Austria
Urban population in Austria
Urban population in Austria: 49.2% in 1950 and 69.7% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 69.7%
- Since 1950
- +20.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 98 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 79.2%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 79.2% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Austria |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 69.7 |
| 2024 | 69.5 |
| 2023 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 69 |
| 2021 | 68.8 |
| 2020 | 68.5 |
| 2019 | 68.3 |
| 2018 | 68.1 |
| 2017 | 67.9 |
| 2016 | 67.7 |
| 2015 | 67.6 |
| 2014 | 67.4 |
| 2013 | 67.3 |
| 2012 | 67.2 |
| 2011 | 67.2 |
| 2010 | 67.1 |
| 2009 | 67.1 |
| 2008 | 67 |
| 2007 | 67 |
| 2006 | 67 |
| 2005 | 67 |
| 2004 | 67 |
| 2003 | 66.9 |
| 2002 | 66.9 |
| 2001 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 66.8 |
| 1999 | 66.7 |
| 1998 | 66.5 |
| 1997 | 66.3 |
| 1996 | 66.1 |
| 1995 | 65.9 |
| 1994 | 65.6 |
| 1993 | 65.3 |
| 1992 | 65 |
| 1991 | 64.6 |
| 1990 | 64.1 |
| 1989 | 63.4 |
| 1988 | 62.4 |
| 1987 | 61.3 |
| 1986 | 60.1 |
| 1985 | 58.9 |
| 1984 | 57.7 |
| 1983 | 56.7 |
| 1982 | 55.8 |
| 1981 | 55.2 |
| 1980 | 54.7 |
| 1979 | 54.3 |
| 1978 | 53.9 |
| 1977 | 53.5 |
| 1976 | 53.2 |
| 1975 | 52.9 |
| 1974 | 52.6 |
| 1973 | 52.4 |
| 1972 | 52.1 |
| 1971 | 51.9 |
| 1970 | 51.7 |
| 1969 | 51.4 |
| 1968 | 51.2 |
| 1967 | 51 |
| 1966 | 50.8 |
| 1965 | 50.6 |
| 1964 | 50.4 |
| 1963 | 50.3 |
| 1962 | 50.1 |
| 1961 | 50 |
| 1960 | 49.9 |
| 1959 | 49.8 |
| 1958 | 49.7 |
| 1957 | 49.6 |
| 1956 | 49.5 |
| 1955 | 49.4 |
| 1954 | 49.3 |
| 1953 | 49.3 |
| 1952 | 49.2 |
| 1951 | 49.2 |
| 1950 | 49.2 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Austria |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 70 |
| 2027 | 70.2 |
| 2028 | 70.5 |
| 2029 | 70.8 |
| 2030 | 71.1 |
| 2031 | 71.4 |
| 2032 | 71.7 |
| 2033 | 72.1 |
| 2034 | 72.4 |
| 2035 | 72.8 |
| 2036 | 73.1 |
| 2037 | 73.5 |
| 2038 | 73.9 |
| 2039 | 74.3 |
| 2040 | 74.7 |
| 2041 | 75.1 |
| 2042 | 75.5 |
| 2043 | 75.9 |
| 2044 | 76.4 |
| 2045 | 76.8 |
| 2046 | 77.3 |
| 2047 | 77.8 |
| 2048 | 78.2 |
| 2049 | 78.7 |
| 2050 | 79.2 |
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.
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- Military spending1.1% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$5.88B in 2025
- Military spending per person$697 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel23,000 people in 2020
- National power0.17% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.5% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports29 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2025