Kiribati - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Kiribati was 66,405 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 66,405 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6,711 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 6,711
1961 7,145
1962 7,603
1963 8,085
1964 8,588
1965 9,112
1966 9,652
1967 10,212
1968 10,790
1969 11,497
1970 12,319
1971 13,176
1972 14,067
1973 14,995
1974 15,735
1975 16,317
1976 16,923
1977 17,553
1978 18,203
1979 18,731
1980 19,143
1981 19,552
1982 19,960
1983 20,393
1984 20,884
1985 21,463
1986 22,159
1987 22,941
1988 23,769
1989 24,581
1990 25,328
1991 25,993
1992 26,583
1993 27,134
1994 27,695
1995 28,296
1996 29,499
1997 31,074
1998 32,736
1999 34,465
2000 36,259
2001 37,319
2002 37,972
2003 38,656
2004 39,396
2005 40,206
2006 41,538
2007 43,310
2008 45,139
2009 46,979
2010 48,779
2011 50,519
2012 52,203
2013 53,865
2014 55,539
2015 57,259
2016 59,021
2017 60,800
2018 62,621
2019 64,490
2020 66,405

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Kiribati was 55.59 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 55.59 in 2020, while its lowest value was 16.29 in 1960.

Definition: 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: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 16.29
1961 16.92
1962 17.57
1963 18.23
1964 18.92
1965 19.63
1966 20.35
1967 21.10
1968 21.86
1969 22.87
1970 24.09
1971 25.35
1972 26.65
1973 28.00
1974 28.96
1975 29.61
1976 30.26
1977 30.93
1978 31.60
1979 32.04
1980 32.28
1981 32.53
1982 32.78
1983 33.03
1984 33.28
1985 33.54
1986 33.83
1987 34.12
1988 34.41
1989 34.70
1990 34.99
1991 35.27
1992 35.56
1993 35.84
1994 36.12
1995 36.41
1996 37.39
1997 38.75
1998 40.14
1999 41.54
2000 42.96
2001 43.47
2002 43.49
2003 43.51
2004 43.53
2005 43.55
2006 44.03
2007 44.87
2008 45.71
2009 46.55
2010 47.39
2011 48.24
2012 49.08
2013 49.93
2014 50.77
2015 51.62
2016 52.45
2017 53.26
2018 54.06
2019 54.84
2020 55.59

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization