Micronesia
Urban population in Micronesia
Urban population in Micronesia: 20% in 1950 and 22.5% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 22.5%
- Since 1950
- +2.5 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 218 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 23.7%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 23.7% in 2050.
- The highest was 26.5% in 1980, the lowest 20% in 1950.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Micronesia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 22.5 |
| 2024 | 22.5 |
| 2023 | 22.4 |
| 2022 | 22.4 |
| 2021 | 22.4 |
| 2020 | 22.4 |
| 2019 | 22.4 |
| 2018 | 22.3 |
| 2017 | 22.3 |
| 2016 | 22.3 |
| 2015 | 22.3 |
| 2014 | 22.3 |
| 2013 | 22.3 |
| 2012 | 22.3 |
| 2011 | 22.3 |
| 2010 | 22.3 |
| 2009 | 22.3 |
| 2008 | 22.3 |
| 2007 | 22.3 |
| 2006 | 22.3 |
| 2005 | 22.3 |
| 2004 | 22.3 |
| 2003 | 22.3 |
| 2002 | 22.3 |
| 2001 | 22.3 |
| 2000 | 22.3 |
| 1999 | 22.5 |
| 1998 | 23 |
| 1997 | 23.8 |
| 1996 | 24.7 |
| 1995 | 25.3 |
| 1994 | 25.6 |
| 1993 | 25.7 |
| 1992 | 25.8 |
| 1991 | 25.9 |
| 1990 | 26 |
| 1989 | 26.1 |
| 1988 | 26.2 |
| 1987 | 26.3 |
| 1986 | 26.3 |
| 1985 | 26.4 |
| 1984 | 26.4 |
| 1983 | 26.4 |
| 1982 | 26.5 |
| 1981 | 26.5 |
| 1980 | 26.5 |
| 1979 | 26.4 |
| 1978 | 26.4 |
| 1977 | 26.3 |
| 1976 | 26.1 |
| 1975 | 26 |
| 1974 | 25.8 |
| 1973 | 25.7 |
| 1972 | 25.5 |
| 1971 | 25.3 |
| 1970 | 25.2 |
| 1969 | 25 |
| 1968 | 24.8 |
| 1967 | 24.6 |
| 1966 | 24.4 |
| 1965 | 24.2 |
| 1964 | 24 |
| 1963 | 23.7 |
| 1962 | 23.5 |
| 1961 | 23.3 |
| 1960 | 23 |
| 1959 | 22.8 |
| 1958 | 22.5 |
| 1957 | 22.2 |
| 1956 | 21.9 |
| 1955 | 21.6 |
| 1954 | 21.3 |
| 1953 | 21 |
| 1952 | 20.7 |
| 1951 | 20.3 |
| 1950 | 20 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Micronesia |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 22.5 |
| 2027 | 22.5 |
| 2028 | 22.6 |
| 2029 | 22.6 |
| 2030 | 22.6 |
| 2031 | 22.7 |
| 2032 | 22.7 |
| 2033 | 22.7 |
| 2034 | 22.8 |
| 2035 | 22.8 |
| 2036 | 22.9 |
| 2037 | 22.9 |
| 2038 | 23 |
| 2039 | 23 |
| 2040 | 23.1 |
| 2041 | 23.1 |
| 2042 | 23.2 |
| 2043 | 23.2 |
| 2044 | 23.3 |
| 2045 | 23.4 |
| 2046 | 23.4 |
| 2047 | 23.5 |
| 2048 | 23.6 |
| 2049 | 23.6 |
| 2050 | 23.7 |
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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