Bulgaria vs Romania: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 74.2% in Bulgaria and 52.2% in Romania, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bulgaria, by 22 percentage points, or 1.42 times that in Romania.

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% of people · UN

BulgariaRomaniaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Bulgaria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Bulgaria ranked 83 and Romania ranked 157 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Bulgaria at 80.5% and Romania at 55.3% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Bulgaria	Romania
2025	74.2	52.2
2024	74	52.2
2023	73.7	52.2
2022	73.5	52.2
2021	73.4	52.2
2020	73.3	52.6
2019	73.7	52.9
2018	73.6	53.1
2017	73.4	53.4
2016	73.2	53.6
2015	73.1	53.7
2014	73.1	53.8
2013	73	53.9
2012	72.8	54
2011	72.6	54
2010	71.5	53.9
2009	71.3	53.8
2008	70.9	53.6
2007	70.7	53.5
2006	70.5	53.3
2005	70.1	53.1
2004	69.9	52.9
2003	69.8	52.8
2002	69.5	52.8
2001	69.2	52.8
2000	68.3	52.9
1999	68.1	53
1998	67.9	53.2
1997	67.7	53.5
1996	67.7	53.7
1995	67.8	53.9
1994	67.7	54.1
1993	67.4	54.2
1992	67.2	54.3
1991	67.1	54.3
1990	67	54.2
1989	67.3	54
1988	66.7	53.8
1987	66	53.4
1986	65.3	53
1985	65	52.6
1984	65.6	52
1983	64.7	51.5
1982	63.9	50.9
1981	63	50.3
1980	62.1	49.7
1979	61.5	49
1978	60.5	48.4
1977	59.4	47.8
1976	58.5	47.2
1975	58	46.5
1974	58.1	45.7
1973	56.3	44.8
1972	55.2	43.9
1971	53.8	43
1970	52.3	42
1969	50.6	41.1
1968	49	40.2
1967	48	39.3
1966	47	38.5
1965	45.7	37.7
1964	43	37
1963	40.3	36.3
1962	39.3	35.7
1961	38.4	35.1
1960	37.1	34.4
1959	35.7	33.8
1958	34.8	33.1
1957	34	32.4
1956	33.1	31.6
1955	31.7	30.7
1954	30.8	29.7
1953	29.7	28.5
1952	28.8	27.2
1951	28	26
1950	27.1	25

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

Year	Bulgaria	Romania
2026	74.4	52.2
2027	74.6	52.2
2028	74.9	52.2
2029	75.1	52.2
2030	75.3	52.3
2031	75.6	52.3
2032	75.8	52.3
2033	76	52.4
2034	76.3	52.5
2035	76.5	52.5
2036	76.8	52.6
2037	77	52.7
2038	77.3	52.8
2039	77.5	52.9
2040	77.8	53.1
2041	78	53.2
2042	78.3	53.4
2043	78.6	53.5
2044	78.8	53.7
2045	79.1	53.9
2046	79.4	54.2
2047	79.6	54.4
2048	79.9	54.7
2049	80.2	55
2050	80.5	55.3

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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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