demographics
Urban Population
Total number of people living in urban areas worldwide. Calculated from World Population multiplied by the urbanization rate. Urban areas are defined by national statistical offices.
WLDTier 1 SourceVerified Mar 2026
Urban Population
Official value (2024): 4,686,708,540
Urban Population growth (2015–2024)
+15.7%·in time period
2015: 4,050,109,264.128 people, 2016: 4,132,876,457.281 people, 2017: 4,212,234,242.353 people, 2018: 4,291,287,541.981 people, 2019: 4,366,527,357.276 people, 2020: 4,433,420,563.009 people, 2021: 4,499,447,584.987 people, 2022: 4,559,659,843.622 people, 2023: 4,621,507,624.248 people, 2024: 4,686,708,540.175 people
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