Urban population (% of total) by country, 2008

Countries217

1. Bermuda100.0

Median59.3

Japan89.326 / 217

World50.9

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

Qatar98.1

San Marino96.4

Bahrain96.3

U.S. Virgin Islands94.4

Guam94.0

Malta94.0

Puerto Rico93.8

Uruguay93.5

Iceland93.1

Bottom 10

South Sudan17.0

Rwanda16.9

Ethiopia16.8

Uganda16.5

Sri Lanka16.3

Niger16.3

Malawi15.3

Liechtenstein14.5

Papua New Guinea13.0

Burundi10.1

Biggest increases since 2007

Nepal+6.6%

Uganda+6.5%

Equatorial Guinea+4.8%

Ethiopia+4.3%

Lesotho+4.0%

Burundi+3.4%

Kenya+3.3%

Kiribati+3.0%

Thailand+2.9%

Timor-Leste+2.9%

Biggest decreases since 2007

St. Lucia-5.3%

Antigua & Barbuda-2.4%

Samoa-1.4%

Guyana-1.1%

Belize-0.7%

Barbados-0.5%

Trinidad & Tobago-0.5%

St. Kitts & Nevis-0.4%

Mauritius-0.4%

American Samoa-0.3%

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	98.1	12
13	San Marino	96.4	13
14	Bahrain	96.3	14
15	U.S. Virgin Islands	94.4	15
16	Guam	94.0	16
17	Malta	94.0	17
18	Puerto Rico	93.8	18
19	Uruguay	93.5	19
20	Iceland	93.1	20
21	Israel	91.7	21
22	Curaçao	91.2	22
23	Northern Mariana Islands	90.8	23
24	Argentina	90.7	24
25	Turks & Caicos Islands	89.5	26
26	Japan	89.3	28
27	Andorra	88.9	25
28	Venezuela	88.8	27
29	Libya	88.1	29
30	Luxembourg	87.6	31
31	Lebanon	87.3	32
32	American Samoa	86.9	30
33	Chile	86.9	33
34	Denmark	86.6	34
35	Australia	86.0	36
36	New Zealand	85.9	35
37	Netherlands	85.6	37
38	Gabon	85.2	38
39	Sweden	84.8	39
40	Belgium	84.4	40
41	Brazil	83.8	41
42	Greenland	83.6	42
43	Palestinian Territories	83.1	44
44	United Arab Emirates	83.0	43
45	Bahamas	82.3	45
46	South Korea	81.8	46
47	Saudi Arabia	81.6	47
48	United Kingdom	80.8	48
49	Canada	80.7	50
50	United States	80.6	49
51	Germany	80.2	51
52	Jordan	80.1	52
53	Palau	79.7	53
54	Norway	78.8	54
55	Spain	78.0	55
56	France	77.2	56
57	Mexico	76.5	57
58	Colombia	76.5	58
59	Cuba	76.4	59
60	Peru	76.3	60
61	Greece	75.6	61
62	Brunei	74.8	62
63	Oman	73.8	67
64	Belarus	73.6	66
65	Switzerland	73.5	63
66	Russia	73.5	65
67	Czechia	73.5	64
68	Dominican Republic	72.5	69
69	Marshall Islands	72.4	68
70	Bulgaria	70.9	71
71	Djibouti	70.7	70
72	Malaysia	69.5	74
73	Iran	69.4	73
74	Finland	69.3	72
75	Iraq	68.9	75
76	Costa Rica	68.8	81
77	Ukraine	68.4	76
78	Hungary	68.1	83
79	Italy	67.9	79
80	Cyprus	67.9	77
81	Latvia	67.8	78
82	Estonia	67.7	80
83	Dominica	67.2	84
84	Austria	67.0	82
85	Lithuania	66.8	85
86	Suriname	66.6	86
87	Türkiye	66.5	89
88	Mongolia	66.5	90
89	New Caledonia	66.3	88
90	Tunisia	66.1	87
91	Algeria	65.9	91
92	Bolivia	65.5	92
93	Panama	64.8	94
94	Aruba	64.5	93
95	Armenia	64.4	95
96	São Tomé & Príncipe	63.9	98
97	Montenegro	63.8	96
98	El Salvador	63.6	97
99	Ecuador	62.5	99
100	Congo - Brazzaville	62.0	100
101	Botswana	61.8	104
102	South Africa	61.8	102
103	Ireland	61.4	103
104	Poland	61.1	101
105	Portugal	60.4	107
106	Cape Verde	60.1	108
107	North Korea	60.0	105
108	Barbados	59.5	106
109	French Polynesia	59.3	111
110	Paraguay	59.2	109
111	Serbia	58.9	110
112	Angola	58.6	113
113	North Macedonia	58.0	112
114	Morocco	57.1	114
115	Nepal	56.9	124
116	Nicaragua	56.5	115
117	Croatia	55.4	116
118	Slovakia	54.9	117
119	Trinidad & Tobago	54.7	118
120	Gambia	54.6	121
121	Syria	54.6	119
122	Georgia	54.2	122
123	Kazakhstan	54.1	120
124	Romania	53.6	123
125	Jamaica	53.4	125
126	Azerbaijan	53.1	126
127	Tuvalu	52.8	128
128	Uzbekistan	51.8	127
129	Isle of Man	51.5	129
130	Fiji	51.1	130
131	Slovenia	50.4	131
132	Guatemala	50.1	133
133	Cameroon	50.1	132
134	Nigeria	50.1	135
135	Honduras	50.0	134
136	Ghana	49.5	136
137	Albania	49.4	137
138	Indonesia	48.5	138
139	Equatorial Guinea	48.0	144
140	Liberia	47.1	140
141	China	47.0	143
142	Turkmenistan	46.9	139
143	Côte d’Ivoire	46.4	142
144	Kiribati	45.9	148
145	St. Vincent & Grenadines	45.8	145
146	Belize	45.8	141
147	British Virgin Islands	45.2	147
148	Bosnia & Herzegovina	45.1	146
149	Haiti	44.7	149
150	Mauritania	43.6	153
151	Philippines	43.2	154
152	Egypt	43.0	150
153	Senegal	42.9	152
154	Seychelles	42.7	151
155	Thailand	41.9	157
156	Benin	41.8	155
157	Mauritius	40.6	156
158	Namibia	39.8	160
159	Moldova	39.4	158
160	Guinea-Bissau	39.3	159
161	Zambia	39.0	161
162	Congo - Kinshasa	38.6	163
163	Central African Republic	38.3	162
164	Sierra Leone	37.9	165
165	Kosovo	37.8	164
166	Somalia	37.2	166
167	Togo	36.7	168
168	Faroe Islands	36.5	167
169	Maldives	35.9	170
170	Grenada	35.9	169
171	Eritrea	35.5	171
172	Kyrgyzstan	35.3	172
173	Pakistan	34.4	173
174	Guinea	33.3	174
175	Bhutan	32.8	177
176	Zimbabwe	32.7	175
177	Sudan	32.5	176
178	Channel Islands	31.8	179
179	St. Kitts & Nevis	31.6	178
180	Kenya	31.4	180
181	Mozambique	30.6	181
182	India	30.1	182
183	Yemen	30.0	183
184	Laos	29.4	184
185	Vietnam	29.2	186
186	Myanmar (Burma)	28.9	185
187	Timor-Leste	28.8	188
188	Comoros	28.4	187
189	Madagascar	27.3	191
190	Antigua & Barbuda	27.1	189
191	Bangladesh	26.9	193
192	Guyana	26.9	190
193	Tanzania	26.8	194
194	Tajikistan	26.5	192
195	Lesotho	25.2	195
196	Vanuatu	23.9	196
197	Burkina Faso	23.4	198
198	Tonga	23.3	197
199	Micronesia	22.3	199
200	Mali	22.2	202
201	Eswatini	22.2	200
202	Chad	21.8	201
203	Afghanistan	21.1	205
204	Samoa	20.4	204
205	St. Lucia	19.8	203
206	Cambodia	19.7	206
207	Solomon Islands	19.0	207
208	South Sudan	17.0	208
209	Rwanda	16.9	209
210	Ethiopia	16.8	211
211	Uganda	16.5	213
212	Sri Lanka	16.3	212
213	Niger	16.3	210
214	Malawi	15.3	214
215	Liechtenstein	14.5	215
216	Papua New Guinea	13.0	216
217	Burundi	10.1	217

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