Italy vs Vatican City: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 69.7% in Italy and 100% in Vatican City, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vatican City, by 30.3 percentage points, or 1.44 times that in Italy.

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% of people · UN

ItalyVatican CityUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Vatican City has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Italy at 71.1% and Vatican City at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Italy	Vatican City
2025	69.7	100
2024	69.6	100
2023	69.5	100
2022	69.5	100
2021	69.5	100
2020	69.5	100
2019	69.5	100
2018	69.5	100
2017	69.5	100
2016	69.6	100
2015	69.6	100
2014	69.6	100
2013	69.3	100
2012	68.8	100
2011	68.4	100
2010	68.2	100
2009	68.1	100
2008	67.9	100
2007	67.8	100
2006	67.7	100
2005	67.6	100
2004	67.5	100
2003	67.4	100
2002	67.4	100
2001	67.3	100
2000	67.2	100
1999	67.1	100
1998	67	100
1997	67	100
1996	66.9	100
1995	66.8	100
1994	66.8	100
1993	66.7	100
1992	66.7	100
1991	66.7	100
1990	66.7	100
1989	66.7	100
1988	66.8	100
1987	66.8	100
1986	66.8	100
1985	66.8	100
1984	66.9	100
1983	66.9	100
1982	66.9	100
1981	66.9	100
1980	66.9	100
1979	66.7	100
1978	66.6	100
1977	66.4	100
1976	66.2	100
1975	65.9	100
1974	65.7	100
1973	65.4	100
1972	65.1	100
1971	64.8	100
1970	64.5	100
1969	64	100
1968	63.6	100
1967	63.1	100
1966	62.5	100
1965	62	100
1964	61.4	100
1963	60.9	100
1962	60.3	100
1961	59.8	100
1960	59.3	100
1959	58.7	100
1958	58.2	100
1957	57.6	100
1956	57.1	100
1955	56.5	100
1954	56	100
1953	55.6	100
1952	55.2	100
1951	54.9	100
1950	54.6	100

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

Year	Italy	Vatican City
2026	69.8	100
2027	69.9	100
2028	70	100
2029	70.1	100
2030	70.2	100
2031	70.4	100
2032	70.5	100
2033	70.6	100
2034	70.7	100
2035	70.7	100
2036	70.8	100
2037	70.8	100
2038	70.9	100
2039	70.9	100
2040	70.9	100
2041	71	100
2042	71	100
2043	71	100
2044	71	100
2045	71.1	100
2046	71.1	100
2047	71.1	100
2048	71.1	100
2049	71.1	100
2050	71.1	100

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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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