Estonia vs Latvia: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 70.7% in Estonia and 68.6% in Latvia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Estonia, by 2.1 percentage points, or 1.03 times that in Latvia.

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% of people · UN

EstoniaLatviaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Estonia has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Latvia.
In 2025, Estonia ranked 93 and Latvia ranked 103 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Estonia at 70.9% and Latvia at 78.7% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Estonia	Latvia
2025	70.7	68.6
2024	70.7	68.5
2023	70.7	68.4
2022	70.5	68.3
2021	70.2	68.2
2020	69.9	68.1
2019	69.6	68.1
2018	69.3	68
2017	69	68
2016	68.7	67.9
2015	68.5	67.9
2014	68.3	67.9
2013	68.1	67.9
2012	68	67.8
2011	67.9	67.8
2010	67.8	67.8
2009	67.7	67.8
2008	67.7	67.8
2007	67.6	67.9
2006	67.6	67.9
2005	67.5	67.9
2004	67.5	67.9
2003	67.4	68
2002	67.4	68
2001	67.4	68
2000	67.4	68.1
1999	67.4	68.1
1998	67.7	68.3
1997	68	68.5
1996	68.5	68.9
1995	69	69.2
1994	69.5	69.6
1993	70	69.9
1992	70.5	70.2
1991	71	70.5
1990	71.3	70.7
1989	71.4	70.8
1988	71.4	70.8
1987	71.3	70.7
1986	71.3	70.5
1985	71.1	70.3
1984	71	70
1983	70.9	69.6
1982	70.6	69.2
1981	70.3	68.8
1980	70	68.4
1979	69.6	68
1978	69.2	67.6
1977	68.7	67.1
1976	68.2	66.5
1975	67.7	65.9
1974	67.2	65.3
1973	66.7	64.7
1972	66.1	64
1971	65.6	63.4
1970	65.2	62.7
1969	64.6	62.2
1968	64.2	61.6
1967	63.6	61
1966	63.1	60.5
1965	62.5	60
1964	61.7	59.4
1963	61	58.9
1962	60.1	58.3
1961	58.8	57.7
1960	57.6	57.1
1959	56.8	56.4
1958	56	55.7
1957	55.1	54.8
1956	54.1	53.7
1955	53.2	52.6
1954	52.2	51.4
1953	51.3	50.1
1952	50.2	48.7
1951	49.2	47.3
1950	48.1	45.9

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

Year	Estonia	Latvia
2026	70.7	68.8
2027	70.8	69
2028	70.8	69.2
2029	70.8	69.5
2030	70.8	69.7
2031	70.8	70
2032	70.8	70.3
2033	70.9	70.6
2034	70.9	71
2035	70.9	71.3
2036	70.9	71.7
2037	70.9	72.1
2038	70.9	72.5
2039	70.9	72.9
2040	70.9	73.4
2041	70.9	73.9
2042	70.9	74.3
2043	70.9	74.8
2044	70.9	75.3
2045	70.9	75.9
2046	70.9	76.4
2047	70.9	77
2048	70.9	77.5
2049	70.9	78.1
2050	70.9	78.7

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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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