35.4	44.2
1951	35.2	43.4
1950	35	42.6

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

Year	Bolivia	Mexico
2026	71.9	80.3
2027	72.2	80.6
2028	72.6	80.9
2029	72.9	81.3
2030	73.3	81.6
2031	73.7	81.9
2032	74	82.2
2033	74.4	82.6
2034	74.8	82.9
2035	75.2	83.3
2036	75.6	83.7
2037	76.1	84
2038	76.5	84.4
2039	76.9	84.8
2040	77.4	85.2
2041	77.8	85.6
2042	78.3	86
2043	78.8	86.4
2044	79.3	86.8
2045	79.8	87.3
2046	80.3	87.7
2047	80.8	88.1
2048	81.3	88.6
2049	81.9	89
2050	82.4	89.5

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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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