Urban population (% of total) by country, 2020

Countries217

1. Bahrain100.0

Median63.1

Japan91.826 / 217

World56.4

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

Qatar99.2

San Marino97.1

Uruguay95.4

Malta95.2

U.S. Virgin Islands95.1

Netherlands94.3

Iceland94.1

Guam94.1

Bottom 10

Tonga21.9

Ethiopia21.6

South Sudan20.2

Burundi19.9

Sri Lanka19.7

Samoa18.1

Niger17.0

Malawi16.3

Liechtenstein14.7

Papua New Guinea14.2

Biggest increases since 2019

Rwanda+6.7%

St. Lucia+6.2%

Burundi+6.1%

Kiribati+3.8%

Kosovo+2.8%

Solomon Islands+2.8%

Vietnam+2.7%

Lesotho+2.7%

Uganda+2.5%

Mali+2.4%

Biggest decreases since 2019

Vanuatu-4.6%

Tonga-2.0%

Samoa-2.0%

Belize-0.6%

Syria-0.6%

Bulgaria-0.5%

Romania-0.5%

Timor-Leste-0.5%

American Samoa-0.5%

Aruba-0.5%

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	99.2	13
14	San Marino	97.1	14
15	Uruguay	95.4	15
16	Malta	95.2	17
17	U.S. Virgin Islands	95.1	16
18	Netherlands	94.3	21
19	Iceland	94.1	19
20	Guam	94.1	18
21	Puerto Rico	94.0	20
22	Luxembourg	93.9	22
23	Turks & Caicos Islands	93.2	23
24	Argentina	91.9	24
25	Jordan	91.8	28
26	Japan	91.8	25
27	Northern Mariana Islands	91.7	26
28	Israel	91.6	27
29	Curaçao	91.4	29
30	Gabon	90.3	30
31	Lebanon	89.7	31
32	Venezuela	89.1	32
33	Türkiye	88.9	33
34	Andorra	88.6	34
35	Chile	88.3	36
36	Denmark	88.2	35
37	Sweden	87.9	38
38	Libya	87.8	37
39	Belgium	87.3	40
40	Greenland	87.3	41
41	Australia	87.3	39
42	Brazil	86.9	42
43	Palestinian Territories	86.1	43
44	United Arab Emirates	85.2	44
45	New Zealand	83.8	45
46	Saudi Arabia	83.8	46
47	Peru	83.5	47
48	United Kingdom	82.9	49
49	Norway	82.7	50
50	American Samoa	82.6	48
51	Switzerland	82.3	55
52	Canada	82.0	52
53	Bahamas	81.7	51
54	Germany	81.5	53
55	South Korea	81.2	54
56	Oman	80.0	58
57	United States	80.0	56
58	Spain	79.7	57
59	Palau	79.1	59
60	France	78.7	60
61	Mexico	78.7	61
62	Greece	78.3	62
63	Belarus	77.8	64
64	Colombia	77.6	63
65	Costa Rica	77.5	66
66	Marshall Islands	77.3	67
67	Cuba	77.1	65
68	Iran	75.6	68
69	Malaysia	75.1	69
70	Brunei	74.8	70
71	Russia	74.7	71
72	Syria	73.4	72
73	Bulgaria	73.3	73
74	Dominican Republic	73.3	74
75	Finland	73.1	76
76	El Salvador	73.1	78
77	Algeria	73.1	77
78	Cape Verde	72.9	80
79	Czechia	72.7	75
80	Djibouti	72.0	79
81	Dominica	71.8	81
82	Equatorial Guinea	70.4	83
83	Hungary	70.3	82
84	Bolivia	70.0	85
85	Estonia	69.9	86
86	Iraq	69.9	84
87	Italy	69.5	87
88	Ukraine	69.4	88
89	Tunisia	69.1	89
90	Austria	68.5	90
91	Latvia	68.1	91
92	Mongolia	68.1	93
93	São Tomé & Príncipe	68.0	92
94	Angola	67.5	97
95	Lithuania	67.4	94
96	New Caledonia	67.3	95
97	Cyprus	66.7	96
98	Botswana	66.4	98
99	Paraguay	66.1	104
100	Nepal	66.1	100
101	Suriname	66.0	99
102	Panama	65.8	101
103	Montenegro	65.2	102
104	Armenia	65.2	103
105	Congo - Brazzaville	63.6	105
106	China	63.5	109
107	Ireland	63.5	107
108	South Africa	63.4	106
109	Ecuador	63.1	108
110	North Korea	62.6	110
111	Gambia	62.2	114
112	Morocco	62.1	112
113	Aruba	62.0	111
114	Tuvalu	61.9	115
115	French Polynesia	61.8	113
116	Serbia	61.2	117
117	North Macedonia	61.2	118
118	Portugal	61.1	116
119	Kazakhstan	60.0	121
120	Poland	59.9	119
121	Nigeria	59.8	122
122	Barbados	59.3	120
123	Georgia	59.0	123
124	Nicaragua	58.7	124
125	Kiribati	58.4	131
126	Azerbaijan	58.3	125
127	Thailand	57.2	133
128	Fiji	57.2	127
129	Albania	57.1	126
130	Jamaica	57.1	128
131	Mauritania	57.0	132
132	Honduras	56.9	129
133	Croatia	56.5	130
134	Indonesia	56.3	134
135	Ghana	56.2	135
136	Slovenia	55.4	136
137	Guatemala	54.5	137
138	Cameroon	54.3	138
139	Philippines	54.1	140
140	Trinidad & Tobago	53.9	139
141	Liberia	53.4	143
142	Slovakia	53.2	141
143	British Virgin Islands	53.2	144
144	Haiti	52.6	146
145	Romania	52.6	142
146	Somalia	52.3	147
147	Isle of Man	52.2	145
148	Côte d’Ivoire	51.8	148
149	Senegal	51.1	150
150	Uzbekistan	50.8	149
151	Bosnia & Herzegovina	50.0	151
152	Benin	49.4	152
153	Namibia	48.5	153
154	St. Vincent & Grenadines	47.3	154
155	Turkmenistan	47.1	155
156	Kosovo	45.2	157
157	Guinea-Bissau	44.3	158
158	Seychelles	44.3	156
159	Zambia	43.9	159
160	Congo - Kinshasa	43.3	161
161	Sierra Leone	43.2	162
162	Belize	42.6	160
163	Egypt	42.5	163
164	Central African Republic	42.3	164
165	Togo	41.9	165
166	Moldova	41.3	166
167	Maldives	40.4	167
168	Cambodia	39.8	168
169	Bhutan	39.7	170
170	Lesotho	39.6	171
171	Mauritius	39.2	169
172	Faroe Islands	38.7	172
173	Pakistan	37.5	173
174	Zimbabwe	37.0	174
175	Laos	36.6	177
176	Guinea	36.5	176
177	Grenada	36.2	175
178	Yemen	35.7	179
179	Vietnam	35.6	181
180	Eritrea	35.1	178
181	Kyrgyzstan	34.8	180
182	Sudan	34.6	182
183	India	34.1	183
184	Mozambique	33.9	184
185	Tanzania	33.9	185
186	Channel Islands	32.8	186
187	Comoros	32.1	187
188	St. Kitts & Nevis	31.5	188
189	Kenya	31.2	189
190	Bangladesh	31.1	190
191	Madagascar	30.7	191
192	Myanmar (Burma)	30.2	192
193	Mali	29.0	194
194	Timor-Leste	29.0	193
195	Uganda	28.5	195
196	Solomon Islands	28.0	196
197	Guyana	26.4	197
198	Burkina Faso	26.4	199
199	Tajikistan	26.2	198
200	St. Lucia	25.8	204
201	Afghanistan	25.3	200
202	Chad	24.7	203
203	Eswatini	24.7	202
204	Antigua & Barbuda	24.6	201
205	Rwanda	24.5	206
206	Vanuatu	22.4	205
207	Micronesia	22.4	207
208	Tonga	21.9	208
209	Ethiopia	21.6	209
210	South Sudan	20.2	210
211	Burundi	19.9	212
212	Sri Lanka	19.7	211
213	Samoa	18.1	213
214	Niger	17.0	214
215	Malawi	16.3	215
216	Liechtenstein	14.7	216
217	Papua New Guinea	14.2	217

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