Urban population (% of total) by country, 2015

Countries217

1. Bahrain100.0

Median61.7

Japan91.424 / 217

World54.4

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

Qatar98.9

San Marino97.1

Uruguay95.1

U.S. Virgin Islands94.9

Malta94.4

Guam94.1

Puerto Rico93.8

Iceland93.7

Bottom 10

Ethiopia19.5

Samoa19.2

South Sudan18.8

Sri Lanka18.8

Rwanda18.2

Niger16.3

Malawi15.8

Burundi14.7

Liechtenstein14.5

Papua New Guinea13.2

Biggest increases since 2014

Cambodia+8.1%

Burundi+6.4%

Slovenia+5.3%

Equatorial Guinea+5.2%

Lesotho+4.4%

Türkiye+4.3%

Rwanda+4.0%

Somalia+3.6%

Solomon Islands+3.5%

St. Lucia+3.2%

Biggest decreases since 2014

Belize-0.6%

Uzbekistan-0.4%

American Samoa-0.4%

Palau-0.4%

Tonga-0.4%

New Zealand-0.4%

Samoa-0.4%

Antigua & Barbuda-0.4%

Aruba-0.3%

Syria-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	95.1	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	93.7	20
21	Turks & Caicos Islands	91.9	22
22	Israel	91.7	21
23	Argentina	91.5	23
24	Japan	91.4	25
25	Northern Mariana Islands	91.3	26
26	Curaçao	91.3	24
27	Luxembourg	91.0	27
28	Netherlands	90.3	28
29	Jordan	89.9	32
30	Venezuela	89.0	29
31	Lebanon	88.6	31
32	Andorra	88.5	30
33	Gabon	88.1	35
34	Libya	87.8	33
35	Denmark	87.7	34
36	Chile	87.5	36
37	Türkiye	87.2	46
38	Australia	86.9	37
39	Sweden	86.6	38
40	Belgium	86.2	39
41	Greenland	86.0	40
42	Brazil	85.7	42
43	Palestinian Territories	85.2	43
44	New Zealand	85.2	41
45	American Samoa	84.7	44
46	United Arab Emirates	84.3	45
47	Saudi Arabia	83.0	47
48	Bahamas	82.3	48
49	United Kingdom	81.8	50
50	South Korea	81.6	49
51	Canada	81.2	51
52	Norway	81.2	54
53	Peru	80.7	56
54	Germany	80.7	55
55	United States	80.6	53
56	Palau	80.4	52
57	Spain	79.2	57
58	France	77.8	58
59	Greece	77.5	59
60	Oman	77.3	62
61	Mexico	77.2	61
62	Colombia	77.2	60
63	Cuba	76.9	63
64	Belarus	76.6	64
65	Syria	75.8	65
66	Switzerland	75.6	68
67	Marshall Islands	75.5	66
68	Costa Rica	75.0	69
69	Brunei	74.9	67
70	Russia	74.3	71
71	Dominican Republic	74.1	70
72	Malaysia	73.4	74
73	Iran	73.4	75
74	Bulgaria	73.1	73
75	Czechia	73.0	72
76	Finland	71.3	76
77	Djibouti	71.0	77
78	Hungary	70.5	78
79	Algeria	70.1	81
80	Iraq	69.9	79
81	Dominica	69.9	82
82	El Salvador	69.7	84
83	Italy	69.6	80
84	Ukraine	69.2	83
85	Equatorial Guinea	69.0	97
86	Estonia	68.5	85
87	Bolivia	68.4	86
88	Mongolia	68.0	87
89	Latvia	67.9	88
90	Tunisia	67.9	89
91	Austria	67.6	90
92	São Tomé & Príncipe	67.4	91
93	Lithuania	67.2	92
94	Cyprus	67.0	93
95	Cape Verde	66.9	96
96	New Caledonia	66.8	94
97	Suriname	66.2	95
98	Panama	65.5	98
99	Botswana	65.4	99
100	Nepal	65.0	101
101	Montenegro	64.8	100
102	Armenia	64.5	102
103	Angola	63.5	107
104	Aruba	63.2	103
105	South Africa	63.2	104
106	Congo - Brazzaville	63.1	105
107	Ecuador	63.0	106
108	Ireland	62.6	108
109	French Polynesia	61.7	109
110	Paraguay	61.3	112
111	North Korea	61.3	111
112	Portugal	61.1	110
113	Morocco	60.6	114
114	Poland	60.3	113
115	Serbia	60.1	115
116	Gambia	59.2	118
117	Barbados	59.2	116
118	North Macedonia	59.1	117
119	Tuvalu	58.9	119
120	Nicaragua	57.8	120
121	Georgia	57.4	121
122	China	57.3	122
123	Kazakhstan	56.1	123
124	Nigeria	55.7	125
125	Croatia	55.6	124
126	Jamaica	55.2	126
127	Albania	55.2	127
128	Azerbaijan	55.2	128
129	Fiji	54.6	129
130	Honduras	54.4	132
131	Trinidad & Tobago	53.9	131
132	Slovakia	53.9	130
133	Romania	53.7	133
134	Slovenia	53.7	139
135	Ghana	53.6	135
136	Guatemala	53.4	134
137	Indonesia	53.2	136
138	Cameroon	52.6	137
139	Isle of Man	52.1	138
140	Mauritania	51.7	141
141	Philippines	51.2	143
142	Kiribati	51.0	142
143	Liberia	50.7	144
144	Uzbekistan	50.7	140
145	British Virgin Islands	49.5	146
146	Côte d’Ivoire	49.5	145
147	Haiti	49.4	147
148	Bosnia & Herzegovina	47.6	148
149	Turkmenistan	47.0	149
150	Thailand	47.0	151
151	St. Vincent & Grenadines	46.7	150
152	Senegal	46.3	152
153	Benin	45.9	153
154	Namibia	45.5	154
155	Belize	43.9	155
156	Somalia	43.9	158
157	Seychelles	43.1	156
158	Egypt	42.6	157
159	Guinea-Bissau	42.2	159
160	Zambia	42.0	160
161	Congo - Kinshasa	41.3	161
162	Sierra Leone	40.8	162
163	Central African Republic	40.0	165
164	Kosovo	39.9	167
165	Togo	39.7	166
166	Moldova	39.7	164
167	Mauritius	39.7	163
168	Maldives	38.6	168
169	Faroe Islands	38.1	169
170	Bhutan	36.7	170
171	Grenada	35.9	171
172	Pakistan	35.9	172
173	Eritrea	35.6	173
174	Kyrgyzstan	35.1	174
175	Guinea	35.0	175
176	Sudan	34.1	176
177	Lesotho	34.1	179
178	Zimbabwe	33.6	177
179	Laos	33.1	178
180	Channel Islands	32.7	180
181	India	32.5	181
182	Yemen	32.4	184
183	Vietnam	32.4	182
184	Mozambique	32.1	183
185	Kenya	31.7	185
186	St. Kitts & Nevis	31.3	186
187	Tanzania	31.2	187
188	Comoros	30.4	188
189	Cambodia	30.1	193
190	Myanmar (Burma)	29.7	189
191	Bangladesh	29.5	191
192	Timor-Leste	29.5	190
193	Madagascar	29.2	192
194	Tajikistan	26.5	194
195	Guyana	26.4	195
196	Mali	25.8	197
197	Burkina Faso	25.6	196
198	Antigua & Barbuda	25.0	198
199	Uganda	25.0	200
200	Vanuatu	24.9	199
201	Afghanistan	24.5	201
202	Solomon Islands	23.7	204
203	Eswatini	23.3	203
204	Tonga	23.2	202
205	Chad	22.8	205
206	Micronesia	22.3	206
207	St. Lucia	20.0	207
208	Ethiopia	19.5	209
209	Samoa	19.2	208
210	South Sudan	18.8	211
211	Sri Lanka	18.8	210
212	Rwanda	18.2	212
213	Niger	16.3	213
214	Malawi	15.8	214
215	Burundi	14.7	216
216	Liechtenstein	14.5	215
217	Papua New Guinea	13.2	217

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