Lithuania vs Poland: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 69.1% in Lithuania and 60.1% in Poland, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Lithuania, by 9 percentage points, or 1.15 times that in Poland.

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% of people · UN

LithuaniaPolandUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Lithuania has been higher since 1974, when it overtook Poland.
In 2025, Lithuania ranked 102 and Poland ranked 132 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Lithuania at 75.2% and Poland at 72.1% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Lithuania	Poland
2025	69.1	60.1
2024	68.8	60
2023	68.6	59.9
2022	68.3	59.8
2021	68.2	59.8
2020	67.4	59.9
2019	67.3	60
2018	67.2	60.1
2017	67.1	60.2
2016	67.2	60.2
2015	67.2	60.3
2014	67.2	60.4
2013	67	60.5
2012	66.9	60.6
2011	66.8	60.7
2010	66.8	60.9
2009	66.8	61
2008	66.8	61.1
2007	66.7	61.3
2006	66.6	61.4
2005	66.6	61.6
2004	66.6	61.7
2003	66.8	61.7
2002	66.9	61.8
2001	66.9	61.8
2000	67	61.8
1999	67	61.7
1998	67.1	61.7
1997	67.2	61.7
1996	67.3	61.6
1995	67.4	61.6
1994	67.4	61.6
1993	67.5	61.5
1992	67.6	61.4
1991	67.6	61.4
1990	67.7	61.3
1989	67.7	61.2
1988	67.4	61.1
1987	66.8	61
1986	66.1	60.7
1985	65.5	60.4
1984	64.8	60.1
1983	64.1	59.6
1982	63.3	59.2
1981	62.5	58.7
1980	61.5	58.2
1979	60.5	57.7
1978	59.4	57.2
1977	58.4	56.7
1976	57.4	56
1975	56.2	55.3
1974	55	54.6
1973	53.9	53.9
1972	52.6	53.2
1971	51.3	52.6
1970	50.6	52.1
1969	49.3	51.6
1968	47.8	51.2
1967	46.6	50.9
1966	45.5	50.6
1965	44.4	50.2
1964	43.4	49.9
1963	42.4	49.5
1962	41.5	49.1
1961	40.7	48.6
1960	39.8	48.1
1959	38.9	47.4
1958	38.1	46.7
1957	37.3	45.9
1956	36.5	45
1955	35.7	44
1954	34.9	43
1953	34.2	42
1952	33.4	40.8
1951	32.6	39.7
1950	31.8	38.4

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

Year	Lithuania	Poland
2026	69.3	60.2
2027	69.6	60.4
2028	69.8	60.6
2029	70.1	60.8
2030	70.3	61.1
2031	70.6	61.4
2032	70.8	61.7
2033	71.1	62.1
2034	71.3	62.4
2035	71.6	62.8
2036	71.8	63.3
2037	72.1	63.7
2038	72.3	64.2
2039	72.6	64.7
2040	72.8	65.3
2041	73.1	65.8
2042	73.3	66.4
2043	73.5	67.1
2044	73.8	67.7
2045	74	68.4
2046	74.2	69.1
2047	74.5	69.8
2048	74.7	70.5
2049	74.9	71.3
2050	75.2	72.1

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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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