Kosovo vs North Macedonia: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 50.9% in Kosovo and 62.9% in North Macedonia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in North Macedonia, by 12 percentage points, or 1.23 times that in Kosovo.

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% of people · UN

KosovoNorth MacedoniaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

North Macedonia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Kosovo ranked 160 and North Macedonia ranked 123 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Kosovo at 62.1% and North Macedonia at 75% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Kosovo	North Macedonia
2025	50.9	62.9
2024	50.3	62.6
2023	49.1	62.3
2022	47.8	62
2021	46.5	61.7
2020	45.2	61.2
2019	44	60.6
2018	42.8	60.2
2017	41.8	59.7
2016	40.8	59.4
2015	39.9	59.1
2014	39.2	58.8
2013	38.6	58.6
2012	38.2	58.4
2011	38	58.2
2010	37.9	58.1
2009	37.9	58
2008	37.8	58
2007	37.7	57.9
2006	37.7	57.9
2005	37.6	57.9
2004	37.6	57.9
2003	37.6	57.9
2002	37.5	57.9
2001	37.5	58.1
2000	37.5	58.5
1999	37.5	59
1998	37.4	59.3
1997	37.4	59.6
1996	37.4	59.7
1995	37.3	59.7
1994	37.3	59.8
1993	37.2	59.4
1992	37.1	58.6
1991	37	57.9
1990	36.9	57.5
1989	36.6	57.1
1988	36.3	56.7
1987	35.9	56.3
1986	35.4	55.9
1985	34.9	55.6
1984	34.3	55.2
1983	33.7	54.9
1982	33.2	54.5
1981	32.6	54
1980	32.1	53.5
1979	31.6	53.1
1978	31.1	52.6
1977	30.6	52.1
1976	30	51.6
1975	29.5	51
1974	28.9	50.4
1973	28.3	49.8
1972	27.7	49.1
1971	27.1	48.3
1970	26.4	47.4
1969	25.7	46.4
1968	24.9	45.1
1967	24.1	43.8
1966	23.3	42.4
1965	22.5	40.9
1964	21.8	39.4
1963	21	37.9
1962	20.3	36.5
1961	19.7	35.2
1960	19.1	34
1959	18.6	32.8
1958	18.2	31.7
1957	17.7	30.6
1956	17.3	29.5
1955	16.8	28.4
1954	16.3	27.4
1953	15.7	26.4
1952	14.9	25.4
1951	13.9	24.4
1950	12.8	23.4

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

Year	Kosovo	North Macedonia
2026	51.6	63.2
2027	52.2	63.6
2028	52.8	64
2029	53.4	64.3
2030	54	64.7
2031	54.6	65.1
2032	55.2	65.6
2033	55.7	66
2034	56.3	66.4
2035	56.8	66.9
2036	57.3	67.3
2037	57.8	67.8
2038	58.3	68.3
2039	58.8	68.8
2040	59.2	69.3
2041	59.6	69.8
2042	60	70.4
2043	60.4	70.9
2044	60.7	71.5
2045	61	72
2046	61.3	72.6
2047	61.5	73.2
2048	61.7	73.8
2049	61.9	74.4
2050	62.1	75

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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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