Canada vs India

Canada vs India: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 82.9% in Canada and 35.7% in India, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 47.2 percentage points, or 2.32 times that in India.

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% of people · UN

Canada vs India: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 82.9% in Canada and 35.7% in India, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 47.2 percentage points, or 2.32 times that in India.
CanadaIndiaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • Canada has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • In 2025, Canada ranked 55 and India ranked 191 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Canada at 87.4% and India at 43.1% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearCanadaIndia
202582.935.7
202482.735.4
202382.535.1
202282.434.8
202182.234.4
20208234.1
201981.733.8
201881.633.5
201781.433.2
201681.332.9
201581.332.6
201481.232.2
201381.231.9
201281.231.6
201181.131.3
20108130.9
200980.930.5
200880.730.1
200780.429.8
200680.229.4
20058029.1
200479.728.8
200379.428.5
200279.128.2
200178.827.9
200078.627.7
199978.427.4
199878.327.2
199778.127
199677.926.8
199577.626.6
199477.326.4
19937726.2
199276.726
199176.625.8
199076.625.6
198976.525.4
198876.525.2
198776.525
198676.524.8
198576.424.7
198476.224.5
19837624.3
198275.924
198175.723.8
198075.723.5
197975.623.2
197875.622.8
197775.622.4
197675.521.9
197575.621.5
197475.721
197375.920.6
19727620.3
197176.120
19707619.7
196975.519.5
19687519.2
196774.319
196673.618.8
19657318.6
196472.118.4
196371.318.3
196270.518.1
196169.718
19606917.9
195968.517.9
195867.917.8
195767.317.7
195666.717.7
19556617.6
195465.317.6
195364.617.5
195263.817.4
19516317.3
195062.217.2
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearCanadaIndia
202683.136
202783.236.3
202883.436.6
202983.636.9
203083.837.2
203183.937.5
203284.137.8
203384.338.1
203484.538.4
203584.738.7
203684.839
20378539.3
203885.239.6
203985.439.9
204085.540.2
204185.740.5
204285.940.8
204386.141.1
204486.341.4
204586.541.7
204686.641.9
204786.842.2
20488742.5
204987.242.8
205087.443.1

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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