Sweden vs Thailand: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 89.1% in Sweden and 62.8% in Thailand, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 26.3 percentage points, or 1.42 times that in Thailand.

Watch it change on the map

% of people · UN

SwedenThailandUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Sweden has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Sweden ranked 38 and Thailand ranked 124 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Sweden at 92.9% and Thailand at 79.2% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Sweden	Thailand
2025	89.1	62.8
2024	88.9	61.9
2023	88.6	60.9
2022	88.4	59.7
2021	88.2	58.5
2020	87.9	57.2
2019	87.7	55.9
2018	87.5	54.6
2017	87.2	49.2
2016	87	47.9
2015	86.6	47
2014	86.3	46.3
2013	85.9	45.8
2012	85.6	45.4
2011	85.4	44.8
2010	85.1	44
2009	84.9	43
2008	84.8	41.9
2007	84.6	40.7
2006	84.5	39.4
2005	84.4	38.1
2004	84.3	36.8
2003	84.2	35.4
2002	84.1	34.1
2001	84.1	32.7
2000	84	31.5
1999	84	30.2
1998	84	28.7
1997	84	27.2
1996	83.9	25.6
1995	83.9	24.1
1994	83.8	22.7
1993	83.7	21.3
1992	83.6	20.2
1991	83.5	19.4
1990	83.4	18.8
1989	83.3	18.5
1988	83.2	18.3
1987	83.2	18.1
1986	83.1	18
1985	83.1	17.8
1984	83.1	17.7
1983	83.1	17.6
1982	83.1	17.4
1981	83.1	17.3
1980	83.1	17.1
1979	83.1	16.8
1978	83	16.5
1977	82.9	16.1
1976	82.8	15.7
1975	82.7	15.2
1974	82.5	14.8
1973	82.3	14.3
1972	82	13.9
1971	81.7	13.6
1970	81.2	13.3
1969	80.6	13.1
1968	79.8	12.9
1967	78.9	12.8
1966	78	12.6
1965	77.1	12.5
1964	76.2	12.3
1963	75.3	12.2
1962	74.3	12.1
1961	73.4	12
1960	72.5	11.8
1959	71.6	11.7
1958	70.8	11.5
1957	70	11.4
1956	69.2	11.2
1955	68.5	11.1
1954	67.7	11
1953	67	10.8
1952	66.2	10.7
1951	65.5	10.5
1950	64.7	10.4

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

Year	Sweden	Thailand
2026	89.3	63.7
2027	89.5	64.6
2028	89.7	65.6
2029	89.9	66.4
2030	90.1	67.3
2031	90.3	68.2
2032	90.5	69
2033	90.7	69.9
2034	90.9	70.7
2035	91.1	71.5
2036	91.3	72.2
2037	91.4	72.9
2038	91.6	73.6
2039	91.7	74.3
2040	91.9	75
2041	92	75.6
2042	92.2	76.1
2043	92.3	76.7
2044	92.4	77.2
2045	92.5	77.6
2046	92.6	78
2047	92.7	78.4
2048	92.8	78.7
2049	92.9	78.9
2050	92.9	79.2

Each country on its own

Good to know

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Sweden vs Thailand: Urban population

What the numbers say

Every year

Each country on its own

Good to know

Sweden vs Thailand

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment