Urban population (% of total) by country, 2025

Countries217

1. Bahrain100.0

Median64.2

Japan92.326 / 217

World57.8

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

Qatar99.4

San Marino97.2

Netherlands95.9

Malta95.7

Uruguay95.7

U.S. Virgin Islands95.4

Luxembourg94.9

Turks & Caicos Islands94.4

Bottom 10

Micronesia22.5

Vanuatu22.3

South Sudan21.7

Tonga21.2

Sri Lanka20.5

Niger18.4

Malawi17.6

Samoa17.5

Papua New Guinea15.8

Liechtenstein14.6

Biggest increases since 2024

Burundi+3.5%

Rwanda+3.4%

Papua New Guinea+2.4%

Chad+2.4%

Lesotho+2.3%

Mozambique+2.1%

Uganda+2.1%

Solomon Islands+2.1%

Burkina Faso+2.1%

Ethiopia+2.1%

Biggest decreases since 2024

American Samoa-0.5%

Belize-0.5%

Antigua & Barbuda-0.2%

Channel Islands-0.2%

Liechtenstein-0.2%

Aruba-0.1%

Tajikistan-0.1%

Isle of Man-0.1%

St. Lucia-0.0%

Sint Maarten+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	99.4	13
14	San Marino	97.2	14
15	Netherlands	95.9	16
16	Malta	95.7	15
17	Uruguay	95.7	17
18	U.S. Virgin Islands	95.4	18
19	Luxembourg	94.9	19
20	Turks & Caicos Islands	94.4	23
21	Puerto Rico	94.3	20
22	Guam	94.2	22
23	Iceland	94.2	21
24	Jordan	93.2	24
25	Argentina	92.4	25
26	Japan	92.3	26
27	Northern Mariana Islands	92.2	27
28	Gabon	92.1	28
29	Israel	91.6	29
30	Curaçao	91.5	30
31	Lebanon	91.0	31
32	Türkiye	89.5	32
33	Venezuela	89.3	33
34	Chile	89.2	34
35	Sweden	89.1	36
36	Andorra	88.9	35
37	Denmark	88.8	37
38	Greenland	88.6	38
39	Brazil	88.2	39
40	Libya	87.9	40
41	Australia	87.7	42
42	Belgium	87.7	41
43	Palestinian Territories	87.4	43
44	United Arab Emirates	86.0	44
45	Switzerland	85.7	45
46	Peru	85.6	46
47	Saudi Arabia	84.6	47
48	New Zealand	84.0	48
49	Norway	83.6	49
50	United Kingdom	83.3	50
51	Canada	82.9	51
52	Germany	82.1	52
53	Bahamas	81.3	53
54	South Korea	81.2	54
55	Spain	80.5	56
56	American Samoa	80.5	55
57	United States	80.2	57
58	Mexico	80.0	58
59	Costa Rica	79.7	60
60	Belarus	79.5	62
61	Oman	79.5	59
62	Palau	79.3	61
63	Greece	79.2	63
64	Marshall Islands	79.1	65
65	France	78.8	64
66	Colombia	78.8	66
67	Cape Verde	77.6	70
68	Malaysia	77.4	69
69	Iran	77.4	68
70	Cuba	77.2	67
71	Algeria	75.8	71
72	El Salvador	75.5	73
73	Russia	75.3	72
74	Brunei	75.0	74
75	Finland	74.5	75
76	Bulgaria	74.2	76
77	Dominica	74.0	77
78	Djibouti	73.0	78
79	Czechia	72.9	79
80	Dominican Republic	72.5	80
81	Syria	72.1	81
82	Equatorial Guinea	71.6	82
83	Bolivia	71.6	83
84	Angola	71.5	86
85	Mongolia	71.1	84
86	Estonia	70.7	85
87	Tunisia	70.7	88
88	Hungary	70.7	87
89	Paraguay	70.4	90
90	Iraq	69.9	89
91	Austria	69.7	93
92	Italy	69.7	91
93	Ukraine	69.6	92
94	São Tomé & Príncipe	69.2	94
95	Lithuania	69.1	95
96	Latvia	68.6	96
97	New Caledonia	68.2	97
98	Botswana	68.0	98
99	Nepal	67.0	99
100	Cyprus	66.7	100
101	China	66.3	102
102	Panama	66.2	101
103	Armenia	65.9	103
104	Suriname	65.8	104
105	Montenegro	65.6	105
106	Tuvalu	65.4	106
107	Gambia	65.0	108
108	Ireland	64.6	107
109	North Korea	64.2	110
110	Congo - Brazzaville	64.1	109
111	South Africa	63.8	111
112	Nigeria	63.8	113
113	Ecuador	63.4	112
114	Kiribati	63.4	116
115	Morocco	63.1	114
116	North Macedonia	62.9	115
117	Thailand	62.8	119
118	Serbia	62.6	117
119	Kazakhstan	62.4	118
120	French Polynesia	61.8	121
121	Aruba	61.7	120
122	Portugal	61.5	122
123	Mauritania	61.5	124
124	Georgia	61.2	123
125	Poland	60.1	125
126	Barbados	59.7	126
127	Fiji	59.5	128
128	Nicaragua	59.4	127
129	Jamaica	59.4	129
130	Indonesia	59.4	131
131	Honduras	59.3	130
132	Ghana	58.9	134
133	Albania	58.9	133
134	Azerbaijan	58.6	132
135	Croatia	57.8	135
136	British Virgin Islands	57.4	136
137	Guatemala	56.3	137
138	Liberia	56.1	139
139	Slovenia	56.0	138
140	Philippines	55.8	140
141	Senegal	55.8	142
142	Cameroon	55.7	141
143	Haiti	55.6	143
144	Somalia	55.1	144
145	Côte d’Ivoire	54.5	145
146	Trinidad & Tobago	54.0	146
147	Benin	53.4	148
148	Slovakia	53.2	147
149	Bosnia & Herzegovina	52.7	151
150	Romania	52.2	149
151	Isle of Man	52.1	150
152	Uzbekistan	51.0	152
153	Kosovo	50.9	154
154	Namibia	50.9	153
155	St. Vincent & Grenadines	48.0	155
156	Turkmenistan	47.1	156
157	Guinea-Bissau	46.7	157
158	Sierra Leone	45.9	159
159	Zambia	45.9	158
160	Seychelles	45.5	160
161	Congo - Kinshasa	45.1	161
162	Lesotho	44.7	164
163	Central African Republic	44.6	162
164	Togo	44.4	163
165	Moldova	43.7	165
166	Bhutan	43.4	167
167	Egypt	42.9	166
168	Maldives	42.5	168
169	Belize	41.6	169
170	Cambodia	41.1	170
171	Zimbabwe	40.5	171
172	Laos	40.3	172
173	Faroe Islands	39.6	173
174	Pakistan	39.5	174
175	Mauritius	39.0	175
176	Vietnam	38.8	176
177	Guinea	38.5	177
178	Mozambique	37.2	180
179	Yemen	37.0	178
180	Tanzania	36.9	181
181	Grenada	36.7	179
182	India	35.7	182
183	Sudan	34.9	183
184	Kyrgyzstan	34.7	184
185	Eritrea	34.5	185
186	Comoros	33.9	186
187	Bangladesh	33.2	188
188	Madagascar	32.9	189
189	Channel Islands	32.6	187
190	Mali	32.2	192
191	Kenya	32.2	190
192	Uganda	31.9	193
193	St. Kitts & Nevis	31.9	191
194	Solomon Islands	31.3	194
195	Rwanda	30.9	196
196	Myanmar (Burma)	30.6	195
197	St. Lucia	29.1	197
198	Burkina Faso	28.9	199
199	Timor-Leste	28.8	198
200	Chad	27.6	200
201	Eswatini	26.7	202
202	Guyana	26.5	201
203	Tajikistan	26.2	203
204	Afghanistan	25.9	204
205	Burundi	25.7	205
206	Antigua & Barbuda	24.3	206
207	Ethiopia	24.1	207
208	Micronesia	22.5	208
209	Vanuatu	22.3	209
210	South Sudan	21.7	210
211	Tonga	21.2	211
212	Sri Lanka	20.5	212
213	Niger	18.4	213
214	Malawi	17.6	215
215	Samoa	17.5	214
216	Papua New Guinea	15.8	216
217	Liechtenstein	14.6	217

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