Guernsey
Urban population in Guernsey
Urban population in Guernsey: 37.3% in 1950 and 29.6% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 29.6%
- Since 1950
- −7.7 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 206 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 25.2%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 25.2% in 2050.
- The highest was 37.3% in 1950, the lowest 27.6% in 1999.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Guernsey |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 29.6 |
| 2024 | 29.7 |
| 2023 | 29.7 |
| 2022 | 29.7 |
| 2021 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 29.8 |
| 2019 | 29.8 |
| 2018 | 29.8 |
| 2017 | 29.8 |
| 2016 | 29.8 |
| 2015 | 29.7 |
| 2014 | 29.7 |
| 2013 | 29.6 |
| 2012 | 29.4 |
| 2011 | 29.2 |
| 2010 | 29 |
| 2009 | 28.8 |
| 2008 | 28.6 |
| 2007 | 28.4 |
| 2006 | 28.2 |
| 2005 | 28 |
| 2004 | 27.8 |
| 2003 | 27.7 |
| 2002 | 27.6 |
| 2001 | 27.6 |
| 2000 | 27.6 |
| 1999 | 27.6 |
| 1998 | 27.6 |
| 1997 | 27.6 |
| 1996 | 27.6 |
| 1995 | 27.6 |
| 1994 | 27.8 |
| 1993 | 27.9 |
| 1992 | 28.1 |
| 1991 | 28.3 |
| 1990 | 28.4 |
| 1989 | 28.6 |
| 1988 | 28.7 |
| 1987 | 28.9 |
| 1986 | 29 |
| 1985 | 29 |
| 1984 | 29.1 |
| 1983 | 29.1 |
| 1982 | 29.2 |
| 1981 | 29.2 |
| 1980 | 29.3 |
| 1979 | 29.5 |
| 1978 | 29.8 |
| 1977 | 30 |
| 1976 | 30.3 |
| 1975 | 30.6 |
| 1974 | 30.8 |
| 1973 | 31.1 |
| 1972 | 31.4 |
| 1971 | 31.6 |
| 1970 | 31.9 |
| 1969 | 32.1 |
| 1968 | 32.2 |
| 1967 | 32.4 |
| 1966 | 32.6 |
| 1965 | 32.7 |
| 1964 | 32.9 |
| 1963 | 33.1 |
| 1962 | 33.3 |
| 1961 | 33.5 |
| 1960 | 33.8 |
| 1959 | 34 |
| 1958 | 34.3 |
| 1957 | 34.7 |
| 1956 | 35 |
| 1955 | 35.4 |
| 1954 | 35.7 |
| 1953 | 36.1 |
| 1952 | 36.5 |
| 1951 | 36.9 |
| 1950 | 37.3 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Guernsey |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 29.5 |
| 2027 | 29.5 |
| 2028 | 29.4 |
| 2029 | 29.3 |
| 2030 | 29.2 |
| 2031 | 29.1 |
| 2032 | 29 |
| 2033 | 28.8 |
| 2034 | 28.7 |
| 2035 | 28.6 |
| 2036 | 28.4 |
| 2037 | 28.2 |
| 2038 | 28.1 |
| 2039 | 27.9 |
| 2040 | 27.7 |
| 2041 | 27.5 |
| 2042 | 27.3 |
| 2043 | 27 |
| 2044 | 26.8 |
| 2045 | 26.6 |
| 2046 | 26.3 |
| 2047 | 26 |
| 2048 | 25.8 |
| 2049 | 25.5 |
| 2050 | 25.2 |
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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