Tuvalu
Urban population in Tuvalu
Urban population in Tuvalu: 11.9% in 1950 and 65.5% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 65.5%
- Since 1950
- +53.5 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 113 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 87%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 87% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Tuvalu |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 65.5 |
| 2024 | 64.7 |
| 2023 | 64 |
| 2022 | 63.3 |
| 2021 | 62.6 |
| 2020 | 61.9 |
| 2019 | 61.2 |
| 2018 | 60.6 |
| 2017 | 60 |
| 2016 | 59.5 |
| 2015 | 58.9 |
| 2014 | 58.3 |
| 2013 | 57.6 |
| 2012 | 56.9 |
| 2011 | 56 |
| 2010 | 55.1 |
| 2009 | 54 |
| 2008 | 52.8 |
| 2007 | 51.7 |
| 2006 | 50.5 |
| 2005 | 49.4 |
| 2004 | 48.4 |
| 2003 | 47.5 |
| 2002 | 46.7 |
| 2001 | 46.1 |
| 2000 | 45.5 |
| 1999 | 45 |
| 1998 | 44.5 |
| 1997 | 44 |
| 1996 | 43.6 |
| 1995 | 43.1 |
| 1994 | 42.5 |
| 1993 | 42 |
| 1992 | 41.3 |
| 1991 | 40.6 |
| 1990 | 39.7 |
| 1989 | 38.6 |
| 1988 | 37.5 |
| 1987 | 36.4 |
| 1986 | 35.3 |
| 1985 | 34.2 |
| 1984 | 33.4 |
| 1983 | 32.6 |
| 1982 | 31.9 |
| 1981 | 31.1 |
| 1980 | 30.2 |
| 1979 | 29 |
| 1978 | 27.1 |
| 1977 | 24 |
| 1976 | 20.5 |
| 1975 | 17.3 |
| 1974 | 15.2 |
| 1973 | 14.7 |
| 1972 | 14.6 |
| 1971 | 14.5 |
| 1970 | 14.5 |
| 1969 | 14.4 |
| 1968 | 14.2 |
| 1967 | 13.9 |
| 1966 | 13.5 |
| 1965 | 13.1 |
| 1964 | 12.8 |
| 1963 | 12.6 |
| 1962 | 12.5 |
| 1961 | 12.4 |
| 1960 | 12.4 |
| 1959 | 12.3 |
| 1958 | 12.3 |
| 1957 | 12.2 |
| 1956 | 12.2 |
| 1955 | 12.1 |
| 1954 | 12.1 |
| 1953 | 12.1 |
| 1952 | 12 |
| 1951 | 12 |
| 1950 | 11.9 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Tuvalu |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 66.2 |
| 2027 | 66.9 |
| 2028 | 67.7 |
| 2029 | 68.4 |
| 2030 | 69.2 |
| 2031 | 70 |
| 2032 | 70.8 |
| 2033 | 71.6 |
| 2034 | 72.4 |
| 2035 | 73.2 |
| 2036 | 74 |
| 2037 | 74.9 |
| 2038 | 75.7 |
| 2039 | 76.6 |
| 2040 | 77.5 |
| 2041 | 78.4 |
| 2042 | 79.3 |
| 2043 | 80.2 |
| 2044 | 81.2 |
| 2045 | 82.1 |
| 2046 | 83.1 |
| 2047 | 84 |
| 2048 | 85 |
| 2049 | 86 |
| 2050 | 87 |
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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