Kiribati
Urban population in Kiribati
Urban population in Kiribati: 10.5% in 1950 and 63.4% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 63.4%
- Since 1950
- +52.9 percentage points
- Projected, 2050
- 77.2%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 77.2% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Kiribati |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 63.4 |
| 2024 | 62.5 |
| 2023 | 61.5 |
| 2022 | 60.6 |
| 2021 | 59.6 |
| 2020 | 58.4 |
| 2019 | 56.3 |
| 2018 | 54.5 |
| 2017 | 53 |
| 2016 | 51.8 |
| 2015 | 51 |
| 2014 | 50.4 |
| 2013 | 50 |
| 2012 | 49.6 |
| 2011 | 49.1 |
| 2010 | 48.5 |
| 2009 | 47.4 |
| 2008 | 46 |
| 2007 | 44.6 |
| 2006 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 43.5 |
| 2004 | 43.5 |
| 2003 | 43.5 |
| 2002 | 43.5 |
| 2001 | 43.5 |
| 2000 | 43.3 |
| 1999 | 42.3 |
| 1998 | 40.5 |
| 1997 | 38.6 |
| 1996 | 37.1 |
| 1995 | 36.3 |
| 1994 | 36 |
| 1993 | 35.7 |
| 1992 | 35.5 |
| 1991 | 35.3 |
| 1990 | 35 |
| 1989 | 34.7 |
| 1988 | 34.4 |
| 1987 | 34.1 |
| 1986 | 33.8 |
| 1985 | 33.5 |
| 1984 | 33.3 |
| 1983 | 33.1 |
| 1982 | 32.9 |
| 1981 | 32.7 |
| 1980 | 32.4 |
| 1979 | 32.1 |
| 1978 | 31.6 |
| 1977 | 30.5 |
| 1976 | 29 |
| 1975 | 27.4 |
| 1974 | 26.1 |
| 1973 | 25.5 |
| 1972 | 25.1 |
| 1971 | 24.8 |
| 1970 | 24.5 |
| 1969 | 24.2 |
| 1968 | 23.7 |
| 1967 | 22.9 |
| 1966 | 21.9 |
| 1965 | 20.7 |
| 1964 | 19.5 |
| 1963 | 18.2 |
| 1962 | 17 |
| 1961 | 16 |
| 1960 | 15.2 |
| 1959 | 14.6 |
| 1958 | 14.1 |
| 1957 | 13.5 |
| 1956 | 13.1 |
| 1955 | 12.7 |
| 1954 | 12.2 |
| 1953 | 11.8 |
| 1952 | 11.4 |
| 1951 | 11 |
| 1950 | 10.5 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Kiribati |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 64.3 |
| 2027 | 65.2 |
| 2028 | 66.1 |
| 2029 | 66.9 |
| 2030 | 67.7 |
| 2031 | 68.5 |
| 2032 | 69.3 |
| 2033 | 70.1 |
| 2034 | 70.8 |
| 2035 | 71.5 |
| 2036 | 72.1 |
| 2037 | 72.8 |
| 2038 | 73.4 |
| 2039 | 73.9 |
| 2040 | 74.4 |
| 2041 | 74.9 |
| 2042 | 75.4 |
| 2043 | 75.7 |
| 2044 | 76.1 |
| 2045 | 76.4 |
| 2046 | 76.7 |
| 2047 | 76.9 |
| 2048 | 77 |
| 2049 | 77.1 |
| 2050 | 77.2 |
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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