Urban population (% of total) by country, 2002

Countries217

1. Bermuda100.0

Median55.9

Japan80.543 / 217

World47.8

Top 20

Bermuda100.0

Cayman Islands100.0

Gibraltar100.0

Hong Kong100.0

Macau100.0

St. Martin100.0

Monaco100.0

Nauru100.0

Singapore100.0

Sint Maarten100.0

Kuwait99.5

Qatar96.6

Puerto Rico94.3

San Marino93.9

Malta93.4

Guam93.4

U.S. Virgin Islands93.2

Iceland92.2

Uruguay91.5

Andorra91.5

Bottom 10

South Sudan16.4

Solomon Islands16.4

Niger16.3

Ethiopia15.3

Malawi14.9

Liechtenstein14.8

Sri Lanka14.6

Papua New Guinea13.2

Uganda12.2

Burundi8.5

Biggest increases since 2001

Kenya+6.9%

Nepal+6.8%

Laos+4.9%

Maldives+4.7%

Burkina Faso+4.6%

Haiti+4.1%

Thailand+4.1%

China+3.8%

Lesotho+3.0%

Palau+2.6%

Biggest decreases since 2001

St. Lucia-2.1%

Antigua & Barbuda-1.7%

Eswatini-0.6%

Djibouti-0.6%

Liechtenstein-0.6%

Barbados-0.5%

Kazakhstan-0.5%

St. Kitts & Nevis-0.5%

Guyana-0.5%

Andorra-0.5%

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	Macau	100.0	10
6	St. Martin	100.0	5
7	Monaco	100.0	6
8	Nauru	100.0	7
9	Singapore	100.0	8
10	Sint Maarten	100.0	9
11	Kuwait	99.5	11
12	Qatar	96.6	12
13	Puerto Rico	94.3	13
14	San Marino	93.9	14
15	Malta	93.4	15
16	Guam	93.4	16
17	U.S. Virgin Islands	93.2	17
18	Iceland	92.2	18
19	Uruguay	91.5	20
20	Andorra	91.5	19
21	Israel	91.4	21
22	Curaçao	91.1	22
23	Northern Mariana Islands	90.3	23
24	Argentina	89.6	24
25	Venezuela	88.5	26
26	American Samoa	88.4	25
27	Bahrain	88.1	27
28	Libya	87.6	28
29	Chile	86.6	29
30	Lebanon	86.3	30
31	Turks & Caicos Islands	86.0	32
32	New Zealand	85.8	31
33	Denmark	85.3	33
34	Australia	85.3	34
35	Luxembourg	85.2	35
36	Sweden	84.1	36
37	Belgium	82.7	37
38	Greenland	82.1	38
39	Brazil	82.0	39
40	Bahamas	81.3	40
41	Gabon	81.2	41
42	Netherlands	80.8	42
43	Japan	80.5	49
44	Saudi Arabia	80.3	43
45	South Korea	80.3	46
46	United Arab Emirates	80.3	47
47	Germany	80.1	44
48	United Kingdom	80.1	45
49	United States	79.5	48
50	Canada	79.1	50
51	Jordan	78.3	51
52	France	77.3	52
53	Norway	76.8	53
54	Spain	76.5	54
55	Cuba	75.9	55
56	Mexico	75.7	56
57	Palestinian Territories	75.5	59
58	Colombia	75.2	57
59	Czechia	73.8	58
60	Peru	73.6	62
61	Switzerland	73.4	60
62	Russia	73.3	61
63	Greece	73.1	64
64	Djibouti	72.5	63
65	Palau	72.4	67
66	Brunei	72.1	65
67	Oman	71.5	66
68	Belarus	70.9	68
69	Bulgaria	69.5	69
70	Marshall Islands	69.0	71
71	Cyprus	68.8	70
72	Latvia	68.0	72
73	Iraq	67.9	73
74	Finland	67.8	74
75	Estonia	67.4	75
76	Italy	67.4	76
77	Ukraine	67.3	77
78	Austria	66.9	79
79	Lithuania	66.9	78
80	Suriname	66.7	80
81	Iran	65.9	83
82	Dominica	65.5	81
83	Aruba	65.3	82
84	Hungary	65.0	85
85	Armenia	64.7	84
86	Tunisia	64.3	86
87	Malaysia	64.1	87
88	Dominican Republic	63.3	91
89	Panama	63.0	88
90	Bolivia	62.8	89
91	New Caledonia	62.4	92
92	Barbados	62.0	90
93	Poland	61.8	93
94	Algeria	61.4	95
95	Ecuador	61.3	94
96	Costa Rica	61.3	96
97	Montenegro	61.0	97
98	Türkiye	60.7	98
99	Congo - Brazzaville	60.0	100
100	Ireland	59.6	101
101	North Korea	59.5	99
102	El Salvador	58.3	104
103	Paraguay	58.3	103
104	Mongolia	58.1	105
105	North Macedonia	57.9	102
106	South Africa	57.7	106
107	Serbia	56.5	107
108	Slovakia	55.9	108
109	French Polynesia	55.9	110
110	Trinidad & Tobago	55.8	109
111	Portugal	55.8	114
112	Croatia	55.7	112
113	Cape Verde	55.6	115
114	Kazakhstan	55.5	111
115	Nicaragua	55.5	113
116	São Tomé & Príncipe	55.1	117
117	Botswana	55.0	116
118	Morocco	54.2	118
119	Angola	52.9	124
120	Romania	52.7	119
121	Syria	52.7	121
122	Georgia	52.4	120
123	Jamaica	52.1	122
124	Isle of Man	51.7	123
125	Azerbaijan	51.2	125
126	Slovenia	50.8	126
127	Gambia	49.6	129
128	Uzbekistan	49.3	127
129	Fiji	48.8	128
130	Belize	47.5	130
131	Cameroon	47.3	131
132	Tuvalu	46.7	133
133	Turkmenistan	46.6	132
134	Honduras	46.4	134
135	Guatemala	45.8	136
136	Ghana	45.3	137
137	St. Vincent & Grenadines	45.1	135
138	Nigeria	45.0	139
139	Liberia	44.6	138
140	Côte d’Ivoire	43.9	141
141	Indonesia	43.8	143
142	Kiribati	43.5	140
143	Bosnia & Herzegovina	43.2	144
144	Albania	43.2	146
145	Seychelles	43.1	142
146	Egypt	42.8	145
147	British Virgin Islands	42.4	147
148	Mauritius	41.7	148
149	Senegal	41.1	149
150	Haiti	40.0	154
151	Philippines	40.0	151
152	Moldova	39.6	150
153	Equatorial Guinea	39.2	152
154	China	39.1	157
155	Benin	39.0	153
156	Mauritania	38.4	155
157	Central African Republic	37.8	156
158	Kosovo	37.5	158
159	Guinea-Bissau	37.5	159
160	Zambia	36.1	162
161	Sierra Leone	36.0	163
162	Congo - Kinshasa	35.9	164
163	Faroe Islands	35.9	160
164	Grenada	35.9	161
165	Kyrgyzstan	35.3	165
166	Nepal	35.0	171
167	Eritrea	34.5	166
168	Thailand	34.1	172
169	Togo	34.0	167
170	Somalia	34.0	168
171	Namibia	33.6	170
172	Pakistan	33.4	169
173	Zimbabwe	32.6	174
174	St. Kitts & Nevis	32.4	173
175	Sudan	32.4	175
176	Guinea	31.5	177
177	Antigua & Barbuda	31.2	176
178	Channel Islands	30.6	178
179	Maldives	29.9	181
180	Mozambique	29.6	179
181	Bhutan	29.0	182
182	Guyana	28.5	180
183	India	28.2	184
184	Comoros	28.0	183
185	Myanmar (Burma)	27.9	185
186	Yemen	27.6	187
187	St. Lucia	26.9	186
188	Tajikistan	26.5	188
189	Madagascar	25.6	189
190	Vietnam	25.6	190
191	Timor-Leste	24.9	191
192	Laos	24.5	193
193	Bangladesh	24.1	192
194	Tonga	23.1	194
195	Tanzania	23.0	196
196	Eswatini	22.6	195
197	Micronesia	22.3	197
198	Vanuatu	22.2	199
199	Samoa	21.9	198
200	Kenya	21.9	201
201	Chad	21.7	200
202	Lesotho	20.5	202
203	Burkina Faso	19.7	204
204	Mali	19.7	203
205	Afghanistan	18.9	205
206	Cambodia	18.8	206
207	Rwanda	16.9	207
208	South Sudan	16.4	209
209	Solomon Islands	16.4	210
210	Niger	16.3	208
211	Ethiopia	15.3	211
212	Malawi	14.9	213
213	Liechtenstein	14.8	212
214	Sri Lanka	14.6	214
215	Papua New Guinea	13.2	215
216	Uganda	12.2	216
217	Burundi	8.5	217

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