Urban population (% of total) by country, 2012

Countries217

1. Bahrain100.0

Median61.1

Japan91.026 / 217

World52.9

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

Qatar98.7

San Marino97.1

Uruguay94.8

U.S. Virgin Islands94.7

Malta94.4

Guam94.1

Puerto Rico93.8

Iceland93.5

Bottom 10

St. Lucia18.6

Sri Lanka18.3

Ethiopia18.2

South Sudan18.0

Rwanda16.9

Niger16.2

Malawi15.6

Liechtenstein14.4

Papua New Guinea13.0

Burundi12.2

Biggest increases since 2011

Syria+11.3%

Cambodia+7.0%

Uganda+6.6%

Burundi+5.7%

Equatorial Guinea+5.4%

Lesotho+4.5%

Türkiye+3.9%

Solomon Islands+3.2%

Sri Lanka+2.7%

Philippines+2.6%

Biggest decreases since 2011

Antigua & Barbuda-0.9%

Samoa-0.7%

Belize-0.6%

Slovenia-0.4%

American Samoa-0.4%

Mauritius-0.3%

Aruba-0.3%

Tajikistan-0.3%

Slovakia-0.3%

Poland-0.2%

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	98.7	13
14	San Marino	97.1	14
15	Uruguay	94.8	16
16	U.S. Virgin Islands	94.7	15
17	Malta	94.4	17
18	Guam	94.1	18
19	Puerto Rico	93.8	19
20	Iceland	93.5	20
21	Israel	91.7	21
22	Curaçao	91.3	22
23	Argentina	91.2	23
24	Northern Mariana Islands	91.1	24
25	Turks & Caicos Islands	91.0	26
26	Japan	91.0	25
27	Luxembourg	89.4	27
28	Venezuela	88.8	28
29	Andorra	88.6	29
30	Netherlands	88.5	31
31	Libya	88.1	30
32	Lebanon	88.0	32
33	Denmark	87.2	33
34	Chile	87.1	34
35	Gabon	86.9	35
36	Australia	86.4	36
37	New Zealand	85.8	38
38	American Samoa	85.7	37
39	Sweden	85.6	39
40	Belgium	85.5	40
41	Jordan	85.0	45
42	Brazil	84.9	41
43	Greenland	84.9	42
44	Palestinian Territories	84.5	43
45	United Arab Emirates	83.8	44
46	Saudi Arabia	82.4	47
47	Bahamas	82.4	46
48	South Korea	81.9	48
49	United Kingdom	81.3	49
50	Canada	81.2	50
51	Palau	81.1	51
52	United States	80.7	52
53	Germany	80.4	53
54	Norway	79.5	54
55	Spain	78.8	55
56	Peru	78.6	56
57	France	77.2	57
58	Colombia	76.9	58
59	Greece	76.9	60
60	Cuba	76.8	59
61	Mexico	76.7	61
62	Oman	76.1	62
63	Belarus	75.5	64
64	Brunei	75.3	63
65	Marshall Islands	74.3	66
66	Dominican Republic	74.2	65
67	Russia	74.0	67
68	Türkiye	73.8	74
69	Switzerland	73.8	68
70	Costa Rica	73.4	70
71	Czechia	73.2	69
72	Bulgaria	72.8	71
73	Malaysia	72.0	72
74	Iran	71.8	73
75	Djibouti	70.7	75
76	Finland	70.4	76
77	Hungary	69.6	77
78	Iraq	69.2	78
79	Ukraine	68.8	79
80	Italy	68.8	80
81	Dominica	68.8	81
82	Algeria	68.3	85
83	Estonia	68.0	83
84	Mongolia	68.0	82
85	Latvia	67.8	84
86	Cyprus	67.3	86
87	Bolivia	67.3	89
88	El Salvador	67.2	94
89	Tunisia	67.2	88
90	Austria	67.2	87
91	São Tomé & Príncipe	67.0	91
92	Lithuania	66.9	90
93	New Caledonia	66.7	92
94	Suriname	66.3	93
95	Panama	65.3	95
96	Syria	65.1	115
97	Montenegro	64.5	96
98	Botswana	64.4	98
99	Armenia	64.3	97
100	Aruba	63.8	99
101	Cape Verde	63.7	103
102	Nepal	63.7	100
103	South Africa	63.0	101
104	Ecuador	62.8	102
105	Congo - Brazzaville	62.7	104
106	Ireland	62.3	105
107	French Polynesia	61.5	106
108	Angola	61.5	108
109	Portugal	61.1	107
110	North Korea	60.7	110
111	Poland	60.6	109
112	Paraguay	59.9	111
113	Morocco	59.4	114
114	Serbia	59.3	112
115	Barbados	59.2	113
116	Equatorial Guinea	59.0	120
117	North Macedonia	58.4	116
118	Gambia	57.3	118
119	Nicaragua	57.2	117
120	Tuvalu	56.9	119
121	Georgia	56.2	121
122	Croatia	55.3	122
123	Kazakhstan	54.7	124
124	Slovakia	54.3	123
125	Jamaica	54.2	126
126	Romania	54.0	125
127	Trinidad & Tobago	53.9	127
128	Albania	53.9	129
129	Azerbaijan	53.8	128
130	Nigeria	53.3	131
131	China	53.1	135
132	Fiji	53.0	130
133	Honduras	52.7	133
134	Guatemala	52.4	134
135	Isle of Man	52.1	132
136	Ghana	51.9	137
137	Cameroon	51.6	138
138	Uzbekistan	51.3	136
139	Indonesia	51.2	139
140	Slovenia	49.8	140
141	Kiribati	49.6	141
142	Liberia	49.2	142
143	Mauritania	48.3	144
144	Côte d’Ivoire	48.1	143
145	Philippines	47.9	148
146	British Virgin Islands	47.5	146
147	Haiti	47.4	147
148	Turkmenistan	47.0	145
149	Bosnia & Herzegovina	46.4	150
150	St. Vincent & Grenadines	46.3	149
151	Thailand	45.4	152
152	Belize	44.7	151
153	Senegal	44.5	153
154	Benin	44.0	154
155	Namibia	43.4	157
156	Egypt	42.8	155
157	Seychelles	42.7	156
158	Guinea-Bissau	40.9	158
159	Zambia	40.8	159
160	Somalia	40.3	162
161	Congo - Kinshasa	40.2	161
162	Mauritius	40.0	160
163	Sierra Leone	39.5	164
164	Moldova	39.4	163
165	Central African Republic	39.0	165
166	Togo	38.4	167
167	Kosovo	38.2	166
168	Maldives	37.5	169
169	Faroe Islands	37.3	168
170	Grenada	35.9	170
171	Eritrea	35.7	171
172	Kyrgyzstan	35.2	172
173	Pakistan	35.2	173
174	Bhutan	35.0	174
175	Guinea	34.3	175
176	Sudan	33.1	176
177	Zimbabwe	32.8	177
178	Channel Islands	32.4	178
179	Kenya	31.9	179
180	Laos	31.7	181
181	India	31.6	180
182	Mozambique	31.4	182
183	St. Kitts & Nevis	31.2	183
184	Yemen	31.2	184
185	Vietnam	31.1	185
186	Lesotho	29.9	190
187	Timor-Leste	29.6	186
188	Tanzania	29.5	189
189	Comoros	29.4	188
190	Myanmar (Burma)	29.4	187
191	Bangladesh	28.5	192
192	Madagascar	28.4	191
193	Tajikistan	26.4	193
194	Guyana	26.4	194
195	Antigua & Barbuda	25.5	195
196	Vanuatu	24.8	196
197	Burkina Faso	24.8	197
198	Mali	24.2	198
199	Cambodia	23.9	202
200	Tonga	23.5	199
201	Afghanistan	23.3	200
202	Eswatini	22.6	201
203	Micronesia	22.3	203
204	Chad	22.1	204
205	Solomon Islands	21.4	205
206	Uganda	21.4	206
207	Samoa	19.5	207
208	St. Lucia	18.6	208
209	Sri Lanka	18.3	210
210	Ethiopia	18.2	209
211	South Sudan	18.0	211
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	12.2	217

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