Czechia
Urban population in Czechia
Urban population in Czechia: 54.2% in 1950 and 72.9% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 72.9%
- Since 1950
- +18.7 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 86 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 81.2%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 81.2% in 2050.
- The highest was 75.5% in 1981, the lowest 54.2% in 1950.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Czechia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 72.9 |
| 2024 | 72.8 |
| 2023 | 72.7 |
| 2022 | 72.7 |
| 2021 | 72.7 |
| 2020 | 72.7 |
| 2019 | 72.8 |
| 2018 | 72.9 |
| 2017 | 72.9 |
| 2016 | 73 |
| 2015 | 73 |
| 2014 | 73.1 |
| 2013 | 73.2 |
| 2012 | 73.2 |
| 2011 | 73.3 |
| 2010 | 73.4 |
| 2009 | 73.4 |
| 2008 | 73.5 |
| 2007 | 73.5 |
| 2006 | 73.6 |
| 2005 | 73.6 |
| 2004 | 73.7 |
| 2003 | 73.8 |
| 2002 | 73.8 |
| 2001 | 73.9 |
| 2000 | 74 |
| 1999 | 74.1 |
| 1998 | 74.3 |
| 1997 | 74.4 |
| 1996 | 74.6 |
| 1995 | 74.7 |
| 1994 | 74.9 |
| 1993 | 75 |
| 1992 | 75.1 |
| 1991 | 75.2 |
| 1990 | 75.2 |
| 1989 | 75.3 |
| 1988 | 75.3 |
| 1987 | 75.4 |
| 1986 | 75.4 |
| 1985 | 75.4 |
| 1984 | 75.5 |
| 1983 | 75.5 |
| 1982 | 75.5 |
| 1981 | 75.5 |
| 1980 | 74.7 |
| 1979 | 70.1 |
| 1978 | 69.7 |
| 1977 | 70.4 |
| 1976 | 69.5 |
| 1975 | 67.3 |
| 1974 | 67 |
| 1973 | 66.4 |
| 1972 | 65.7 |
| 1971 | 65 |
| 1970 | 64.4 |
| 1969 | 63.8 |
| 1968 | 63.3 |
| 1967 | 62.8 |
| 1966 | 62.4 |
| 1965 | 61.9 |
| 1964 | 61.5 |
| 1963 | 61 |
| 1962 | 60.6 |
| 1961 | 60.1 |
| 1960 | 59.6 |
| 1959 | 59.1 |
| 1958 | 58.5 |
| 1957 | 58 |
| 1956 | 57.5 |
| 1955 | 56.9 |
| 1954 | 56.4 |
| 1953 | 55.9 |
| 1952 | 55.3 |
| 1951 | 54.8 |
| 1950 | 54.2 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Czechia |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 73 |
| 2027 | 73.1 |
| 2028 | 73.2 |
| 2029 | 73.4 |
| 2030 | 73.6 |
| 2031 | 73.8 |
| 2032 | 74 |
| 2033 | 74.3 |
| 2034 | 74.5 |
| 2035 | 74.8 |
| 2036 | 75.1 |
| 2037 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 75.8 |
| 2039 | 76.1 |
| 2040 | 76.5 |
| 2041 | 76.9 |
| 2042 | 77.3 |
| 2043 | 77.7 |
| 2044 | 78.2 |
| 2045 | 78.6 |
| 2046 | 79.1 |
| 2047 | 79.6 |
| 2048 | 80.1 |
| 2049 | 80.7 |
| 2050 | 81.2 |
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 spending1.84% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$6.49B in 2025
- Military spending per person$660 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel27,000 people in 2020
- National power0.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.51% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports19 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports137 million TIV in 2025