Indonesia vs North Korea: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 59.4% in Indonesia and 64.2% in North Korea, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in North Korea, by 4.8 percentage points, or 1.08 times that in Indonesia.

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% of people · UN

IndonesiaNorth KoreaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

North Korea has been higher since 1954, when it overtook Indonesia.
In 2025, Indonesia ranked 137 and North Korea ranked 116 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Indonesia at 79.4% and North Korea at 75.9% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Indonesia	North Korea
2025	59.4	64.2
2024	58.8	63.9
2023	58.1	63.5
2022	57.5	63.2
2021	56.9	62.9
2020	56.3	62.6
2019	55.7	62.4
2018	55.1	62.1
2017	54.5	61.8
2016	53.8	61.6
2015	53.2	61.3
2014	52.5	61.1
2013	51.8	60.9
2012	51.2	60.7
2011	50.5	60.5
2010	49.9	60.3
2009	49.2	60.2
2008	48.5	60
2007	47.7	59.9
2006	47	59.8
2005	46.2	59.8
2004	45.5	59.7
2003	44.6	59.6
2002	43.8	59.5
2001	42.9	59.5
2000	42	59.4
1999	41	59.4
1998	39.9	59.3
1997	38.8	59.2
1996	37.5	59.2
1995	36.3	59.1
1994	35.1	59
1993	33.9	58.9
1992	32.7	58.8
1991	31.6	58.6
1990	30.6	58.4
1989	29.6	58.3
1988	28.7	58.1
1987	27.8	57.9
1986	26.9	57.7
1985	26	57.5
1984	25.2	57.4
1983	24.3	57.2
1982	23.6	57.1
1981	22.8	57
1980	22.2	56.9
1979	21.5	56.9
1978	20.8	56.8
1977	20.1	56.8
1976	19.5	56.8
1975	18.9	56.7
1974	18.4	56.5
1973	17.9	56.1
1972	17.5	55.6
1971	17.1	54.9
1970	16.8	54.2
1969	16.5	53.3
1968	16.3	52
1967	16.1	50.5
1966	15.9	49
1965	15.7	47.5
1964	15.5	46.2
1963	15.3	45
1962	15.1	43.7
1961	14.8	42.3
1960	14.6	40.6
1959	14.4	38.5
1958	14.2	35.8
1957	14	32.6
1956	13.8	29
1955	13.5	24.5
1954	13.3	18.8
1953	13.1	12.4
1952	12.8	8.9
1951	12.6	6
1950	12.3	4

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

Year	Indonesia	North Korea
2026	60	64.5
2027	60.7	64.9
2028	61.4	65.2
2029	62.1	65.6
2030	62.8	66
2031	63.5	66.4
2032	64.2	66.8
2033	64.9	67.2
2034	65.6	67.6
2035	66.4	68.1
2036	67.1	68.5
2037	67.9	69
2038	68.7	69.4
2039	69.5	69.9
2040	70.3	70.4
2041	71.2	70.9
2042	72	71.4
2043	72.9	72
2044	73.8	72.5
2045	74.6	73
2046	75.6	73.6
2047	76.5	74.2
2048	77.4	74.7
2049	78.4	75.3
2050	79.4	75.9

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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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