Haiti vs Mexico: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 55.6% in Haiti and 80% in Mexico, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mexico, by 24.4 percentage points, or 1.44 times that in Haiti.

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% of people · UN

HaitiMexicoUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Mexico has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Haiti ranked 150 and Mexico ranked 63 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Haiti at 65.8% and Mexico at 89.5% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Haiti	Mexico
2025	55.6	80
2024	55	79.8
2023	54.5	79.5
2022	53.9	79.2
2021	53.3	78.9
2020	52.6	78.7
2019	52	78.4
2018	51.4	78
2017	50.7	77.7
2016	50.1	77.4
2015	49.4	77.2
2014	48.8	77
2013	48.1	76.8
2012	47.4	76.7
2011	46.8	76.6
2010	46.1	76.5
2009	45.4	76.5
2008	44.7	76.5
2007	44	76.5
2006	43.3	76.5
2005	42.6	76.5
2004	41.9	76.3
2003	41.2	76.1
2002	40	75.7
2001	38.4	75.3
2000	36.8	74.9
1999	35.3	74.6
1998	33.9	74.3
1997	32.5	74
1996	31.1	73.6
1995	29.8	73.3
1994	28.6	73
1993	27.5	72.6
1992	26.4	72.2
1991	25.4	71.9
1990	24.4	71.5
1989	23.6	71
1988	22.9	70.6
1987	22.2	70.1
1986	21.7	69.6
1985	21.3	69.1
1984	20.9	68.6
1983	20.7	68.1
1982	20.6	67.5
1981	20.6	66.9
1980	20.6	66.3
1979	20.5	65.7
1978	20.5	65
1977	20.5	64.4
1976	20.5	63.6
1975	20.5	62.9
1974	20.5	62.1
1973	20.4	61.4
1972	20.4	60.6
1971	20.3	59.8
1970	19.3	59
1969	18.8	58.3
1968	18.4	57.5
1967	18	56.6
1966	17.6	55.8
1965	17.2	55
1964	16.8	54.1
1963	16.4	53.3
1962	16	52.4
1961	15.6	51.6
1960	15.2	50.8
1959	14.9	49.9
1958	14.6	49.1
1957	14.2	48.3
1956	13.9	47.5
1955	13.6	46.7
1954	13.3	45.9
1953	13	45.1
1952	12.8	44.2
1951	12.5	43.4
1950	12.3	42.6

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

Year	Haiti	Mexico
2026	56.2	80.3
2027	56.7	80.6
2028	57.3	80.9
2029	57.8	81.3
2030	58.3	81.6
2031	58.9	81.9
2032	59.4	82.2
2033	59.8	82.6
2034	60.3	82.9
2035	60.8	83.3
2036	61.2	83.7
2037	61.6	84
2038	62.1	84.4
2039	62.5	84.8
2040	62.8	85.2
2041	63.2	85.6
2042	63.6	86
2043	63.9	86.4
2044	64.2	86.8
2045	64.5	87.3
2046	64.8	87.7
2047	65.1	88.1
2048	65.3	88.6
2049	65.6	89
2050	65.8	89.5

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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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