Urban population (% of total) by country, 2010

Countries217

1. Bahrain100.0

Median60.3

Japan90.625 / 217

World51.8

Top 20

Bahrain100.0

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

Qatar98.5

San Marino97.1

U.S. Virgin Islands94.6

Uruguay94.3

Malta94.2

Guam94.1

Puerto Rico93.8

Iceland93.5

Bottom 10

St. Lucia18.5

South Sudan17.5

Ethiopia17.5

Sri Lanka17.2

Rwanda16.9

Niger16.2

Malawi15.5

Liechtenstein14.4

Papua New Guinea13.0

Burundi11.0

Biggest increases since 2009

Uganda+6.7%

Equatorial Guinea+5.2%

Burundi+4.6%

Cambodia+4.6%

Lesotho+4.3%

Nepal+3.6%

Sri Lanka+3.0%

Solomon Islands+2.8%

Philippines+2.7%

Mauritania+2.7%

Biggest decreases since 2009

St. Lucia-2.5%

Antigua & Barbuda-1.8%

Samoa-1.4%

Guyana-0.6%

Belize-0.6%

Trinidad & Tobago-0.6%

Uzbekistan-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	Bahrain	100.0	13
2	Bermuda	100.0	1
3	Cayman Islands	100.0	2
4	Gibraltar	100.0	3
5	Hong Kong	100.0	4
6	Kuwait	100.0	5
7	Macau	100.0	6
8	St. Martin	100.0	7
9	Monaco	100.0	8
10	Nauru	100.0	9
11	Singapore	100.0	10
12	Sint Maarten	100.0	11
13	Qatar	98.5	12
14	San Marino	97.1	14
15	U.S. Virgin Islands	94.6	15
16	Uruguay	94.3	18
17	Malta	94.2	16
18	Guam	94.1	17
19	Puerto Rico	93.8	19
20	Iceland	93.5	20
21	Israel	91.7	21
22	Curaçao	91.2	22
23	Argentina	91.0	24
24	Northern Mariana Islands	90.9	23
25	Japan	90.6	25
26	Turks & Caicos Islands	90.4	26
27	Venezuela	88.8	28
28	Andorra	88.8	27
29	Luxembourg	88.5	30
30	Libya	88.1	29
31	Lebanon	87.6	31
32	Netherlands	87.4	35
33	Chile	87.0	32
34	Denmark	86.9	33
35	American Samoa	86.3	34
36	Australia	86.2	36
37	Gabon	86.2	38
38	New Zealand	85.9	37
39	Sweden	85.1	39
40	Belgium	85.0	40
41	Brazil	84.3	41
42	Greenland	84.3	42
43	Palestinian Territories	83.9	43
44	United Arab Emirates	83.4	44
45	Bahamas	82.4	45
46	Jordan	82.3	48
47	Saudi Arabia	82.1	47
48	South Korea	82.0	46
49	Canada	81.0	50
50	United Kingdom	81.0	49
51	United States	80.7	51
52	Palau	80.7	53
53	Germany	80.3	52
54	Norway	79.2	54
55	Spain	78.5	55
56	Peru	77.4	57
57	France	77.1	56
58	Colombia	76.7	58
59	Cuba	76.6	60
60	Mexico	76.5	59
61	Greece	76.4	61
62	Brunei	75.3	62
63	Oman	75.2	63
64	Belarus	74.6	64
65	Dominican Republic	74.2	65
66	Russia	73.7	67
67	Switzerland	73.6	66
68	Marshall Islands	73.4	69
69	Czechia	73.3	68
70	Bulgaria	71.5	70
71	Costa Rica	71.5	73
72	Malaysia	70.9	72
73	Djibouti	70.6	71
74	Iran	70.6	74
75	Finland	69.8	75
76	Hungary	69.5	78
77	Türkiye	69.3	80
78	Iraq	69.1	76
79	Ukraine	68.6	77
80	Italy	68.2	79
81	Dominica	68.0	84
82	Mongolia	67.8	85
83	Latvia	67.8	81
84	Estonia	67.8	82
85	Cyprus	67.5	83
86	Algeria	67.1	89
87	Austria	67.1	86
88	Lithuania	66.8	87
89	New Caledonia	66.7	88
90	Tunisia	66.6	91
91	Suriname	66.4	90
92	Bolivia	66.4	92
93	São Tomé & Príncipe	66.1	93
94	El Salvador	65.4	95
95	Panama	65.1	94
96	Armenia	64.3	96
97	Montenegro	64.3	98
98	Aruba	64.2	97
99	Botswana	63.5	99
100	Ecuador	62.7	100
101	South Africa	62.6	101
102	Congo - Brazzaville	62.4	102
103	Nepal	62.0	109
104	Ireland	61.9	103
105	Cape Verde	61.8	105
106	Portugal	61.1	106
107	Poland	60.8	104
108	French Polynesia	60.8	108
109	North Korea	60.3	107
110	Angola	60.1	110
111	Paraguay	59.5	111
112	Serbia	59.4	113
113	Barbados	59.2	112
114	Morocco	58.3	115
115	North Macedonia	58.1	114
116	Nicaragua	56.8	116
117	Gambia	56.0	117
118	Syria	55.7	119
119	Croatia	55.3	118
120	Georgia	55.2	121
121	Tuvalu	55.1	124
122	Slovakia	54.6	120
123	Kazakhstan	54.2	123
124	Trinidad & Tobago	54.1	122
125	Romania	53.9	125
126	Jamaica	53.8	126
127	Azerbaijan	53.3	127
128	Equatorial Guinea	53.1	135
129	Fiji	52.0	130
130	Isle of Man	51.9	128
131	Albania	51.9	134
132	Nigeria	51.7	131
133	Uzbekistan	51.3	129
134	Honduras	51.3	133
135	Guatemala	51.3	132
136	Cameroon	50.9	136
137	Ghana	50.7	138
138	Slovenia	50.1	137
139	Indonesia	49.9	139
140	China	49.2	140
141	Kiribati	48.5	142
142	Liberia	48.1	141
143	Côte d’Ivoire	47.2	144
144	Turkmenistan	46.9	143
145	British Virgin Islands	46.3	146
146	Haiti	46.1	149
147	St. Vincent & Grenadines	46.1	145
148	Mauritania	46.0	150
149	Bosnia & Herzegovina	45.7	148
150	Philippines	45.5	151
151	Belize	45.2	147
152	Thailand	44.0	153
153	Senegal	43.6	152
154	Egypt	42.9	154
155	Benin	42.9	156
156	Seychelles	42.7	155
157	Namibia	41.8	157
158	Mauritius	40.3	158
159	Guinea-Bissau	40.0	159
160	Zambia	40.0	160
161	Congo - Kinshasa	39.4	162
162	Moldova	39.3	161
163	Sierra Leone	38.6	164
164	Central African Republic	38.6	163
165	Somalia	38.6	166
166	Kosovo	37.9	165
167	Togo	37.6	167
168	Faroe Islands	37.3	168
169	Maldives	36.8	169
170	Grenada	35.9	170
171	Eritrea	35.6	171
172	Kyrgyzstan	35.3	172
173	Pakistan	34.8	173
174	Bhutan	33.9	175
175	Guinea	33.8	174
176	Zimbabwe	32.7	176
177	Sudan	32.7	177
178	Channel Islands	32.2	178
179	Kenya	31.9	179
180	St. Kitts & Nevis	31.3	180
181	Mozambique	31.0	181
182	India	30.9	182
183	Laos	30.6	184
184	Yemen	30.6	183
185	Vietnam	30.3	185
186	Timor-Leste	29.6	186
187	Myanmar (Burma)	29.1	187
188	Comoros	28.9	188
189	Tanzania	28.2	190
190	Madagascar	27.9	189
191	Bangladesh	27.7	191
192	Lesotho	27.4	195
193	Tajikistan	26.5	193
194	Guyana	26.5	192
195	Antigua & Barbuda	26.0	194
196	Vanuatu	24.7	196
197	Burkina Faso	24.1	197
198	Tonga	23.4	198
199	Mali	23.1	199
200	Eswatini	22.3	201
201	Micronesia	22.3	200
202	Afghanistan	22.3	203
203	Chad	21.8	202
204	Cambodia	21.1	204
205	Solomon Islands	20.1	206
206	Samoa	19.8	205
207	Uganda	18.8	208
208	St. Lucia	18.5	207
209	South Sudan	17.5	209
210	Ethiopia	17.5	210
211	Sri Lanka	17.2	212
212	Rwanda	16.9	211
213	Niger	16.2	213
214	Malawi	15.5	214
215	Liechtenstein	14.4	215
216	Papua New Guinea	13.0	216
217	Burundi	11.0	217

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