Spain
Urban population in Spain
Urban population in Spain: 51.6% in 1950 and 80.5% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 80.5%
- Since 1950
- +28.9 percentage points
- Projected, 2050
- 89.5%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 89.5% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Spain |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 80.5 |
| 2024 | 80.3 |
| 2023 | 80.1 |
| 2022 | 80 |
| 2021 | 79.8 |
| 2020 | 79.7 |
| 2019 | 79.6 |
| 2018 | 79.6 |
| 2017 | 79.5 |
| 2016 | 79.4 |
| 2015 | 79.3 |
| 2014 | 79.1 |
| 2013 | 79 |
| 2012 | 78.9 |
| 2011 | 78.7 |
| 2010 | 78.5 |
| 2009 | 78.3 |
| 2008 | 78 |
| 2007 | 77.8 |
| 2006 | 77.5 |
| 2005 | 77.2 |
| 2004 | 77 |
| 2003 | 76.7 |
| 2002 | 76.5 |
| 2001 | 76.3 |
| 2000 | 76.2 |
| 1999 | 76 |
| 1998 | 75.9 |
| 1997 | 75.8 |
| 1996 | 75.7 |
| 1995 | 75.6 |
| 1994 | 75.5 |
| 1993 | 75.3 |
| 1992 | 75.2 |
| 1991 | 75 |
| 1990 | 74.8 |
| 1989 | 74.6 |
| 1988 | 74.4 |
| 1987 | 74.1 |
| 1986 | 73.8 |
| 1985 | 73.5 |
| 1984 | 73.1 |
| 1983 | 72.8 |
| 1982 | 72.4 |
| 1981 | 72 |
| 1980 | 71.5 |
| 1979 | 71.1 |
| 1978 | 70.6 |
| 1977 | 70.1 |
| 1976 | 69.6 |
| 1975 | 69.1 |
| 1974 | 68.5 |
| 1973 | 68 |
| 1972 | 67.4 |
| 1971 | 66.8 |
| 1970 | 66.2 |
| 1969 | 65.4 |
| 1968 | 64.4 |
| 1967 | 63.4 |
| 1966 | 62.3 |
| 1965 | 61.1 |
| 1964 | 60 |
| 1963 | 58.9 |
| 1962 | 58 |
| 1961 | 57.1 |
| 1960 | 56.5 |
| 1959 | 55.8 |
| 1958 | 55.3 |
| 1957 | 54.7 |
| 1956 | 54.2 |
| 1955 | 53.8 |
| 1954 | 53.3 |
| 1953 | 52.9 |
| 1952 | 52.4 |
| 1951 | 52 |
| 1950 | 51.6 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Spain |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 80.7 |
| 2027 | 81 |
| 2028 | 81.2 |
| 2029 | 81.4 |
| 2030 | 81.7 |
| 2031 | 82 |
| 2032 | 82.3 |
| 2033 | 82.6 |
| 2034 | 82.9 |
| 2035 | 83.2 |
| 2036 | 83.6 |
| 2037 | 83.9 |
| 2038 | 84.3 |
| 2039 | 84.6 |
| 2040 | 85 |
| 2041 | 85.4 |
| 2042 | 85.8 |
| 2043 | 86.2 |
| 2044 | 86.7 |
| 2045 | 87.1 |
| 2046 | 87.6 |
| 2047 | 88 |
| 2048 | 88.5 |
| 2049 | 89 |
| 2050 | 89.5 |
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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- Military spending2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per person$839 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel199,000 people in 2020
- National power0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports237 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports341 million TIV in 2025