Global urban and rural population 2022 | Statista

The global urban population overtook the rural population in numbers in 2007. Today, 4.5 billion people live in urban areas, compared to 3.4 million in rural areas. This development underlines that rapid urbanization the world has seen in recent decades.

Global urban and rural population worldwide from 1990 to 2022 (in billions)

Characteristic	Rural population	Urban population
1990	3.02	2.28
1991	3.05	2.33
1992	3.08	2.39
1993	3.11	2.45
1994	3.13	2.51
1995	3.16	2.57
1996	3.19	2.62
1997	3.21	2.68
1998	3.23	2.74
1999	3.26	2.8
2000	3.28	2.87
2001	3.29	2.93
2002	3.31	3
2003	3.32	3.07
2004	3.33	3.14
2005	3.34	3.22
2006	3.34	3.29
2007	3.35	3.36
2008	3.36	3.44
2009	3.37	3.52
2010	3.37	3.59
2011	3.38	3.67
2012	3.39	3.75
2013	3.4	3.82
2014	3.41	3.9
2015	3.42	3.98
2016	3.42	4.07
2017	3.43	4.15
2018	3.43	4.23
2019	3.43	4.31
2020	3.44	4.38
2021	3.43	4.45
2022	3.43	4.52

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March 2024

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Survey time period

1990 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Numbers on are estimates based on the UN Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects from 2018.

Data on the urban population is taken from here.

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