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United States
Urban population

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.

Global rank#3out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

274 M237 M200 M163 M126 M196019932025United States · 2025: 274.08MUnited States

Analytical takeaways

  • United States records 274.08M for Urban population in 2025, ranking #3 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Urban population increased from 126.43M in 1960 to 274.08M in 2025, a gain of 147.65M.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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