Dominican Republic vs Peru: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 72.5% in Dominican Republic and 85.6% in Peru, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Peru, by 13.1 percentage points, or 1.18 times that in Dominican Republic.

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% of people · UN

Dominican RepublicPeruUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Peru has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Dominican Republic ranked 87 and Peru ranked 50 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Dominican Republic at 89.4% and Peru at 91.9% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Dominican Republic	Peru
2025	72.5	85.6
2024	72.4	85.2
2023	72.4	84.8
2022	72.4	84.4
2021	72.9	84
2020	73.3	83.5
2019	73.5	83.1
2018	73.8	82.7
2017	73.9	82.2
2016	74.1	81.4
2015	74.1	80.7
2014	74.2	80
2013	74.2	79.3
2012	74.2	78.7
2011	74.2	78
2010	74.2	77.4
2009	73.6	76.8
2008	72.5	76.3
2007	71	75.8
2006	69.3	75.3
2005	67.6	74.8
2004	65.9	74.4
2003	64.4	74
2002	63.3	73.6
2001	62.3	73.2
2000	61.3	72.8
1999	60.4	72.4
1998	59.5	72
1997	58.6	71.7
1996	57.8	71.3
1995	57.1	70.9
1994	56.5	70.5
1993	56	70.1
1992	55.6	69.7
1991	55.3	69.3
1990	55	68.9
1989	54.7	68.6
1988	54.5	68.2
1987	54.2	67.8
1986	54	67.4
1985	53.7	67
1984	53.4	66.6
1983	53.1	66.2
1982	52.6	65.7
1981	52.1	65.2
1980	51.5	64.7
1979	50.7	64.2
1978	49.7	63.6
1977	48.6	63
1976	47.5	62.4
1975	46.3	61.8
1974	45	61.1
1973	43.8	60.3
1972	42.6	59.6
1971	41.4	58.7
1970	40.3	57.7
1969	39.2	56.6
1968	38.1	55.4
1967	37.1	54.1
1966	36	52.8
1965	34.9	51.6
1964	33.9	50.4
1963	32.9	49.3
1962	31.9	48.3
1961	31	47.4
1960	30.2	46.7
1959	29.4	45.9
1958	28.7	45.2
1957	27.9	44.5
1956	27.3	43.8
1955	26.6	43.1
1954	26	42.4
1953	25.4	41.8
1952	24.8	41.1
1951	24.3	40.5
1950	23.8	39.9

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

Year	Dominican Republic	Peru
2026	72.7	86
2027	72.9	86.4
2028	73.1	86.8
2029	73.4	87.2
2030	73.8	87.5
2031	74.2	87.9
2032	74.6	88.2
2033	75.1	88.6
2034	75.6	88.9
2035	76.1	89.2
2036	76.7	89.5
2037	77.4	89.8
2038	78.1	90.1
2039	78.8	90.3
2040	79.6	90.5
2041	80.4	90.8
2042	81.2	91
2043	82.1	91.2
2044	83.1	91.3
2045	84	91.5
2046	85	91.6
2047	86.1	91.7
2048	87.1	91.8
2049	88.3	91.8
2050	89.4	91.9

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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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