Urban Population / India
India Urban Population
India urban population data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 35.38%.
COUNTRY: India
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-06-29 05:07:34
GM ECONOMY RATING
India · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
73 / 100
Good stability
Fiscal stability
9.1 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
19.0 / 20
External stability
11.0 / 15
Financial robustness
15.0 / 15
Structural stability
10.0 / 15
Future capacity
10.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
2.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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India · urban population data as percent of GDP.
Latest
35.38%
Previous
35.07%
Range avg.
33.97%
Rank
71
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IndicatorUrban Population
35.38%2024 · Rank 71
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
India recorded 35.38% for Urban Population in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 0.31 percentage points, from 35.07% to 35.38%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (33.97%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 32.55% in 2015 and the high was 35.38% in 2024.
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