Urban population (% of total) by country, 2024

Countries217

1. Bahrain100.0

Median63.9

Japan92.226 / 217

World57.6

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 Marino97.2

Malta95.7

Netherlands95.6

Uruguay95.6

U.S. Virgin Islands95.3

Luxembourg94.8

Puerto Rico94.3

Bottom 10

Micronesia22.5

Vanuatu22.3

South Sudan21.4

Tonga21.2

Sri Lanka20.3

Niger18.0

Samoa17.5

Malawi17.3

Papua New Guinea15.4

Liechtenstein14.7

Biggest increases since 2023

Burundi+5.4%

Rwanda+3.6%

Kosovo+2.5%

Ethiopia+2.4%

Lesotho+2.3%

Papua New Guinea+2.3%

Chad+2.3%

Uganda+2.2%

Solomon Islands+2.2%

Mozambique+2.0%

Biggest decreases since 2023

American Samoa-0.5%

Eritrea-0.5%

Belize-0.5%

Antigua & Barbuda-0.2%

Oman-0.2%

Channel Islands-0.2%

Liechtenstein-0.1%

Syria-0.1%

Aruba-0.1%

Tajikistan-0.0%

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	97.2	14
15	Malta	95.7	15
16	Netherlands	95.6	17
17	Uruguay	95.6	16
18	U.S. Virgin Islands	95.3	18
19	Luxembourg	94.8	19
20	Puerto Rico	94.3	20
21	Iceland	94.2	21
22	Guam	94.2	22
23	Turks & Caicos Islands	94.2	23
24	Jordan	93.0	24
25	Argentina	92.3	25
26	Japan	92.2	26
27	Northern Mariana Islands	92.1	27
28	Gabon	91.9	28
29	Israel	91.5	29
30	Curaçao	91.4	30
31	Lebanon	90.7	31
32	Türkiye	89.3	33
33	Venezuela	89.3	32
34	Chile	89.0	35
35	Andorra	88.9	34
36	Sweden	88.9	36
37	Denmark	88.7	37
38	Greenland	88.3	38
39	Brazil	87.9	40
40	Libya	87.9	39
41	Belgium	87.6	41
42	Australia	87.6	42
43	Palestinian Territories	87.1	43
44	United Arab Emirates	85.8	44
45	Switzerland	85.5	45
46	Peru	85.2	46
47	Saudi Arabia	84.5	47
48	New Zealand	83.9	48
49	Norway	83.3	50
50	United Kingdom	83.2	49
51	Canada	82.7	51
52	Germany	82.0	52
53	Bahamas	81.3	54
54	South Korea	81.2	55
55	American Samoa	80.9	53
56	Spain	80.3	56
57	United States	80.1	57
58	Mexico	79.8	59
59	Oman	79.4	58
60	Costa Rica	79.3	61
61	Palau	79.2	60
62	Belarus	79.2	62
63	Greece	79.0	64
64	France	78.8	63
65	Marshall Islands	78.7	65
66	Colombia	78.5	66
67	Cuba	77.2	67
68	Iran	77.0	68
69	Malaysia	76.9	69
70	Cape Verde	76.8	70
71	Algeria	75.3	73
72	Russia	75.1	71
73	El Salvador	75.1	74
74	Brunei	74.9	72
75	Finland	74.3	75
76	Bulgaria	73.9	76
77	Dominica	73.5	77
78	Djibouti	72.9	78
79	Czechia	72.8	79
80	Dominican Republic	72.4	80
81	Syria	72.1	81
82	Equatorial Guinea	71.4	82
83	Bolivia	71.2	83
84	Mongolia	71.0	85
85	Estonia	70.7	84
86	Angola	70.7	89
87	Hungary	70.5	86
88	Tunisia	70.4	87
89	Iraq	69.9	88
90	Paraguay	69.9	92
91	Italy	69.6	90
92	Ukraine	69.5	91
93	Austria	69.5	93
94	São Tomé & Príncipe	68.9	94
95	Lithuania	68.8	95
96	Latvia	68.5	96
97	New Caledonia	68.0	97
98	Botswana	67.5	98
99	Nepal	66.8	100
100	Cyprus	66.7	99
101	Panama	66.0	101
102	China	65.9	104
103	Armenia	65.8	103
104	Suriname	65.8	102
105	Montenegro	65.5	105
106	Tuvalu	64.7	107
107	Ireland	64.3	106
108	Gambia	64.3	108
109	Congo - Brazzaville	63.9	109
110	North Korea	63.9	111
111	South Africa	63.7	110
112	Ecuador	63.2	112
113	Nigeria	63.0	115
114	Morocco	62.8	113
115	North Macedonia	62.6	114
116	Kiribati	62.5	120
117	Serbia	62.4	116
118	Kazakhstan	62.1	118
119	Thailand	61.9	122
120	Aruba	61.8	117
121	French Polynesia	61.7	119
122	Portugal	61.3	121
123	Georgia	61.1	123
124	Mauritania	60.6	125
125	Poland	60.0	124
126	Barbados	59.5	126
127	Nicaragua	59.3	127
128	Fiji	59.1	128
129	Jamaica	58.9	130
130	Honduras	58.8	131
131	Indonesia	58.8	133
132	Azerbaijan	58.6	129
133	Albania	58.5	132
134	Ghana	58.4	134
135	Croatia	57.5	135
136	British Virgin Islands	56.5	136
137	Guatemala	56.0	137
138	Slovenia	55.8	138
139	Liberia	55.5	141
140	Philippines	55.5	140
141	Cameroon	55.4	139
142	Senegal	55.2	142
143	Haiti	55.0	143
144	Somalia	54.6	144
145	Côte d’Ivoire	54.0	146
146	Trinidad & Tobago	54.0	145
147	Slovakia	53.2	147
148	Benin	52.5	150
149	Romania	52.2	149
150	Isle of Man	52.2	148
151	Bosnia & Herzegovina	52.1	151
152	Uzbekistan	51.0	152
153	Namibia	50.4	153
154	Kosovo	50.3	154
155	St. Vincent & Grenadines	47.8	155
156	Turkmenistan	47.1	156
157	Guinea-Bissau	46.1	157
158	Zambia	45.5	159
159	Sierra Leone	45.4	160
160	Seychelles	45.3	158
161	Congo - Kinshasa	44.7	161
162	Central African Republic	44.1	162
163	Togo	43.8	163
164	Lesotho	43.7	166
165	Moldova	43.5	164
166	Egypt	42.8	165
167	Bhutan	42.6	168
168	Maldives	42.0	169
169	Belize	41.8	167
170	Cambodia	40.9	170
171	Zimbabwe	39.9	171
172	Laos	39.6	175
173	Faroe Islands	39.4	172
174	Pakistan	39.2	174
175	Mauritius	39.0	173
176	Vietnam	38.5	176
177	Guinea	38.1	177
178	Yemen	36.8	178
179	Grenada	36.6	179
180	Mozambique	36.4	180
181	Tanzania	36.2	181
182	India	35.4	182
183	Sudan	34.9	183
184	Kyrgyzstan	34.7	184
185	Eritrea	34.5	185
186	Comoros	33.5	186
187	Channel Islands	32.7	187
188	Bangladesh	32.7	188
189	Madagascar	32.4	189
190	Kenya	31.9	191
191	St. Kitts & Nevis	31.8	190
192	Mali	31.6	192
193	Uganda	31.3	193
194	Solomon Islands	30.7	195
195	Myanmar (Burma)	30.4	194
196	Rwanda	29.9	197
197	St. Lucia	29.1	196
198	Timor-Leste	28.7	198
199	Burkina Faso	28.3	199
200	Chad	26.9	201
201	Guyana	26.5	200
202	Eswatini	26.2	203
203	Tajikistan	26.2	202
204	Afghanistan	25.7	204
205	Burundi	24.8	206
206	Antigua & Barbuda	24.4	205
207	Ethiopia	23.6	207
208	Micronesia	22.5	208
209	Vanuatu	22.3	209
210	South Sudan	21.4	211
211	Tonga	21.2	210
212	Sri Lanka	20.3	212
213	Niger	18.0	213
214	Samoa	17.5	214
215	Malawi	17.3	215
216	Papua New Guinea	15.4	216
217	Liechtenstein	14.7	217

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