Spain vs Switzerland: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 80.5% in Spain and 85.7% in Switzerland, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 5.2 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Spain.

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% of people · UN

SpainSwitzerlandUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Switzerland has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Spain.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Spain at 89.5% and Switzerland at 89% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Spain	Switzerland
2025	80.5	85.7
2024	80.3	85.5
2023	80.1	85.2
2022	80	84.9
2021	79.8	84.2
2020	79.7	82.3
2019	79.6	80.8
2018	79.6	79.3
2017	79.5	77.9
2016	79.4	76.7
2015	79.3	75.6
2014	79.1	74.7
2013	79	74.1
2012	78.9	73.8
2011	78.7	73.7
2010	78.5	73.6
2009	78.3	73.6
2008	78	73.6
2007	77.8	73.5
2006	77.5	73.5
2005	77.2	73.5
2004	77	73.5
2003	76.7	73.5
2002	76.5	73.4
2001	76.3	73.4
2000	76.2	73.3
1999	76	73.1
1998	75.9	72.9
1997	75.8	72.5
1996	75.7	72
1995	75.6	71.5
1994	75.5	71
1993	75.3	70.4
1992	75.2	69.8
1991	75	69.2
1990	74.8	68.7
1989	74.6	68
1988	74.4	67.3
1987	74.1	66.5
1986	73.8	65.6
1985	73.5	64.8
1984	73.1	64
1983	72.8	63.2
1982	72.4	62.4
1981	72	61.8
1980	71.5	61.3
1979	71.1	60.8
1978	70.6	60.4
1977	70.1	60.1
1976	69.6	59.7
1975	69.1	59.4
1974	68.5	59.1
1973	68	58.7
1972	67.4	58.3
1971	66.8	57.9
1970	66.2	57.4
1969	65.4	56.9
1968	64.4	56.3
1967	63.4	55.7
1966	62.3	55.1
1965	61.1	54.4
1964	60	53.7
1963	58.9	53
1962	58	52.4
1961	57.1	51.7
1960	56.5	51
1959	55.8	50.4
1958	55.3	49.7
1957	54.7	49
1956	54.2	48.3
1955	53.8	47.6
1954	53.3	46.9
1953	52.9	46.2
1952	52.4	45.6
1951	52	44.9
1950	51.6	44.3

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

Year	Spain	Switzerland
2026	80.7	86
2027	81	86.2
2028	81.2	86.5
2029	81.4	86.7
2030	81.7	86.9
2031	82	87.1
2032	82.3	87.3
2033	82.6	87.5
2034	82.9	87.7
2035	83.2	87.8
2036	83.6	88
2037	83.9	88.1
2038	84.3	88.2
2039	84.6	88.4
2040	85	88.5
2041	85.4	88.6
2042	85.8	88.7
2043	86.2	88.7
2044	86.7	88.8
2045	87.1	88.9
2046	87.6	88.9
2047	88	89
2048	88.5	89
2049	89	89
2050	89.5	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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