South Korea vs Spain: Urban population

South Korea
41.95 million
in 2025
Spain
39.74 million
in 2025
South Korea rank
23rd
Spain rank
26th

Urban population over time

  • South Korea
  • Spain
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How they compare

South Korea currently reports 41.95 million against 39.74 million in Spain, a difference of 2.22 million.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Spain ahead.

Globally, South Korea ranks 23rd and Spain ranks 26th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Urban population
Source
World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.