Urban population (% of total) by country, 2005

Countries217

1. Bermuda100.0

Median57.9

Japan86.034 / 217

World49.4

Top 20

Bermuda100.0

Cayman Islands100.0

Gibraltar100.0

Hong Kong100.0

Kuwait100.0

Macau100.0

St. Martin100.0

Monaco100.0

Nauru100.0

Singapore100.0

Sint Maarten100.0

Qatar97.3

San Marino94.6

Puerto Rico94.1

U.S. Virgin Islands93.9

Guam93.8

Malta93.7

Iceland92.4

Uruguay92.1

Israel91.6

Bottom 10

Rwanda16.9

South Sudan16.9

Niger16.3

Ethiopia16.0

Sri Lanka15.2

Malawi15.1

Liechtenstein14.6

Uganda13.8

Papua New Guinea13.1

Burundi9.2

Biggest increases since 2004

Nepal+9.4%

Kenya+7.3%

Uganda+5.1%

Maldives+3.7%

Thailand+3.7%

Lesotho+3.4%

Equatorial Guinea+3.3%

Burkina Faso+3.2%

Laos+3.0%

Namibia+3.0%

Biggest decreases since 2004

St. Lucia-5.2%

Antigua & Barbuda-2.4%

Samoa-1.4%

Guyana-1.0%

Barbados-0.8%

Belize-0.6%

Andorra-0.6%

Kazakhstan-0.5%

Djibouti-0.5%

St. Kitts & Nevis-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	Kuwait	100.0	11
6	Macau	100.0	5
7	St. Martin	100.0	6
8	Monaco	100.0	7
9	Nauru	100.0	8
10	Singapore	100.0	9
11	Sint Maarten	100.0	10
12	Qatar	97.3	12
13	San Marino	94.6	13
14	Puerto Rico	94.1	14
15	U.S. Virgin Islands	93.9	15
16	Guam	93.8	16
17	Malta	93.7	17
18	Iceland	92.4	18
19	Uruguay	92.1	19
20	Israel	91.6	20
21	Curaçao	91.2	21
22	Bahrain	91.2	25
23	Northern Mariana Islands	90.6	23
24	Argentina	90.1	24
25	Andorra	90.0	22
26	Venezuela	88.6	26
27	Libya	88.1	27
28	Turks & Caicos Islands	87.9	29
29	American Samoa	87.8	28
30	Chile	86.8	30
31	Lebanon	86.8	31
32	Luxembourg	86.4	32
33	Denmark	86.0	34
34	Japan	86.0	36
35	New Zealand	85.9	33
36	Australia	85.6	35
37	Sweden	84.3	37
38	Belgium	83.6	38
39	Netherlands	83.5	42
40	Gabon	83.4	39
41	Brazil	83.0	40
42	Greenland	82.7	41
43	United Arab Emirates	82.2	44
44	Bahamas	81.9	43
45	South Korea	81.4	45
46	Saudi Arabia	81.0	46
47	Palestinian Territories	80.5	51
48	United Kingdom	80.4	47
49	United States	80.2	49
50	Germany	80.2	48
51	Canada	80.0	50
52	Jordan	78.4	52
53	Norway	77.8	53
54	Palau	77.6	56
55	France	77.4	54
56	Spain	77.2	55
57	Mexico	76.5	57
58	Colombia	76.0	59
59	Cuba	76.0	58
60	Peru	74.8	60
61	Greece	74.3	61
62	Czechia	73.6	62
63	Brunei	73.6	65
64	Switzerland	73.5	63
65	Russia	73.2	64
66	Belarus	72.0	66
67	Oman	71.9	68
68	Djibouti	71.3	67
69	Marshall Islands	70.6	69
70	Bulgaria	70.1	70
71	Finland	68.5	72
72	Cyprus	68.4	71
73	Iraq	68.4	73
74	Latvia	67.9	74
75	Iran	67.9	78
76	Ukraine	67.8	75
77	Italy	67.6	76
78	Dominican Republic	67.6	84
79	Estonia	67.5	77
80	Malaysia	67.0	82
81	Austria	67.0	79
82	Suriname	66.7	80
83	Lithuania	66.6	81
84	Dominica	66.2	83
85	Hungary	66.1	86
86	Tunisia	65.2	87
87	Aruba	65.0	85
88	Costa Rica	64.9	91
89	Armenia	64.5	88
90	Bolivia	64.2	89
91	Panama	64.1	90
92	New Caledonia	63.9	92
93	Algeria	63.7	93
94	Türkiye	63.3	94
95	Montenegro	62.7	95
96	Mongolia	62.3	100
97	Ecuador	62.0	96
98	Poland	61.5	97
99	Congo - Brazzaville	61.3	99
100	El Salvador	61.0	102
101	Barbados	60.6	98
102	Ireland	60.5	101
103	South Africa	59.8	104
104	North Korea	59.8	103
105	São Tomé & Príncipe	59.4	106
106	Paraguay	58.9	105
107	Botswana	58.5	110
108	Portugal	58.2	108
109	North Macedonia	57.9	107
110	Cape Verde	57.8	111
111	Serbia	57.8	109
112	French Polynesia	56.8	112
113	Angola	56.0	117
114	Nicaragua	55.9	113
115	Croatia	55.5	114
116	Morocco	55.4	118
117	Slovakia	55.4	115
118	Trinidad & Tobago	55.4	116
119	Kazakhstan	54.6	119
120	Syria	53.8	120
121	Romania	53.1	121
122	Georgia	53.0	122
123	Jamaica	52.8	123
124	Azerbaijan	52.5	124
125	Gambia	52.4	125
126	Isle of Man	51.2	126
127	Uzbekistan	51.1	128
128	Slovenia	50.6	127
129	Fiji	49.8	129
130	Tuvalu	49.4	130
131	Cameroon	48.6	131
132	Honduras	48.2	132
133	Guatemala	48.1	133
134	Nigeria	47.6	137
135	Ghana	47.5	135
136	Turkmenistan	46.8	136
137	Belize	46.7	134
138	Indonesia	46.2	138
139	Albania	46.0	141
140	Liberia	45.9	139
141	Nepal	45.5	151
142	St. Vincent & Grenadines	45.5	140
143	Côte d’Ivoire	45.1	142
144	Bosnia & Herzegovina	44.2	143
145	British Virgin Islands	43.7	145
146	Kiribati	43.5	144
147	China	43.0	149
148	Egypt	43.0	146
149	Seychelles	42.9	147
150	Haiti	42.6	148
151	Equatorial Guinea	42.3	153
152	Senegal	41.9	150
153	Philippines	41.3	154
154	Mauritius	41.1	152
155	Mauritania	40.4	156
156	Benin	40.3	155
157	Moldova	39.4	157
158	Guinea-Bissau	38.4	158
159	Thailand	38.1	163
160	Central African Republic	38.0	159
161	Kosovo	37.6	160
162	Congo - Kinshasa	37.4	161
163	Zambia	37.3	162
164	Sierra Leone	36.8	164
165	Namibia	36.6	167
166	Faroe Islands	36.3	165
167	Grenada	35.9	166
168	Somalia	35.5	169
169	Togo	35.3	171
170	Kyrgyzstan	35.3	168
171	Eritrea	35.1	170
172	Maldives	34.1	173
173	Pakistan	33.9	172
174	Zimbabwe	32.6	174
175	Sudan	32.5	175
176	Guinea	32.4	177
177	St. Kitts & Nevis	32.0	176
178	Channel Islands	31.1	178
179	Bhutan	30.9	179
180	Mozambique	30.0	181
181	Antigua & Barbuda	29.2	180
182	India	29.1	182
183	Yemen	28.9	183
184	Myanmar (Burma)	28.4	184
185	Comoros	28.0	186
186	Guyana	27.8	185
187	Vietnam	27.4	187
188	Laos	27.3	188
189	Kenya	27.3	192
190	Tajikistan	26.5	189
191	Madagascar	26.5	190
192	Timor-Leste	26.3	191
193	Bangladesh	25.5	193
194	Tanzania	24.7	195
195	St. Lucia	23.5	194
196	Tonga	23.1	196
197	Vanuatu	23.0	197
198	Lesotho	22.5	200
199	Micronesia	22.3	198
200	Eswatini	22.2	199
201	Burkina Faso	22.0	203
202	Chad	21.8	201
203	Samoa	21.2	202
204	Mali	20.9	204
205	Afghanistan	19.7	205
206	Cambodia	19.1	206
207	Solomon Islands	17.6	207
208	Rwanda	16.9	208
209	South Sudan	16.9	209
210	Niger	16.3	210
211	Ethiopia	16.0	211
212	Sri Lanka	15.2	213
213	Malawi	15.1	212
214	Liechtenstein	14.6	214
215	Uganda	13.8	215
216	Papua New Guinea	13.1	216
217	Burundi	9.2	217

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