Urban Population - world statistics and charts as map, diagram and table
Percentage of the population living in urban areas for the countries of the world
Rank (total) | Country | Total (percent) | Date |
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1 | Anguilla | 100 | 2020 |
1 | Bermuda | 100 | 2020 |
1 | Cayman Islands | 100 | 2020 |
1 | Gibraltar | 100 | 2020 |
1 | Hong Kong | 100 | 2020 |
1 | Kuwait | 100 | 2020 |
1 | Macau | 100 | 2020 |
1 | Monaco | 100 | 2020 |
1 | Nauru | 100 | 2020 |
1 | Singapore | 100 | 2020 |
1 | Sint Maarten | 100 | 2020 |
1 | Vatican City | 100 | 2020 |
13 | Qatar | 99 | 2020 |
14 | Belgium | 98 | 2020 |
15 | San Marino | 98 | 2020 |
16 | Virgin Islands of the U.S. | 96 | 2020 |
17 | Uruguay | 96 | 2020 |
18 | Guam | 95 | 2020 |
19 | Malta | 95 | 2020 |
20 | Iceland | 94 | 2020 |
21 | Puerto Rico | 94 | 2020 |
21 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 94 | 2020 |
23 | Israel | 93 | 2020 |
24 | Netherlands | 92 | 2020 |
25 | Argentina | 92 | 2020 |
26 | Japan | 92 | 2020 |
26 | Northern Mariana Islands | 92 | 2020 |
28 | Luxembourg | 92 | 2020 |
29 | Jordan | 91 | 2020 |
30 | Gabon | 90 | 2020 |
31 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 90 | 2020 |
32 | Bahrain | 90 | 2020 |
33 | Curacao | 89 | 2020 (2018 |
34 | Lebanon | 89 | 2020 |
35 | Venezuela | 88 | 2020 |
36 | Denmark | 88 | 2020 |
37 | Sweden | 88 | 2020 |
38 | Andorra | 88 | 2020 |
39 | Chile | 88 | 2020 |
40 | Greenland | 87 | 2020 |
41 | American Samoa | 87 | 2020 |
42 | Brazil | 87 | 2020 |
43 | United Arab Emirates | 87 | 2020 |
44 | Western Sahara | 87 | 2020 |
45 | New Zealand | 87 | 2020 |
46 | Oman | 86 | 2020 |
47 | Australia | 86 | 2020 |
48 | Finland | 86 | 2020 |
49 | Saudi Arabia | 84 | 2020 |
50 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 84 | 2020 |
51 | Bahamas | 83 | 2020 |
52 | Norway | 83 | 2020 |
53 | United States of America | 83 | 2020 |
54 | Dominican Republic | 83 | 2020 |
55 | Canada | 82 | 2020 |
56 | Colombia | 81 | 2020 |
56 | Korea (South) | 81 | 2020 |
58 | France | 81 | 2020 |
58 | Palau | 81 | 2020 |
60 | Costa Rica | 81 | 2020 |
60 | Spain | 81 | 2020 |
62 | Libya | 81 | 2020 |
62 | Mexico | 81 | 2020 |
64 | Greece | 80 | 2020 |
65 | Belarus | 80 | 2020 |
66 | Taiwan | 79 | 2020 |
67 | Falkland Islands | 79 | 2020 |
68 | Brunei | 78 | 2020 |
68 | Peru | 78 | 2020 |
70 | Djibouti | 78 | 2020 |
71 | Marshall Islands | 78 | 2020 |
72 | Germany | 78 | 2020 |
73 | Cuba | 77 | 2020 |
73 | Malaysia | 77 | 2020 |
75 | Palestinian Territories | 77 | 2020 |
76 | Turkey | 76 | 2020 |
77 | Iran | 76 | 2020 |
78 | Bulgaria | 76 | 2020 |
79 | Cook Islands | 76 | 2020 |
80 | Russia | 75 | 2020 |
81 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 74 | 2020 |
82 | Czech Republic | 74 | 2020 |
83 | Switzerland | 74 | 2020 |
84 | Algeria | 74 | 2020 |
85 | El Salvador | 73 | 2020 |
86 | Equatorial Guinea | 73 | 2020 |
87 | Hungary | 72 | 2020 |
88 | New Caledonia | 72 | 2020 |
89 | Dominica | 71 | 2020 |
90 | Italy | 71 | 2020 |
91 | Botswana | 71 | 2020 |
91 | Iraq | 71 | 2020 |
93 | Bolivia | 70 | 2020 |
94 | Tunisia | 70 | 2020 |
94 | Ukraine | 70 | 2020 |
96 | Estonia | 69 | 2020 |
97 | Mongolia | 69 | 2020 |
98 | Panama | 68 | 2020 |
99 | Latvia | 68 | 2020 |
100 | Lithuania | 68 | 2020 |
101 | Congo (Republic) | 68 | 2020 |
102 | Montenegro | 68 | 2020 |
103 | South Africa | 67 | 2020 |
104 | Angola | 67 | 2020 |
104 | Cyprus | 67 | 2020 |
106 | Cape Verde | 67 | 2020 |
107 | Portugal | 66 | 2020 |
108 | Suriname | 66 | 2020 |
109 | Ecuador | 64 | 2020 |
110 | Tuvalu | 64 | 2020 |
111 | Ireland | 64 | 2020 |
112 | Morocco | 64 | 2020 |
113 | Armenia | 63 | 2020 |
114 | Gambia | 63 | 2020 |
115 | Korea (North) | 62 | 2020 |
116 | Paraguay | 62 | 2020 |
117 | Albania | 62 | 2020 |
118 | French Polynesia | 62 | 2020 |
119 | China | 61 | 2020 |
120 | Poland | 60 | 2020 |
121 | Georgia | 60 | 2020 |
122 | Nicaragua | 59 | 2020 |
123 | Austria | 59 | 2020 |
124 | North Macedonia | 59 | 2020 |
125 | Honduras | 58 | 2020 |
126 | Kazakhstan | 58 | 2020 |
127 | Cameroon | 58 | 2020 |
127 | Croatia | 58 | 2020 |
129 | Seychelles | 58 | 2020 |
130 | Ghana | 57 | 2020 |
131 | Fiji | 57 | 2020 |
132 | Haiti | 57 | 2020 |
133 | Indonesia | 57 | 2020 |
134 | Azerbaijan | 56 | 2020 |
134 | Serbia | 56 | 2020 |
136 | Jamaica | 56 | 2020 |
137 | Kiribati | 56 | 2020 |
138 | Syria | 56 | 2020 |
139 | Mauritania | 55 | 2020 |
140 | Slovenia | 55 | 2020 |
141 | Romania | 54 | 2020 |
142 | Slovakia | 54 | 2020 |
143 | Trinidad and Tobago | 53 | 2020 |
144 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 53 | 2020 |
145 | Isle of Man | 53 | 2020 |
146 | Turkmenistan | 53 | 2020 |
147 | Liberia | 52 | 2020 |
148 | Namibia | 52 | 2020 |
148 | Nigeria | 52 | 2020 |
150 | Guatemala | 52 | 2020 |
151 | Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 52 | 2020 |
152 | Thailand | 51 | 2020 |
153 | Uzbekistan | 50 | 2020 |
154 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49 | 2020 |
155 | British Virgin Islands | 49 | 2020 |
156 | Benin | 48 | 2020 |
157 | Senegal | 48 | 2020 |
158 | Philippines | 47 | 2020 |
159 | Niue | 46 | 2020 |
160 | Somalia | 46 | 2020 |
161 | Belize | 46 | 2020 |
162 | Congo (Democratic Republic) | 46 | 2020 |
163 | Zambia | 45 | 2020 |
164 | Guinea-Bissau | 44 | 2020 |
165 | Mali | 44 | 2020 |
166 | Aruba | 44 | 2020 |
167 | Sierra Leone | 43 | 2020 |
168 | Egypt | 43 | 2020 |
168 | Moldova | 43 | 2020 |
168 | Togo | 43 | 2020 |
171 | Faroe Islands | 42 | 2020 |
172 | Bhutan | 42 | 2020 |
173 | Central African Republic | 42 | 2020 |
174 | Eritrea | 41 | 2020 |
175 | Mauritius | 41 | 2020 |
176 | Maldives | 41 | 2020 |
177 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 40 | 2020 |
178 | Madagascar | 39 | 2020 |
179 | Bangladesh | 38 | 2020 |
180 | Yemen | 38 | 2020 |
181 | Vietnam | 37 | 2020 |
182 | Pakistan | 37 | 2020 |
183 | Mozambique | 37 | 2020 |
184 | Kyrgyzstan | 37 | 2020 |
185 | Grenada | 37 | 2020 |
185 | Guinea | 37 | 2020 |
187 | Laos | 36 | 2020 |
188 | Sudan | 35 | 2020 |
189 | Tanzania | 35 | 2020 |
190 | India | 35 | 2020 |
191 | Zimbabwe | 32 | 2020 |
192 | East Timor | 31 | 2020 |
193 | Barbados | 31 | 2020 |
194 | Myanmar (Burma) | 31 | 2020 |
195 | Guernsey | 31 | 2020 |
195 | Jersey | 31 | 2020 |
197 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31 | 2020 |
198 | Burkina Faso | 31 | 2020 |
199 | Comoros | 29 | 2020 |
200 | Lesotho | 29 | 2020 |
201 | Kenya | 28 | 2020 |
202 | Tajikistan | 28 | 2020 |
203 | Guyana | 27 | 2020 |
204 | Afghanistan | 26 | 2020 |
205 | Vanuatu | 26 | 2020 |
206 | Uganda | 25 | 2020 |
207 | Solomon Islands | 25 | 2020 |
208 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24 | 2020 |
209 | Cambodia | 24 | 2020 |
209 | Eswatini | 24 | 2020 |
211 | Chad | 24 | 2020 |
212 | Tonga | 23 | 2020 |
213 | Micronesia | 23 | 2020 |
214 | Ethiopia | 22 | 2020 |
215 | Nepal | 21 | 2020 |
216 | South Sudan | 20 | 2020 |
217 | Saint Lucia | 19 | 2020 |
218 | Sri Lanka | 19 | 2020 |
219 | Samoa | 18 | 2020 |
220 | Malawi | 17 | 2020 |
220 | Rwanda | 17 | 2020 |
222 | Niger | 17 | 2020 |
223 | Liechtenstein | 14 | 2020 |
224 | Burundi | 14 | 2020 |
225 | Papua New Guinea | 13 | 2020 |
226 | Montserrat | 9 | 2020 |
227 | Pitcairn | 0 | 2012 |
227 | Tokelau | 0 | 2020 |
227 | Wallis and Futuna | 0 | 2020 |
World | 56 | 2020 |
No information is available for non-listed countries.
The given rate describes the percentage of the total population living in urban areas, as defined by the country.
Source: CIA World Factbook (2020-05-03)