Australia Urban Population

Current and historical urban population data for Australia, including latest value (87.6), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Australia
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-07 00:10:48
Economy Data Rating
Australia · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
AA
86 / 100
Very strong stability
Fiscal stability 21.3 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 17.5 / 20
External stability 13.7 / 15
Financial robustness 12.8 / 15
Structural stability 10 / 10
Future capacity 8.3 / 10
Demographic capacity 3.8 / 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: 90% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1960–2024 19602024
1960 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

Australia · urban population as a percentage of total population.

1960–2024
87.6 percent
87.49 percent
87.25 percent
18 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1960 1973 1986 1999 2012 2024
urban population rate reference line

Countries by urban population

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Singapore 100
Hong Kong 100
Kuwait 100
Bahrain 100
Qatar 99.32
Netherlands 95.64
Luxembourg 94.84
Iceland 94.18

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
New Zealand 83.94
China 65.89
Germany 82.02
France 78.8

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

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

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-06-07 00:10:48

Australia Snapshot

country profile
Population 27.2 m
GDP 1757.02 bn
Debt/GDP 57.88%
Inflation 3.17%
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.

Keyphrase synonyms: australia urban population rate, urban population data australia, australia urban population statistics, australia percent.