Canada vs Thailand

Canada vs Thailand: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 82.9% in Canada and 62.8% in Thailand, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 20.1 percentage points, or 1.32 times that in Thailand.

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% of people · UN

Canada vs Thailand: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 82.9% in Canada and 62.8% in Thailand, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 20.1 percentage points, or 1.32 times that in Thailand.
CanadaThailandUN 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 Thailand ranked 124 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Canada at 87.4% and Thailand at 79.2% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearCanadaThailand
202582.962.8
202482.761.9
202382.560.9
202282.459.7
202182.258.5
20208257.2
201981.755.9
201881.654.6
201781.449.2
201681.347.9
201581.347
201481.246.3
201381.245.8
201281.245.4
201181.144.8
20108144
200980.943
200880.741.9
200780.440.7
200680.239.4
20058038.1
200479.736.8
200379.435.4
200279.134.1
200178.832.7
200078.631.5
199978.430.2
199878.328.7
199778.127.2
199677.925.6
199577.624.1
199477.322.7
19937721.3
199276.720.2
199176.619.4
199076.618.8
198976.518.5
198876.518.3
198776.518.1
198676.518
198576.417.8
198476.217.7
19837617.6
198275.917.4
198175.717.3
198075.717.1
197975.616.8
197875.616.5
197775.616.1
197675.515.7
197575.615.2
197475.714.8
197375.914.3
19727613.9
197176.113.6
19707613.3
196975.513.1
19687512.9
196774.312.8
196673.612.6
19657312.5
196472.112.3
196371.312.2
196270.512.1
196169.712
19606911.8
195968.511.7
195867.911.5
195767.311.4
195666.711.2
19556611.1
195465.311
195364.610.8
195263.810.7
19516310.5
195062.210.4
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearCanadaThailand
202683.163.7
202783.264.6
202883.465.6
202983.666.4
203083.867.3
203183.968.2
203284.169
203384.369.9
203484.570.7
203584.771.5
203684.872.2
20378572.9
203885.273.6
203985.474.3
204085.575
204185.775.6
204285.976.1
204386.176.7
204486.377.2
204586.577.6
204686.678
204786.878.4
20488778.7
204987.278.9
205087.479.2

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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