Hungary vs Slovenia: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 70.7% in Hungary and 56% in Slovenia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Hungary, by 14.7 percentage points, or 1.26 times that in Slovenia.

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% of people · UN

HungarySloveniaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Hungary has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Hungary ranked 95 and Slovenia ranked 146 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Hungary at 77.6% and Slovenia at 67.8% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Hungary	Slovenia
2025	70.7	56
2024	70.5	55.8
2023	70.3	55.5
2022	70.2	55.3
2021	70.2	55.3
2020	70.3	55.4
2019	70.5	55.5
2018	70.5	55.2
2017	70.5	55.3
2016	70.5	53.7
2015	70.5	53.7
2014	70.3	51
2013	69.9	50.1
2012	69.6	49.8
2011	69.5	50
2010	69.5	50.1
2009	68.5	50.2
2008	68.1	50.4
2007	67	50.5
2006	67	50.6
2005	66.1	50.7
2004	65	50.7
2003	64.9	50.8
2002	65	50.8
2001	64.7	50.8
2000	64.3	50.7
1999	63.9	50.6
1998	63.6	50.5
1997	63.3	50.4
1996	63	50.3
1995	62.6	50.2
1994	62.3	50.2
1993	62	50.4
1992	61.7	50.7
1991	61.3	50.5
1990	61	50.6
1989	60.7	50.3
1988	60.4	51
1987	60	50.9
1986	59.7	50.8
1985	59.4	50.5
1984	59.1	50.2
1983	58.8	49.9
1982	58.5	49.4
1981	58.2	49
1980	57.9	48.5
1979	57.6	47.7
1978	57.4	46.7
1977	57.1	45.6
1976	56.8	44.3
1975	56.5	43
1974	56.3	41.6
1973	56	40.3
1972	55.8	39.1
1971	55.5	38
1970	55.3	37
1969	55.1	36
1968	54.9	35.1
1967	54.7	34.2
1966	54.5	33.4
1965	54.3	32.5
1964	54.1	31.7
1963	53.9	30.8
1962	53.7	30
1961	53.6	29.1
1960	53.4	28.3
1959	53.3	27.4
1958	53.2	26.5
1957	53.1	25.7
1956	53	24.8
1955	52.9	23.9
1954	52.8	23.1
1953	52.7	22.2
1952	52.7	21.4
1951	52.6	20.6
1950	52.6	19.8

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

Year	Hungary	Slovenia
2026	70.9	56.2
2027	71.1	56.5
2028	71.3	56.8
2029	71.6	57.1
2030	71.8	57.4
2031	72	57.7
2032	72.2	58.1
2033	72.5	58.5
2034	72.7	58.9
2035	73	59.3
2036	73.2	59.7
2037	73.5	60.1
2038	73.8	60.6
2039	74.1	61.1
2040	74.4	61.6
2041	74.7	62.1
2042	75	62.6
2043	75.3	63.2
2044	75.6	63.8
2045	75.9	64.4
2046	76.2	65
2047	76.6	65.7
2048	76.9	66.4
2049	77.3	67
2050	77.6	67.8

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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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