Germany vs Poland: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 82.1% in Germany and 60.1% in Poland, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 22 percentage points, or 1.37 times that in Poland.

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% of people · UN

GermanyPolandUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Germany has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Germany ranked 56 and Poland ranked 132 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Germany at 84.8% and Poland at 72.1% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Germany	Poland
2025	82.1	60.1
2024	82	60
2023	81.9	59.9
2022	81.8	59.8
2021	81.6	59.8
2020	81.5	59.9
2019	81.3	60
2018	81.1	60.1
2017	81	60.2
2016	80.8	60.2
2015	80.7	60.3
2014	80.6	60.4
2013	80.5	60.5
2012	80.4	60.6
2011	80.3	60.7
2010	80.3	60.9
2009	80.3	61
2008	80.3	61.1
2007	80.2	61.3
2006	80.2	61.4
2005	80.2	61.6
2004	80.2	61.7
2003	80.1	61.7
2002	80.1	61.8
2001	80.1	61.8
2000	80.1	61.8
1999	80.1	61.7
1998	80.1	61.7
1997	80.1	61.7
1996	80.1	61.6
1995	80.1	61.6
1994	80	61.6
1993	80	61.5
1992	80	61.4
1991	80	61.4
1990	80	61.3
1989	80	61.2
1988	80	61.1
1987	80	61
1986	80	60.7
1985	80	60.4
1984	80	60.1
1983	80	59.6
1982	79.9	59.2
1981	79.9	58.7
1980	79.9	58.2
1979	79.9	57.7
1978	79.9	57.2
1977	79.9	56.7
1976	79.8	56
1975	79.8	55.3
1974	79.8	54.6
1973	79.8	53.9
1972	79.7	53.2
1971	79.7	52.6
1970	79.7	52.1
1969	79.6	51.6
1968	79.4	51.2
1967	79.1	50.9
1966	78.7	50.6
1965	78.3	50.2
1964	77.7	49.9
1963	77.2	49.5
1962	76.7	49.1
1961	76.2	48.6
1960	75.7	48.1
1959	75.2	47.4
1958	74.8	46.7
1957	74.3	45.9
1956	73.8	45
1955	73.3	44
1954	72.7	43
1953	72.2	42
1952	71.6	40.8
1951	71	39.7
1950	70.4	38.4

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

Year	Germany	Poland
2026	82.3	60.2
2027	82.4	60.4
2028	82.5	60.6
2029	82.6	60.8
2030	82.7	61.1
2031	82.8	61.4
2032	82.9	61.7
2033	83.1	62.1
2034	83.2	62.4
2035	83.3	62.8
2036	83.4	63.3
2037	83.5	63.7
2038	83.6	64.2
2039	83.7	64.7
2040	83.8	65.3
2041	83.9	65.8
2042	84	66.4
2043	84.1	67.1
2044	84.2	67.7
2045	84.3	68.4
2046	84.4	69.1
2047	84.5	69.8
2048	84.6	70.5
2049	84.7	71.3
2050	84.8	72.1

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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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