People1960–2025percent

Urban population

Name: Urban population
Creator: World Bank Open Data
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Share of population living in urban areas. In Poland it rose from 48% to 60%, and globally more than half of all people now live in cities.

60.1%Poland · 2025

World Bank Open DataPublished by source: 2026-07-13

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Saved data version: retrieved 2026-09-15, ID 036a6b96dad1Warehouse version at build: v45

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Poland: 1960–2025; observations: 66; missing years: 0

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48.1→60.1

Total change: +12.0 pp
Period: 1960–2025

Poland: 48.1 (1960) → 60.1 (2025). Difference: +12.0 pp. Peak value of 61.8 in 2002; lowest value of 48.1 in 1960.

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Urban population — Poland
Year	Country	Value
2025	Poland	60.1%
2024	Poland	60%
2023	Poland	59.9%
2022	Poland	59.8%
2021	Poland	59.8%
2020	Poland	59.9%
2019	Poland	60%
2018	Poland	60.1%
2017	Poland	60.1%
2016	Poland	60.2%
2015	Poland	60.3%
2014	Poland	60.4%
2013	Poland	60.5%
2012	Poland	60.6%
2011	Poland	60.7%
2010	Poland	60.8%
2009	Poland	61%
2008	Poland	61.1%
2007	Poland	61.3%
2006	Poland	61.4%

Source: World Bank Open Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Published by source: 2026-07-13
Retrieved: 2026-09-15
Indicator code in source: SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
Unit of measure: percent
Data version: v45

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Longseries, “Urban population”. World Bank Open Data (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS), 1960–2025, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: 036a6b96dad123994f535d08ccc7accf8fda3a43f81a70c1307902885c9bb4ac. https://longseries.com/en/d/urban-share/

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Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2025: highest — Netherlands; lowest — India

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15 places — sorted by value, highest first
Country
Highest value in the comparable yearNetherlands	2025	95.9%95.9%
Japan	2025	92.3%92.3%
Sweden	2025	89.1%89.1%
Brazil	2025	88.2%88.2%
United Kingdom	2025	83.3%83.3%
Germany	2025	82.1%82.1%
Spain	2025	80.5%80.5%
United States	2025	80.2%80.2%

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Poland

About this series

Share of people in urban areas, national definitions, 1960–. Definitions of “urban” are not identical.

Indicator definition

Share of the population living in urban areas. A shrinking country can urbanise on paper — compare Population.

How to read the data

In Poland the urban population share increased from 48% to 60%, compared to over 80% in Germany and the US. The global average rose from 34% to 58%. Urbanization correlates with internet adoption Internet users and lower fertility rates Fertility.