Latin America & Caribbean vs Spain: Urban population

Latin America & Caribbean
543.31 million
in 2025
Spain
39.74 million
in 2025
Latin America & Caribbean rank
23rd
Spain rank
26th

Urban population over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean
  • Spain
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How they compare

Latin America & Caribbean currently reports 543.31 million against 39.74 million in Spain, a difference of 503.57 million.

That makes Latin America & Caribbean's figure about 13.7 times Spain's.

Across all 66 years both countries report, Latin America & Caribbean has been ahead every year.

Latin America & Caribbean ranks 23rd and Spain ranks 26th of 49 groups.

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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.