Greece vs Russia: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 79.2% in Greece and 75.3% in Russia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Greece, by 4 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Russia.

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% of people · UN

GreeceRussiaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Greece has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Russia.
In 2025, Greece ranked 68 and Russia ranked 80 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Greece at 86.9% and Russia at 81% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Greece	Russia
2025	79.2	75.3
2024	79	75.1
2023	78.8	75
2022	78.6	74.9
2021	78.4	74.8
2020	78.3	74.7
2019	78.2	74.6
2018	78.1	74.5
2017	77.9	74.5
2016	77.7	74.4
2015	77.5	74.3
2014	77.3	74.2
2013	77.1	74.1
2012	76.9	74
2011	76.6	73.9
2010	76.4	73.7
2009	76	73.5
2008	75.6	73.5
2007	75.2	73.4
2006	74.7	73.2
2005	74.3	73.2
2004	73.8	73.3
2003	73.4	73.4
2002	73.1	73.3
2001	72.9	73.2
2000	72.7	73.2
1999	72.5	73
1998	72.4	73.2
1997	72.3	73.1
1996	72.2	73.1
1995	72.1	72.9
1994	72	73
1993	71.9	73.1
1992	71.8	73.4
1991	71.6	73.7
1990	71.5	73.7
1989	71.4	73.6
1988	71.2	73.2
1987	71	72.9
1986	70.9	72.5
1985	70.7	72
1984	70.5	71.6
1983	70.3	71.3
1982	70	70.9
1981	69.8	70.3
1980	69.5	69.9
1979	69.1	69.3
1978	68.7	68.8
1977	68.3	68.2
1976	67.8	67.7
1975	67.3	66.9
1974	66.8	66.1
1973	66.2	65.1
1972	65.6	64.2
1971	65	63.2
1970	64.3	62.6
1969	63.5	61.8
1968	62.6	60.9
1967	61.7	60.1
1966	60.7	59.2
1965	59.7	58.3
1964	58.7	57.6
1963	57.8	56.8
1962	57	55.9
1961	56.4	55.1
1960	55.8	54.1
1959	55.4	53
1958	55	51.8
1957	54.6	50.8
1956	54.3	49.9
1955	54	48.9
1954	53.7	48.1
1953	53.3	47.2
1952	53	46.4
1951	52.6	45.6
1950	52.2	44.7

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

Year	Greece	Russia
2026	79.5	75.4
2027	79.7	75.6
2028	79.9	75.7
2029	80.2	75.9
2030	80.5	76.1
2031	80.7	76.2
2032	81	76.4
2033	81.3	76.6
2034	81.5	76.8
2035	81.8	77
2036	82.1	77.3
2037	82.4	77.5
2038	82.7	77.7
2039	83	78
2040	83.3	78.2
2041	83.7	78.5
2042	84	78.7
2043	84.3	79
2044	84.7	79.3
2045	85	79.5
2046	85.4	79.8
2047	85.7	80.1
2048	86.1	80.4
2049	86.5	80.7
2050	86.9	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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