Urban population (% of total) by country, 2016

Countries217

1. Bahrain100.0

Median62.1

Japan91.525 / 217

World54.9

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

Qatar99.0

San Marino97.1

Uruguay95.2

U.S. Virgin Islands95.0

Malta94.5

Guam94.1

Puerto Rico93.8

Iceland93.8

Bottom 10

Ethiopia19.9

Samoa19.1

Rwanda19.1

South Sudan19.1

Sri Lanka19.0

Niger16.4

Malawi15.9

Burundi15.6

Liechtenstein14.5

Papua New Guinea13.4

Biggest increases since 2015

Cambodia+8.0%

Burundi+6.5%

Rwanda+5.1%

Somalia+4.7%

Lesotho+4.2%

St. Lucia+4.0%

Solomon Islands+3.6%

Uganda+2.9%

China+2.6%

Mauritania+2.4%

Biggest decreases since 2015

Syria-0.8%

Belize-0.6%

Samoa-0.6%

New Zealand-0.5%

Tonga-0.5%

American Samoa-0.5%

Tajikistan-0.4%

Aruba-0.3%

Palau-0.3%

Antigua & Barbuda-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	99.0	13
14	San Marino	97.1	14
15	Uruguay	95.2	15
16	U.S. Virgin Islands	95.0	16
17	Malta	94.5	17
18	Guam	94.1	18
19	Puerto Rico	93.8	19
20	Iceland	93.8	20
21	Turks & Caicos Islands	92.1	21
22	Israel	91.7	22
23	Argentina	91.6	23
24	Luxembourg	91.5	27
25	Japan	91.5	24
26	Northern Mariana Islands	91.4	25
27	Curaçao	91.3	26
28	Netherlands	90.6	28
29	Jordan	90.6	29
30	Venezuela	89.0	30
31	Lebanon	88.8	31
32	Gabon	88.5	33
33	Andorra	88.5	32
34	Türkiye	88.1	37
35	Libya	87.8	34
36	Denmark	87.7	35
37	Chile	87.6	36
38	Australia	87.0	38
39	Sweden	87.0	39
40	Belgium	86.5	40
41	Greenland	86.2	41
42	Brazil	85.9	42
43	Palestinian Territories	85.3	43
44	New Zealand	84.7	44
45	United Arab Emirates	84.5	46
46	American Samoa	84.3	45
47	Saudi Arabia	83.1	47
48	Bahamas	82.2	48
49	United Kingdom	82.0	49
50	Norway	81.7	52
51	South Korea	81.6	50
52	Peru	81.4	53
53	Canada	81.3	51
54	Germany	80.8	54
55	United States	80.5	55
56	Palau	80.1	56
57	Spain	79.4	57
58	France	78.6	58
59	Oman	77.8	60
60	Greece	77.7	59
61	Mexico	77.4	61
62	Colombia	77.2	62
63	Cuba	76.9	63
64	Belarus	76.8	64
65	Switzerland	76.7	66
66	Marshall Islands	75.9	67
67	Costa Rica	75.5	68
68	Syria	75.2	65
69	Brunei	74.9	69
70	Russia	74.4	70
71	Dominican Republic	74.1	71
72	Iran	73.9	73
73	Malaysia	73.9	72
74	Bulgaria	73.2	74
75	Czechia	73.0	75
76	Finland	71.6	76
77	Djibouti	71.1	77
78	Algeria	70.7	79
79	Hungary	70.5	78
80	El Salvador	70.4	82
81	Dominica	70.3	81
82	Iraq	69.9	80
83	Italy	69.6	83
84	Equatorial Guinea	69.3	85
85	Ukraine	69.2	84
86	Bolivia	68.7	87
87	Estonia	68.7	86
88	Tunisia	68.1	90
89	Cape Verde	68.0	95
90	Mongolia	68.0	88
91	Latvia	67.9	89
92	Austria	67.7	91
93	São Tomé & Príncipe	67.5	92
94	Lithuania	67.2	93
95	Cyprus	67.0	94
96	New Caledonia	66.9	96
97	Suriname	66.1	97
98	Botswana	65.7	99
99	Panama	65.6	98
100	Nepal	65.3	100
101	Montenegro	64.9	101
102	Armenia	64.6	102
103	Angola	64.3	103
104	South Africa	63.3	105
105	Congo - Brazzaville	63.3	106
106	Aruba	63.0	104
107	Ecuador	63.0	107
108	Ireland	62.7	108
109	Paraguay	62.1	110
110	French Polynesia	61.8	109
111	North Korea	61.6	111
112	Portugal	61.1	112
113	Morocco	61.0	113
114	Serbia	60.4	115
115	Poland	60.2	114
116	Gambia	59.9	116
117	Tuvalu	59.5	119
118	North Macedonia	59.4	118
119	Barbados	59.3	117
120	China	58.8	122
121	Nicaragua	58.0	120
122	Georgia	57.7	121
123	Kazakhstan	56.7	123
124	Nigeria	56.5	124
125	Azerbaijan	55.8	128
126	Croatia	55.7	125
127	Albania	55.6	127
128	Jamaica	55.5	126
129	Fiji	55.2	129
130	Honduras	54.9	130
131	Ghana	54.2	135
132	Trinidad & Tobago	53.9	131
133	Indonesia	53.8	137
134	Slovakia	53.7	132
135	Guatemala	53.7	136
136	Slovenia	53.6	134
137	Romania	53.6	133
138	Cameroon	53.0	138
139	Mauritania	52.9	140
140	Isle of Man	52.1	139
141	Philippines	51.9	141
142	Kiribati	51.8	142
143	Liberia	51.3	143
144	Uzbekistan	50.7	144
145	British Virgin Islands	50.2	145
146	Haiti	50.1	147
147	Côte d’Ivoire	49.9	146
148	Bosnia & Herzegovina	48.0	148
149	Thailand	47.9	150
150	Senegal	47.1	152
151	Turkmenistan	47.0	149
152	St. Vincent & Grenadines	46.8	151
153	Benin	46.6	153
154	Namibia	46.2	154
155	Somalia	45.9	156
156	Belize	43.7	155
157	Seychelles	43.3	157
158	Guinea-Bissau	42.6	159
159	Egypt	42.5	158
160	Zambia	42.3	160
161	Congo - Kinshasa	41.7	161
162	Sierra Leone	41.2	162
163	Kosovo	40.8	164
164	Central African Republic	40.4	163
165	Togo	40.1	165
166	Moldova	39.7	166
167	Mauritius	39.6	167
168	Maldives	39.0	168
169	Faroe Islands	38.3	169
170	Bhutan	37.3	170
171	Pakistan	36.2	172
172	Grenada	36.0	171
173	Eritrea	35.5	173
174	Lesotho	35.5	177
175	Guinea	35.3	175
176	Kyrgyzstan	35.1	174
177	Sudan	34.2	176
178	Zimbabwe	34.1	178
179	Laos	33.8	179
180	Yemen	33.0	182
181	India	32.9	181
182	Vietnam	32.8	183
183	Channel Islands	32.7	180
184	Cambodia	32.5	189
185	Mozambique	32.4	184
186	Tanzania	31.8	187
187	Kenya	31.7	185
188	St. Kitts & Nevis	31.3	186
189	Comoros	30.7	188
190	Bangladesh	29.9	191
191	Myanmar (Burma)	29.8	190
192	Timor-Leste	29.4	192
193	Madagascar	29.4	193
194	Mali	26.4	196
195	Guyana	26.4	195
196	Tajikistan	26.4	194
197	Burkina Faso	25.8	197
198	Uganda	25.7	199
199	Antigua & Barbuda	24.9	198
200	Vanuatu	24.9	200
201	Afghanistan	24.7	201
202	Solomon Islands	24.5	202
203	Eswatini	23.5	203
204	Tonga	23.1	204
205	Chad	23.1	205
206	Micronesia	22.3	206
207	St. Lucia	20.8	207
208	Ethiopia	19.9	208
209	Samoa	19.1	209
210	Rwanda	19.1	212
211	South Sudan	19.1	210
212	Sri Lanka	19.0	211
213	Niger	16.4	213
214	Malawi	15.9	214
215	Burundi	15.6	215
216	Liechtenstein	14.5	216
217	Papua New Guinea	13.4	217

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