Falkland Islands
Urban population in Falkland Islands
Urban population in Falkland Islands: 52.3% in 1950 and 81.5% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 81.5%
- Since 1950
- +29.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 57 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 84.8%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 84.8% in 2050.
- The highest was 81.5% in 2025, the lowest 49.5% in 1961.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Falkland Islands |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 81.5 |
| 2024 | 81.3 |
| 2023 | 81 |
| 2022 | 80.7 |
| 2021 | 80.2 |
| 2020 | 78.6 |
| 2019 | 77.3 |
| 2018 | 76.3 |
| 2017 | 75.5 |
| 2016 | 75.2 |
| 2015 | 75 |
| 2014 | 74.9 |
| 2013 | 74.8 |
| 2012 | 74.7 |
| 2011 | 74.4 |
| 2010 | 73.9 |
| 2009 | 73.3 |
| 2008 | 72.7 |
| 2007 | 72 |
| 2006 | 71.4 |
| 2005 | 70.9 |
| 2004 | 70.3 |
| 2003 | 69.7 |
| 2002 | 69.1 |
| 2001 | 68.5 |
| 2000 | 67.6 |
| 1999 | 66.5 |
| 1998 | 65.3 |
| 1997 | 64.3 |
| 1996 | 63.8 |
| 1995 | 64.6 |
| 1994 | 67.3 |
| 1993 | 70.8 |
| 1992 | 74 |
| 1991 | 75.8 |
| 1990 | 75.4 |
| 1989 | 73.1 |
| 1988 | 69.9 |
| 1987 | 66.9 |
| 1986 | 64.9 |
| 1985 | 63.5 |
| 1984 | 62.2 |
| 1983 | 61.1 |
| 1982 | 60.1 |
| 1981 | 59.3 |
| 1980 | 58.6 |
| 1979 | 58 |
| 1978 | 57.5 |
| 1977 | 57.1 |
| 1976 | 56.7 |
| 1975 | 56.3 |
| 1974 | 55.9 |
| 1973 | 55.4 |
| 1972 | 54.9 |
| 1971 | 54.3 |
| 1970 | 53.7 |
| 1969 | 53 |
| 1968 | 52.3 |
| 1967 | 51.6 |
| 1966 | 50.9 |
| 1965 | 50.4 |
| 1964 | 49.9 |
| 1963 | 49.6 |
| 1962 | 49.5 |
| 1961 | 49.5 |
| 1960 | 49.5 |
| 1959 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 49.8 |
| 1957 | 49.9 |
| 1956 | 50.1 |
| 1955 | 50.3 |
| 1954 | 50.6 |
| 1953 | 50.8 |
| 1952 | 51.2 |
| 1951 | 51.6 |
| 1950 | 52.3 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Falkland Islands |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 81.8 |
| 2027 | 82.1 |
| 2028 | 82.3 |
| 2029 | 82.5 |
| 2030 | 82.7 |
| 2031 | 82.9 |
| 2032 | 83.1 |
| 2033 | 83.3 |
| 2034 | 83.5 |
| 2035 | 83.7 |
| 2036 | 83.8 |
| 2037 | 83.9 |
| 2038 | 84.1 |
| 2039 | 84.2 |
| 2040 | 84.3 |
| 2041 | 84.4 |
| 2042 | 84.5 |
| 2043 | 84.6 |
| 2044 | 84.6 |
| 2045 | 84.7 |
| 2046 | 84.7 |
| 2047 | 84.8 |
| 2048 | 84.8 |
| 2049 | 84.8 |
| 2050 | 84.8 |
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Falkland Islands in numbers
Every measure for Falkland Islands on one page