France vs Russia

France vs Russia: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 78.8% in France and 75.3% in Russia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 3.6 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Russia.

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% of people · UN

France vs Russia: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 78.8% in France and 75.3% in Russia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 3.6 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Russia.
FranceRussiaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • France has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • In 2025, France ranked 71 and Russia ranked 80 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts France at 86.3% and Russia at 81% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearFranceRussia
202578.875.3
202478.875.1
202378.875
202278.874.9
202178.774.8
202078.774.7
201978.774.6
201878.774.5
201778.774.5
201678.674.4
201577.874.3
201477.474.2
201377.274.1
201277.274
201177.173.9
201077.173.7
200977.173.5
200877.273.5
200777.373.4
200677.473.2
200577.473.2
200477.573.3
200377.573.4
200277.373.3
200176.973.2
200076.573.2
199976.273
199875.973.2
199775.673.1
199675.473.1
199575.172.9
199474.973
199374.673.1
199274.473.4
199174.273.7
199074.173.7
198973.973.6
198873.873.2
198773.772.9
198673.672.5
198573.672
198473.571.6
198373.471.3
198273.470.9
198173.370.3
198073.369.9
197973.269.3
197873.268.8
197773.168.2
197673.167.7
19757366.9
197472.966.1
197372.765.1
197272.364.2
197171.963.2
197071.462.6
196970.861.8
196870.260.9
196769.560.1
196668.459.2
196567.258.3
196465.957.6
196364.656.8
196263.555.9
196162.555.1
196061.754.1
195960.953
195860.151.8
195759.450.8
195658.749.9
19555848.9
195457.448.1
195356.747.2
195256.146.4
195155.445.6
195054.744.7
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearFranceRussia
202678.975.4
20277975.6
202879.175.7
202979.275.9
203079.476.1
203179.676.2
203279.776.4
20338076.6
203480.276.8
203580.477
203680.777.3
20378177.5
203881.377.7
203981.678
204081.978.2
204182.378.5
204282.778.7
204383.179
204483.579.3
204583.979.5
204684.379.8
204784.880.1
204885.380.4
204985.880.7
205086.381

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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