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 | 2015 |
1 | Bermuda | 100 | 2015 |
1 | Cayman Islands | 100 | 2015 |
1 | Gibraltar | 100 | 2015 |
1 | Hong Kong | 100 | 2015 |
1 | Macau | 100 | 2015 |
1 | Monaco | 100 | 2015 |
1 | Nauru | 100 | 2015 |
1 | Singapore | 100 | 2015 |
1 | Sint Maarten | 100 | 2015 |
1 | Vatican City | 100 | 2015 |
12 | Qatar | 99 | 2015 |
13 | Kuwait | 98 | 2015 |
14 | Belgium | 98 | 2015 |
15 | Malta | 95 | 2015 |
16 | Uruguay | 95 | 2015 |
16 | Virgin Islands of the U.S. | 95 | 2015 |
18 | Guam | 95 | 2015 |
19 | San Marino | 94 | 2015 |
20 | Iceland | 94 | 2015 |
21 | Puerto Rico | 94 | 2015 |
22 | Japan | 94 | 2015 |
23 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 92 | 2015 |
24 | Israel | 92 | 2015 |
25 | Argentina | 92 | 2015 |
26 | Netherlands | 91 | 2015 |
27 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 90 | 2015 |
28 | Luxembourg | 90 | 2015 |
29 | Chile | 90 | 2015 |
30 | Australia | 89 | 2015 |
31 | Curacao | 89 | 2015 |
32 | Northern Mariana Islands | 89 | 2015 |
33 | Venezuela | 89 | 2015 |
34 | Bahrain | 89 | 2015 |
35 | Lebanon | 88 | 2015 |
36 | Denmark | 88 | 2015 |
37 | American Samoa | 87 | 2015 |
37 | Gabon | 87 | 2015 |
39 | Palau | 87 | 2015 |
40 | Greenland | 86 | 2015 |
41 | New Zealand | 86 | 2015 |
42 | Sweden | 86 | 2015 |
43 | Brazil | 86 | 2015 |
44 | United Arab Emirates | 86 | 2015 |
45 | Andorra | 85 | 2015 |
46 | Finland | 84 | 2015 |
47 | Jordan | 84 | 2015 |
48 | Saudi Arabia | 83 | 2015 |
49 | Bahamas | 83 | 2015 |
50 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 83 | 2015 |
51 | Korea (South) | 83 | 2015 |
52 | Canada | 82 | 2015 |
53 | United States of America | 82 | 2015 |
54 | Western Sahara | 81 | 2015 |
55 | Norway | 81 | 2015 |
56 | Spain | 80 | 2015 |
57 | France | 80 | 2015 |
58 | Mexico | 79 | 2015 |
59 | Dominican Republic | 79 | 2015 |
60 | Libya | 79 | 2015 |
60 | Peru | 79 | 2015 |
62 | Greece | 78 | 2015 |
63 | Oman | 78 | 2015 |
64 | Djibouti | 77 | 2015 |
65 | Brunei | 77 | 2015 |
66 | Cuba | 77 | 2015 |
67 | Costa Rica | 77 | 2015 |
68 | Belarus | 77 | 2015 |
69 | Colombia | 76 | 2015 |
70 | Falkland Islands | 76 | 2015 |
71 | Germany | 75 | 2015 |
71 | Palestinian Territories | 75 | 2015 |
73 | Malaysia | 75 | 2015 |
74 | Cook Islands | 75 | 2015 |
75 | Russia | 74 | 2015 |
76 | Bulgaria | 74 | 2015 |
76 | Switzerland | 74 | 2015 |
78 | Iran | 73 | 2015 |
78 | Turkey | 73 | 2015 |
80 | Czech Republic | 73 | 2015 |
81 | Marshall Islands | 73 | 2015 |
82 | Mongolia | 72 | 2015 |
83 | Hungary | 71 | 2015 |
84 | Algeria | 71 | 2015 |
85 | New Caledonia | 70 | 2015 |
86 | Ukraine | 70 | 2015 |
87 | Dominica | 70 | 2015 |
87 | Iraq | 70 | 2015 |
89 | Italy | 69 | 2015 |
90 | Bolivia | 69 | 2015 |
91 | Estonia | 68 | 2015 |
92 | Latvia | 67 | 2015 |
93 | Cyprus | 67 | 2015 |
94 | Tunisia | 67 | 2015 |
95 | El Salvador | 67 | 2015 |
96 | Panama | 67 | 2015 |
97 | Lithuania | 67 | 2015 |
98 | Austria | 66 | 2015 |
98 | Suriname | 66 | 2015 |
100 | Cape Verde | 66 | 2015 |
101 | Congo (Republic) | 65 | 2015 |
102 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 65 | 2015 |
103 | South Africa | 65 | 2015 |
104 | Montenegro | 64 | 2015 |
105 | Ecuador | 64 | 2015 |
106 | Portugal | 64 | 2015 |
107 | Ireland | 63 | 2015 |
108 | Armenia | 63 | 2015 |
109 | Korea (North) | 61 | 2015 |
110 | Poland | 61 | 2015 |
111 | Morocco | 60 | 2015 |
112 | Mauritania | 60 | 2015 |
113 | Paraguay | 60 | 2015 |
113 | Tuvalu | 60 | 2015 |
115 | Gambia | 60 | 2015 |
116 | Croatia | 59 | 2015 |
117 | Nicaragua | 59 | 2015 |
118 | Haiti | 59 | 2015 |
119 | Syria | 58 | 2015 |
120 | Albania | 57 | 2015 |
120 | Botswana | 57 | 2015 |
122 | Macedonia | 57 | 2015 |
123 | French Polynesia | 56 | 2015 |
124 | China | 56 | 2015 |
124 | Serbia | 56 | 2015 |
126 | Jamaica | 55 | 2015 |
127 | Honduras | 55 | 2015 |
128 | Azerbaijan | 55 | 2015 |
128 | Romania | 55 | 2015 |
130 | Cameroon | 54 | 2015 |
131 | Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 54 | 2015 |
132 | Ghana | 54 | 2015 |
133 | Seychelles | 54 | 2015 |
134 | Fiji | 54 | 2015 |
134 | Indonesia | 54 | 2015 |
136 | Georgia | 54 | 2015 |
136 | Slovakia | 54 | 2015 |
138 | Kazakhstan | 53 | 2015 |
139 | Isle of Man | 52 | 2014 |
140 | Guatemala | 52 | 2015 |
141 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 51 | 2015 |
142 | Thailand | 50 | 2015 |
143 | Turkmenistan | 50 | 2015 |
144 | Liberia | 50 | 2015 |
145 | Slovenia | 50 | 2015 |
146 | Guinea-Bissau | 49 | 2015 |
147 | Nigeria | 48 | 2015 |
148 | Namibia | 47 | 2015 |
149 | British Virgin Islands | 46 | 2015 |
150 | Maldives | 46 | 2015 |
151 | Moldova | 45 | 2015 |
152 | Philippines | 44 | 2015 |
153 | Kiribati | 44 | 2015 |
154 | Angola | 44 | 2015 |
154 | Belize | 44 | 2015 |
154 | Benin | 44 | 2015 |
157 | Senegal | 44 | 2015 |
158 | Egypt | 43 | 2015 |
159 | Congo (Democratic Republic) | 43 | 2015 |
159 | Niue | 43 | 2015 |
161 | Faroe Islands | 42 | 2015 |
162 | Aruba | 42 | 2015 |
163 | Zambia | 41 | 2015 |
164 | Central African Republic | 40 | 2015 |
164 | Togo | 40 | 2015 |
166 | Equatorial Guinea | 40 | 2015 |
166 | Mali | 40 | 2015 |
166 | Sierra Leone | 40 | 2015 |
169 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 40 | 2015 |
170 | Mauritius | 40 | 2015 |
171 | Somalia | 40 | 2015 |
172 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 39 | 2015 |
173 | Pakistan | 39 | 2015 |
174 | Bhutan | 39 | 2015 |
174 | Laos | 39 | 2015 |
176 | Guinea | 37 | 2015 |
177 | Uzbekistan | 36 | 2015 |
178 | Kyrgyzstan | 36 | 2015 |
179 | Grenada | 36 | 2015 |
180 | Madagascar | 35 | 2015 |
181 | Yemen | 35 | 2015 |
182 | Bangladesh | 34 | 2015 |
183 | Myanmar (Burma) | 34 | 2015 |
184 | Sudan | 34 | 2015 |
185 | Vietnam | 34 | 2015 |
186 | East Timor | 33 | 2015 |
187 | India | 33 | 2015 |
188 | Zimbabwe | 32 | 2015 |
189 | Mozambique | 32 | 2015 |
190 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 32 | 2015 |
191 | Tanzania | 32 | 2015 |
192 | Barbados | 32 | 2015 |
193 | Guernsey | 31 | 2014 |
193 | Jersey | 31 | 2014 |
195 | Burkina Faso | 30 | 2015 |
196 | Rwanda | 29 | 2015 |
197 | Guyana | 29 | 2015 |
198 | Comoros | 28 | 2015 |
199 | Lesotho | 27 | 2015 |
200 | Tajikistan | 27 | 2015 |
201 | Afghanistan | 27 | 2015 |
202 | Vanuatu | 26 | 2015 |
203 | Kenya | 26 | 2015 |
204 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24 | 2015 |
205 | Tonga | 24 | 2015 |
206 | Eritrea | 23 | 2015 |
207 | Chad | 23 | 2015 |
208 | Micronesia | 22 | 2015 |
209 | Solomon Islands | 22 | 2015 |
210 | Swaziland | 21 | 2015 |
211 | Cambodia | 21 | 2015 |
212 | Ethiopia | 20 | 2015 |
213 | Samoa | 19 | 2015 |
214 | South Sudan | 19 | 2015 |
215 | Niger | 19 | 2015 |
216 | Nepal | 19 | 2015 |
217 | Saint Lucia | 19 | 2015 |
218 | Sri Lanka | 18 | 2015 |
219 | Malawi | 16 | 2015 |
220 | Uganda | 16 | 2015 |
221 | Liechtenstein | 14 | 2015 |
222 | Papua New Guinea | 13 | 2015 |
223 | Burundi | 12 | 2015 |
224 | Montserrat | 9 | 2015 |
225 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 2015 |
226 | Pitcairn | 0 | 2012 |
226 | Tokelau | 0 | 2015 |
226 | Wallis and Futuna | 0 | 2015 |
World | 54 | 2015 |
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 (2015-12-31)