Urban population (% of total) by country, 2000

Countries217

1. Bermuda100.0

Median56.0

Japan78.649 / 217

World46.8

Top 20

Bermuda100.0

Cayman Islands100.0

Gibraltar100.0

Hong Kong100.0

St. Martin100.0

Monaco100.0

Nauru100.0

Singapore100.0

Sint Maarten100.0

Macau100.0

Kuwait99.0

Qatar96.3

Puerto Rico94.4

San Marino93.8

Malta93.3

Guam93.1

U.S. Virgin Islands92.6

Andorra92.3

Iceland92.0

Israel91.3

Bottom 10

South Sudan16.0

Rwanda15.8

Solomon Islands15.8

Liechtenstein15.0

Ethiopia14.9

Malawi14.7

Sri Lanka14.6

Papua New Guinea13.2

Uganda11.6

Burundi8.0

Biggest increases since 1999

Rwanda+7.5%

Laos+5.6%

Nepal+5.5%

Burkina Faso+4.8%

China+4.8%

Thailand+4.3%

Haiti+4.3%

Guatemala+3.9%

Gambia+3.3%

Lesotho+3.0%

Biggest decreases since 1999

Antigua & Barbuda-1.5%

Liechtenstein-1.3%

St. Lucia-1.1%

Sri Lanka-0.8%

Zambia-0.8%

North Macedonia-0.8%

Papua New Guinea-0.7%

Micronesia-0.7%

Djibouti-0.6%

Seychelles-0.6%

All countries

#	Country / region	Urban population (% of total)	Prior-year rank
1	Bermuda	100.0	1
2	Cayman Islands	100.0	2
3	Gibraltar	100.0	3
4	Hong Kong	100.0	4
5	St. Martin	100.0	5
6	Monaco	100.0	6
7	Nauru	100.0	7
8	Singapore	100.0	8
9	Sint Maarten	100.0	9
10	Macau	100.0	10
11	Kuwait	99.0	11
12	Qatar	96.3	12
13	Puerto Rico	94.4	13
14	San Marino	93.8	14
15	Malta	93.3	15
16	Guam	93.1	16
17	U.S. Virgin Islands	92.6	18
18	Andorra	92.3	17
19	Iceland	92.0	19
20	Israel	91.3	20
21	Uruguay	91.3	21
22	Curaçao	90.9	22
23	Northern Mariana Islands	90.2	23
24	Argentina	89.2	24
25	American Samoa	88.6	25
26	Venezuela	88.2	26
27	Bahrain	87.8	27
28	Libya	87.0	28
29	Chile	86.3	29
30	Lebanon	86.0	30
31	New Zealand	85.7	31
32	Australia	85.1	32
33	Denmark	85.1	33
34	Turks & Caicos Islands	84.6	36
35	Luxembourg	84.4	35
36	Sweden	84.0	34
37	Belgium	82.0	37
38	Greenland	81.5	38
39	Brazil	81.1	40
40	Bahamas	81.0	39
41	Germany	80.1	41
42	Saudi Arabia	80.0	42
43	United Kingdom	79.8	43
44	South Korea	79.6	44
45	Gabon	79.6	47
46	United Arab Emirates	79.3	45
47	United States	79.1	46
48	Canada	78.6	49
49	Japan	78.6	48
50	Netherlands	78.5	51
51	Jordan	78.3	50
52	France	76.5	52
53	Spain	76.2	53
54	Norway	76.1	54
55	Cuba	75.6	55
56	Mexico	74.9	56
57	Colombia	74.3	58
58	Czechia	74.0	57
59	Djibouti	73.3	59
60	Switzerland	73.3	60
61	Russia	73.2	61
62	Peru	72.8	63
63	Greece	72.7	62
64	Palestinian Territories	72.1	66
65	Oman	71.5	64
66	Brunei	71.2	65
67	Belarus	69.9	68
68	Palau	69.6	67
69	Cyprus	68.8	69
70	Marshall Islands	68.3	72
71	Bulgaria	68.3	71
72	Latvia	68.1	70
73	Iraq	67.6	73
74	Ukraine	67.4	74
75	Estonia	67.4	75
76	Italy	67.2	76
77	Finland	67.1	79
78	Lithuania	67.0	77
79	Austria	66.8	80
80	Suriname	66.7	78
81	Aruba	65.4	81
82	Dominica	65.2	83
83	Armenia	65.0	82
84	Iran	64.5	85
85	Hungary	64.3	84
86	Tunisia	63.6	86
87	Barbados	62.5	87
88	Panama	62.2	89
89	Malaysia	62.0	92
90	Bolivia	61.9	90
91	Poland	61.7	88
92	New Caledonia	61.6	91
93	Dominican Republic	61.3	93
94	Ecuador	60.7	94
95	Algeria	59.9	96
96	North Korea	59.4	95
97	Ireland	59.1	98
98	Montenegro	59.1	102
99	Costa Rica	59.0	101
100	Türkiye	59.0	100
101	Congo - Brazzaville	58.9	99
102	North Macedonia	58.5	97
103	Paraguay	57.5	103
104	Mongolia	56.7	104
105	El Salvador	56.6	109
106	South Africa	56.3	111
107	Slovakia	56.1	105
108	Kazakhstan	56.0	106
109	French Polynesia	56.0	107
110	Trinidad & Tobago	55.9	108
111	Croatia	55.7	110
112	Serbia	55.6	112
113	Nicaragua	55.2	113
114	Portugal	54.4	114
115	Cape Verde	53.9	116
116	Morocco	53.6	115
117	Botswana	53.2	119
118	São Tomé & Príncipe	53.0	120
119	Romania	52.9	117
120	Georgia	52.5	118
121	Syria	51.9	123
122	Isle of Man	51.8	121
123	Jamaica	51.7	122
124	Azerbaijan	51.1	124
125	Slovenia	50.7	125
126	Angola	50.5	126
127	Fiji	48.1	127
128	Belize	47.7	128
129	Uzbekistan	47.7	129
130	Gambia	47.0	132
131	Cameroon	46.2	131
132	Turkmenistan	46.1	130
133	Tuvalu	45.5	133
134	Honduras	45.3	134
135	St. Vincent & Grenadines	44.9	135
136	Ghana	43.9	138
137	Liberia	43.8	137
138	Seychelles	43.4	136
139	Kiribati	43.3	142
140	Nigeria	43.3	141
141	Guatemala	43.2	146
142	Côte d’Ivoire	43.1	139
143	Egypt	42.7	140
144	Bosnia & Herzegovina	42.6	144
145	Mauritius	42.1	143
146	Indonesia	42.0	147
147	British Virgin Islands	42.0	145
148	Albania	41.6	148
149	Senegal	40.7	150
150	Moldova	40.4	149
151	Philippines	39.1	152
152	Equatorial Guinea	38.8	151
153	Benin	38.3	154
154	Mauritania	38.1	153
155	Central African Republic	37.7	155
156	Kosovo	37.5	156
157	Guinea-Bissau	36.8	157
158	Haiti	36.8	161
159	China	36.4	164
160	Zambia	35.9	158
161	Grenada	35.9	159
162	Faroe Islands	35.7	160
163	Sierra Leone	35.5	163
164	Kyrgyzstan	35.3	162
165	Congo - Kinshasa	34.9	165
166	Eritrea	34.1	166
167	Togo	33.1	170
168	Somalia	33.1	171
169	Pakistan	33.0	168
170	St. Kitts & Nevis	32.8	167
171	Zimbabwe	32.4	173
172	Sudan	32.3	172
173	Antigua & Barbuda	32.2	169
174	Namibia	32.1	174
175	Thailand	31.5	177
176	Nepal	31.1	178
177	Guinea	30.9	175
178	Channel Islands	30.5	176
179	Mozambique	29.2	179
180	Guyana	28.8	180
181	Comoros	28.0	182
182	St. Lucia	27.9	181
183	India	27.6	183
184	Maldives	27.6	185
185	Bhutan	27.6	186
186	Myanmar (Burma)	27.5	184
187	Yemen	26.6	188
188	Tajikistan	26.5	187
189	Madagascar	25.0	189
190	Vietnam	24.4	190
191	Timor-Leste	24.1	191
192	Bangladesh	23.3	193
193	Tonga	23.0	192
194	Eswatini	22.8	194
195	Micronesia	22.3	195
196	Tanzania	22.2	197
197	Laos	22.2	200
198	Samoa	22.0	196
199	Vanuatu	21.7	199
200	Chad	21.7	198
201	Kenya	19.5	201
202	Lesotho	19.3	202
203	Mali	19.0	203
204	Cambodia	18.6	204
205	Afghanistan	18.6	205
206	Burkina Faso	18.0	206
207	Niger	16.1	207
208	South Sudan	16.0	208
209	Rwanda	15.8	213
210	Solomon Islands	15.8	209
211	Liechtenstein	15.0	210
212	Ethiopia	14.9	212
213	Malawi	14.7	214
214	Sri Lanka	14.6	211
215	Papua New Guinea	13.2	215
216	Uganda	11.6	216
217	Burundi	8.0	217

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