Portugal vs Spain: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 61.5% in Portugal and 80.5% in Spain, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 19 percentage points, or 1.31 times that in Portugal.

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% of people · UN

PortugalSpainUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Spain has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Portugal at 77.2% and Spain at 89.5% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Portugal	Spain
2025	61.5	80.5
2024	61.3	80.3
2023	61.2	80.1
2022	61.1	80
2021	61.1	79.8
2020	61.1	79.7
2019	61.1	79.6
2018	61.1	79.6
2017	61.1	79.5
2016	61.1	79.4
2015	61.1	79.3
2014	61.1	79.1
2013	61.1	79
2012	61.1	78.9
2011	61.1	78.7
2010	61.1	78.5
2009	60.8	78.3
2008	60.4	78
2007	59.8	77.8
2006	59	77.5
2005	58.3	77.2
2004	57.4	77
2003	56.6	76.7
2002	55.8	76.5
2001	55.1	76.3
2000	54.4	76.2
1999	53.7	76
1998	53.1	75.9
1997	52.4	75.8
1996	51.7	75.7
1995	51	75.6
1994	50.3	75.5
1993	49.7	75.3
1992	49	75.2
1991	48.4	75
1990	47.7	74.8
1989	47.1	74.6
1988	46.5	74.4
1987	45.8	74.1
1986	45.2	73.8
1985	44.5	73.5
1984	43.9	73.1
1983	43.2	72.8
1982	42.6	72.4
1981	41.9	72
1980	41.3	71.5
1979	40.6	71.1
1978	40	70.6
1977	39.3	70.1
1976	38.7	69.6
1975	38.1	69.1
1974	37.5	68.5
1973	36.9	68
1972	36.3	67.4
1971	35.8	66.8
1970	35.2	66.2
1969	34.7	65.4
1968	34.2	64.4
1967	33.7	63.4
1966	33.2	62.3
1965	32.8	61.1
1964	32.3	60
1963	31.9	58.9
1962	31.5	58
1961	31.2	57.1
1960	30.8	56.5
1959	30.5	55.8
1958	30.2	55.3
1957	29.9	54.7
1956	29.5	54.2
1955	29.3	53.8
1954	29	53.3
1953	28.8	52.9
1952	28.6	52.4
1951	28.5	52
1950	28.5	51.6

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

Year	Portugal	Spain
2026	61.7	80.7
2027	62	81
2028	62.3	81.2
2029	62.6	81.4
2030	63	81.7
2031	63.4	82
2032	63.8	82.3
2033	64.3	82.6
2034	64.8	82.9
2035	65.4	83.2
2036	66	83.6
2037	66.6	83.9
2038	67.2	84.3
2039	67.9	84.6
2040	68.6	85
2041	69.4	85.4
2042	70.1	85.8
2043	70.9	86.2
2044	71.8	86.7
2045	72.6	87.1
2046	73.5	87.6
2047	74.4	88
2048	75.3	88.5
2049	76.2	89
2050	77.2	89.5

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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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