Northern Mariana Islands
Urban population in Northern Mariana Islands
Urban population in Northern Mariana Islands: 78.2% in 1950 and 92.2% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 92.2%
- Since 1950
- +14 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 29 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 95.6%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 95.6% in 2050.
- The highest was 92.2% in 2025, the lowest 77.7% in 1951.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Northern Mariana Islands |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 92.2 |
| 2024 | 92.1 |
| 2023 | 92 |
| 2022 | 91.9 |
| 2021 | 91.8 |
| 2020 | 91.7 |
| 2019 | 91.6 |
| 2018 | 91.5 |
| 2017 | 91.5 |
| 2016 | 91.4 |
| 2015 | 91.3 |
| 2014 | 91.3 |
| 2013 | 91.2 |
| 2012 | 91.1 |
| 2011 | 91 |
| 2010 | 91 |
| 2009 | 90.9 |
| 2008 | 90.8 |
| 2007 | 90.7 |
| 2006 | 90.7 |
| 2005 | 90.6 |
| 2004 | 90.5 |
| 2003 | 90.4 |
| 2002 | 90.3 |
| 2001 | 90.3 |
| 2000 | 90.2 |
| 1999 | 90 |
| 1998 | 89.9 |
| 1997 | 89.7 |
| 1996 | 89.6 |
| 1995 | 89.6 |
| 1994 | 89.6 |
| 1993 | 89.6 |
| 1992 | 89.7 |
| 1991 | 89.7 |
| 1990 | 89.7 |
| 1989 | 89.7 |
| 1988 | 89.5 |
| 1987 | 89.2 |
| 1986 | 88.9 |
| 1985 | 88.4 |
| 1984 | 88 |
| 1983 | 87.6 |
| 1982 | 87.2 |
| 1981 | 86.9 |
| 1980 | 86.7 |
| 1979 | 86.6 |
| 1978 | 86.6 |
| 1977 | 86.5 |
| 1976 | 86.5 |
| 1975 | 86.4 |
| 1974 | 86.4 |
| 1973 | 86.4 |
| 1972 | 86.4 |
| 1971 | 83.4 |
| 1970 | 80.1 |
| 1969 | 80.2 |
| 1968 | 81.5 |
| 1967 | 82.2 |
| 1966 | 81.2 |
| 1965 | 80.4 |
| 1964 | 81.1 |
| 1963 | 81.4 |
| 1962 | 81.3 |
| 1961 | 81 |
| 1960 | 80.2 |
| 1959 | 80.1 |
| 1958 | 80.3 |
| 1957 | 78.6 |
| 1956 | 78.9 |
| 1955 | 79.8 |
| 1954 | 79.4 |
| 1953 | 78.3 |
| 1952 | 77.8 |
| 1951 | 77.7 |
| 1950 | 78.2 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Northern Mariana Islands |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 92.3 |
| 2027 | 92.4 |
| 2028 | 92.5 |
| 2029 | 92.6 |
| 2030 | 92.7 |
| 2031 | 92.8 |
| 2032 | 93 |
| 2033 | 93.1 |
| 2034 | 93.2 |
| 2035 | 93.3 |
| 2036 | 93.5 |
| 2037 | 93.6 |
| 2038 | 93.7 |
| 2039 | 93.9 |
| 2040 | 94 |
| 2041 | 94.2 |
| 2042 | 94.3 |
| 2043 | 94.5 |
| 2044 | 94.6 |
| 2045 | 94.8 |
| 2046 | 94.9 |
| 2047 | 95.1 |
| 2048 | 95.2 |
| 2049 | 95.4 |
| 2050 | 95.6 |
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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Northern Mariana Islands in numbers
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