Slovakia vs Ukraine: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 53.2% in Slovakia and 69.6% in Ukraine, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 16.4 percentage points, or 1.31 times that in Slovakia.

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% of people · UN

SlovakiaUkraineUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Ukraine has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Slovakia ranked 155 and Ukraine ranked 100 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Slovakia at 54.3% and Ukraine at 73.7% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Slovakia	Ukraine
2025	53.2	69.6
2024	53.2	69.5
2023	53.2	69.5
2022	53.2	69.4
2021	53.2	69.4
2020	53.3	69.4
2019	53.4	69.4
2018	53.5	69.3
2017	53.6	69.3
2016	53.7	69.2
2015	53.9	69.2
2014	54	69.1
2013	54.1	68.9
2012	54.3	68.8
2011	54.4	68.7
2010	54.6	68.6
2009	54.7	68.5
2008	54.9	68.4
2007	55.1	68.2
2006	55.3	68
2005	55.4	67.8
2004	55.6	67.6
2003	55.7	67.4
2002	55.9	67.3
2001	56	67.3
2000	56.1	67.4
1999	56.2	67.5
1998	56.3	67.6
1997	56.4	67.6
1996	56.5	67.7
1995	56.6	67.8
1994	56.7	67.9
1993	56.8	67.9
1992	56.8	67.9
1991	56.8	67.7
1990	56.8	67.4
1989	56.6	67.1
1988	56.4	66.6
1987	56	66.1
1986	55.5	65.5
1985	55	65
1984	54.4	64.4
1983	53.8	63.8
1982	53.1	63.3
1981	52.4	62.7
1980	51.8	62.2
1979	51	61.6
1978	50	61
1977	48.9	60.3
1976	47.8	59.6
1975	46.6	58.8
1974	45.3	58.1
1973	44.1	57.4
1972	43	56.6
1971	42	55.7
1970	41	54.9
1969	40.1	54.1
1968	39.2	53.3
1967	38.3	52.4
1966	37.4	51.7
1965	36.6	50.9
1964	35.8	50.1
1963	35.1	49.4
1962	34.4	48.8
1961	33.9	48.2
1960	33.4	47.4
1959	32.9	46.2
1958	32.5	45.2
1957	32	43.3
1956	31.6	41
1955	31.2	40.2
1954	30.9	39.8
1953	30.6	38.9
1952	30.3	37.9
1951	30.1	36.7
1950	30	35.4

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

Year	Slovakia	Ukraine
2026	53.2	69.7
2027	53.2	69.8
2028	53.2	69.8
2029	53.2	69.9
2030	53.2	70
2031	53.2	70.1
2032	53.3	70.3
2033	53.3	70.4
2034	53.3	70.5
2035	53.3	70.7
2036	53.4	70.8
2037	53.4	71
2038	53.4	71.1
2039	53.5	71.3
2040	53.5	71.5
2041	53.6	71.7
2042	53.6	71.9
2043	53.7	72.1
2044	53.8	72.3
2045	53.8	72.5
2046	53.9	72.7
2047	54	72.9
2048	54.1	73.2
2049	54.2	73.4
2050	54.3	73.7

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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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