Urban population (% of total) by country, 2014

Countries217

1. Bahrain100.0

Median61.7

Japan91.325 / 217

World53.9

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

Qatar98.9

San Marino97.1

Uruguay95.0

U.S. Virgin Islands94.9

Malta94.4

Guam94.1

Puerto Rico93.8

Iceland93.6

Bottom 10

Samoa19.3

Ethiopia19.0

Sri Lanka18.6

South Sudan18.5

Rwanda17.5

Niger16.2

Malawi15.8

Liechtenstein14.4

Burundi13.8

Papua New Guinea13.1

Biggest increases since 2013

Cambodia+8.0%

Türkiye+6.5%

Uganda+6.4%

Burundi+6.3%

Equatorial Guinea+5.4%

Lesotho+4.5%

Syria+4.0%

Solomon Islands+3.4%

Somalia+2.6%

Rwanda+2.5%

Biggest decreases since 2013

Antigua & Barbuda-0.6%

Belize-0.6%

Uzbekistan-0.5%

Palau-0.4%

American Samoa-0.4%

Samoa-0.4%

Tonga-0.3%

Aruba-0.3%

Mauritius-0.3%

Slovakia-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	98.9	13
14	San Marino	97.1	14
15	Uruguay	95.0	15
16	U.S. Virgin Islands	94.9	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	91.6	22
23	Argentina	91.4	23
24	Curaçao	91.3	24
25	Japan	91.3	26
26	Northern Mariana Islands	91.3	25
27	Luxembourg	90.5	27
28	Netherlands	89.8	28
29	Venezuela	88.9	29
30	Andorra	88.5	30
31	Lebanon	88.4	31
32	Jordan	88.0	37
33	Libya	88.0	32
34	Denmark	87.7	33
35	Gabon	87.6	35
36	Chile	87.3	34
37	Australia	86.7	36
38	Sweden	86.3	38
39	Belgium	86.0	39
40	Greenland	85.7	42
41	New Zealand	85.5	40
42	Brazil	85.4	43
43	Palestinian Territories	85.0	44
44	American Samoa	85.0	41
45	United Arab Emirates	84.1	45
46	Türkiye	83.6	57
47	Saudi Arabia	82.8	46
48	Bahamas	82.3	47
49	South Korea	81.7	48
50	United Kingdom	81.6	49
51	Canada	81.2	50
52	Palau	80.7	51
53	United States	80.6	52
54	Norway	80.6	54
55	Germany	80.6	53
56	Peru	80.0	55
57	Spain	79.1	56
58	France	77.4	58
59	Greece	77.3	59
60	Colombia	77.1	60
61	Mexico	77.0	62
62	Oman	76.9	63
63	Cuba	76.8	61
64	Belarus	76.3	64
65	Syria	76.0	72
66	Marshall Islands	75.1	66
67	Brunei	75.1	65
68	Switzerland	74.7	68
69	Costa Rica	74.5	70
70	Dominican Republic	74.2	67
71	Russia	74.2	69
72	Czechia	73.1	71
73	Bulgaria	73.1	73
74	Malaysia	73.0	74
75	Iran	72.8	75
76	Finland	71.0	77
77	Djibouti	70.9	76
78	Hungary	70.3	78
79	Iraq	69.7	79
80	Italy	69.6	80
81	Algeria	69.5	82
82	Dominica	69.5	81
83	Ukraine	69.1	83
84	El Salvador	68.9	85
85	Estonia	68.3	84
86	Bolivia	68.0	88
87	Mongolia	68.0	86
88	Latvia	67.9	87
89	Tunisia	67.8	89
90	Austria	67.4	90
91	São Tomé & Príncipe	67.3	92
92	Lithuania	67.2	93
93	Cyprus	67.1	91
94	New Caledonia	66.8	94
95	Suriname	66.2	95
96	Cape Verde	65.8	98
97	Equatorial Guinea	65.6	107
98	Panama	65.5	96
99	Botswana	65.1	97
100	Montenegro	64.7	99
101	Nepal	64.6	101
102	Armenia	64.4	100
103	Aruba	63.4	102
104	South Africa	63.1	103
105	Congo - Brazzaville	63.0	105
106	Ecuador	62.9	104
107	Angola	62.7	108
108	Ireland	62.5	106
109	French Polynesia	61.7	109
110	Portugal	61.1	110
111	North Korea	61.1	111
112	Paraguay	60.7	113
113	Poland	60.4	112
114	Morocco	60.3	114
115	Serbia	59.9	115
116	Barbados	59.2	116
117	North Macedonia	58.8	117
118	Gambia	58.6	118
119	Tuvalu	58.3	119
120	Nicaragua	57.6	120
121	Georgia	57.0	121
122	China	55.8	125
123	Kazakhstan	55.6	123
124	Croatia	55.5	122
125	Nigeria	54.9	129
126	Jamaica	54.9	124
127	Albania	54.7	126
128	Azerbaijan	54.6	127
129	Fiji	54.1	132
130	Slovakia	54.0	128
131	Trinidad & Tobago	53.9	130
132	Honduras	53.9	133
133	Romania	53.8	131
134	Guatemala	53.1	134
135	Ghana	53.1	135
136	Indonesia	52.5	138
137	Cameroon	52.3	137
138	Isle of Man	52.1	136
139	Slovenia	51.0	140
140	Uzbekistan	50.9	139
141	Mauritania	50.5	143
142	Kiribati	50.4	141
143	Philippines	50.2	144
144	Liberia	50.2	142
145	Côte d’Ivoire	49.0	145
146	British Virgin Islands	48.8	146
147	Haiti	48.8	147
148	Bosnia & Herzegovina	47.1	149
149	Turkmenistan	47.0	148
150	St. Vincent & Grenadines	46.6	150
151	Thailand	46.3	151
152	Senegal	45.6	152
153	Benin	45.3	153
154	Namibia	44.8	155
155	Belize	44.2	154
156	Seychelles	42.9	156
157	Egypt	42.7	157
158	Somalia	42.4	159
159	Guinea-Bissau	41.7	158
160	Zambia	41.6	160
161	Congo - Kinshasa	41.0	161
162	Sierra Leone	40.3	163
163	Mauritius	39.8	162
164	Moldova	39.6	164
165	Central African Republic	39.6	165
166	Togo	39.3	166
167	Kosovo	39.2	167
168	Maldives	38.2	168
169	Faroe Islands	37.9	169
170	Bhutan	36.1	172
171	Grenada	35.9	170
172	Pakistan	35.7	173
173	Eritrea	35.6	171
174	Kyrgyzstan	35.1	174
175	Guinea	34.8	175
176	Sudan	33.8	176
177	Zimbabwe	33.2	177
178	Laos	32.7	179
179	Lesotho	32.6	185
180	Channel Islands	32.6	178
181	India	32.2	180
182	Vietnam	31.9	183
183	Mozambique	31.9	182
184	Yemen	31.9	184
185	Kenya	31.8	181
186	St. Kitts & Nevis	31.2	186
187	Tanzania	30.6	187
188	Comoros	30.0	188
189	Myanmar (Burma)	29.6	190
190	Timor-Leste	29.5	189
191	Bangladesh	29.2	191
192	Madagascar	28.9	192
193	Cambodia	27.8	195
194	Tajikistan	26.6	193
195	Guyana	26.4	194
196	Burkina Faso	25.4	197
197	Mali	25.3	199
198	Antigua & Barbuda	25.1	196
199	Vanuatu	24.9	198
200	Uganda	24.2	203
201	Afghanistan	24.2	200
202	Tonga	23.3	201
203	Eswatini	23.0	202
204	Solomon Islands	22.9	206
205	Chad	22.5	205
206	Micronesia	22.3	204
207	St. Lucia	19.4	208
208	Samoa	19.3	207
209	Ethiopia	19.0	209
210	Sri Lanka	18.6	210
211	South Sudan	18.5	211
212	Rwanda	17.5	212
213	Niger	16.2	213
214	Malawi	15.8	214
215	Liechtenstein	14.4	215
216	Burundi	13.8	217
217	Papua New Guinea	13.1	216

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