Croatia vs Serbia: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 57.8% in Croatia and 62.6% in Serbia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Serbia, by 4.8 percentage points, or 1.08 times that in Croatia.

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% of people · UN

CroatiaSerbiaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Serbia has been higher since 2001, when it overtook Croatia.
In 2025, Croatia ranked 142 and Serbia ranked 125 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Croatia at 72.8% and Serbia at 76.3% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Croatia	Serbia
2025	57.8	62.6
2024	57.5	62.4
2023	57.2	62.1
2022	57	61.9
2021	56.8	61.4
2020	56.5	61.2
2019	56.3	61.1
2018	56.1	60.8
2017	55.9	60.6
2016	55.7	60.4
2015	55.6	60.1
2014	55.5	59.9
2013	55.4	59.6
2012	55.3	59.4
2011	55.3	59.4
2010	55.3	59.4
2009	55.3	59.2
2008	55.4	58.9
2007	55.4	58.6
2006	55.5	58.2
2005	55.5	57.8
2004	55.6	57.3
2003	55.6	56.9
2002	55.7	56.5
2001	55.7	56.1
2000	55.7	55.6
1999	55.6	55.1
1998	55.6	54.6
1997	55.5	54
1996	55.3	53.5
1995	55.2	52.9
1994	55	52.4
1993	54.8	51.8
1992	54.6	51.3
1991	54.4	50.8
1990	54.1	50.4
1989	53.7	50
1988	53.1	49.6
1987	52.5	49.2
1986	51.8	48.8
1985	51	48.4
1984	50.2	48
1983	49.4	47.6
1982	48.7	47.2
1981	48	46.7
1980	47.3	46.2
1979	46.7	45.7
1978	46	45.2
1977	45.4	44.7
1976	44.8	44.1
1975	44.1	43.5
1974	43.4	42.9
1973	42.7	42.2
1972	42	41.5
1971	41.2	40.8
1970	40.4	40
1969	39.4	39.1
1968	38.4	38
1967	37.4	36.9
1966	36.3	35.8
1965	35.2	34.6
1964	34.1	33.4
1963	33	32.2
1962	32	31.1
1961	31	30.1
1960	30.1	29.1
1959	29.3	28.1
1958	28.4	27.2
1957	27.6	26.2
1956	26.8	25.3
1955	26	24.4
1954	25.2	23.6
1953	24.5	22.7
1952	23.8	21.9
1951	23	21.1
1950	22.3	20.3

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

Year	Croatia	Serbia
2026	58.1	62.9
2027	58.5	63.2
2028	58.9	63.5
2029	59.3	63.9
2030	59.7	64.2
2031	60.1	64.6
2032	60.6	65
2033	61.1	65.4
2034	61.6	65.9
2035	62.2	66.3
2036	62.7	66.8
2037	63.3	67.3
2038	63.9	67.9
2039	64.5	68.4
2040	65.2	69
2041	65.9	69.6
2042	66.6	70.3
2043	67.3	70.9
2044	68	71.6
2045	68.7	72.3
2046	69.5	73.1
2047	70.3	73.8
2048	71.1	74.6
2049	71.9	75.4
2050	72.8	76.3

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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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