Palestinian Territories
Urban population in Palestinian Territories
Urban population in Palestinian Territories: 37.3% in 1950 and 87.4% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 87.4%
- Since 1950
- +50.1 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 46 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 94.1%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 94.1% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Palestinian Territories |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 87.4 |
| 2024 | 87.1 |
| 2023 | 86.9 |
| 2022 | 86.6 |
| 2021 | 86.3 |
| 2020 | 86.1 |
| 2019 | 85.8 |
| 2018 | 85.5 |
| 2017 | 85.4 |
| 2016 | 85.3 |
| 2015 | 85.2 |
| 2014 | 85 |
| 2013 | 84.8 |
| 2012 | 84.6 |
| 2011 | 84.2 |
| 2010 | 83.9 |
| 2009 | 83.5 |
| 2008 | 83.1 |
| 2007 | 82.6 |
| 2006 | 81.8 |
| 2005 | 80.5 |
| 2004 | 79 |
| 2003 | 77.3 |
| 2002 | 75.5 |
| 2001 | 73.7 |
| 2000 | 72.1 |
| 1999 | 70.6 |
| 1998 | 69.5 |
| 1997 | 68.7 |
| 1996 | 68.1 |
| 1995 | 67.5 |
| 1994 | 67 |
| 1993 | 66.5 |
| 1992 | 66.1 |
| 1991 | 65.7 |
| 1990 | 65.3 |
| 1989 | 65 |
| 1988 | 64.7 |
| 1987 | 64.4 |
| 1986 | 64.1 |
| 1985 | 63.8 |
| 1984 | 63.4 |
| 1983 | 63.1 |
| 1982 | 62.8 |
| 1981 | 62.5 |
| 1980 | 62.1 |
| 1979 | 61.7 |
| 1978 | 61.2 |
| 1977 | 60.7 |
| 1976 | 60.2 |
| 1975 | 59.6 |
| 1974 | 58.9 |
| 1973 | 58.1 |
| 1972 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 56.1 |
| 1970 | 55 |
| 1969 | 53.9 |
| 1968 | 52.7 |
| 1967 | 51.5 |
| 1966 | 50.3 |
| 1965 | 49.1 |
| 1964 | 48 |
| 1963 | 46.9 |
| 1962 | 45.9 |
| 1961 | 45 |
| 1960 | 44.2 |
| 1959 | 43.4 |
| 1958 | 42.6 |
| 1957 | 41.9 |
| 1956 | 41.2 |
| 1955 | 40.5 |
| 1954 | 39.8 |
| 1953 | 39.2 |
| 1952 | 38.5 |
| 1951 | 37.9 |
| 1950 | 37.3 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Palestinian Territories |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 87.6 |
| 2027 | 87.9 |
| 2028 | 88.2 |
| 2029 | 88.4 |
| 2030 | 88.7 |
| 2031 | 89 |
| 2032 | 89.2 |
| 2033 | 89.5 |
| 2034 | 89.8 |
| 2035 | 90 |
| 2036 | 90.3 |
| 2037 | 90.6 |
| 2038 | 90.8 |
| 2039 | 91.1 |
| 2040 | 91.4 |
| 2041 | 91.6 |
| 2042 | 91.9 |
| 2043 | 92.2 |
| 2044 | 92.5 |
| 2045 | 92.7 |
| 2046 | 93 |
| 2047 | 93.3 |
| 2048 | 93.5 |
| 2049 | 93.8 |
| 2050 | 94.1 |
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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