Urban Population by Country

Share of the population living in urban areas (%). Data covers 217 countries for 2024, sourced from World Bank Open Data.

HighestBahrain100

LowestLiechtenstein14.7

Average62.9217 countries

Year2024latest available

💡 Over half of humanity now lives in cities—urbanization has doubled since 1950.

Top 10 countries

Bahrain100

Bermuda100

Cayman Islands100

Gibraltar100

Hong Kong SAR, China100

Kuwait100

Macao SAR, China100

Monaco100

Nauru100

Singapore100

Urban Population: full country ranking (2024)

#	Country	Urban Population
1	Bahrain	100
2	Bermuda	100
3	Cayman Islands	100
4	Gibraltar	100
5	Hong Kong SAR, China	100
6	Kuwait	100
7	Macao SAR, China	100
8	Monaco	100
9	Nauru	100
10	Singapore	100
11	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	100
12	St. Martin (French part)	100
13	Qatar	99.3
14	San Marino	97.2
15	Malta	95.7
16	Netherlands	95.6
17	Uruguay	95.6
18	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	95.3
19	Luxembourg	94.8
20	Puerto Rico (US)	94.3
21	Iceland	94.2
22	Guam	94.2
23	Turks and Caicos Islands	94.2
24	Jordan	93
25	Argentina	92.3
26	Japan	92.2
27	Northern Mariana Islands	92.1
28	Gabon	91.9
29	Israel	91.5
30	Curacao	91.4
31	Lebanon	90.7
32	Turkiye	89.3
33	Venezuela, RB	89.3
34	Chile	89
35	Andorra	88.9
36	Sweden	88.9
37	Denmark	88.7
38	Greenland	88.3
39	Brazil	87.9
40	Libya	87.9
41	Belgium	87.6
42	Australia	87.6
43	West Bank and Gaza	87.1
44	United Arab Emirates	85.8
45	Switzerland	85.5
46	Peru	85.2
47	Saudi Arabia	84.5
48	New Zealand	83.9
49	Norway	83.3
50	United Kingdom	83.2
51	Canada	82.7
52	Germany	82
53	Bahamas, The	81.3
54	Korea, Rep.	81.2
55	American Samoa	80.9
56	Spain	80.3
57	United States	80.1
58	Mexico	79.8
59	Oman	79.4
60	Costa Rica	79.3
61	Palau	79.2
62	Belarus	79.2
63	Greece	79
64	France	78.8
65	Marshall Islands	78.7
66	Colombia	78.5
67	Cuba	77.2
68	Iran, Islamic Rep.	77
69	Malaysia	76.9
70	Cabo Verde	76.8
71	Algeria	75.3
72	Russian Federation	75.1
73	El Salvador	75.1
74	Brunei Darussalam	74.9
75	Finland	74.3
76	Bulgaria	73.9
77	Dominica	73.5
78	Djibouti	72.9
79	Czechia	72.8
80	Dominican Republic	72.4
81	Syrian Arab Republic	72.1
82	Equatorial Guinea	71.4
83	Bolivia	71.2
84	Mongolia	71
85	Estonia	70.7
86	Angola	70.7
87	Hungary	70.5
88	Tunisia	70.4
89	Iraq	69.9
90	Paraguay	69.9
91	Italy	69.6
92	Ukraine	69.5
93	Austria	69.5
94	Sao Tome and Principe	68.9
95	Lithuania	68.8
96	Latvia	68.5
97	New Caledonia	68
98	Botswana	67.5
99	Nepal	66.8
100	Cyprus	66.7
101	Panama	66
102	China	65.9
103	Armenia	65.8
104	Suriname	65.8
105	Montenegro	65.5
106	Tuvalu	64.7
107	Ireland	64.3
108	Gambia, The	64.3
109	Congo, Rep.	63.9
110	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	63.9
111	South Africa	63.7
112	Ecuador	63.2
113	Nigeria	63
114	Morocco	62.8
115	North Macedonia	62.6
116	Kiribati	62.5
117	Serbia	62.4
118	Kazakhstan	62.1
119	Thailand	61.9
120	Aruba	61.8
121	French Polynesia	61.7
122	Portugal	61.3
123	Georgia	61.1
124	Mauritania	60.6
125	Poland	60
126	Barbados	59.5
127	Nicaragua	59.3
128	Fiji	59.1
129	Jamaica	58.9
130	Honduras	58.8
131	Indonesia	58.8
132	Azerbaijan	58.6
133	Albania	58.5
134	Ghana	58.4
135	Croatia	57.5
136	British Virgin Islands	56.5
137	Guatemala	56
138	Slovenia	55.8
139	Liberia	55.5
140	Philippines	55.5
141	Cameroon	55.4
142	Senegal	55.2
143	Haiti	55
144	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	54.6
145	Cote d'Ivoire	54
146	Trinidad and Tobago	54
147	Slovak Republic	53.2
148	Benin	52.5
149	Romania	52.2
150	Isle of Man	52.2
151	Bosnia and Herzegovina	52.1
152	Uzbekistan	51
153	Namibia	50.4
154	Kosovo	50.3
155	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	47.8
156	Turkmenistan	47.1
157	Guinea-Bissau	46.1
158	Zambia	45.5
159	Sierra Leone	45.4
160	Seychelles	45.3
161	Congo, Dem. Rep.	44.7
162	Central African Republic	44.1
163	Togo	43.8
164	Lesotho	43.7
165	Moldova	43.5
166	Egypt, Arab Rep.	42.8
167	Bhutan	42.6
168	Maldives	42
169	Belize	41.8
170	Cambodia	40.9
171	Zimbabwe	39.9
172	Lao PDR	39.6
173	Faroe Islands	39.4
174	Pakistan	39.2
175	Mauritius	39
176	Viet Nam	38.5
177	Guinea	38.1
178	Yemen, Rep.	36.8
179	Grenada	36.6
180	Mozambique	36.4
181	Tanzania	36.2
182	India	35.4
183	Sudan	34.9
184	Kyrgyz Republic	34.7
185	Eritrea	34.5
186	Comoros	33.5
187	Channel Islands	32.7
188	Bangladesh	32.7
189	Madagascar	32.4
190	Kenya	31.9
191	St. Kitts and Nevis	31.8
192	Mali	31.6
193	Uganda	31.3
194	Solomon Islands	30.7
195	Myanmar	30.4
196	Rwanda	29.9
197	St. Lucia	29.1
198	Timor-Leste	28.7
199	Burkina Faso	28.3
200	Chad	26.9
201	Guyana	26.5
202	Eswatini	26.2
203	Tajikistan	26.2
204	Afghanistan	25.7
205	Burundi	24.8
206	Antigua and Barbuda	24.4
207	Ethiopia	23.6
208	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	22.5
209	Vanuatu	22.3
210	South Sudan	21.4
211	Tonga	21.2
212	Sri Lanka	20.3
213	Niger	18
214	Samoa	17.5
215	Malawi	17.3
216	Papua New Guinea	15.4
217	Liechtenstein	14.7

Source: World Bank Open Data. Latest available year: 2024. Values shown are the most recent reported figure per country.

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