Australia Urban Population

Australia urban population data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 87.72%. Global.
COUNTRY: Australia
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-10-26 05:07:43
Economy Data Rating
Australia · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
AA
89 / 100
Very strong stability
Fiscal stability 22.2 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 17.7 / 20
External stability 13.9 / 15
Financial robustness 12.8 / 15
Structural stability 10 / 10
Future capacity 10 / 10
Demographic capacity 3.5 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 80% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1960–2025 1960– 2025
1960 2025
Selected year: 2025 · Value: n/a 2025

Australia · urban population as a percentage of total population.

1960–2025
87.72 percent
87.6 percent
87.33 percent
21 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1960 1973 1986 1999 2012 2025
urban population rate reference line

Countries by urban population

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Singapore 100
Hong Kong 100
Kuwait 100
Bahrain 100
Macao 100
Nauru 100
Qatar 99.36
Netherlands 95.94

Interpretation

short note

This social and demographic indicator helps place economic development in population context.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Fiji 59.54
China 66.34

Related indicators

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GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-10-26 05:07:43

Australia Snapshot

country profile
Population 27.61 m
GDP 1798.52 bn
Debt/GDP 57.88%
Inflation 2.87%
Unemployment 4.09%
Currency n/a
Region Oceania
Income group High income

Australia Urban Population: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Urban Population for Australia. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

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