Australia Urban Population 1960-2025

Australia urban population for 2023 was 23,073,508, a 2.55% increase from 2022.
  • Australia urban population for 2022 was 22,499,333, a 1.43% increase from 2021.
  • Australia urban population for 2021 was 22,182,436, a 0.28% increase from 2020.
  • Australia urban population for 2020 was 22,120,168, a 1.38% increase from 2019.
Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
Country Rankings
Country Name Urban Population
China 910,895,447
India 519,506,163
United States 278,977,409
Euro Area 273,162,331
Brazil 189,992,937
Indonesia 162,557,286
Nigeria 121,487,868
Japan 114,608,860
Russia 108,345,662
Mexico 104,796,621
Pakistan 91,480,744
Bangladesh 69,999,802
Iran 68,892,205
Turkey 66,096,079
Germany 65,697,635
United Kingdom 57,852,807
Philippines 56,658,695
France 55,747,567
Egypt 48,580,854
Democratic Republic of Congo 48,517,567
Argentina 43,138,225
Colombia 42,894,219
Italy 42,292,160
South Korea 42,123,031
South Africa 41,576,651
Spain 39,449,423
Vietnam 39,029,513
Thailand 38,491,230
Algeria 34,327,085
Canada 32,824,829
Iraq 32,580,810
Saudi Arabia 31,386,498
Ethiopia 29,299,871
Peru 27,111,853
Malaysia 27,006,299
Ukraine 25,935,150
Venezuela 25,504,192
Tanzania 25,227,921
Angola 25,197,645
Morocco 24,641,815
Australia 23,073,508
Poland 22,091,485
Ghana 20,213,181
Uzbekistan 18,399,889
Myanmar 17,526,086
Sudan 17,483,775
Chile 17,276,395
Cameroon 16,992,142
Netherlands 16,659,928
North Korea 16,534,424
Kenya 16,265,693
Yemen 13,721,710
Syrian Arab Republic 13,334,396
Mozambique 13,136,242
Uganda 13,005,977
Madagascar 12,298,904
Ecuador 11,785,978
Belgium 11,608,485
Kazakhstan 11,577,724
Afghanistan 11,376,460
Mali 10,759,126
Jordan 10,432,355
Romania 10,418,360
Dominican Republic 9,570,242
Zambia 9,530,988
Sweden 9,349,997
Guatemala 9,346,539
Israel 9,059,486
Bolivia 8,818,928
Senegal 8,806,799
Tunisia 8,788,529
Somalia 8,694,307
Cuba 8,678,273
Greece 8,358,768
UAE 8,353,814
Czech Republic 8,106,553
Burkina Faso 7,561,383
Hong Kong 7,536,100
Belarus 7,409,732
Portugal 7,147,342
Haiti 6,994,525
Hungary 6,987,564
Benin 6,870,127
Nepal 6,767,280
Switzerland 6,566,767
Honduras 6,378,738
Singapore 5,917,648
Azerbaijan 5,822,506
Libya 5,621,338
Austria 5,436,508
Zimbabwe 5,419,091
Guinea 5,404,495
Denmark 5,262,755
Bulgaria 4,932,158
El Salvador 4,798,721
Finland 4,789,791
Lebanon 4,788,127
Niger 4,639,173
Norway 4,636,183
New Zealand 4,543,314
Chad 4,453,756
Paraguay 4,332,984
Cambodia 4,332,792
Kuwait 4,310,108
Costa Rica 4,306,402
Sri Lanka 4,233,528
Republic of Congo 4,225,221
Nicaragua 4,217,146
Oman 4,105,635
Togo 4,028,035
West Bank and Gaza 4,007,712
Sierra Leone 3,894,454
Malawi 3,826,324
Serbia 3,779,753
Turkmenistan 3,518,889
Ireland 3,392,447
Uruguay 3,278,345
Panama 3,105,857
Puerto Rico 3,001,617
Slovak Republic 2,931,905
Lao PDR 2,919,691
Liberia 2,902,462
Tajikistan 2,863,928
Mauritania 2,805,896
Qatar 2,698,843
Kyrgyz Republic 2,684,173
Rwanda 2,521,821
Central African Republic 2,504,453
Mongolia 2,381,606
South Sudan 2,350,270
Georgia 2,283,557
Croatia 2,257,012
Gabon 2,217,982
Lithuania 1,972,821
Burundi 1,957,189
Botswana 1,949,449
Gambia 1,787,917
Albania 1,773,980
Armenia 1,770,650
Eritrea 1,622,037
Jamaica 1,621,241
Bosnia 1,614,061
Namibia 1,429,326
Papua New Guinea 1,417,576
Bahrain 1,335,012
Latvia 1,292,217
Equatorial Guinea 1,276,538
Slovenia 1,189,591
Moldova 1,078,639
North Macedonia 1,077,748
Guinea-Bissau 977,902
Estonia 953,736
Djibouti 892,708
Cyprus 844,129
Trinidad and Tobago 820,255
Lesotho 708,766
Macao 704,149
Luxembourg 615,639
Fiji 549,774
Malta 525,227
Mauritius 515,350
Timor-Leste 441,595
Montenegro 422,094
Suriname 413,897
Cabo Verde 406,996
Iceland 370,149
Brunei 358,168
Bhutan 349,223
Bahamas 345,056
Eswatini 300,163
Comoros 256,747
Guyana 221,054
Maldives 218,678
New Caledonia 194,843
Solomon Islands 192,784
French Polynesia 192,390
Belize 191,477
Sao Tome and Principe 177,140
Guam 164,592
Curacao 131,631
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 100,958
Barbados 88,617
Vanuatu 86,891
Kiribati 77,121
Seychelles 70,450
Andorra 70,296
Cayman Islands 69,310
Bermuda 63,489
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 56,307
Channel Islands 54,636
Dominica 52,593
Greenland 50,007
Aruba 47,032
Grenada 46,762
Northern Mariana Islands 45,850
Isle of Man 45,305
Turks and Caicos Islands 43,412
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 41,163
Samoa 39,512
American Samoa 38,308
Monaco 36,297
St. Lucia 34,558
Marshall Islands 33,121
San Marino 32,914
Gibraltar 32,688
Micronesia 26,938
Tonga 24,960
Antigua and Barbuda 22,945
Faroe Islands 22,899
British Virgin Islands 15,690
Palau 14,881
St. Kitts and Nevis 14,850
Nauru 12,780
Tuvalu 7,549
Liechtenstein 5,786