Urban population (% of total) by country, 2017

Countries217

1. Bahrain100.0

Median62.8

Japan91.525 / 217

World55.3

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

Malta94.6

Guam94.1

Puerto Rico93.9

Iceland93.8

Bottom 10

Ethiopia20.3

Rwanda20.2

South Sudan19.3

Sri Lanka19.2

Samoa19.0

Burundi16.6

Niger16.5

Malawi16.0

Liechtenstein14.5

Papua New Guinea13.5

Biggest increases since 2016

Cambodia+7.8%

Burundi+6.4%

Rwanda+5.9%

Somalia+5.3%

St. Lucia+4.6%

Solomon Islands+3.6%

Slovenia+3.0%

Lesotho+2.9%

Thailand+2.8%

Uganda+2.8%

Biggest decreases since 2016

Samoa-0.8%

Syria-0.8%

Tonga-0.7%

New Zealand-0.6%

Belize-0.6%

American Samoa-0.5%

Vanuatu-0.4%

Tajikistan-0.4%

Aruba-0.4%

Kenya-0.4%

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	94.6	17
18	Guam	94.1	18
19	Puerto Rico	93.9	19
20	Iceland	93.8	20
21	Turks & Caicos Islands	92.4	21
22	Luxembourg	92.1	24
23	Argentina	91.7	23
24	Israel	91.7	22
25	Japan	91.5	25
26	Northern Mariana Islands	91.5	26
27	Curaçao	91.3	27
28	Netherlands	91.1	28
29	Jordan	90.9	29
30	Lebanon	89.1	31
31	Venezuela	89.0	30
32	Gabon	89.0	32
33	Andorra	88.5	33
34	Türkiye	88.0	34
35	Denmark	88.0	36
36	Libya	87.8	35
37	Chile	87.8	37
38	Sweden	87.2	39
39	Australia	87.1	38
40	Belgium	86.7	40
41	Greenland	86.4	41
42	Brazil	86.2	42
43	Palestinian Territories	85.4	43
44	United Arab Emirates	84.7	45
45	New Zealand	84.2	44
46	American Samoa	83.9	46
47	Saudi Arabia	83.3	47
48	United Kingdom	82.2	49
49	Peru	82.2	52
50	Bahamas	82.1	48
51	Norway	82.0	50
52	South Korea	81.5	51
53	Canada	81.4	53
54	Germany	81.0	54
55	United States	80.4	55
56	Palau	79.8	56
57	Spain	79.5	57
58	France	78.6	58
59	Oman	78.3	59
60	Switzerland	77.9	65
61	Greece	77.9	60
62	Mexico	77.7	61
63	Colombia	77.2	62
64	Belarus	77.0	64
65	Cuba	77.0	63
66	Marshall Islands	76.2	66
67	Costa Rica	76.1	67
68	Brunei	74.8	69
69	Syria	74.5	68
70	Russia	74.5	70
71	Iran	74.4	72
72	Malaysia	74.2	73
73	Dominican Republic	73.9	71
74	Bulgaria	73.4	74
75	Czechia	72.9	75
76	Finland	72.0	76
77	Algeria	71.3	78
78	Djibouti	71.3	77
79	El Salvador	71.1	80
80	Dominica	70.6	81
81	Hungary	70.5	79
82	Iraq	69.9	82
83	Equatorial Guinea	69.6	84
84	Italy	69.5	83
85	Ukraine	69.3	85
86	Cape Verde	69.2	89
87	Bolivia	69.1	86
88	Estonia	69.0	87
89	Tunisia	68.3	88
90	Latvia	68.0	91
91	Mongolia	67.9	90
92	Austria	67.9	92
93	São Tomé & Príncipe	67.7	93
94	Lithuania	67.1	94
95	New Caledonia	67.0	96
96	Cyprus	66.9	95
97	Suriname	66.1	97
98	Botswana	65.9	98
99	Panama	65.7	99
100	Nepal	65.6	100
101	Angola	65.1	103
102	Montenegro	65.0	101
103	Armenia	64.7	102
104	Congo - Brazzaville	63.4	105
105	South Africa	63.3	104
106	Ecuador	63.0	107
107	Paraguay	63.0	109
108	Ireland	62.9	108
109	Aruba	62.8	106
110	North Korea	61.8	111
111	French Polynesia	61.8	110
112	Morocco	61.3	113
113	Portugal	61.1	112
114	Serbia	60.6	114
115	Gambia	60.5	116
116	China	60.2	120
117	Poland	60.1	115
118	Tuvalu	60.0	117
119	North Macedonia	59.7	118
120	Barbados	59.3	119
121	Nicaragua	58.2	121
122	Georgia	58.0	122
123	Kazakhstan	57.5	123
124	Nigeria	57.3	124
125	Azerbaijan	56.4	125
126	Albania	56.0	127
127	Jamaica	55.9	128
128	Croatia	55.9	126
129	Fiji	55.7	129
130	Honduras	55.4	130
131	Slovenia	55.2	136
132	Ghana	54.7	131
133	Indonesia	54.5	133
134	Mauritania	54.2	139
135	Trinidad & Tobago	53.9	132
136	Guatemala	53.8	135
137	Slovakia	53.6	134
138	Romania	53.4	137
139	Cameroon	53.3	138
140	Kiribati	53.0	142
141	Philippines	52.6	141
142	Isle of Man	52.1	140
143	Liberia	51.8	143
144	British Virgin Islands	50.9	145
145	Haiti	50.7	146
146	Uzbekistan	50.7	144
147	Côte d’Ivoire	50.4	147
148	Thailand	49.2	149
149	Bosnia & Herzegovina	48.5	148
150	Somalia	48.4	155
151	Senegal	47.9	150
152	Benin	47.3	153
153	Turkmenistan	47.0	151
154	St. Vincent & Grenadines	46.9	152
155	Namibia	46.8	154
156	Seychelles	43.5	157
157	Belize	43.4	156
158	Guinea-Bissau	43.0	158
159	Zambia	42.7	160
160	Egypt	42.4	159
161	Congo - Kinshasa	42.1	161
162	Kosovo	41.8	163
163	Sierra Leone	41.7	162
164	Central African Republic	40.8	164
165	Togo	40.6	165
166	Moldova	40.0	166
167	Mauritius	39.4	167
168	Maldives	39.3	168
169	Faroe Islands	38.3	169
170	Bhutan	37.9	170
171	Lesotho	36.5	174
172	Pakistan	36.4	171
173	Grenada	36.0	172
174	Guinea	35.6	175
175	Eritrea	35.4	173
176	Cambodia	35.0	184
177	Kyrgyzstan	35.0	176
178	Zimbabwe	34.7	178
179	Laos	34.5	179
180	Sudan	34.3	177
181	Yemen	33.6	180
182	Vietnam	33.4	182
183	India	33.2	181
184	Channel Islands	32.8	183
185	Mozambique	32.6	185
186	Tanzania	32.3	186
187	Kenya	31.5	187
188	St. Kitts & Nevis	31.3	188
189	Comoros	31.1	189
190	Bangladesh	30.2	190
191	Myanmar (Burma)	29.9	191
192	Madagascar	29.7	193
193	Timor-Leste	29.4	192
194	Mali	27.1	194
195	Uganda	26.4	198
196	Guyana	26.4	195
197	Tajikistan	26.3	196
198	Burkina Faso	26.0	197
199	Solomon Islands	25.4	202
200	Antigua & Barbuda	24.9	199
201	Afghanistan	24.8	201
202	Vanuatu	24.8	200
203	Eswatini	23.8	203
204	Chad	23.5	205
205	Tonga	23.0	204
206	Micronesia	22.3	206
207	St. Lucia	21.8	207
208	Ethiopia	20.3	208
209	Rwanda	20.2	210
210	South Sudan	19.3	211
211	Sri Lanka	19.2	212
212	Samoa	19.0	209
213	Burundi	16.6	215
214	Niger	16.5	213
215	Malawi	16.0	214
216	Liechtenstein	14.5	216
217	Papua New Guinea	13.5	217

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