Urban population (% of total) by country, 2021

Countries217

1. Bahrain100.0

Median63.1

Japan91.926 / 217

World56.8

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

Qatar99.2

San Marino97.1

Malta95.5

Uruguay95.4

U.S. Virgin Islands95.2

Netherlands94.6

Luxembourg94.6

Iceland94.2

Bottom 10

Ethiopia22.1

Tonga21.3

Burundi21.1

South Sudan20.5

Sri Lanka19.8

Samoa17.6

Niger17.2

Malawi16.5

Liechtenstein14.7

Papua New Guinea14.4

Biggest increases since 2020

St. Lucia+6.6%

Rwanda+6.5%

Burundi+5.9%

Vietnam+3.0%

Kosovo+2.8%

Lesotho+2.6%

Uganda+2.4%

Mali+2.4%

Solomon Islands+2.3%

Zimbabwe+2.3%

Biggest decreases since 2020

Tonga-2.8%

Samoa-2.7%

Vanuatu-0.8%

Romania-0.7%

Belize-0.6%

Timor-Leste-0.6%

Syria-0.5%

American Samoa-0.5%

Dominican Republic-0.5%

Eritrea-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	99.2	13
14	San Marino	97.1	14
15	Malta	95.5	16
16	Uruguay	95.4	15
17	U.S. Virgin Islands	95.2	17
18	Netherlands	94.6	18
19	Luxembourg	94.6	22
20	Iceland	94.2	19
21	Guam	94.1	20
22	Puerto Rico	94.1	21
23	Turks & Caicos Islands	93.4	23
24	Jordan	92.1	25
25	Argentina	92.0	24
26	Japan	91.9	26
27	Northern Mariana Islands	91.8	27
28	Israel	91.5	28
29	Curaçao	91.4	29
30	Gabon	90.8	30
31	Lebanon	90.0	31
32	Venezuela	89.2	32
33	Türkiye	89.2	33
34	Andorra	88.7	34
35	Chile	88.5	35
36	Denmark	88.3	36
37	Sweden	88.2	37
38	Libya	87.8	38
39	Greenland	87.5	40
40	Belgium	87.4	39
41	Australia	87.2	41
42	Brazil	87.1	42
43	Palestinian Territories	86.3	43
44	United Arab Emirates	85.4	44
45	Switzerland	84.2	51
46	Saudi Arabia	84.0	46
47	Peru	83.9	47
48	New Zealand	83.8	45
49	United Kingdom	83.0	48
50	Norway	82.9	49
51	American Samoa	82.2	50
52	Canada	82.2	52
53	Germany	81.6	54
54	Bahamas	81.5	53
55	South Korea	81.2	55
56	Oman	80.1	56
57	United States	80.0	57
58	Spain	79.8	58
59	Palau	79.1	59
60	Mexico	78.9	61
61	France	78.7	60
62	Greece	78.4	62
63	Belarus	78.1	63
64	Costa Rica	78.0	65
65	Colombia	77.8	64
66	Marshall Islands	77.6	66
67	Cuba	77.1	67
68	Iran	76.0	68
69	Malaysia	75.5	69
70	Brunei	74.8	70
71	Russia	74.8	71
72	Cape Verde	74.2	78
73	El Salvador	73.7	76
74	Algeria	73.6	77
75	Finland	73.4	75
76	Bulgaria	73.3	73
77	Syria	73.0	72
78	Dominican Republic	72.9	74
79	Czechia	72.7	79
80	Djibouti	72.3	80
81	Dominica	72.3	81
82	Equatorial Guinea	70.6	82
83	Bolivia	70.3	84
84	Hungary	70.2	83
85	Estonia	70.2	85
86	Iraq	69.9	86
87	Italy	69.5	87
88	Ukraine	69.4	88
89	Tunisia	69.4	89
90	Mongolia	69.2	92
91	Austria	68.8	90
92	Angola	68.3	94
93	Lithuania	68.2	95
94	Latvia	68.2	91
95	São Tomé & Príncipe	68.2	93
96	New Caledonia	67.4	96
97	Paraguay	67.3	99
98	Cyprus	66.7	97
99	Botswana	66.5	98
100	Nepal	66.1	100
101	Suriname	66.0	101
102	Panama	65.8	102
103	Armenia	65.4	104
104	Montenegro	65.3	103
105	China	64.7	106
106	Ireland	63.7	107
107	Congo - Brazzaville	63.6	105
108	South Africa	63.5	108
109	Ecuador	63.1	109
110	North Korea	62.9	110
111	Gambia	62.8	111
112	Tuvalu	62.6	114
113	Morocco	62.3	112
114	Aruba	61.9	113
115	French Polynesia	61.7	115
116	North Macedonia	61.7	117
117	Serbia	61.4	116
118	Portugal	61.1	118
119	Kazakhstan	61.0	119
120	Nigeria	60.6	121
121	Poland	59.8	120
122	Kiribati	59.6	125
123	Georgia	59.4	123
124	Barbados	59.3	122
125	Nicaragua	58.9	124
126	Thailand	58.5	127
127	Azerbaijan	58.4	126
128	Mauritania	57.9	131
129	Fiji	57.7	128
130	Jamaica	57.5	130
131	Albania	57.5	129
132	Honduras	57.4	132
133	Indonesia	56.9	134
134	Croatia	56.8	133
135	Ghana	56.7	135
136	Slovenia	55.3	136
137	Guatemala	54.9	137
138	Cameroon	54.6	138
139	Philippines	54.5	139
140	British Virgin Islands	54.0	143
141	Trinidad & Tobago	53.9	140
142	Liberia	53.9	141
143	Haiti	53.2	144
144	Slovakia	53.2	142
145	Somalia	52.9	146
146	Côte d’Ivoire	52.3	148
147	Romania	52.2	145
148	Senegal	52.2	149
149	Isle of Man	52.2	147
150	Uzbekistan	50.9	150
151	Bosnia & Herzegovina	50.5	151
152	Benin	50.2	152
153	Namibia	49.1	153
154	St. Vincent & Grenadines	47.5	154
155	Turkmenistan	47.1	155
156	Kosovo	46.5	156
157	Guinea-Bissau	44.7	157
158	Seychelles	44.6	158
159	Zambia	44.2	159
160	Sierra Leone	43.7	161
161	Congo - Kinshasa	43.6	160
162	Central African Republic	42.9	164
163	Egypt	42.6	163
164	Belize	42.4	162
165	Togo	42.3	165
166	Moldova	41.8	166
167	Maldives	40.7	167
168	Lesotho	40.7	170
169	Bhutan	40.3	169
170	Cambodia	40.1	168
171	Mauritius	39.1	171
172	Faroe Islands	38.8	172
173	Pakistan	37.9	173
174	Zimbabwe	37.9	174
175	Laos	37.3	175
176	Guinea	36.9	176
177	Vietnam	36.7	179
178	Grenada	36.3	177
179	Yemen	36.1	178
180	Eritrea	35.0	180
181	Kyrgyzstan	34.8	181
182	Sudan	34.6	182
183	Mozambique	34.4	184
184	India	34.4	183
185	Tanzania	34.4	185
186	Channel Islands	32.8	186
187	Comoros	32.4	187
188	St. Kitts & Nevis	31.5	188
189	Bangladesh	31.4	190
190	Kenya	31.3	189
191	Madagascar	31.1	191
192	Myanmar (Burma)	30.2	192
193	Mali	29.7	193
194	Uganda	29.2	195
195	Timor-Leste	28.8	194
196	Solomon Islands	28.7	196
197	St. Lucia	27.4	200
198	Burkina Faso	26.8	198
199	Guyana	26.4	197
200	Tajikistan	26.2	199
201	Rwanda	26.1	205
202	Afghanistan	25.3	201
203	Chad	25.2	202
204	Eswatini	25.0	203
205	Antigua & Barbuda	24.6	204
206	Micronesia	22.4	207
207	Vanuatu	22.3	206
208	Ethiopia	22.1	209
209	Tonga	21.3	208
210	Burundi	21.1	211
211	South Sudan	20.5	210
212	Sri Lanka	19.8	212
213	Samoa	17.6	213
214	Niger	17.2	214
215	Malawi	16.5	215
216	Liechtenstein	14.7	216
217	Papua New Guinea	14.4	217

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