Switzerland vs Thailand: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 85.7% in Switzerland and 62.8% in Thailand, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 22.9 percentage points, or 1.37 times that in Thailand.

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% of people · UN

SwitzerlandThailandUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Switzerland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Switzerland ranked 49 and Thailand ranked 124 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Switzerland at 89% and Thailand at 79.2% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Switzerland	Thailand
2025	85.7	62.8
2024	85.5	61.9
2023	85.2	60.9
2022	84.9	59.7
2021	84.2	58.5
2020	82.3	57.2
2019	80.8	55.9
2018	79.3	54.6
2017	77.9	49.2
2016	76.7	47.9
2015	75.6	47
2014	74.7	46.3
2013	74.1	45.8
2012	73.8	45.4
2011	73.7	44.8
2010	73.6	44
2009	73.6	43
2008	73.6	41.9
2007	73.5	40.7
2006	73.5	39.4
2005	73.5	38.1
2004	73.5	36.8
2003	73.5	35.4
2002	73.4	34.1
2001	73.4	32.7
2000	73.3	31.5
1999	73.1	30.2
1998	72.9	28.7
1997	72.5	27.2
1996	72	25.6
1995	71.5	24.1
1994	71	22.7
1993	70.4	21.3
1992	69.8	20.2
1991	69.2	19.4
1990	68.7	18.8
1989	68	18.5
1988	67.3	18.3
1987	66.5	18.1
1986	65.6	18
1985	64.8	17.8
1984	64	17.7
1983	63.2	17.6
1982	62.4	17.4
1981	61.8	17.3
1980	61.3	17.1
1979	60.8	16.8
1978	60.4	16.5
1977	60.1	16.1
1976	59.7	15.7
1975	59.4	15.2
1974	59.1	14.8
1973	58.7	14.3
1972	58.3	13.9
1971	57.9	13.6
1970	57.4	13.3
1969	56.9	13.1
1968	56.3	12.9
1967	55.7	12.8
1966	55.1	12.6
1965	54.4	12.5
1964	53.7	12.3
1963	53	12.2
1962	52.4	12.1
1961	51.7	12
1960	51	11.8
1959	50.4	11.7
1958	49.7	11.5
1957	49	11.4
1956	48.3	11.2
1955	47.6	11.1
1954	46.9	11
1953	46.2	10.8
1952	45.6	10.7
1951	44.9	10.5
1950	44.3	10.4

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

Year	Switzerland	Thailand
2026	86	63.7
2027	86.2	64.6
2028	86.5	65.6
2029	86.7	66.4
2030	86.9	67.3
2031	87.1	68.2
2032	87.3	69
2033	87.5	69.9
2034	87.7	70.7
2035	87.8	71.5
2036	88	72.2
2037	88.1	72.9
2038	88.2	73.6
2039	88.4	74.3
2040	88.5	75
2041	88.6	75.6
2042	88.7	76.1
2043	88.7	76.7
2044	88.8	77.2
2045	88.9	77.6
2046	88.9	78
2047	89	78.4
2048	89	78.7
2049	89	78.9
2050	89	79.2

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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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