Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)
Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025): Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population was 18.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025), 2014–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
The most recent figure for overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) is 18.0%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) peaked at 18.0% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 14.5%, in 2017.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025), year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 15.1% | — |
| 2015 | 14.8% | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 14.8% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 14.5% | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 14.7% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 15.5% | +5.4% |
| 2020 | 16.6% | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 16.4% | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 16.4% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 17.2% | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 17.4% | +1.2% |
| 2025 | 18.0% | +3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 14.9% | 14.5% | 15.5% | 6 |
| 2020s | 17.0% | 16.4% | 18.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)
More population data for Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)
- Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national 352.72 million (2025)
- Live births (total) by month 2.79 million Number (2024)
- Population on 1 January by age and sex 351.64 million Number (2025)
- Population on 1 January by age group and sex 351.64 million Number (2025)
- Population on 1 January by broad age group and sex 351.64 million Number (2025)
- Population structure indicators at national level 57.2 (2025)
- Live births by mother's age and legal marital status 2.79 million Number (2024)
- Deaths by year of birth (age reached) and sex 3.67 million Number (2024)
- Live births by mother's year of birth (age reached) and legal marital 2.79 million Number (2024)
- Fertility indicators 31.6 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)?
- Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) was 18.0% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population recorded in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 18.0% in 2025.
- What is the lowest overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population recorded in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.5% in 2017.
- How does Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) rank for overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population?
- Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) ranks 2nd out of 6 regions with data for 2025.
- Is overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population rising or falling in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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