France vs Monaco: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 78.8% in France and 100% in Monaco, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Monaco, by 21.2 percentage points, or 1.27 times that in France.

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% of people · UN

FranceMonacoUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Monaco has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts France at 86.3% and Monaco at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	France	Monaco
2025	78.8	100
2024	78.8	100
2023	78.8	100
2022	78.8	100
2021	78.7	100
2020	78.7	100
2019	78.7	100
2018	78.7	100
2017	78.7	100
2016	78.6	100
2015	77.8	100
2014	77.4	100
2013	77.2	100
2012	77.2	100
2011	77.1	100
2010	77.1	100
2009	77.1	100
2008	77.2	100
2007	77.3	100
2006	77.4	100
2005	77.4	100
2004	77.5	100
2003	77.5	100
2002	77.3	100
2001	76.9	100
2000	76.5	100
1999	76.2	100
1998	75.9	100
1997	75.6	100
1996	75.4	100
1995	75.1	100
1994	74.9	100
1993	74.6	100
1992	74.4	100
1991	74.2	100
1990	74.1	100
1989	73.9	100
1988	73.8	100
1987	73.7	100
1986	73.6	100
1985	73.6	100
1984	73.5	100
1983	73.4	100
1982	73.4	100
1981	73.3	100
1980	73.3	100
1979	73.2	100
1978	73.2	100
1977	73.1	100
1976	73.1	100
1975	73	100
1974	72.9	100
1973	72.7	100
1972	72.3	100
1971	71.9	100
1970	71.4	100
1969	70.8	100
1968	70.2	100
1967	69.5	100
1966	68.4	100
1965	67.2	100
1964	65.9	100
1963	64.6	100
1962	63.5	100
1961	62.5	100
1960	61.7	100
1959	60.9	100
1958	60.1	100
1957	59.4	100
1956	58.7	100
1955	58	100
1954	57.4	100
1953	56.7	100
1952	56.1	100
1951	55.4	100
1950	54.7	100

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

Year	France	Monaco
2026	78.9	100
2027	79	100
2028	79.1	100
2029	79.2	100
2030	79.4	100
2031	79.6	100
2032	79.7	100
2033	80	100
2034	80.2	100
2035	80.4	100
2036	80.7	100
2037	81	100
2038	81.3	100
2039	81.6	100
2040	81.9	100
2041	82.3	100
2042	82.7	100
2043	83.1	100
2044	83.5	100
2045	83.9	100
2046	84.3	100
2047	84.8	100
2048	85.3	100
2049	85.8	100
2050	86.3	100

Each country on its own

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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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