Urban population (% of total) by country, 2022

Countries217

1. Bahrain100.0

Median63.3

Japan92.026 / 217

World57.1

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

Qatar99.2

San Marino97.1

Malta95.6

Uruguay95.5

U.S. Virgin Islands95.2

Netherlands95.0

Luxembourg94.8

Iceland94.2

Bottom 10

Burundi22.3

Vanuatu22.3

Tonga21.1

South Sudan20.8

Sri Lanka20.0

Samoa17.5

Niger17.5

Malawi16.7

Papua New Guinea14.7

Liechtenstein14.7

Biggest increases since 2021

Rwanda+6.4%

St. Lucia+6.0%

Burundi+5.7%

Ethiopia+2.9%

Kosovo+2.8%

Lesotho+2.5%

Vietnam+2.4%

Uganda+2.4%

Mali+2.3%

Senegal+2.3%

Biggest decreases since 2021

Timor-Leste-0.7%

Dominican Republic-0.7%

Belize-0.6%

Syria-0.5%

Tonga-0.5%

American Samoa-0.5%

Eritrea-0.4%

Samoa-0.4%

Antigua & Barbuda-0.3%

Mauritius-0.2%

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	95.6	15
16	Uruguay	95.5	16
17	U.S. Virgin Islands	95.2	17
18	Netherlands	95.0	18
19	Luxembourg	94.8	19
20	Iceland	94.2	20
21	Puerto Rico	94.1	22
22	Guam	94.1	21
23	Turks & Caicos Islands	93.7	23
24	Jordan	92.4	24
25	Argentina	92.1	25
26	Japan	92.0	26
27	Northern Mariana Islands	91.9	27
28	Israel	91.5	28
29	Curaçao	91.4	29
30	Gabon	91.2	30
31	Lebanon	90.2	31
32	Venezuela	89.2	32
33	Türkiye	89.0	33
34	Andorra	88.8	34
35	Chile	88.6	35
36	Sweden	88.4	37
37	Denmark	88.4	36
38	Libya	87.8	38
39	Greenland	87.8	39
40	Belgium	87.5	40
41	Brazil	87.3	42
42	Australia	87.3	41
43	Palestinian Territories	86.6	43
44	United Arab Emirates	85.5	44
45	Switzerland	84.9	45
46	Peru	84.4	47
47	Saudi Arabia	84.1	46
48	New Zealand	83.9	48
49	United Kingdom	83.1	49
50	Norway	83.0	50
51	Canada	82.4	52
52	American Samoa	81.8	51
53	Germany	81.8	53
54	Bahamas	81.3	54
55	South Korea	81.2	55
56	United States	80.0	57
57	Oman	80.0	56
58	Spain	80.0	58
59	Mexico	79.2	60
60	Palau	79.1	59
61	France	78.8	61
62	Greece	78.6	62
63	Belarus	78.5	63
64	Costa Rica	78.4	64
65	Colombia	78.0	65
66	Marshall Islands	78.0	66
67	Cuba	77.1	67
68	Iran	76.3	68
69	Malaysia	76.0	69
70	Cape Verde	75.0	72
71	Russia	74.9	71
72	Brunei	74.8	70
73	Algeria	74.2	74
74	El Salvador	74.1	73
75	Finland	73.7	75
76	Bulgaria	73.5	76
77	Czechia	72.7	79
78	Dominica	72.7	81
79	Syria	72.6	77
80	Djibouti	72.6	80
81	Dominican Republic	72.4	78
82	Equatorial Guinea	70.9	82
83	Bolivia	70.6	83
84	Estonia	70.5	85
85	Hungary	70.2	84
86	Iraq	69.9	86
87	Mongolia	69.8	90
88	Tunisia	69.7	89
89	Italy	69.5	87
90	Ukraine	69.4	88
91	Angola	69.1	92
92	Austria	69.0	91
93	Paraguay	68.6	97
94	São Tomé & Príncipe	68.4	95
95	Lithuania	68.3	93
96	Latvia	68.3	94
97	New Caledonia	67.6	96
98	Cyprus	66.7	98
99	Botswana	66.6	99
100	Nepal	66.3	100
101	Suriname	65.9	101
102	Panama	65.8	102
103	Armenia	65.6	103
104	Montenegro	65.4	104
105	China	65.2	105
106	Ireland	63.9	106
107	Congo - Brazzaville	63.6	107
108	South Africa	63.5	108
109	Tuvalu	63.3	112
110	Gambia	63.3	111
111	North Korea	63.2	110
112	Ecuador	63.1	109
113	Morocco	62.5	113
114	North Macedonia	62.0	116
115	Serbia	61.9	117
116	Aruba	61.9	114
117	French Polynesia	61.7	115
118	Kazakhstan	61.4	119
119	Nigeria	61.4	120
120	Portugal	61.1	118
121	Kiribati	60.6	122
122	Georgia	60.0	123
123	Poland	59.8	121
124	Thailand	59.7	126
125	Barbados	59.4	124
126	Nicaragua	59.0	125
127	Mauritania	58.8	128
128	Azerbaijan	58.4	127
129	Fiji	58.1	129
130	Jamaica	58.0	130
131	Albania	57.9	131
132	Honduras	57.8	132
133	Indonesia	57.5	133
134	Ghana	57.3	135
135	Croatia	57.0	134
136	Slovenia	55.3	136
137	Guatemala	55.3	137
138	Cameroon	54.8	138
139	British Virgin Islands	54.8	140
140	Philippines	54.8	139
141	Liberia	54.5	142
142	Trinidad & Tobago	53.9	141
143	Haiti	53.9	143
144	Somalia	53.5	145
145	Senegal	53.4	148
146	Slovakia	53.2	144
147	Côte d’Ivoire	52.8	146
148	Isle of Man	52.2	149
149	Romania	52.2	147
150	Bosnia & Herzegovina	51.0	151
151	Uzbekistan	51.0	150
152	Benin	51.0	152
153	Namibia	49.5	153
154	Kosovo	47.8	156
155	St. Vincent & Grenadines	47.6	154
156	Turkmenistan	47.1	155
157	Guinea-Bissau	45.2	157
158	Seychelles	44.9	158
159	Zambia	44.6	159
160	Sierra Leone	44.3	160
161	Congo - Kinshasa	44.0	161
162	Central African Republic	43.3	162
163	Togo	42.7	165
164	Egypt	42.6	163
165	Moldova	42.4	166
166	Belize	42.1	164
167	Lesotho	41.7	168
168	Maldives	41.1	167
169	Bhutan	40.9	169
170	Cambodia	40.4	170
171	Mauritius	39.0	171
172	Faroe Islands	39.0	172
173	Zimbabwe	38.7	174
174	Pakistan	38.4	173
175	Laos	38.1	175
176	Vietnam	37.5	177
177	Guinea	37.2	176
178	Grenada	36.4	178
179	Yemen	36.3	179
180	Mozambique	35.1	183
181	Eritrea	34.8	180
182	Tanzania	34.8	185
183	India	34.8	184
184	Sudan	34.7	182
185	Kyrgyzstan	34.7	181
186	Channel Islands	32.8	186
187	Comoros	32.8	187
188	Bangladesh	31.7	189
189	St. Kitts & Nevis	31.6	188
190	Madagascar	31.5	191
191	Kenya	31.4	190
192	Mali	30.4	193
193	Myanmar (Burma)	30.3	192
194	Uganda	29.9	194
195	Solomon Islands	29.4	196
196	St. Lucia	29.1	197
197	Timor-Leste	28.6	195
198	Rwanda	27.8	201
199	Burkina Faso	27.3	198
200	Guyana	26.5	199
201	Tajikistan	26.2	200
202	Chad	25.8	203
203	Eswatini	25.4	204
204	Afghanistan	25.4	202
205	Antigua & Barbuda	24.5	205
206	Ethiopia	22.7	208
207	Micronesia	22.4	206
208	Burundi	22.3	210
209	Vanuatu	22.3	207
210	Tonga	21.1	209
211	South Sudan	20.8	211
212	Sri Lanka	20.0	212
213	Samoa	17.5	213
214	Niger	17.5	214
215	Malawi	16.7	215
216	Papua New Guinea	14.7	217
217	Liechtenstein	14.7	216

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