Urban population (% of total) by country, 2001

Countries217

1. Bermuda100.0

Median55.9

Japan79.249 / 217

World47.3

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

Kuwait99.2

Qatar96.5

Puerto Rico94.4

San Marino93.9

Malta93.4

Guam93.3

U.S. Virgin Islands92.9

Iceland92.0

Andorra91.9

Uruguay91.4

Bottom 10

Niger16.3

South Sudan16.3

Solomon Islands16.1

Ethiopia15.1

Liechtenstein14.9

Malawi14.8

Sri Lanka14.6

Papua New Guinea13.2

Uganda11.9

Burundi8.2

Biggest increases since 2000

Nepal+5.5%

Laos+5.4%

Kenya+5.1%

Rwanda+4.9%

Burkina Faso+4.8%

Haiti+4.2%

Thailand+4.1%

Maldives+3.4%

China+3.4%

Guatemala+3.3%

Biggest decreases since 2000

Moldova-1.8%

Antigua & Barbuda-1.5%

St. Lucia-1.2%

North Macedonia-0.7%

Liechtenstein-0.6%

Djibouti-0.6%

Eswatini-0.6%

St. Kitts & Nevis-0.5%

Guyana-0.5%

Kazakhstan-0.4%

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	99.2	11
12	Qatar	96.5	12
13	Puerto Rico	94.4	13
14	San Marino	93.9	14
15	Malta	93.4	15
16	Guam	93.3	16
17	U.S. Virgin Islands	92.9	17
18	Iceland	92.0	19
19	Andorra	91.9	18
20	Uruguay	91.4	21
21	Israel	91.4	20
22	Curaçao	91.1	22
23	Northern Mariana Islands	90.3	23
24	Argentina	89.4	24
25	American Samoa	88.6	25
26	Venezuela	88.4	26
27	Bahrain	87.8	27
28	Libya	87.3	28
29	Chile	86.5	29
30	Lebanon	86.1	30
31	New Zealand	85.8	31
32	Turks & Caicos Islands	85.3	34
33	Denmark	85.2	33
34	Australia	85.1	32
35	Luxembourg	84.8	35
36	Sweden	84.1	36
37	Belgium	82.3	37
38	Greenland	81.8	38
39	Brazil	81.6	39
40	Bahamas	81.2	40
41	Gabon	80.4	45
42	Netherlands	80.2	50
43	Saudi Arabia	80.2	42
44	Germany	80.1	41
45	United Kingdom	80.0	43
46	South Korea	79.9	44
47	United Arab Emirates	79.7	46
48	United States	79.3	47
49	Japan	79.2	49
50	Canada	78.8	48
51	Jordan	78.3	51
52	France	76.9	52
53	Norway	76.4	54
54	Spain	76.3	53
55	Cuba	75.9	55
56	Mexico	75.3	56
57	Colombia	74.8	57
58	Czechia	73.9	58
59	Palestinian Territories	73.7	64
60	Switzerland	73.4	60
61	Russia	73.2	61
62	Peru	73.2	62
63	Djibouti	72.9	59
64	Greece	72.8	63
65	Brunei	71.7	66
66	Oman	71.5	65
67	Palau	70.5	68
68	Belarus	70.3	67
69	Bulgaria	69.2	71
70	Cyprus	68.8	69
71	Marshall Islands	68.6	70
72	Latvia	68.0	72
73	Iraq	67.8	73
74	Finland	67.5	77
75	Estonia	67.4	75
76	Italy	67.3	76
77	Ukraine	67.3	74
78	Lithuania	66.9	78
79	Austria	66.8	79
80	Suriname	66.7	80
81	Dominica	65.4	82
82	Aruba	65.3	81
83	Iran	65.2	84
84	Armenia	64.8	83
85	Hungary	64.6	85
86	Tunisia	64.0	86
87	Malaysia	63.0	89
88	Panama	62.6	88
89	Bolivia	62.3	90
90	Barbados	62.3	87
91	Dominican Republic	62.3	93
92	New Caledonia	62.0	92
93	Poland	61.8	91
94	Ecuador	61.0	94
95	Algeria	60.6	95
96	Costa Rica	60.1	99
97	Montenegro	60.1	98
98	Türkiye	59.9	100
99	North Korea	59.5	96
100	Congo - Brazzaville	59.4	101
101	Ireland	59.4	97
102	North Macedonia	58.1	102
103	Paraguay	58.0	103
104	El Salvador	57.5	105
105	Mongolia	57.2	104
106	South Africa	57.0	106
107	Serbia	56.0	112
108	Slovakia	56.0	107
109	Trinidad & Tobago	55.9	110
110	French Polynesia	55.9	109
111	Kazakhstan	55.8	108
112	Croatia	55.7	111
113	Nicaragua	55.4	113
114	Portugal	55.1	114
115	Cape Verde	54.8	115
116	Botswana	54.0	117
117	São Tomé & Príncipe	54.0	118
118	Morocco	53.9	116
119	Romania	52.8	119
120	Georgia	52.4	120
121	Syria	52.3	121
122	Jamaica	51.9	123
123	Isle of Man	51.8	122
124	Angola	51.7	126
125	Azerbaijan	51.2	124
126	Slovenia	50.8	125
127	Uzbekistan	48.5	129
128	Fiji	48.4	127
129	Gambia	48.3	130
130	Belize	47.6	128
131	Cameroon	46.8	131
132	Turkmenistan	46.4	132
133	Tuvalu	46.1	133
134	Honduras	45.9	134
135	St. Vincent & Grenadines	45.0	135
136	Guatemala	44.7	141
137	Ghana	44.6	136
138	Liberia	44.2	137
139	Nigeria	44.1	140
140	Kiribati	43.5	139
141	Côte d’Ivoire	43.5	142
142	Seychelles	43.2	138
143	Indonesia	42.9	146
144	Bosnia & Herzegovina	42.9	144
145	Egypt	42.8	143
146	Albania	42.4	148
147	British Virgin Islands	42.0	147
148	Mauritius	41.9	145
149	Senegal	40.9	149
150	Moldova	39.7	150
151	Philippines	39.5	151
152	Equatorial Guinea	38.9	152
153	Benin	38.6	153
154	Haiti	38.4	158
155	Mauritania	38.1	154
156	Central African Republic	37.8	155
157	China	37.7	159
158	Kosovo	37.5	156
159	Guinea-Bissau	37.2	157
160	Faroe Islands	35.9	162
161	Grenada	35.9	161
162	Zambia	35.9	160
163	Sierra Leone	35.8	163
164	Congo - Kinshasa	35.4	165
165	Kyrgyzstan	35.3	164
166	Eritrea	34.3	166
167	Togo	33.6	167
168	Somalia	33.5	168
169	Pakistan	33.2	169
170	Namibia	32.9	174
171	Nepal	32.8	176
172	Thailand	32.7	175
173	St. Kitts & Nevis	32.6	170
174	Zimbabwe	32.5	171
175	Sudan	32.4	172
176	Antigua & Barbuda	31.8	173
177	Guinea	31.2	177
178	Channel Islands	30.5	178
179	Mozambique	29.4	179
180	Guyana	28.6	180
181	Maldives	28.5	184
182	Bhutan	28.3	185
183	Comoros	28.0	181
184	India	27.9	183
185	Myanmar (Burma)	27.7	186
186	St. Lucia	27.5	182
187	Yemen	27.1	187
188	Tajikistan	26.5	188
189	Madagascar	25.3	189
190	Vietnam	24.9	190
191	Timor-Leste	24.5	191
192	Bangladesh	23.7	192
193	Laos	23.4	197
194	Tonga	23.0	193
195	Eswatini	22.7	194
196	Tanzania	22.6	196
197	Micronesia	22.3	195
198	Samoa	22.0	198
199	Vanuatu	21.9	199
200	Chad	21.7	200
201	Kenya	20.4	201
202	Lesotho	19.9	202
203	Mali	19.3	203
204	Burkina Faso	18.9	206
205	Afghanistan	18.7	205
206	Cambodia	18.7	204
207	Rwanda	16.5	209
208	Niger	16.3	207
209	South Sudan	16.3	208
210	Solomon Islands	16.1	210
211	Ethiopia	15.1	212
212	Liechtenstein	14.9	211
213	Malawi	14.8	213
214	Sri Lanka	14.6	214
215	Papua New Guinea	13.2	215
216	Uganda	11.9	216
217	Burundi	8.2	217

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