United Kingdom vs Uzbekistan: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 83.3% in United Kingdom and 51% in Uzbekistan, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 32.3 percentage points, or 1.63 times that in Uzbekistan.

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% of people · UN

United KingdomUzbekistanUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, United Kingdom ranked 54 and Uzbekistan ranked 159 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts United Kingdom at 84.4% and Uzbekistan at 60.7% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	United Kingdom	Uzbekistan
2025	83.3	51
2024	83.2	51
2023	83.2	51
2022	83.1	51
2021	83	50.9
2020	82.9	50.8
2019	82.7	50.6
2018	82.5	50.6
2017	82.2	50.7
2016	82	50.7
2015	81.8	50.7
2014	81.6	50.9
2013	81.5	51.1
2012	81.3	51.3
2011	81.1	51.3
2010	81	51.3
2009	80.9	51.6
2008	80.8	51.8
2007	80.7	51.7
2006	80.6	51.5
2005	80.5	51.1
2004	80.3	50.6
2003	80.2	50
2002	80.1	49.3
2001	80	48.5
2000	79.8	47.7
1999	79.6	46.8
1998	79.4	46
1997	79.1	45.1
1996	78.9	44.3
1995	78.7	43.5
1994	78.5	42.7
1993	78.3	42.1
1992	78.2	41.5
1991	78.1	41.1
1990	78.1	40.8
1989	78.1	40.6
1988	78.2	40.8
1987	78.3	40.6
1986	78.3	40.5
1985	78.4	40.6
1984	78.5	41
1983	78.5	41.2
1982	78.6	41.2
1981	78.6	41.2
1980	78.6	41.1
1979	78.5	40.9
1978	78.3	40.7
1977	78.1	39.7
1976	77.8	39.3
1975	77.6	38.7
1974	77.3	38.2
1973	77.1	37.7
1972	77	37.1
1971	76.9	36.7
1970	76.9	36.7
1969	77	36.6
1968	77.1	36.4
1967	77.2	36
1966	77.4	35.7
1965	77.6	35.5
1964	77.8	35.4
1963	78	35.3
1962	78.2	35.1
1961	78.4	34.9
1960	78.6	34.3
1959	78.8	33.8
1958	79	33.3
1957	79.3	32.8
1956	79.5	32.2
1955	79.8	31.6
1954	80	31
1953	80.1	30.4
1952	80.2	29.7
1951	80.3	29.1
1950	80.3	28.4

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

Year	United Kingdom	Uzbekistan
2026	83.4	51.1
2027	83.5	51.1
2028	83.6	51.3
2029	83.6	51.4
2030	83.7	51.6
2031	83.8	51.7
2032	83.8	52
2033	83.9	52.2
2034	83.9	52.5
2035	84	52.8
2036	84.1	53.1
2037	84.1	53.5
2038	84.2	53.9
2039	84.2	54.3
2040	84.2	54.8
2041	84.3	55.2
2042	84.3	55.7
2043	84.3	56.2
2044	84.4	56.8
2045	84.4	57.4
2046	84.4	58
2047	84.4	58.6
2048	84.4	59.3
2049	84.4	59.9
2050	84.4	60.7

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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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