China

Urban population in China

Urban population in China: 11.2% in 1950 and 66.3% in 2025, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2025
66.3%
Since 1950
+55.2 percentage points
Rank, 2025
108 of 229
counting from the highest
Projected, 2050
89.7%
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
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% of people · UN

Urban population in ChinaUrban population in China: 11.2% in 1950 and 66.3% in 2025, by UN estimates. The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 89.7% in 2050.
Estimates, UNUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 89.7% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearChina
202566.3
202465.9
202365.5
202265.2
202164.7
202063.5
201962.7
201861.5
201760.2
201658.8
201557.3
201455.8
201354.5
201253.1
201151.8
201049.2
200948.3
200847
200745.9
200644.3
200543
200441.8
200340.5
200239.1
200137.7
200036.4
199934.8
199833.4
199731.9
199630.5
199529
199428.5
199328
199227.5
199126.9
199026.2
198926.2
198825.8
198725.3
198624.5
198523.7
198423
198321.6
198220.6
198120.2
198019.4
197919
197817.9
197717.6
197617.4
197517.3
197417.2
197317.2
197217.1
197117.3
197017.4
196917.5
196817.6
196717.7
196617.9
196518
196418.3
196316.8
196217.3
196119.3
196019.8
195918.4
195816.3
195715.4
195614.6
195513.5
195413.7
195313
195212.5
195111.8
195011.2
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearChina
202666.8
202767.3
202867.9
202968.5
203069.1
203169.7
203270.4
203371.1
203471.9
203572.7
203673.6
203774.4
203875.4
203976.3
204077.3
204178.4
204279.5
204380.6
204481.8
204583
204684.2
204785.5
204886.9
204988.3
205089.7

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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