Urban population (% of total) by country, 2009

Countries217

1. Bermuda100.0

Median59.9

Japan90.125 / 217

World51.4

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

Qatar98.3

Bahrain98.3

San Marino96.8

U.S. Virgin Islands94.5

Malta94.1

Guam94.1

Uruguay93.9

Puerto Rico93.8

Iceland93.4

Bottom 10

Uganda17.6

South Sudan17.3

Ethiopia17.2

Rwanda16.9

Sri Lanka16.7

Niger16.3

Malawi15.4

Liechtenstein14.4

Papua New Guinea13.0

Burundi10.5

Biggest increases since 2008

Uganda+6.7%

Nepal+5.2%

Equatorial Guinea+5.1%

Lesotho+4.2%

Burundi+3.9%

Kiribati+3.1%

China+2.9%

Sri Lanka+2.9%

Solomon Islands+2.8%

Cambodia+2.7%

Biggest decreases since 2008

St. Lucia-4.2%

Antigua & Barbuda-2.1%

Samoa-1.5%

Guyana-0.9%

Belize-0.7%

Trinidad & Tobago-0.5%

St. Kitts & Nevis-0.4%

Mauritius-0.4%

Uzbekistan-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	98.3	12
13	Bahrain	98.3	14
14	San Marino	96.8	13
15	U.S. Virgin Islands	94.5	15
16	Malta	94.1	17
17	Guam	94.1	16
18	Uruguay	93.9	19
19	Puerto Rico	93.8	18
20	Iceland	93.4	20
21	Israel	91.7	21
22	Curaçao	91.2	22
23	Northern Mariana Islands	90.9	23
24	Argentina	90.8	24
25	Japan	90.1	26
26	Turks & Caicos Islands	90.0	25
27	Andorra	88.8	27
28	Venezuela	88.8	28
29	Libya	88.1	29
30	Luxembourg	88.0	30
31	Lebanon	87.5	31
32	Chile	86.9	33
33	Denmark	86.8	34
34	American Samoa	86.6	32
35	Netherlands	86.2	37
36	Australia	86.1	35
37	New Zealand	85.9	36
38	Gabon	85.7	38
39	Sweden	84.9	39
40	Belgium	84.7	40
41	Brazil	84.1	41
42	Greenland	83.9	42
43	Palestinian Territories	83.5	43
44	United Arab Emirates	83.2	44
45	Bahamas	82.4	45
46	South Korea	81.9	46
47	Saudi Arabia	81.9	47
48	Jordan	81.1	52
49	United Kingdom	80.9	48
50	Canada	80.9	49
51	United States	80.7	50
52	Germany	80.3	51
53	Palau	80.2	53
54	Norway	79.1	54
55	Spain	78.3	55
56	France	77.1	56
57	Peru	76.8	60
58	Colombia	76.6	58
59	Mexico	76.5	57
60	Cuba	76.5	59
61	Greece	76.0	61
62	Brunei	75.1	62
63	Oman	74.5	63
64	Belarus	74.2	64
65	Dominican Republic	73.6	68
66	Switzerland	73.6	65
67	Russia	73.5	66
68	Czechia	73.4	67
69	Marshall Islands	72.9	69
70	Bulgaria	71.3	70
71	Djibouti	70.6	71
72	Malaysia	70.2	72
73	Costa Rica	70.1	76
74	Iran	70.0	73
75	Finland	69.5	74
76	Iraq	69.0	75
77	Ukraine	68.5	77
78	Hungary	68.5	78
79	Italy	68.0	79
80	Türkiye	67.8	87
81	Latvia	67.8	81
82	Estonia	67.7	82
83	Cyprus	67.7	80
84	Dominica	67.6	83
85	Mongolia	67.4	88
86	Austria	67.1	84
87	Lithuania	66.8	85
88	New Caledonia	66.7	89
89	Algeria	66.5	91
90	Suriname	66.5	86
91	Tunisia	66.3	90
92	Bolivia	66.0	92
93	São Tomé & Príncipe	65.1	96
94	Panama	65.0	93
95	El Salvador	64.5	98
96	Armenia	64.4	95
97	Aruba	64.3	94
98	Montenegro	64.1	97
99	Botswana	62.8	101
100	Ecuador	62.7	99
101	South Africa	62.3	102
102	Congo - Brazzaville	62.2	100
103	Ireland	61.6	103
104	Poland	61.0	104
105	Cape Verde	60.9	106
106	Portugal	60.8	105
107	North Korea	60.2	107
108	French Polynesia	60.1	109
109	Nepal	59.9	115
110	Angola	59.4	112
111	Paraguay	59.4	110
112	Barbados	59.3	108
113	Serbia	59.2	111
114	North Macedonia	58.0	113
115	Morocco	57.7	114
116	Nicaragua	56.7	116
117	Gambia	55.3	120
118	Croatia	55.3	117
119	Syria	55.0	121
120	Slovakia	54.7	118
121	Georgia	54.7	122
122	Trinidad & Tobago	54.4	119
123	Kazakhstan	54.1	123
124	Tuvalu	54.0	127
125	Romania	53.8	124
126	Jamaica	53.6	125
127	Azerbaijan	53.1	126
128	Isle of Man	51.7	129
129	Uzbekistan	51.6	128
130	Fiji	51.6	130
131	Nigeria	50.9	134
132	Guatemala	50.7	132
133	Honduras	50.7	135
134	Albania	50.6	137
135	Equatorial Guinea	50.5	139
136	Cameroon	50.5	133
137	Slovenia	50.2	131
138	Ghana	50.1	136
139	Indonesia	49.2	138
140	China	48.3	141
141	Liberia	47.6	140
142	Kiribati	47.4	144
143	Turkmenistan	46.9	142
144	Côte d’Ivoire	46.8	143
145	St. Vincent & Grenadines	45.9	145
146	British Virgin Islands	45.8	147
147	Belize	45.5	146
148	Bosnia & Herzegovina	45.4	148
149	Haiti	45.4	149
150	Mauritania	44.8	150
151	Philippines	44.3	151
152	Senegal	43.2	153
153	Thailand	43.0	155
154	Egypt	42.9	152
155	Seychelles	42.7	154
156	Benin	42.3	156
157	Namibia	40.9	158
158	Mauritius	40.5	157
159	Guinea-Bissau	39.7	160
160	Zambia	39.5	161
161	Moldova	39.3	159
162	Congo - Kinshasa	39.0	162
163	Central African Republic	38.5	163
164	Sierra Leone	38.2	164
165	Kosovo	37.8	165
166	Somalia	37.8	166
167	Togo	37.1	167
168	Faroe Islands	36.9	168
169	Maldives	36.4	169
170	Grenada	35.9	170
171	Eritrea	35.6	171
172	Kyrgyzstan	35.3	172
173	Pakistan	34.6	173
174	Guinea	33.5	174
175	Bhutan	33.3	175
176	Zimbabwe	32.7	176
177	Sudan	32.6	177
178	Channel Islands	32.0	178
179	Kenya	31.9	180
180	St. Kitts & Nevis	31.4	179
181	Mozambique	30.8	181
182	India	30.5	182
183	Yemen	30.3	183
184	Laos	30.0	184
185	Vietnam	29.8	185
186	Timor-Leste	29.4	187
187	Myanmar (Burma)	29.0	186
188	Comoros	28.6	188
189	Madagascar	27.6	189
190	Tanzania	27.5	193
191	Bangladesh	27.3	191
192	Guyana	26.6	192
193	Tajikistan	26.5	194
194	Antigua & Barbuda	26.5	190
195	Lesotho	26.3	195
196	Vanuatu	24.3	196
197	Burkina Faso	23.7	197
198	Tonga	23.4	198
199	Mali	22.7	200
200	Micronesia	22.3	199
201	Eswatini	22.2	201
202	Chad	21.8	202
203	Afghanistan	21.7	203
204	Cambodia	20.2	206
205	Samoa	20.1	204
206	Solomon Islands	19.6	207
207	St. Lucia	19.0	205
208	Uganda	17.6	211
209	South Sudan	17.3	208
210	Ethiopia	17.2	210
211	Rwanda	16.9	209
212	Sri Lanka	16.7	212
213	Niger	16.3	213
214	Malawi	15.4	214
215	Liechtenstein	14.4	215
216	Papua New Guinea	13.0	216
217	Burundi	10.5	217

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