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Urban population (% of total population)

Bangladesh · 1960–2025 · Source: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)

Latest (2025)33.24% of total population
Earliest (1960)5.11
Change since 1960+28.13
Source: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), via World Bank WDI (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS)
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What you should know

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source
World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), via World Bank WDI (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS)
Data updated
November 1, 2026 · refreshed monthly
Date range
1960–2025 (66 data points)
Unit
% of total population
World Bank code
SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
Licence
CC BY 4.0

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World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), via World Bank WDI (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS). Processed by DEEPLAB, https://de3plab.org/data-urban-population-share (data updated November 1, 2026).

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Year% of total population
202533.24
202432.68
202332.16
202231.67
202131.4
202031.12
201930.82
201830.52
201730.2
201629.88
201529.54
201429.19
201328.84
201228.48
201128.11
201027.73
200927.31
200826.87
200726.42
200625.95
200525.48
200425.01
200324.55
200224.11
200123.7
200023.31
199922.96
199822.62
199722.3
199621.98
199521.66
199421.34
199321
199220.65
199120.27
199019.86
198919.45
198819.02
198718.58
198618.12
198517.64
198417.13
198316.59
198216.01
198115.39
198014.68
197913.75
197812.7
197711.6
197610.55
19759.63
19748.96
19738.49
19728.09
19717.72
19707.38
19697.07
19686.79
19676.53
19666.29
19656.07
19645.85
19635.66
19625.47
19615.28
19605.11