Urban population (% of total) by country, 2018

Countries217

1. Bahrain100.0

Median62.5

Japan91.626 / 217

World55.8

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

Qatar99.1

San Marino97.1

Uruguay95.3

U.S. Virgin Islands95.1

Malta94.7

Guam94.1

Puerto Rico93.9

Iceland93.9

Bottom 10

Rwanda21.5

Ethiopia20.8

South Sudan19.6

Sri Lanka19.3

Samoa18.7

Burundi17.7

Niger16.6

Malawi16.0

Liechtenstein14.6

Papua New Guinea13.7

Biggest increases since 2017

Thailand+10.9%

Cambodia+7.5%

Rwanda+6.4%

Burundi+6.4%

Somalia+5.3%

St. Lucia+5.2%

Solomon Islands+3.6%

Kiribati+2.9%

Lesotho+2.8%

Uganda+2.7%

Biggest decreases since 2017

Vanuatu-2.0%

Samoa-1.3%

Tonga-1.2%

Syria-0.6%

Belize-0.6%

American Samoa-0.5%

Kenya-0.5%

New Zealand-0.4%

Romania-0.4%

Aruba-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	99.1	13
14	San Marino	97.1	14
15	Uruguay	95.3	15
16	U.S. Virgin Islands	95.1	16
17	Malta	94.7	17
18	Guam	94.1	18
19	Puerto Rico	93.9	19
20	Iceland	93.9	20
21	Turks & Caicos Islands	92.7	21
22	Luxembourg	92.7	22
23	Netherlands	92.6	28
24	Argentina	91.8	23
25	Israel	91.6	24
26	Japan	91.6	25
27	Northern Mariana Islands	91.5	26
28	Curaçao	91.4	27
29	Jordan	91.2	29
30	Gabon	89.5	32
31	Lebanon	89.3	30
32	Venezuela	89.1	31
33	Andorra	88.5	33
34	Türkiye	88.2	34
35	Denmark	88.1	35
36	Chile	88.0	37
37	Libya	87.8	36
38	Sweden	87.5	38
39	Australia	87.2	39
40	Belgium	86.9	40
41	Greenland	86.7	41
42	Brazil	86.4	42
43	Palestinian Territories	85.5	43
44	United Arab Emirates	84.9	44
45	New Zealand	83.8	45
46	American Samoa	83.5	46
47	Saudi Arabia	83.5	47
48	Peru	82.7	49
49	United Kingdom	82.4	48
50	Norway	82.2	51
51	Bahamas	82.0	50
52	Canada	81.6	53
53	South Korea	81.4	52
54	Germany	81.1	54
55	United States	80.3	55
56	Spain	79.6	57
57	Palau	79.6	56
58	Switzerland	79.3	60
59	Oman	79.0	59
60	France	78.7	58
61	Greece	78.0	61
62	Mexico	78.0	62
63	Colombia	77.3	63
64	Belarus	77.2	64
65	Cuba	77.0	65
66	Marshall Islands	76.6	66
67	Costa Rica	76.6	67
68	Brunei	74.8	68
69	Iran	74.8	71
70	Malaysia	74.6	72
71	Russia	74.5	70
72	Syria	74.1	69
73	Dominican Republic	73.8	73
74	Bulgaria	73.6	74
75	Czechia	72.8	75
76	Finland	72.3	76
77	Algeria	71.9	77
78	El Salvador	71.8	79
79	Djibouti	71.5	78
80	Dominica	71.0	80
81	Hungary	70.5	81
82	Cape Verde	70.4	86
83	Iraq	69.9	82
84	Equatorial Guinea	69.8	83
85	Italy	69.5	84
86	Bolivia	69.4	87
87	Ukraine	69.3	85
88	Estonia	69.3	88
89	Tunisia	68.5	89
90	Austria	68.1	92
91	Latvia	68.0	90
92	Mongolia	67.9	91
93	São Tomé & Príncipe	67.8	93
94	Lithuania	67.1	94
95	New Caledonia	67.1	95
96	Cyprus	66.8	96
97	Botswana	66.2	98
98	Suriname	66.1	97
99	Angola	65.9	101
100	Nepal	65.8	100
101	Panama	65.7	99
102	Montenegro	65.1	102
103	Armenia	64.9	103
104	Paraguay	63.9	107
105	Congo - Brazzaville	63.4	104
106	South Africa	63.4	105
107	Ireland	63.1	108
108	Ecuador	63.0	106
109	Aruba	62.5	109
110	North Korea	62.1	110
111	French Polynesia	61.8	111
112	Morocco	61.6	112
113	China	61.5	116
114	Portugal	61.1	113
115	Gambia	61.1	115
116	Serbia	60.8	114
117	Tuvalu	60.6	118
118	North Macedonia	60.2	119
119	Poland	60.1	117
120	Barbados	59.3	120
121	Nicaragua	58.4	121
122	Georgia	58.3	122
123	Kazakhstan	58.2	123
124	Nigeria	58.2	124
125	Azerbaijan	57.2	125
126	Albania	56.4	126
127	Jamaica	56.3	127
128	Fiji	56.2	129
129	Croatia	56.1	128
130	Honduras	55.9	130
131	Ghana	55.2	132
132	Slovenia	55.2	131
133	Mauritania	55.1	134
134	Indonesia	55.1	133
135	Thailand	54.6	148
136	Kiribati	54.5	140
137	Trinidad & Tobago	53.9	135
138	Guatemala	53.8	136
139	Cameroon	53.6	139
140	Slovakia	53.5	137
141	Philippines	53.2	141
142	Romania	53.1	138
143	Liberia	52.3	143
144	Isle of Man	52.2	142
145	British Virgin Islands	51.6	144
146	Haiti	51.4	145
147	Somalia	51.0	150
148	Côte d’Ivoire	50.9	147
149	Uzbekistan	50.6	146
150	Bosnia & Herzegovina	49.0	149
151	Senegal	48.9	151
152	Benin	48.0	152
153	Namibia	47.4	155
154	St. Vincent & Grenadines	47.1	154
155	Turkmenistan	47.0	153
156	Seychelles	43.7	156
157	Guinea-Bissau	43.4	158
158	Belize	43.2	157
159	Zambia	43.1	159
160	Kosovo	42.8	162
161	Congo - Kinshasa	42.5	161
162	Egypt	42.5	160
163	Sierra Leone	42.2	163
164	Central African Republic	41.3	164
165	Togo	41.0	165
166	Moldova	40.3	166
167	Maldives	39.7	168
168	Mauritius	39.3	167
169	Bhutan	38.5	170
170	Faroe Islands	38.4	169
171	Cambodia	37.6	176
172	Lesotho	37.6	171
173	Pakistan	36.7	172
174	Grenada	36.1	173
175	Guinea	35.9	174
176	Zimbabwe	35.4	178
177	Eritrea	35.3	175
178	Laos	35.2	179
179	Kyrgyzstan	34.9	177
180	Sudan	34.4	180
181	Yemen	34.2	181
182	Vietnam	33.9	182
183	India	33.5	183
184	Mozambique	33.0	185
185	Tanzania	32.8	186
186	Channel Islands	32.8	184
187	Comoros	31.4	189
188	Kenya	31.4	187
189	St. Kitts & Nevis	31.4	188
190	Bangladesh	30.5	190
191	Myanmar (Burma)	30.0	191
192	Madagascar	29.9	192
193	Timor-Leste	29.2	193
194	Mali	27.7	194
195	Uganda	27.1	195
196	Guyana	26.4	196
197	Solomon Islands	26.3	199
198	Tajikistan	26.2	197
199	Burkina Faso	26.1	198
200	Afghanistan	25.0	201
201	Antigua & Barbuda	24.8	200
202	Vanuatu	24.3	202
203	Eswatini	24.1	203
204	Chad	23.8	204
205	St. Lucia	22.9	207
206	Tonga	22.7	205
207	Micronesia	22.3	206
208	Rwanda	21.5	209
209	Ethiopia	20.8	208
210	South Sudan	19.6	210
211	Sri Lanka	19.3	211
212	Samoa	18.7	212
213	Burundi	17.7	213
214	Niger	16.6	214
215	Malawi	16.0	215
216	Liechtenstein	14.6	216
217	Papua New Guinea	13.7	217

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