Georgia vs Russia: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 61.2% in Georgia and 75.3% in Russia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 14.1 percentage points, or 1.23 times that in Georgia.

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% of people · UN

GeorgiaRussiaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Georgia ranked 131 and Russia ranked 80 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Georgia at 62.2% and Russia at 81% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Georgia	Russia
2025	61.2	75.3
2024	61.1	75.1
2023	60.8	75
2022	60	74.9
2021	59.4	74.8
2020	59	74.7
2019	58.6	74.6
2018	58.3	74.5
2017	58	74.5
2016	57.7	74.4
2015	57.4	74.3
2014	57	74.2
2013	56.6	74.1
2012	56.2	74
2011	55.7	73.9
2010	55.2	73.7
2009	54.7	73.5
2008	54.2	73.5
2007	53.8	73.4
2006	53.4	73.2
2005	53	73.2
2004	52.7	73.3
2003	52.5	73.4
2002	52.4	73.3
2001	52.4	73.2
2000	52.5	73.2
1999	52.7	73
1998	52.9	73.2
1997	53.1	73.1
1996	53.4	73.1
1995	53.7	72.9
1994	54	73
1993	54.3	73.1
1992	54.6	73.4
1991	54.9	73.7
1990	55.1	73.7
1989	55.3	73.6
1988	55.4	73.2
1987	54.9	72.9
1986	54.4	72.5
1985	54	72
1984	53.7	71.6
1983	53.3	71.3
1982	53	70.9
1981	52.6	70.3
1980	52.3	69.9
1979	52	69.3
1978	51.5	68.8
1977	51	68.2
1976	50.8	67.7
1975	50.2	66.9
1974	49.5	66.1
1973	49	65.1
1972	48.6	64.2
1971	48.3	63.2
1970	48	62.6
1969	47.6	61.8
1968	47.2	60.9
1967	46.8	60.1
1966	46.3	59.2
1965	45.8	58.3
1964	45.2	57.6
1963	44.7	56.8
1962	44.4	55.9
1961	43.6	55.1
1960	42.6	54.1
1959	42.5	53
1958	42.1	51.8
1957	41.3	50.8
1956	40.3	49.9
1955	39.8	48.9
1954	39.2	48.1
1953	38.4	47.2
1952	37.7	46.4
1951	36.7	45.6
1950	35.9	44.7

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

Year	Georgia	Russia
2026	61.3	75.4
2027	61.4	75.6
2028	61.5	75.7
2029	61.6	75.9
2030	61.6	76.1
2031	61.7	76.2
2032	61.8	76.4
2033	61.8	76.6
2034	61.9	76.8
2035	61.9	77
2036	62	77.3
2037	62	77.5
2038	62.1	77.7
2039	62.1	78
2040	62.1	78.2
2041	62.1	78.5
2042	62.2	78.7
2043	62.2	79
2044	62.2	79.3
2045	62.2	79.5
2046	62.2	79.8
2047	62.2	80.1
2048	62.2	80.4
2049	62.2	80.7
2050	62.2	81

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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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