Mongolia vs Russia: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 71.2% in Mongolia and 75.3% in Russia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 4.1 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Mongolia.

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% of people · UN

MongoliaRussiaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Mongolia ranked 92 and Russia ranked 80 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Mongolia at 73.3% and Russia at 81% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Mongolia	Russia
2025	71.2	75.3
2024	71	75.1
2023	70.5	75
2022	69.8	74.9
2021	69.2	74.8
2020	68.1	74.7
2019	67.8	74.6
2018	67.9	74.5
2017	67.9	74.5
2016	68	74.4
2015	68	74.3
2014	68	74.2
2013	68	74.1
2012	68	74
2011	67.9	73.9
2010	67.8	73.7
2009	67.4	73.5
2008	66.5	73.5
2007	65.3	73.4
2006	63.8	73.2
2005	62.3	73.2
2004	60.8	73.3
2003	59.4	73.4
2002	58.1	73.3
2001	57.2	73.2
2000	56.7	73.2
1999	56.7	73
1998	56.7	73.2
1997	56.7	73.1
1996	56.7	73.1
1995	56.8	72.9
1994	56.9	73
1993	56.9	73.1
1992	57	73.4
1991	57	73.7
1990	57	73.7
1989	57	73.6
1988	57	73.2
1987	56.8	72.9
1986	56.4	72.5
1985	55.9	72
1984	55.3	71.6
1983	54.6	71.3
1982	53.8	70.9
1981	53	70.3
1980	52.3	69.9
1979	51.6	69.3
1978	50.9	68.8
1977	50.2	68.2
1976	49.5	67.7
1975	48.7	66.9
1974	48	66.1
1973	47.2	65.1
1972	46.4	64.2
1971	45.7	63.2
1970	45	62.6
1969	44.3	61.8
1968	43.7	60.9
1967	43.2	60.1
1966	42.8	59.2
1965	42.4	58.3
1964	41.8	57.6
1963	41.2	56.8
1962	40.3	55.9
1961	38.8	55.1
1960	36.9	54.1
1959	34.7	53
1958	32.4	51.8
1957	30.1	50.8
1956	28.2	49.9
1955	26.6	48.9
1954	25.1	48.1
1953	23.7	47.2
1952	22.4	46.4
1951	21.1	45.6
1950	20	44.7

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

Year	Mongolia	Russia
2026	71.3	75.4
2027	71.5	75.6
2028	71.7	75.7
2029	71.8	75.9
2030	72	76.1
2031	72.1	76.2
2032	72.2	76.4
2033	72.3	76.6
2034	72.5	76.8
2035	72.6	77
2036	72.7	77.3
2037	72.8	77.5
2038	72.8	77.7
2039	72.9	78
2040	73	78.2
2041	73	78.5
2042	73.1	78.7
2043	73.1	79
2044	73.2	79.3
2045	73.2	79.5
2046	73.3	79.8
2047	73.3	80.1
2048	73.3	80.4
2049	73.3	80.7
2050	73.3	81

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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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