Urban population (% of total) by country, 2013

Countries217

1. Bahrain100.0

Median61.6

Japan91.226 / 217

World53.4

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

Qatar98.8

San Marino97.1

Uruguay94.9

U.S. Virgin Islands94.8

Malta94.4

Guam94.1

Puerto Rico93.8

Iceland93.6

Bottom 10

St. Lucia18.9

Ethiopia18.6

Sri Lanka18.4

South Sudan18.3

Rwanda17.1

Niger16.2

Malawi15.7

Liechtenstein14.4

Papua New Guinea13.1

Burundi13.0

Biggest increases since 2012

Syria+12.2%

Cambodia+7.6%

Türkiye+6.4%

Uganda+6.4%

Burundi+6.1%

Equatorial Guinea+5.4%

Lesotho+4.5%

Solomon Islands+3.3%

China+2.6%

Philippines+2.5%

Biggest decreases since 2012

Antigua & Barbuda-0.8%

Belize-0.6%

Samoa-0.5%

Uzbekistan-0.4%

American Samoa-0.4%

Mauritius-0.3%

Aruba-0.3%

Slovakia-0.3%

Tonga-0.2%

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	98.8	13
14	San Marino	97.1	14
15	Uruguay	94.9	15
16	U.S. Virgin Islands	94.8	16
17	Malta	94.4	17
18	Guam	94.1	18
19	Puerto Rico	93.8	19
20	Iceland	93.6	20
21	Israel	91.7	21
22	Turks & Caicos Islands	91.3	25
23	Argentina	91.3	23
24	Curaçao	91.3	22
25	Northern Mariana Islands	91.2	24
26	Japan	91.2	26
27	Luxembourg	89.9	27
28	Netherlands	89.2	30
29	Venezuela	88.9	28
30	Andorra	88.6	29
31	Lebanon	88.2	32
32	Libya	88.0	31
33	Denmark	87.5	33
34	Chile	87.2	34
35	Gabon	87.1	35
36	Australia	86.6	36
37	Jordan	86.5	41
38	Sweden	85.9	39
39	Belgium	85.7	40
40	New Zealand	85.7	37
41	American Samoa	85.4	38
42	Greenland	85.4	43
43	Brazil	85.2	42
44	Palestinian Territories	84.8	44
45	United Arab Emirates	84.0	45
46	Saudi Arabia	82.6	46
47	Bahamas	82.4	47
48	South Korea	81.8	48
49	United Kingdom	81.5	49
50	Canada	81.2	50
51	Palau	81.1	51
52	United States	80.7	52
53	Germany	80.5	53
54	Norway	80.0	54
55	Peru	79.3	56
56	Spain	79.0	55
57	Türkiye	78.5	68
58	France	77.2	57
59	Greece	77.1	59
60	Colombia	77.0	58
61	Cuba	76.8	60
62	Mexico	76.8	61
63	Oman	76.5	62
64	Belarus	75.9	63
65	Brunei	75.2	64
66	Marshall Islands	74.7	65
67	Dominican Republic	74.2	66
68	Switzerland	74.1	69
69	Russia	74.1	67
70	Costa Rica	73.9	70
71	Czechia	73.2	71
72	Syria	73.1	96
73	Bulgaria	73.0	72
74	Malaysia	72.5	73
75	Iran	72.3	74
76	Djibouti	70.8	75
77	Finland	70.7	76
78	Hungary	69.9	77
79	Iraq	69.4	78
80	Italy	69.3	80
81	Dominica	69.1	81
82	Algeria	68.9	82
83	Ukraine	68.9	79
84	Estonia	68.1	83
85	El Salvador	68.1	88
86	Mongolia	68.0	84
87	Latvia	67.8	85
88	Bolivia	67.7	87
89	Tunisia	67.5	89
90	Austria	67.3	90
91	Cyprus	67.2	86
92	São Tomé & Príncipe	67.1	91
93	Lithuania	67.0	92
94	New Caledonia	66.8	93
95	Suriname	66.3	94
96	Panama	65.4	95
97	Botswana	64.8	98
98	Cape Verde	64.7	101
99	Montenegro	64.6	97
100	Armenia	64.4	99
101	Nepal	64.1	102
102	Aruba	63.6	100
103	South Africa	63.1	103
104	Ecuador	62.9	104
105	Congo - Brazzaville	62.9	105
106	Ireland	62.4	106
107	Equatorial Guinea	62.2	116
108	Angola	62.1	108
109	French Polynesia	61.6	107
110	Portugal	61.1	109
111	North Korea	60.9	110
112	Poland	60.5	111
113	Paraguay	60.2	112
114	Morocco	59.9	113
115	Serbia	59.6	114
116	Barbados	59.2	115
117	North Macedonia	58.6	117
118	Gambia	58.0	118
119	Tuvalu	57.6	120
120	Nicaragua	57.4	119
121	Georgia	56.6	121
122	Croatia	55.4	122
123	Kazakhstan	55.1	123
124	Jamaica	54.5	125
125	China	54.5	131
126	Albania	54.3	128
127	Azerbaijan	54.2	129
128	Slovakia	54.1	124
129	Nigeria	54.1	130
130	Trinidad & Tobago	53.9	127
131	Romania	53.9	126
132	Fiji	53.6	132
133	Honduras	53.4	133
134	Guatemala	52.8	134
135	Ghana	52.5	136
136	Isle of Man	52.1	135
137	Cameroon	51.9	137
138	Indonesia	51.8	139
139	Uzbekistan	51.1	138
140	Slovenia	50.0	140
141	Kiribati	50.0	141
142	Liberia	49.7	142
143	Mauritania	49.4	143
144	Philippines	49.1	145
145	Côte d’Ivoire	48.6	144
146	British Virgin Islands	48.2	146
147	Haiti	48.1	147
148	Turkmenistan	47.0	148
149	Bosnia & Herzegovina	46.7	149
150	St. Vincent & Grenadines	46.4	150
151	Thailand	45.8	151
152	Senegal	45.0	153
153	Benin	44.7	154
154	Belize	44.4	152
155	Namibia	44.1	155
156	Seychelles	42.8	157
157	Egypt	42.8	156
158	Guinea-Bissau	41.3	158
159	Somalia	41.3	160
160	Zambia	41.2	159
161	Congo - Kinshasa	40.6	161
162	Mauritius	39.9	162
163	Sierra Leone	39.9	163
164	Moldova	39.4	164
165	Central African Republic	39.3	165
166	Togo	38.9	166
167	Kosovo	38.6	167
168	Maldives	37.8	168
169	Faroe Islands	37.7	169
170	Grenada	35.9	170
171	Eritrea	35.7	171
172	Bhutan	35.6	174
173	Pakistan	35.4	173
174	Kyrgyzstan	35.2	172
175	Guinea	34.6	175
176	Sudan	33.4	176
177	Zimbabwe	32.9	177
178	Channel Islands	32.5	178
179	Laos	32.2	180
180	India	31.9	181
181	Kenya	31.8	179
182	Mozambique	31.7	182
183	Vietnam	31.5	185
184	Yemen	31.4	184
185	Lesotho	31.2	186
186	St. Kitts & Nevis	31.2	183
187	Tanzania	30.1	188
188	Comoros	29.7	189
189	Timor-Leste	29.6	187
190	Myanmar (Burma)	29.5	190
191	Bangladesh	28.8	191
192	Madagascar	28.7	192
193	Tajikistan	26.5	193
194	Guyana	26.4	194
195	Cambodia	25.8	199
196	Antigua & Barbuda	25.2	195
197	Burkina Faso	25.1	197
198	Vanuatu	24.8	196
199	Mali	24.7	198
200	Afghanistan	23.8	201
201	Tonga	23.4	200
202	Eswatini	22.8	202
203	Uganda	22.7	206
204	Micronesia	22.3	203
205	Chad	22.3	204
206	Solomon Islands	22.1	205
207	Samoa	19.4	207
208	St. Lucia	18.9	208
209	Ethiopia	18.6	210
210	Sri Lanka	18.4	209
211	South Sudan	18.3	211
212	Rwanda	17.1	212
213	Niger	16.2	213
214	Malawi	15.7	214
215	Liechtenstein	14.4	215
216	Papua New Guinea	13.1	216
217	Burundi	13.0	217

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