North Korea
Urban population in North Korea
Urban population in North Korea: 4% in 1950 and 64.2% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 64.2%
- Since 1950
- +60.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 116 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 75.9%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 75.9% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | North Korea |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 63.9 |
| 2023 | 63.5 |
| 2022 | 63.2 |
| 2021 | 62.9 |
| 2020 | 62.6 |
| 2019 | 62.4 |
| 2018 | 62.1 |
| 2017 | 61.8 |
| 2016 | 61.6 |
| 2015 | 61.3 |
| 2014 | 61.1 |
| 2013 | 60.9 |
| 2012 | 60.7 |
| 2011 | 60.5 |
| 2010 | 60.3 |
| 2009 | 60.2 |
| 2008 | 60 |
| 2007 | 59.9 |
| 2006 | 59.8 |
| 2005 | 59.8 |
| 2004 | 59.7 |
| 2003 | 59.6 |
| 2002 | 59.5 |
| 2001 | 59.5 |
| 2000 | 59.4 |
| 1999 | 59.4 |
| 1998 | 59.3 |
| 1997 | 59.2 |
| 1996 | 59.2 |
| 1995 | 59.1 |
| 1994 | 59 |
| 1993 | 58.9 |
| 1992 | 58.8 |
| 1991 | 58.6 |
| 1990 | 58.4 |
| 1989 | 58.3 |
| 1988 | 58.1 |
| 1987 | 57.9 |
| 1986 | 57.7 |
| 1985 | 57.5 |
| 1984 | 57.4 |
| 1983 | 57.2 |
| 1982 | 57.1 |
| 1981 | 57 |
| 1980 | 56.9 |
| 1979 | 56.9 |
| 1978 | 56.8 |
| 1977 | 56.8 |
| 1976 | 56.8 |
| 1975 | 56.7 |
| 1974 | 56.5 |
| 1973 | 56.1 |
| 1972 | 55.6 |
| 1971 | 54.9 |
| 1970 | 54.2 |
| 1969 | 53.3 |
| 1968 | 52 |
| 1967 | 50.5 |
| 1966 | 49 |
| 1965 | 47.5 |
| 1964 | 46.2 |
| 1963 | 45 |
| 1962 | 43.7 |
| 1961 | 42.3 |
| 1960 | 40.6 |
| 1959 | 38.5 |
| 1958 | 35.8 |
| 1957 | 32.6 |
| 1956 | 29 |
| 1955 | 24.5 |
| 1954 | 18.8 |
| 1953 | 12.4 |
| 1952 | 8.9 |
| 1951 | 6 |
| 1950 | 4 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | North Korea |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 64.5 |
| 2027 | 64.9 |
| 2028 | 65.2 |
| 2029 | 65.6 |
| 2030 | 66 |
| 2031 | 66.4 |
| 2032 | 66.8 |
| 2033 | 67.2 |
| 2034 | 67.6 |
| 2035 | 68.1 |
| 2036 | 68.5 |
| 2037 | 69 |
| 2038 | 69.4 |
| 2039 | 69.9 |
| 2040 | 70.4 |
| 2041 | 70.9 |
| 2042 | 71.4 |
| 2043 | 72 |
| 2044 | 72.5 |
| 2045 | 73 |
| 2046 | 73.6 |
| 2047 | 74.2 |
| 2048 | 74.7 |
| 2049 | 75.3 |
| 2050 | 75.9 |
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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