Urban population (% of total) by country, 2006

Countries217

1. Bermuda100.0

Median58.5

Japan87.130 / 217

World49.9

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

Qatar97.6

San Marino95.2

U.S. Virgin Islands94.1

Puerto Rico94.0

Guam93.9

Malta93.8

Bahrain92.7

Uruguay92.5

Iceland92.2

Bottom 10

South Sudan17.0

Rwanda16.9

Niger16.3

Ethiopia16.2

Sri Lanka15.5

Malawi15.2

Uganda14.6

Liechtenstein14.5

Papua New Guinea13.0

Burundi9.5

Biggest increases since 2005

Nepal+8.8%

Kenya+6.3%

Uganda+5.8%

Equatorial Guinea+3.9%

Lesotho+3.6%

Thailand+3.4%

China+3.1%

Burundi+3.1%

Timor-Leste+3.1%

Namibia+3.0%

Biggest decreases since 2005

St. Lucia-5.7%

Antigua & Barbuda-2.5%

Samoa-1.3%

Guyana-1.1%

Barbados-0.7%

Belize-0.7%

Andorra-0.6%

St. Kitts & Nevis-0.5%

Mauritius-0.4%

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	Kuwait	100.0	5
6	Macau	100.0	6
7	St. Martin	100.0	7
8	Monaco	100.0	8
9	Nauru	100.0	9
10	Singapore	100.0	10
11	Sint Maarten	100.0	11
12	Qatar	97.6	12
13	San Marino	95.2	13
14	U.S. Virgin Islands	94.1	15
15	Puerto Rico	94.0	14
16	Guam	93.9	16
17	Malta	93.8	17
18	Bahrain	92.7	22
19	Uruguay	92.5	19
20	Iceland	92.2	18
21	Israel	91.7	20
22	Curaçao	91.2	21
23	Northern Mariana Islands	90.7	23
24	Argentina	90.3	24
25	Andorra	89.4	25
26	Venezuela	88.7	26
27	Turks & Caicos Islands	88.5	28
28	Libya	88.2	27
29	American Samoa	87.5	29
30	Japan	87.1	34
31	Lebanon	86.9	31
32	Chile	86.8	30
33	Luxembourg	86.8	32
34	Denmark	86.3	33
35	New Zealand	85.9	35
36	Australia	85.7	36
37	Netherlands	84.7	39
38	Sweden	84.5	37
39	Gabon	84.1	40
40	Belgium	83.9	38
41	Brazil	83.3	41
42	Greenland	82.8	42
43	United Arab Emirates	82.6	43
44	Bahamas	82.0	44
45	Palestinian Territories	81.8	47
46	South Korea	81.6	45
47	Saudi Arabia	81.2	46
48	United Kingdom	80.5	48
49	United States	80.4	49
50	Canada	80.2	51
51	Germany	80.2	50
52	Jordan	78.8	52
53	Palau	78.3	54
54	Norway	78.1	53
55	Spain	77.5	56
56	France	77.3	55
57	Mexico	76.5	57
58	Colombia	76.2	58
59	Cuba	76.1	59
60	Peru	75.3	60
61	Greece	74.7	61
62	Brunei	74.0	63
63	Czechia	73.6	62
64	Switzerland	73.5	64
65	Russia	73.2	65
66	Belarus	72.6	66
67	Oman	72.4	67
68	Marshall Islands	71.2	69
69	Djibouti	71.0	68
70	Bulgaria	70.5	70
71	Dominican Republic	69.3	78
72	Finland	68.8	71
73	Iraq	68.6	73
74	Iran	68.3	75
75	Cyprus	68.3	72
76	Ukraine	68.0	76
77	Malaysia	67.9	80
78	Latvia	67.9	74
79	Italy	67.7	77
80	Estonia	67.6	79
81	Hungary	67.0	85
82	Austria	67.0	81
83	Suriname	66.7	82
84	Lithuania	66.6	83
85	Dominica	66.5	84
86	Costa Rica	66.2	88
87	Tunisia	65.5	86
88	Aruba	64.8	87
89	New Caledonia	64.8	92
90	Bolivia	64.7	90
91	Armenia	64.5	89
92	Algeria	64.4	93
93	Panama	64.4	91
94	Türkiye	64.3	94
95	Mongolia	63.8	96
96	Montenegro	63.1	95
97	Ecuador	62.2	97
98	El Salvador	61.9	100
99	Congo - Brazzaville	61.6	99
100	Poland	61.4	98
101	São Tomé & Príncipe	61.0	105
102	Ireland	60.8	102
103	South Africa	60.5	103
104	Barbados	60.2	101
105	North Korea	59.8	104
106	Botswana	59.6	107
107	Portugal	59.0	108
108	Paraguay	59.0	106
109	Cape Verde	58.5	110
110	Serbia	58.2	111
111	North Macedonia	57.9	109
112	French Polynesia	57.6	112
113	Angola	56.9	113
114	Nicaragua	56.1	114
115	Morocco	56.0	116
116	Croatia	55.5	115
117	Slovakia	55.2	117
118	Trinidad & Tobago	55.2	118
119	Kazakhstan	54.4	119
120	Syria	54.1	120
121	Georgia	53.4	122
122	Romania	53.3	121
123	Gambia	53.2	125
124	Jamaica	53.0	123
125	Azerbaijan	52.7	124
126	Uzbekistan	51.5	127
127	Isle of Man	51.1	126
128	Slovenia	50.6	128
129	Tuvalu	50.5	130
130	Fiji	50.2	129
131	Nepal	49.5	141
132	Cameroon	49.2	131
133	Honduras	48.8	132
134	Guatemala	48.8	133
135	Nigeria	48.4	134
136	Ghana	48.1	135
137	Albania	47.1	139
138	Indonesia	47.0	138
139	Turkmenistan	46.8	136
140	Belize	46.4	137
141	Liberia	46.2	140
142	St. Vincent & Grenadines	45.6	142
143	Côte d’Ivoire	45.5	143
144	Bosnia & Herzegovina	44.5	144
145	China	44.3	147
146	British Virgin Islands	44.2	145
147	Equatorial Guinea	43.9	151
148	Kiribati	43.7	146
149	Haiti	43.3	150
150	Egypt	43.0	148
151	Seychelles	42.8	149
152	Senegal	42.2	152
153	Philippines	41.8	153
154	Mauritania	41.4	155
155	Mauritius	41.0	154
156	Benin	40.8	156
157	Thailand	39.4	159
158	Moldova	39.2	157
159	Guinea-Bissau	38.7	158
160	Central African Republic	38.1	160
161	Zambia	37.8	163
162	Congo - Kinshasa	37.8	162
163	Namibia	37.7	165
164	Kosovo	37.7	161
165	Sierra Leone	37.2	164
166	Faroe Islands	36.5	166
167	Somalia	36.0	168
168	Grenada	35.9	167
169	Togo	35.8	169
170	Kyrgyzstan	35.3	170
171	Eritrea	35.3	171
172	Maldives	34.9	172
173	Pakistan	34.1	173
174	Guinea	32.7	176
175	Zimbabwe	32.7	174
176	Sudan	32.5	175
177	St. Kitts & Nevis	31.8	177
178	Bhutan	31.6	179
179	Channel Islands	31.3	178
180	Mozambique	30.2	180
181	India	29.4	182
182	Yemen	29.2	183
183	Kenya	29.0	189
184	Myanmar (Burma)	28.6	184
185	Antigua & Barbuda	28.4	181
186	Comoros	28.1	185
187	Vietnam	28.0	187
188	Laos	28.0	188
189	Guyana	27.5	186
190	Timor-Leste	27.1	192
191	Madagascar	26.8	191
192	Tajikistan	26.5	190
193	Bangladesh	25.9	193
194	Tanzania	25.4	194
195	Lesotho	23.3	198
196	Vanuatu	23.3	197
197	Tonga	23.2	196
198	Burkina Faso	22.6	201
199	Micronesia	22.3	199
200	St. Lucia	22.2	195
201	Eswatini	22.2	200
202	Chad	21.8	202
203	Mali	21.3	204
204	Samoa	21.0	203
205	Afghanistan	20.1	205
206	Cambodia	19.2	206
207	Solomon Islands	18.1	207
208	South Sudan	17.0	209
209	Rwanda	16.9	208
210	Niger	16.3	210
211	Ethiopia	16.2	211
212	Sri Lanka	15.5	212
213	Malawi	15.2	213
214	Uganda	14.6	215
215	Liechtenstein	14.5	214
216	Papua New Guinea	13.0	216
217	Burundi	9.5	217

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