Urban population (% of total) by country, 2023

Countries217

1. Bahrain100.0

Median63.7

Japan92.126 / 217

World57.3

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

Qatar99.3

San Marino97.1

Malta95.6

Uruguay95.5

Netherlands95.3

U.S. Virgin Islands95.3

Luxembourg94.8

Puerto Rico94.2

Bottom 10

Micronesia22.4

Vanuatu22.3

Tonga21.1

South Sudan21.1

Sri Lanka20.1

Niger17.8

Samoa17.5

Malawi17.0

Papua New Guinea15.1

Liechtenstein14.7

Biggest increases since 2022

Burundi+5.5%

Rwanda+3.9%

Kosovo+2.7%

Lesotho+2.4%

Senegal+2.3%

Uganda+2.3%

Solomon Islands+2.2%

Chad+2.2%

Papua New Guinea+2.2%

Thailand+2.0%

Biggest decreases since 2022

Syria-0.6%

Oman-0.6%

American Samoa-0.5%

Belize-0.5%

Eritrea-0.4%

Antigua & Barbuda-0.3%

Suriname-0.2%

Channel Islands-0.1%

Liechtenstein-0.1%

Dominican Republic-0.1%

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	99.3	13
14	San Marino	97.1	14
15	Malta	95.6	15
16	Uruguay	95.5	16
17	Netherlands	95.3	18
18	U.S. Virgin Islands	95.3	17
19	Luxembourg	94.8	19
20	Puerto Rico	94.2	21
21	Iceland	94.2	20
22	Guam	94.1	22
23	Turks & Caicos Islands	93.9	23
24	Jordan	92.7	24
25	Argentina	92.2	25
26	Japan	92.1	26
27	Northern Mariana Islands	92.0	27
28	Gabon	91.6	30
29	Israel	91.5	28
30	Curaçao	91.4	29
31	Lebanon	90.5	31
32	Venezuela	89.2	32
33	Türkiye	89.0	33
34	Andorra	88.8	34
35	Chile	88.8	35
36	Sweden	88.6	36
37	Denmark	88.6	37
38	Greenland	88.1	39
39	Libya	87.9	38
40	Brazil	87.6	41
41	Belgium	87.6	40
42	Australia	87.5	42
43	Palestinian Territories	86.9	43
44	United Arab Emirates	85.7	44
45	Switzerland	85.2	45
46	Peru	84.8	46
47	Saudi Arabia	84.3	47
48	New Zealand	83.9	48
49	United Kingdom	83.2	49
50	Norway	83.1	50
51	Canada	82.5	51
52	Germany	81.9	53
53	American Samoa	81.4	52
54	Bahamas	81.3	54
55	South Korea	81.2	55
56	Spain	80.1	58
57	United States	80.1	56
58	Oman	79.6	57
59	Mexico	79.5	59
60	Palau	79.2	60
61	Costa Rica	78.9	64
62	Belarus	78.8	63
63	France	78.8	61
64	Greece	78.8	62
65	Marshall Islands	78.4	66
66	Colombia	78.3	65
67	Cuba	77.1	67
68	Iran	76.7	68
69	Malaysia	76.4	69
70	Cape Verde	75.9	70
71	Russia	75.0	71
72	Brunei	74.8	72
73	Algeria	74.7	73
74	El Salvador	74.6	74
75	Finland	74.0	75
76	Bulgaria	73.7	76
77	Dominica	73.1	78
78	Djibouti	72.8	80
79	Czechia	72.7	77
80	Dominican Republic	72.4	81
81	Syria	72.2	79
82	Equatorial Guinea	71.1	82
83	Bolivia	70.9	83
84	Estonia	70.7	84
85	Mongolia	70.4	87
86	Hungary	70.3	85
87	Tunisia	70.0	88
88	Iraq	69.9	86
89	Angola	69.9	91
90	Italy	69.5	89
91	Ukraine	69.5	90
92	Paraguay	69.3	93
93	Austria	69.2	92
94	São Tomé & Príncipe	68.6	94
95	Lithuania	68.6	95
96	Latvia	68.4	96
97	New Caledonia	67.8	97
98	Botswana	67.0	99
99	Cyprus	66.7	98
100	Nepal	66.5	100
101	Panama	65.9	102
102	Suriname	65.8	101
103	Armenia	65.7	103
104	China	65.5	105
105	Montenegro	65.5	104
106	Ireland	64.1	106
107	Tuvalu	64.0	109
108	Gambia	63.8	110
109	Congo - Brazzaville	63.7	107
110	South Africa	63.6	108
111	North Korea	63.5	111
112	Ecuador	63.1	112
113	Morocco	62.7	113
114	North Macedonia	62.3	114
115	Nigeria	62.2	119
116	Serbia	62.1	115
117	Aruba	61.8	116
118	Kazakhstan	61.8	118
119	French Polynesia	61.7	117
120	Kiribati	61.5	121
121	Portugal	61.2	120
122	Thailand	60.9	124
123	Georgia	60.8	122
124	Poland	59.9	123
125	Mauritania	59.7	127
126	Barbados	59.4	125
127	Nicaragua	59.1	126
128	Fiji	58.6	129
129	Azerbaijan	58.5	128
130	Jamaica	58.5	130
131	Honduras	58.3	132
132	Albania	58.2	131
133	Indonesia	58.1	133
134	Ghana	57.8	134
135	Croatia	57.2	135
136	British Virgin Islands	55.6	139
137	Guatemala	55.6	137
138	Slovenia	55.5	136
139	Cameroon	55.1	138
140	Philippines	55.1	140
141	Liberia	55.0	141
142	Senegal	54.7	145
143	Haiti	54.4	143
144	Somalia	54.1	144
145	Trinidad & Tobago	54.0	142
146	Côte d’Ivoire	53.4	147
147	Slovakia	53.2	146
148	Isle of Man	52.2	148
149	Romania	52.2	149
150	Benin	51.7	152
151	Bosnia & Herzegovina	51.6	150
152	Uzbekistan	51.0	151
153	Namibia	50.0	153
154	Kosovo	49.1	154
155	St. Vincent & Grenadines	47.7	155
156	Turkmenistan	47.1	156
157	Guinea-Bissau	45.6	157
158	Seychelles	45.1	158
159	Zambia	45.0	159
160	Sierra Leone	44.8	160
161	Congo - Kinshasa	44.4	161
162	Central African Republic	43.7	162
163	Togo	43.2	163
164	Moldova	43.0	165
165	Egypt	42.7	164
166	Lesotho	42.7	167
167	Belize	41.9	166
168	Bhutan	41.7	169
169	Maldives	41.5	168
170	Cambodia	40.6	170
171	Zimbabwe	39.3	173
172	Faroe Islands	39.2	172
173	Mauritius	39.0	171
174	Pakistan	38.8	174
175	Laos	38.8	175
176	Vietnam	38.1	176
177	Guinea	37.6	177
178	Yemen	36.6	179
179	Grenada	36.5	178
180	Mozambique	35.7	180
181	Tanzania	35.5	182
182	India	35.1	183
183	Sudan	34.8	184
184	Kyrgyzstan	34.7	185
185	Eritrea	34.7	181
186	Comoros	33.2	187
187	Channel Islands	32.8	186
188	Bangladesh	32.2	188
189	Madagascar	32.0	190
190	St. Kitts & Nevis	31.7	189
191	Kenya	31.6	191
192	Mali	31.0	192
193	Uganda	30.6	194
194	Myanmar (Burma)	30.4	193
195	Solomon Islands	30.0	195
196	St. Lucia	29.1	196
197	Rwanda	28.9	198
198	Timor-Leste	28.6	197
199	Burkina Faso	27.8	199
200	Guyana	26.5	200
201	Chad	26.3	202
202	Tajikistan	26.2	201
203	Eswatini	25.8	203
204	Afghanistan	25.5	204
205	Antigua & Barbuda	24.5	205
206	Burundi	23.6	208
207	Ethiopia	23.1	206
208	Micronesia	22.4	207
209	Vanuatu	22.3	209
210	Tonga	21.1	210
211	South Sudan	21.1	211
212	Sri Lanka	20.1	212
213	Niger	17.8	214
214	Samoa	17.5	213
215	Malawi	17.0	215
216	Papua New Guinea	15.1	216
217	Liechtenstein	14.7	217

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