Urban population (% of total) by country, 2003

Countries217

1. Bermuda100.0

Median56.4

Japan82.438 / 217

World48.4

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

Kuwait99.8

Qatar96.8

Puerto Rico94.2

San Marino94.0

Guam93.6

Malta93.5

U.S. Virgin Islands93.5

Iceland92.3

Uruguay91.6

Israel91.5

Bottom 10

Solomon Islands16.8

South Sudan16.6

Niger16.3

Ethiopia15.5

Malawi15.0

Liechtenstein14.7

Sri Lanka14.7

Papua New Guinea13.1

Uganda12.6

Burundi8.7

Biggest increases since 2002

Nepal+8.6%

Kenya+7.8%

Maldives+5.0%

Laos+4.4%

Burkina Faso+4.2%

Thailand+4.0%

China+3.7%

Uganda+3.2%

Haiti+3.1%

Lesotho+3.1%

Biggest decreases since 2002

St. Lucia-3.4%

Antigua & Barbuda-2.0%

Samoa-0.7%

Barbados-0.7%

Eswatini-0.6%

Guyana-0.6%

Djibouti-0.6%

Liechtenstein-0.5%

Kazakhstan-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	5
6	St. Martin	100.0	6
7	Monaco	100.0	7
8	Nauru	100.0	8
9	Singapore	100.0	9
10	Sint Maarten	100.0	10
11	Kuwait	99.8	11
12	Qatar	96.8	12
13	Puerto Rico	94.2	13
14	San Marino	94.0	14
15	Guam	93.6	16
16	Malta	93.5	15
17	U.S. Virgin Islands	93.5	17
18	Iceland	92.3	18
19	Uruguay	91.6	19
20	Israel	91.5	21
21	Curaçao	91.1	22
22	Andorra	91.0	20
23	Northern Mariana Islands	90.4	23
24	Argentina	89.8	24
25	Bahrain	88.8	27
26	Venezuela	88.5	25
27	American Samoa	88.3	26
28	Libya	87.9	28
29	Chile	86.7	29
30	Turks & Caicos Islands	86.7	31
31	Lebanon	86.4	30
32	New Zealand	85.9	32
33	Luxembourg	85.6	35
34	Denmark	85.4	33
35	Australia	85.4	34
36	Sweden	84.2	36
37	Belgium	83.0	37
38	Japan	82.4	43
39	Brazil	82.4	39
40	Greenland	82.3	38
41	Gabon	82.0	41
42	Bahamas	81.5	40
43	Netherlands	81.3	42
44	United Arab Emirates	80.8	46
45	South Korea	80.7	45
46	Saudi Arabia	80.5	44
47	United Kingdom	80.2	48
48	Germany	80.1	47
49	United States	79.8	49
50	Canada	79.4	50
51	Jordan	78.3	51
52	France	77.5	52
53	Palestinian Territories	77.3	57
54	Norway	77.3	53
55	Spain	76.7	54
56	Mexico	76.0	56
57	Cuba	75.9	55
58	Colombia	75.5	58
59	Palau	74.5	65
60	Peru	74.0	60
61	Czechia	73.8	59
62	Switzerland	73.5	61
63	Greece	73.4	63
64	Russia	73.4	62
65	Brunei	72.6	66
66	Djibouti	72.0	64
67	Oman	71.5	67
68	Belarus	71.3	68
69	Bulgaria	69.8	69
70	Marshall Islands	69.5	70
71	Cyprus	68.7	71
72	Iraq	68.1	73
73	Finland	68.0	74
74	Latvia	67.9	72
75	Estonia	67.4	75
76	Italy	67.4	76
77	Ukraine	67.4	77
78	Austria	66.9	78
79	Lithuania	66.8	79
80	Suriname	66.7	80
81	Iran	66.6	81
82	Dominica	65.7	82
83	Aruba	65.2	83
84	Malaysia	65.1	87
85	Hungary	64.8	84
86	Armenia	64.7	85
87	Tunisia	64.6	86
88	Dominican Republic	64.4	88
89	Panama	63.4	89
90	Bolivia	63.3	90
91	New Caledonia	62.9	91
92	Costa Rica	62.5	96
93	Algeria	62.1	94
94	Poland	61.7	93
95	Montenegro	61.7	97
96	Türkiye	61.6	98
97	Barbados	61.6	92
98	Ecuador	61.5	95
99	Congo - Brazzaville	60.5	99
100	Ireland	59.9	100
101	North Korea	59.6	101
102	Mongolia	59.4	104
103	El Salvador	59.2	102
104	Paraguay	58.6	103
105	South Africa	58.4	106
106	North Macedonia	57.9	105
107	Serbia	56.9	107
108	Portugal	56.6	111
109	São Tomé & Príncipe	56.4	116
110	Cape Verde	56.3	113
111	Botswana	56.1	117
112	French Polynesia	55.9	109
113	Slovakia	55.7	108
114	Trinidad & Tobago	55.7	110
115	Croatia	55.6	112
116	Nicaragua	55.6	115
117	Kazakhstan	55.2	114
118	Morocco	54.6	118
119	Angola	54.0	119
120	Syria	53.1	121
121	Romania	52.8	120
122	Georgia	52.5	122
123	Jamaica	52.4	123
124	Azerbaijan	51.7	125
125	Isle of Man	51.5	124
126	Slovenia	50.8	126
127	Gambia	50.6	127
128	Uzbekistan	50.0	128
129	Fiji	49.1	129
130	Cameroon	47.7	131
131	Tuvalu	47.5	132
132	Belize	47.3	130
133	Honduras	47.0	134
134	Turkmenistan	46.7	133
135	Guatemala	46.6	135
136	Ghana	46.1	136
137	Nigeria	45.8	138
138	St. Vincent & Grenadines	45.2	137
139	Liberia	45.0	139
140	Indonesia	44.6	141
141	Côte d’Ivoire	44.3	140
142	Albania	44.0	144
143	Bosnia & Herzegovina	43.5	143
144	Kiribati	43.5	142
145	Seychelles	43.0	145
146	Egypt	42.9	146
147	British Virgin Islands	42.9	147
148	Mauritius	41.5	148
149	Senegal	41.4	149
150	Haiti	41.2	150
151	China	40.5	154
152	Philippines	40.4	151
153	Equatorial Guinea	39.9	153
154	Moldova	39.6	152
155	Benin	39.4	155
156	Mauritania	38.9	156
157	Nepal	38.0	166
158	Central African Republic	37.9	157
159	Guinea-Bissau	37.8	159
160	Kosovo	37.6	158
161	Congo - Kinshasa	36.5	162
162	Zambia	36.4	160
163	Sierra Leone	36.3	161
164	Faroe Islands	36.1	163
165	Grenada	35.9	164
166	Thailand	35.4	168
167	Kyrgyzstan	35.3	165
168	Eritrea	34.7	167
169	Namibia	34.5	171
170	Somalia	34.5	170
171	Togo	34.5	169
172	Pakistan	33.6	172
173	Zimbabwe	32.6	173
174	Sudan	32.4	175
175	St. Kitts & Nevis	32.3	174
176	Guinea	31.8	176
177	Maldives	31.4	179
178	Channel Islands	30.7	178
179	Antigua & Barbuda	30.6	177
180	Mozambique	29.7	180
181	Bhutan	29.6	181
182	India	28.5	183
183	Guyana	28.3	182
184	Myanmar (Burma)	28.1	185
185	Yemen	28.0	186
186	Comoros	27.9	184
187	Tajikistan	26.5	188
188	Vietnam	26.2	190
189	St. Lucia	26.0	187
190	Madagascar	25.9	189
191	Laos	25.6	192
192	Timor-Leste	25.3	191
193	Bangladesh	24.6	193
194	Kenya	23.6	200
195	Tanzania	23.5	195
196	Tonga	23.1	194
197	Vanuatu	22.5	198
198	Eswatini	22.4	196
199	Micronesia	22.3	197
200	Samoa	21.8	199
201	Chad	21.7	201
202	Lesotho	21.1	202
203	Burkina Faso	20.6	203
204	Mali	20.1	204
205	Afghanistan	19.2	205
206	Cambodia	18.9	206
207	Rwanda	16.9	207
208	Solomon Islands	16.8	209
209	South Sudan	16.6	208
210	Niger	16.3	210
211	Ethiopia	15.5	211
212	Malawi	15.0	212
213	Liechtenstein	14.7	213
214	Sri Lanka	14.7	214
215	Papua New Guinea	13.1	215
216	Uganda	12.6	216
217	Burundi	8.7	217

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