China vs Indonesia

China vs Indonesia: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 66.3% in China and 59.4% in Indonesia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 7 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in Indonesia.

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% of people · UN

China vs Indonesia: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 66.3% in China and 59.4% in Indonesia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 7 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in Indonesia.
ChinaIndonesiaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • China has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Indonesia.
  • In 2025, China ranked 108 and Indonesia ranked 137 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts China at 89.7% and Indonesia at 79.4% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearChinaIndonesia
202566.359.4
202465.958.8
202365.558.1
202265.257.5
202164.756.9
202063.556.3
201962.755.7
201861.555.1
201760.254.5
201658.853.8
201557.353.2
201455.852.5
201354.551.8
201253.151.2
201151.850.5
201049.249.9
200948.349.2
20084748.5
200745.947.7
200644.347
20054346.2
200441.845.5
200340.544.6
200239.143.8
200137.742.9
200036.442
199934.841
199833.439.9
199731.938.8
199630.537.5
19952936.3
199428.535.1
19932833.9
199227.532.7
199126.931.6
199026.230.6
198926.229.6
198825.828.7
198725.327.8
198624.526.9
198523.726
19842325.2
198321.624.3
198220.623.6
198120.222.8
198019.422.2
19791921.5
197817.920.8
197717.620.1
197617.419.5
197517.318.9
197417.218.4
197317.217.9
197217.117.5
197117.317.1
197017.416.8
196917.516.5
196817.616.3
196717.716.1
196617.915.9
19651815.7
196418.315.5
196316.815.3
196217.315.1
196119.314.8
196019.814.6
195918.414.4
195816.314.2
195715.414
195614.613.8
195513.513.5
195413.713.3
19531313.1
195212.512.8
195111.812.6
195011.212.3
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearChinaIndonesia
202666.860
202767.360.7
202867.961.4
202968.562.1
203069.162.8
203169.763.5
203270.464.2
203371.164.9
203471.965.6
203572.766.4
203673.667.1
203774.467.9
203875.468.7
203976.369.5
204077.370.3
204178.471.2
204279.572
204380.672.9
204481.873.8
20458374.6
204684.275.6
204785.576.5
204886.977.4
204988.378.4
205089.779.4

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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