United States

Urban population in United States

Urban population in United States: 64% in 1950 and 80.2% in 2025, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2025
80.2%
Since 1950
+16.2 percentage points
Rank, 2025
62 of 229
counting from the highest
Projected, 2050
86.5%
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
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% of people · UN

Urban population in United StatesUrban population in United States: 64% in 1950 and 80.2% in 2025, by UN estimates. The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 86.5% in 2050.
Estimates, UNUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 86.5% in 2050.
  • The highest was 80.7% in 2010, the lowest 64% in 1950.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearUnited States
202580.2
202480.1
202380.1
202280
202180
202080
201980.1
201880.3
201780.4
201680.5
201580.6
201480.6
201380.7
201280.7
201180.7
201080.7
200980.7
200880.6
200780.5
200680.4
200580.2
200480
200379.8
200279.6
200179.3
200079.1
199978.8
199878.5
199778.1
199677.7
199577.2
199476.7
199376.3
199275.9
199175.5
199075.3
198975.1
198874.9
198774.7
198674.5
198574.3
198474.2
198374
198273.9
198173.8
198073.8
197973.7
197873.7
197773.7
197673.6
197573.6
197473.6
197373.6
197273.6
197173.5
197073.5
196973.4
196873.3
196773
196672.7
196572.3
196471.9
196371.4
196270.9
196170.5
196070
195969.5
195869
195768.5
195667.9
195567.3
195466.6
195366
195265.3
195164.7
195064
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearUnited States
202680.3
202780.4
202880.5
202980.6
203080.7
203180.9
203281.1
203381.2
203481.4
203581.7
203681.9
203782.1
203882.4
203982.6
204082.9
204183.2
204283.5
204383.8
204484.2
204584.5
204684.9
204785.3
204885.7
204986.1
205086.5

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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