Czechia vs Romania: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 72.9% in Czechia and 52.2% in Romania, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Czechia, by 20.7 percentage points, or 1.4 times that in Romania.

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% of people · UN

CzechiaRomaniaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Czechia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Czechia ranked 86 and Romania ranked 157 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Czechia at 81.2% and Romania at 55.3% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Czechia	Romania
2025	72.9	52.2
2024	72.8	52.2
2023	72.7	52.2
2022	72.7	52.2
2021	72.7	52.2
2020	72.7	52.6
2019	72.8	52.9
2018	72.9	53.1
2017	72.9	53.4
2016	73	53.6
2015	73	53.7
2014	73.1	53.8
2013	73.2	53.9
2012	73.2	54
2011	73.3	54
2010	73.4	53.9
2009	73.4	53.8
2008	73.5	53.6
2007	73.5	53.5
2006	73.6	53.3
2005	73.6	53.1
2004	73.7	52.9
2003	73.8	52.8
2002	73.8	52.8
2001	73.9	52.8
2000	74	52.9
1999	74.1	53
1998	74.3	53.2
1997	74.4	53.5
1996	74.6	53.7
1995	74.7	53.9
1994	74.9	54.1
1993	75	54.2
1992	75.1	54.3
1991	75.2	54.3
1990	75.2	54.2
1989	75.3	54
1988	75.3	53.8
1987	75.4	53.4
1986	75.4	53
1985	75.4	52.6
1984	75.5	52
1983	75.5	51.5
1982	75.5	50.9
1981	75.5	50.3
1980	74.7	49.7
1979	70.1	49
1978	69.7	48.4
1977	70.4	47.8
1976	69.5	47.2
1975	67.3	46.5
1974	67	45.7
1973	66.4	44.8
1972	65.7	43.9
1971	65	43
1970	64.4	42
1969	63.8	41.1
1968	63.3	40.2
1967	62.8	39.3
1966	62.4	38.5
1965	61.9	37.7
1964	61.5	37
1963	61	36.3
1962	60.6	35.7
1961	60.1	35.1
1960	59.6	34.4
1959	59.1	33.8
1958	58.5	33.1
1957	58	32.4
1956	57.5	31.6
1955	56.9	30.7
1954	56.4	29.7
1953	55.9	28.5
1952	55.3	27.2
1951	54.8	26
1950	54.2	25

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

Year	Czechia	Romania
2026	73	52.2
2027	73.1	52.2
2028	73.2	52.2
2029	73.4	52.2
2030	73.6	52.3
2031	73.8	52.3
2032	74	52.3
2033	74.3	52.4
2034	74.5	52.5
2035	74.8	52.5
2036	75.1	52.6
2037	75.4	52.7
2038	75.8	52.8
2039	76.1	52.9
2040	76.5	53.1
2041	76.9	53.2
2042	77.3	53.4
2043	77.7	53.5
2044	78.2	53.7
2045	78.6	53.9
2046	79.1	54.2
2047	79.6	54.4
2048	80.1	54.7
2049	80.7	55
2050	81.2	55.3

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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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