Urban population, male in Euro area
Euro area: Urban population, male was 36.7% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Urban population, male in Euro area, 1980–2015
Source: The United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects. Measured in % of total.
Analysis
Euro area recorded 36.7% for urban population, male in 2015. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, urban population, male in Euro area peaked at 36.7% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 33.3%, in 1980.
That places Euro area 8th out of 47 groups with data for 2015, putting it in the top quarter.
Urban population, male in Euro area, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 33.3% | — |
| 1985 | 33.6% | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 34.1% | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 34.5% | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 34.8% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 35.4% | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 36.0% | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 36.7% | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 33.5% | 33.3% | 33.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 34.3% | 34.1% | 34.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 35.1% | 34.8% | 35.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 36.4% | 36.0% | 36.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
More gender data for Euro area
- Labor force, female 81.83 million (2025)
- Labor force, female, per capita 0.2281 units per person (2025)
- Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Labor force, female, annual growth rate -0.0473 % change on previous year (2025)
- Labor force, female, per square kilometre 28.76 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, female 0.0959 per 1,000 uninfected female population ages 15-49 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, male 0.1756 per 1,000 uninfected male population ages 15-49 (2024)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 97.9% (2025)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 17.23 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 16.65 years (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is urban population, male in Euro area?
- Urban population, male in Euro area was 36.7% in 2015, according to The United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects.
- What is the highest urban population, male recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 36.7% in 2015.
- What is the lowest urban population, male recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.3% in 1980.
- How does Euro area rank for urban population, male?
- Euro area ranks 8th out of 47 groups with data for 2015.
- Is urban population, male rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area data come from?
- The figures come from The United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects, published as part of Urban population, male (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Male urban population is the percentage of males who live in urban areas to total population.