Urban population (% of total) by country, 2011

Countries217

1. Bahrain100.0

Median60.7

Japan90.925 / 217

World52.5

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

Qatar98.6

San Marino97.1

U.S. Virgin Islands94.7

Uruguay94.6

Malta94.3

Guam94.1

Puerto Rico93.8

Iceland93.4

Bottom 10

St. Lucia18.5

Ethiopia17.9

Sri Lanka17.8

South Sudan17.8

Rwanda16.9

Niger16.2

Malawi15.6

Liechtenstein14.4

Papua New Guinea13.0

Burundi11.6

Biggest increases since 2010

Uganda+6.7%

Cambodia+6.0%

Equatorial Guinea+5.4%

China+5.3%

Burundi+5.3%

Syria+5.0%

Lesotho+4.4%

Sri Lanka+3.1%

Solomon Islands+3.0%

Albania+2.7%

Biggest decreases since 2010

Antigua & Barbuda-1.2%

Samoa-1.1%

Belize-0.6%

Slovenia-0.3%

Mauritius-0.3%

St. Kitts & Nevis-0.3%

American Samoa-0.3%

Trinidad & Tobago-0.3%

Slovakia-0.3%

Aruba-0.3%

All countries

#	Country / region	Urban population (% of total)	Prior-year rank
1	Bahrain	100.0	1
2	Bermuda	100.0	2
3	Cayman Islands	100.0	3
4	Gibraltar	100.0	4
5	Hong Kong	100.0	5
6	Kuwait	100.0	6
7	Macau	100.0	7
8	St. Martin	100.0	8
9	Monaco	100.0	9
10	Nauru	100.0	10
11	Singapore	100.0	11
12	Sint Maarten	100.0	12
13	Qatar	98.6	13
14	San Marino	97.1	14
15	U.S. Virgin Islands	94.7	15
16	Uruguay	94.6	16
17	Malta	94.3	17
18	Guam	94.1	18
19	Puerto Rico	93.8	19
20	Iceland	93.4	20
21	Israel	91.7	21
22	Curaçao	91.3	22
23	Argentina	91.1	23
24	Northern Mariana Islands	91.0	24
25	Japan	90.9	25
26	Turks & Caicos Islands	90.7	26
27	Luxembourg	89.0	29
28	Venezuela	88.8	27
29	Andorra	88.7	28
30	Libya	88.1	30
31	Netherlands	88.0	32
32	Lebanon	87.8	31
33	Denmark	87.2	34
34	Chile	87.0	33
35	Gabon	86.6	37
36	Australia	86.3	36
37	American Samoa	86.0	35
38	New Zealand	85.8	38
39	Sweden	85.4	39
40	Belgium	85.2	40
41	Brazil	84.6	41
42	Greenland	84.5	42
43	Palestinian Territories	84.2	43
44	United Arab Emirates	83.6	44
45	Jordan	83.6	46
46	Bahamas	82.4	45
47	Saudi Arabia	82.3	47
48	South Korea	82.0	48
49	United Kingdom	81.1	50
50	Canada	81.1	49
51	Palau	81.0	52
52	United States	80.7	51
53	Germany	80.3	53
54	Norway	79.3	54
55	Spain	78.7	55
56	Peru	78.0	56
57	France	77.1	57
58	Colombia	76.8	58
59	Cuba	76.7	59
60	Greece	76.6	61
61	Mexico	76.6	60
62	Oman	75.7	63
63	Brunei	75.3	62
64	Belarus	75.1	64
65	Dominican Republic	74.2	65
66	Marshall Islands	73.9	68
67	Russia	73.9	66
68	Switzerland	73.7	67
69	Czechia	73.3	69
70	Costa Rica	72.8	71
71	Bulgaria	72.6	70
72	Malaysia	71.4	72
73	Iran	71.2	74
74	Türkiye	71.0	77
75	Djibouti	70.7	73
76	Finland	70.1	75
77	Hungary	69.5	76
78	Iraq	69.1	78
79	Ukraine	68.7	79
80	Italy	68.4	80
81	Dominica	68.4	81
82	Mongolia	67.9	82
83	Estonia	67.9	84
84	Latvia	67.8	83
85	Algeria	67.7	86
86	Cyprus	67.4	85
87	Austria	67.1	87
88	Tunisia	66.9	90
89	Bolivia	66.8	92
90	Lithuania	66.8	88
91	São Tomé & Príncipe	66.7	93
92	New Caledonia	66.7	89
93	Suriname	66.4	91
94	El Salvador	66.3	94
95	Panama	65.2	95
96	Montenegro	64.4	97
97	Armenia	64.3	96
98	Botswana	64.0	99
99	Aruba	64.0	98
100	Nepal	63.1	103
101	South Africa	62.9	101
102	Ecuador	62.8	100
103	Cape Verde	62.7	105
104	Congo - Brazzaville	62.6	102
105	Ireland	62.1	104
106	French Polynesia	61.3	108
107	Portugal	61.1	106
108	Angola	60.8	110
109	Poland	60.7	107
110	North Korea	60.5	109
111	Paraguay	59.7	111
112	Serbia	59.4	112
113	Barbados	59.2	113
114	Morocco	58.9	114
115	Syria	58.5	118
116	North Macedonia	58.2	115
117	Nicaragua	57.0	116
118	Gambia	56.7	117
119	Tuvalu	56.0	121
120	Equatorial Guinea	56.0	128
121	Georgia	55.7	120
122	Croatia	55.3	119
123	Slovakia	54.4	122
124	Kazakhstan	54.4	123
125	Romania	54.0	125
126	Jamaica	54.0	126
127	Trinidad & Tobago	53.9	124
128	Azerbaijan	53.5	127
129	Albania	53.3	131
130	Fiji	52.5	129
131	Nigeria	52.5	132
132	Isle of Man	52.0	130
133	Honduras	52.0	134
134	Guatemala	51.9	135
135	China	51.8	140
136	Uzbekistan	51.3	133
137	Ghana	51.3	137
138	Cameroon	51.2	136
139	Indonesia	50.5	139
140	Slovenia	49.9	138
141	Kiribati	49.1	141
142	Liberia	48.7	142
143	Côte d’Ivoire	47.7	143
144	Mauritania	47.1	148
145	Turkmenistan	46.9	144
146	British Virgin Islands	46.9	145
147	Haiti	46.8	146
148	Philippines	46.7	150
149	St. Vincent & Grenadines	46.2	147
150	Bosnia & Herzegovina	46.1	149
151	Belize	44.9	151
152	Thailand	44.8	152
153	Senegal	44.1	153
154	Benin	43.5	155
155	Egypt	42.9	154
156	Seychelles	42.7	156
157	Namibia	42.6	157
158	Guinea-Bissau	40.4	159
159	Zambia	40.4	160
160	Mauritius	40.2	158
161	Congo - Kinshasa	39.8	161
162	Somalia	39.4	165
163	Moldova	39.3	162
164	Sierra Leone	39.0	163
165	Central African Republic	38.8	164
166	Kosovo	38.0	166
167	Togo	38.0	167
168	Faroe Islands	37.3	168
169	Maldives	37.1	169
170	Grenada	35.9	170
171	Eritrea	35.7	171
172	Kyrgyzstan	35.2	172
173	Pakistan	35.0	173
174	Bhutan	34.5	174
175	Guinea	34.1	175
176	Sudan	32.9	177
177	Zimbabwe	32.8	176
178	Channel Islands	32.3	178
179	Kenya	31.9	179
180	India	31.3	182
181	Laos	31.2	183
182	Mozambique	31.2	181
183	St. Kitts & Nevis	31.2	180
184	Yemen	30.9	184
185	Vietnam	30.7	185
186	Timor-Leste	29.6	186
187	Myanmar (Burma)	29.3	187
188	Comoros	29.1	188
189	Tanzania	28.9	189
190	Lesotho	28.6	192
191	Madagascar	28.1	190
192	Bangladesh	28.1	191
193	Tajikistan	26.5	193
194	Guyana	26.4	194
195	Antigua & Barbuda	25.7	195
196	Vanuatu	24.8	196
197	Burkina Faso	24.5	197
198	Mali	23.6	199
199	Tonga	23.5	198
200	Afghanistan	22.8	202
201	Eswatini	22.5	200
202	Cambodia	22.4	204
203	Micronesia	22.3	201
204	Chad	22.0	203
205	Solomon Islands	20.7	205
206	Uganda	20.1	207
207	Samoa	19.6	206
208	St. Lucia	18.5	208
209	Ethiopia	17.9	210
210	Sri Lanka	17.8	211
211	South Sudan	17.8	209
212	Rwanda	16.9	212
213	Niger	16.2	213
214	Malawi	15.6	214
215	Liechtenstein	14.4	215
216	Papua New Guinea	13.0	216
217	Burundi	11.6	217

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