Colombia vs United Arab Emirates: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 78.8% in Colombia and 86% in United Arab Emirates, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 7.2 percentage points, or 1.09 times that in Colombia.

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% of people · UN

ColombiaUnited Arab EmiratesUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Colombia ranked 72 and United Arab Emirates ranked 48 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Colombia at 90% and United Arab Emirates at 87.9% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Colombia	United Arab Emirates
2025	78.8	86
2024	78.5	85.8
2023	78.3	85.7
2022	78.1	85.5
2021	77.8	85.4
2020	77.6	85.2
2019	77.5	85
2018	77.3	84.9
2017	77.2	84.7
2016	77.2	84.5
2015	77.2	84.3
2014	77.1	84.1
2013	77	84
2012	76.9	83.8
2011	76.8	83.6
2010	76.7	83.4
2009	76.6	83.2
2008	76.5	83
2007	76.3	82.8
2006	76.2	82.6
2005	76	82.2
2004	75.8	81.5
2003	75.5	80.9
2002	75.2	80.3
2001	74.8	79.8
2000	74.4	79.3
1999	73.9	78.9
1998	73.4	78.6
1997	72.9	78.4
1996	72.3	78.3
1995	71.8	78.3
1994	71.3	78.3
1993	70.9	78.4
1992	70.4	78.4
1991	70	78.6
1990	69.5	78.7
1989	69	78.8
1988	68.5	79
1987	68.1	79.2
1986	67.6	79.3
1985	67.1	79.5
1984	66.6	79.7
1983	66.1	80
1982	65.7	80.3
1981	65.2	80.7
1980	64.7	81.1
1979	64.3	81.8
1978	63.8	82.6
1977	63.2	83.4
1976	62.7	83.9
1975	62.1	83.9
1974	61.5	83.7
1973	60.8	83.2
1972	60	82.6
1971	59.1	82
1970	58.2	81.2
1969	57.2	80.5
1968	56.1	79.8
1967	55	79.2
1966	54	78.5
1965	53	77.8
1964	52	77.1
1963	51	76.3
1962	50.1	75.5
1961	49.1	74.5
1960	48.1	73.5
1959	47.2	72.3
1958	46.2	70.9
1957	45.3	69.4
1956	44.4	67.7
1955	43.4	65.8
1954	42.5	63.8
1953	41.5	61.6
1952	40.6	59.4
1951	39.6	57
1950	38.7	54.5

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

Year	Colombia	United Arab Emirates
2026	79.1	86.1
2027	79.4	86.2
2028	79.7	86.4
2029	80	86.5
2030	80.3	86.6
2031	80.7	86.7
2032	81.1	86.8
2033	81.4	87
2034	81.8	87.1
2035	82.3	87.2
2036	82.7	87.2
2037	83.1	87.3
2038	83.6	87.4
2039	84	87.5
2040	84.5	87.6
2041	85	87.6
2042	85.5	87.7
2043	86	87.7
2044	86.6	87.8
2045	87.1	87.8
2046	87.7	87.8
2047	88.2	87.9
2048	88.8	87.9
2049	89.4	87.9
2050	90	87.9

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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Deaths in conflictsColombia: 109 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022