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India — Urban population
Urban Population (% of Total) for India, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
35.69%
Urban Population (% of Total) · % of total population · +99.1% since 1960
Urban population for India was 35.69% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 17.93% in 1960 (about 2.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.07% per year.
India ranks 182 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 84%. The median for South Asia is 42.51%, so India sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 10%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
35.69%
First (1960)
17.93%
Change
+99.1%
Highest
35.69%
in 2025
Lowest
17.93%
in 1960
Average
26.25%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.07%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | % of total population |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 35.69% |
| 2024 | 35.38% |
| 2023 | 35.07% |
| 2022 | 34.76% |
| 2021 | 34.44% |
| 2020 | 34.13% |
| 2019 | 33.81% |
| 2018 | 33.5% |
| 2017 | 33.18% |
| 2016 | 32.87% |
| 2015 | 32.55% |
| 2014 | 32.23% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the population living in urban areas, as defined by national statistical offices. Not directly comparable across countries because definitions of 'urban' differ. Figures are in % of total population. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS — Urban Population (% of Total). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.