Liechtenstein vs Switzerland: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 14.6% in Liechtenstein and 85.7% in Switzerland, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 71.1 percentage points, or 5.86 times that in Liechtenstein.

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% of people · UN

LiechtensteinSwitzerlandUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Switzerland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Liechtenstein ranked 227 and Switzerland ranked 49 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Liechtenstein at 11.7% and Switzerland at 89% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Liechtenstein	Switzerland
2025	14.6	85.7
2024	14.7	85.5
2023	14.7	85.2
2022	14.7	84.9
2021	14.7	84.2
2020	14.7	82.3
2019	14.6	80.8
2018	14.6	79.3
2017	14.5	77.9
2016	14.5	76.7
2015	14.5	75.6
2014	14.4	74.7
2013	14.4	74.1
2012	14.4	73.8
2011	14.4	73.7
2010	14.4	73.6
2009	14.4	73.6
2008	14.5	73.6
2007	14.5	73.5
2006	14.5	73.5
2005	14.6	73.5
2004	14.7	73.5
2003	14.7	73.5
2002	14.8	73.4
2001	14.9	73.4
2000	15	73.3
1999	15.2	73.1
1998	15.5	72.9
1997	15.9	72.5
1996	16.2	72
1995	16.4	71.5
1994	16.6	71
1993	16.7	70.4
1992	16.7	69.8
1991	16.8	69.2
1990	16.9	68.7
1989	17.1	68
1988	17.2	67.3
1987	17.4	66.5
1986	17.6	65.6
1985	17.8	64.8
1984	17.9	64
1983	18.1	63.2
1982	18.2	62.4
1981	18.3	61.8
1980	18.3	61.3
1979	18.3	60.8
1978	18.3	60.4
1977	18.3	60.1
1976	18.3	59.7
1975	18.3	59.4
1974	18.3	59.1
1973	18.3	58.7
1972	18.4	58.3
1971	18.4	57.9
1970	18.4	57.4
1969	18.5	56.9
1968	18.7	56.3
1967	19	55.7
1966	19.3	55.1
1965	19.6	54.4
1964	19.9	53.7
1963	20.1	53
1962	20.3	52.4
1961	20.4	51.7
1960	20.4	51
1959	20.4	50.4
1958	20.4	49.7
1957	20.4	49
1956	20.4	48.3
1955	20.4	47.6
1954	20.3	46.9
1953	20.2	46.2
1952	20	45.6
1951	19.9	44.9
1950	19.9	44.3

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

Year	Liechtenstein	Switzerland
2026	14.6	86
2027	14.6	86.2
2028	14.5	86.5
2029	14.5	86.7
2030	14.4	86.9
2031	14.3	87.1
2032	14.2	87.3
2033	14.2	87.5
2034	14.1	87.7
2035	14	87.8
2036	13.9	88
2037	13.8	88.1
2038	13.7	88.2
2039	13.5	88.4
2040	13.4	88.5
2041	13.3	88.6
2042	13.1	88.7
2043	13	88.7
2044	12.8	88.8
2045	12.6	88.9
2046	12.5	88.9
2047	12.3	89
2048	12.1	89
2049	11.9	89
2050	11.7	89

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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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