Urban population (% of total) by country, 2019

Countries217

1. Bahrain100.0

Median62.7

Japan91.725 / 217

World56.1

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

Malta94.9

Guam94.1

Iceland94.0

Puerto Rico94.0

Bottom 10

Tonga22.3

Ethiopia21.2

South Sudan19.9

Sri Lanka19.5

Burundi18.8

Samoa18.4

Niger16.8

Malawi16.1

Liechtenstein14.6

Papua New Guinea13.9

Biggest increases since 2018

Rwanda+6.6%

Burundi+6.2%

St. Lucia+5.8%

Cambodia+5.2%

Solomon Islands+3.7%

Kiribati+3.3%

Lesotho+2.8%

Kosovo+2.7%

Uganda+2.6%

Thailand+2.5%

Biggest decreases since 2018

Vanuatu-3.2%

Samoa-1.7%

Tonga-1.6%

Kenya-0.7%

Belize-0.6%

American Samoa-0.5%

Romania-0.5%

Timor-Leste-0.5%

Aruba-0.4%

Tajikistan-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	94.9	17
18	Guam	94.1	18
19	Iceland	94.0	20
20	Puerto Rico	94.0	19
21	Netherlands	93.9	23
22	Luxembourg	93.3	22
23	Turks & Caicos Islands	92.9	21
24	Argentina	91.9	24
25	Japan	91.7	26
26	Northern Mariana Islands	91.6	27
27	Israel	91.6	25
28	Jordan	91.5	29
29	Curaçao	91.4	28
30	Gabon	89.9	30
31	Lebanon	89.5	31
32	Venezuela	89.1	32
33	Türkiye	88.7	34
34	Andorra	88.5	33
35	Denmark	88.2	35
36	Chile	88.1	36
37	Libya	87.8	37
38	Sweden	87.7	38
39	Australia	87.3	39
40	Belgium	87.1	40
41	Greenland	87.0	41
42	Brazil	86.7	42
43	Palestinian Territories	85.8	43
44	United Arab Emirates	85.0	44
45	New Zealand	83.8	45
46	Saudi Arabia	83.6	47
47	Peru	83.1	48
48	American Samoa	83.1	46
49	United Kingdom	82.7	49
50	Norway	82.5	50
51	Bahamas	81.8	51
52	Canada	81.7	52
53	Germany	81.3	54
54	South Korea	81.3	53
55	Switzerland	80.8	58
56	United States	80.1	55
57	Spain	79.6	56
58	Oman	79.6	59
59	Palau	79.3	57
60	France	78.7	60
61	Mexico	78.4	62
62	Greece	78.2	61
63	Colombia	77.5	63
64	Belarus	77.5	64
65	Cuba	77.1	65
66	Costa Rica	77.0	67
67	Marshall Islands	76.9	66
68	Iran	75.2	69
69	Malaysia	74.8	70
70	Brunei	74.8	68
71	Russia	74.6	71
72	Syria	73.8	72
73	Bulgaria	73.7	74
74	Dominican Republic	73.5	73
75	Czechia	72.8	75
76	Finland	72.7	76
77	Algeria	72.5	77
78	El Salvador	72.4	78
79	Djibouti	71.7	79
80	Cape Verde	71.6	82
81	Dominica	71.4	80
82	Hungary	70.5	81
83	Equatorial Guinea	70.1	84
84	Iraq	69.9	83
85	Bolivia	69.7	86
86	Estonia	69.6	88
87	Italy	69.5	85
88	Ukraine	69.4	87
89	Tunisia	68.8	89
90	Austria	68.3	90
91	Latvia	68.1	91
92	São Tomé & Príncipe	67.9	93
93	Mongolia	67.8	92
94	Lithuania	67.2	94
95	New Caledonia	67.2	95
96	Cyprus	66.8	96
97	Angola	66.7	99
98	Botswana	66.3	97
99	Suriname	66.0	98
100	Nepal	66.0	100
101	Panama	65.8	101
102	Montenegro	65.2	102
103	Armenia	65.0	103
104	Paraguay	65.0	104
105	Congo - Brazzaville	63.5	105
106	South Africa	63.4	106
107	Ireland	63.3	107
108	Ecuador	63.1	108
109	China	62.7	113
110	North Korea	62.4	110
111	Aruba	62.3	109
112	Morocco	61.8	112
113	French Polynesia	61.8	111
114	Gambia	61.6	115
115	Tuvalu	61.2	117
116	Portugal	61.1	114
117	Serbia	61.0	116
118	North Macedonia	60.6	118
119	Poland	60.0	119
120	Barbados	59.3	120
121	Kazakhstan	59.1	123
122	Nigeria	59.0	124
123	Georgia	58.6	122
124	Nicaragua	58.5	121
125	Azerbaijan	58.1	125
126	Albania	56.8	126
127	Fiji	56.7	128
128	Jamaica	56.7	127
129	Honduras	56.4	130
130	Croatia	56.3	129
131	Kiribati	56.3	136
132	Mauritania	56.1	133
133	Thailand	55.9	135
134	Indonesia	55.7	134
135	Ghana	55.7	131
136	Slovenia	55.5	132
137	Guatemala	54.2	138
138	Cameroon	53.9	139
139	Trinidad & Tobago	53.9	137
140	Philippines	53.7	141
141	Slovakia	53.4	140
142	Romania	52.9	142
143	Liberia	52.9	143
144	British Virgin Islands	52.4	145
145	Isle of Man	52.2	144
146	Haiti	52.0	146
147	Somalia	51.6	147
148	Côte d’Ivoire	51.4	148
149	Uzbekistan	50.6	149
150	Senegal	49.9	151
151	Bosnia & Herzegovina	49.5	150
152	Benin	48.7	152
153	Namibia	48.0	153
154	St. Vincent & Grenadines	47.2	154
155	Turkmenistan	47.0	155
156	Seychelles	44.0	156
157	Kosovo	44.0	160
158	Guinea-Bissau	43.9	157
159	Zambia	43.5	159
160	Belize	42.9	158
161	Congo - Kinshasa	42.9	161
162	Sierra Leone	42.7	163
163	Egypt	42.5	162
164	Central African Republic	41.8	164
165	Togo	41.4	165
166	Moldova	40.8	166
167	Maldives	40.0	167
168	Cambodia	39.6	171
169	Mauritius	39.3	168
170	Bhutan	39.1	169
171	Lesotho	38.6	172
172	Faroe Islands	38.4	170
173	Pakistan	37.1	173
174	Zimbabwe	36.2	176
175	Grenada	36.1	174
176	Guinea	36.1	175
177	Laos	35.9	178
178	Eritrea	35.2	177
179	Yemen	34.9	181
180	Kyrgyzstan	34.9	179
181	Vietnam	34.6	182
182	Sudan	34.5	180
183	India	33.8	183
184	Mozambique	33.4	184
185	Tanzania	33.3	185
186	Channel Islands	32.8	186
187	Comoros	31.7	187
188	St. Kitts & Nevis	31.4	189
189	Kenya	31.2	188
190	Bangladesh	30.8	190
191	Madagascar	30.3	192
192	Myanmar (Burma)	30.1	191
193	Timor-Leste	29.1	193
194	Mali	28.4	194
195	Uganda	27.8	195
196	Solomon Islands	27.3	197
197	Guyana	26.4	196
198	Tajikistan	26.1	198
199	Burkina Faso	26.1	199
200	Afghanistan	25.1	200
201	Antigua & Barbuda	24.7	201
202	Eswatini	24.3	203
203	Chad	24.3	204
204	St. Lucia	24.2	205
205	Vanuatu	23.5	202
206	Rwanda	23.0	208
207	Micronesia	22.4	207
208	Tonga	22.3	206
209	Ethiopia	21.2	209
210	South Sudan	19.9	210
211	Sri Lanka	19.5	211
212	Burundi	18.8	213
213	Samoa	18.4	212
214	Niger	16.8	214
215	Malawi	16.1	215
216	Liechtenstein	14.6	216
217	Papua New Guinea	13.9	217

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