Rankings · population
Countries by urban population
Share of the population living in urban areas. 215 countries ranked for 2025 (%).
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| 1 |  Bahrain | 100% | +0.0% | = |
| 2 |  Bermuda | 100% | +0.0% | = |
| 3 |  Cayman Islands | 100% | +0.0% | = |
| 4 |  Hong Kong S.A.R. | 100% | +0.0% | = |
| 5 |  Kuwait | 100% | +0.0% | = |
| 6 |  Macao S.A.R | 100% | +0.0% | = |
| 7 |  Saint Martin | 100% | +0.0% | = |
| 8 |  Monaco | 100% | +0.0% | = |
| 9 |  Nauru | 100% | +0.0% | = |
| 10 |  Singapore | 100% | +0.0% | = |
| 11 |  Sint Maarten | 100% | +0.0% | = |
| 12 |  Qatar | 99.4% | +0.5% | = |
| 13 |  San Marino | 97.2% | +0.1% | = |
| 14 |  Netherlands | 95.9% | +6.2% | ▲ 13 |
| 15 |  Malta | 95.7% | +1.4% | ▲ 1 |
| 16 |  Uruguay | 95.7% | +0.6% | ▼ 2 |
| 17 |  United States Virgin Islands | 95.4% | +0.5% | ▼ 2 |
| 18 |  Luxembourg | 94.9% | +4.3% | ▲ 8 |
| 19 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 94.4% | +2.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 20 |  Puerto Rico | 94.3% | +0.5% | ▼ 2 |
| 21 |  Guam | 94.2% | +0.1% | ▼ 4 |
| 22 |  Iceland | 94.2% | +0.5% | ▼ 3 |
| 23 |  Jordan | 93.2% | +3.7% | ▲ 5 |
| 24 |  Argentina | 92.4% | +1.0% | ▼ 2 |
| 25 |  Japan | 92.3% | +1.0% | ▼ 2 |
| 26 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 92.2% | +1.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 27 |  Gabon | 92.1% | +4.5% | ▲ 5 |
| 28 |  Israel | 91.6% | -0.1% | ▼ 7 |
| 29 |  Curaçao | 91.5% | +0.2% | ▼ 5 |
| 30 |  Lebanon | 91% | +2.7% | = |
| 31 |  Turkey | 89.5% | +2.6% | ▲ 5 |
| 32 |  Venezuela | 89.3% | +0.3% | ▼ 3 |
| 33 |  Chile | 89.2% | +1.9% | ▲ 2 |
| 34 |  Sweden | 89.1% | +2.9% | ▲ 4 |
| 35 |  Andorra | 88.9% | +0.5% | ▼ 4 |
| 36 |  Denmark | 88.8% | +1.3% | ▼ 2 |
| 37 |  Greenland | 88.6% | +3.0% | ▲ 3 |
| 38 |  Brazil | 88.2% | +2.9% | ▲ 3 |
| 39 |  Libya | 87.9% | +0.1% | ▼ 6 |
| 40 |  Australia | 87.7% | +0.9% | ▼ 3 |
| 41 |  Belgium | 87.7% | +1.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 42 |  Palestine | 87.4% | +2.6% | ▲ 1 |
| 43 |  United Arab Emirates | 86% | +2.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 44 |  Switzerland | 85.7% | +13.4% | ▲ 21 |
| 45 |  Peru | 85.6% | +6.1% | ▲ 8 |
| 46 |  Saudi Arabia | 84.6% | +1.9% | = |
| 47 |  New Zealand | 84% | -1.4% | ▼ 5 |
| 48 |  Norway | 83.6% | +3.0% | ▲ 3 |
| 49 |  United Kingdom | 83.3% | +1.8% | ▼ 1 |
| 50 |  Canada | 82.9% | +2.1% | = |
| 51 |  Germany | 82.1% | +1.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 52 |  The Bahamas | 81.3% | -1.2% | ▼ 5 |
| 53 |  South Korea | 81.2% | -0.5% | ▼ 4 |
| 54 |  American Samoa | 80.5% | -5.0% | ▼ 10 |
| 55 |  Spain | 80.5% | +1.6% | ▲ 1 |
| 56 |  United States | 80.2% | -0.5% | ▼ 2 |
| 57 |  Mexico | 80% | +3.6% | ▲ 4 |
| 58 |  Costa Rica | 79.7% | +6.3% | ▲ 9 |
| 59 |  Belarus | 79.5% | +3.8% | ▲ 4 |
| 60 |  Oman | 79.5% | +2.8% | ▼ 1 |
| 61 |  Palau | 79.3% | -1.4% | ▼ 6 |
| 62 |  Greece | 79.2% | +2.2% | ▼ 4 |
| 63 |  Marshall Islands | 79.1% | +4.8% | ▲ 3 |
| 64 |  Colombia | 78.8% | +2.1% | ▼ 4 |
| 65 |  France | 78.8% | +1.3% | ▼ 8 |
| 66 |  Cabo Verde | 77.6% | +16.0% | ▲ 28 |
| 67 |  Iran | 77.4% | +5.4% | ▲ 4 |
| 68 |  Malaysia | 77.4% | +5.4% | ▲ 4 |
| 69 |  Cuba | 77.2% | +0.4% | ▼ 7 |
| 70 |  Algeria | 75.8% | +8.1% | ▲ 8 |
| 71 |  El Salvador | 75.5% | +8.3% | ▲ 10 |
| 72 |  Russia | 75.3% | +1.3% | ▼ 3 |
| 73 |  Brunei | 75% | +0.1% | ▼ 5 |
| 74 |  Finland | 74.5% | +4.5% | ▲ 1 |
| 75 |  Bulgaria | 74.2% | +1.5% | ▼ 2 |
| 76 |  Dominica | 74% | +5.9% | ▲ 3 |
| 77 |  Djibouti | 73% | +2.8% | ▼ 1 |
| 78 |  Czechia | 72.9% | -0.1% | ▼ 4 |
| 79 |  Dominican Republic | 72.5% | -2.2% | ▼ 9 |
| 80 |  Syria | 72.1% | -4.9% | ▼ 16 |
| 81 |  Bolivia | 71.6% | +4.7% | ▲ 5 |
| 82 |  Equatorial Guinea | 71.6% | +3.8% | ▲ 2 |
| 83 |  Angola | 71.5% | +12.6% | ▲ 19 |
| 84 |  Mongolia | 71.1% | +4.6% | ▲ 3 |
| 85 |  Estonia | 70.7% | +3.2% | = |
| 86 |  Hungary | 70.7% | +0.3% | ▼ 9 |
| 87 |  Tunisia | 70.7% | +4.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 88 |  Paraguay | 70.4% | +14.8% | ▲ 22 |
| 89 |  Iraq | 69.9% | +0.0% | ▼ 9 |
| 90 |  Austria | 69.7% | +3.1% | = |
| 91 |  Italy | 69.7% | +0.1% | ▼ 9 |
| 92 |  Ukraine | 69.6% | +0.6% | ▼ 9 |
| 93 |  São Tomé and Principe | 69.2% | +2.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 94 |  Lithuania | 69.1% | +2.8% | ▼ 2 |
| 95 |  Latvia | 68.6% | +1.0% | ▼ 7 |
| 96 |  New Caledonia | 68.2% | +2.1% | ▼ 1 |
| 97 |  Botswana | 68% | +4.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 98 |  Nepal | 67% | +3.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 99 |  Cyprus | 66.7% | -0.4% | ▼ 6 |
| 100 |  China | 66.3% | +15.7% | ▲ 21 |
| 101 |  Panama | 66.2% | +1.1% | ▼ 4 |
| 102 |  Armenia | 65.9% | +2.2% | ▼ 1 |
| 103 |  Suriname | 65.8% | -0.6% | ▼ 7 |
| 104 |  Montenegro | 65.6% | +1.2% | ▼ 4 |
| 105 |  Tuvalu | 65.4% | +11.0% | ▲ 13 |
| 106 |  Gambia | 65% | +9.8% | ▲ 10 |
| 107 |  Ireland | 64.6% | +3.2% | = |
| 108 |  North Korea | 64.2% | +4.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 109 |  Republic of the Congo | 64.1% | +1.6% | ▼ 4 |
| 110 |  Nigeria | 63.8% | +14.5% | ▲ 13 |
| 111 |  South Africa | 63.8% | +0.9% | ▼ 7 |
| 112 |  Ecuador | 63.4% | +0.6% | ▼ 6 |
| 113 |  Kiribati | 63.4% | +24.3% | ▲ 28 |
| 114 |  Morocco | 63.1% | +4.1% | ▼ 2 |
| 115 |  North Macedonia | 62.9% | +6.4% | ▲ 2 |
| 116 |  Thailand | 62.8% | +33.6% | ▲ 32 |
| 117 |  Republic of Serbia | 62.6% | +4.2% | ▼ 3 |
| 118 |  Kazakhstan | 62.4% | +11.2% | ▲ 4 |
| 119 |  French Polynesia | 61.8% | +0.2% | ▼ 11 |
| 120 |  Aruba | 61.7% | -2.4% | ▼ 17 |
| 121 |  Mauritania | 61.5% | +19.0% | ▲ 18 |
| 122 |  Portugal | 61.5% | +0.7% | ▼ 11 |
| 123 |  Georgia | 61.2% | +6.6% | ▼ 3 |
| 124 |  Poland | 60.1% | -0.3% | ▼ 11 |
| 125 |  Barbados | 59.7% | +0.8% | ▼ 10 |
| 126 |  Fiji | 59.5% | +9.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 127 |  Indonesia | 59.4% | +11.7% | ▲ 9 |
| 128 |  Jamaica | 59.4% | +7.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 129 |  Nicaragua | 59.4% | +2.8% | ▼ 10 |
| 130 |  Honduras | 59.3% | +9.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 131 |  Albania | 58.9% | +6.7% | ▼ 6 |
| 132 |  Ghana | 58.9% | +9.9% | ▲ 2 |
| 133 |  Azerbaijan | 58.6% | +6.2% | ▼ 7 |
| 134 |  Croatia | 57.8% | +4.0% | ▼ 10 |
| 135 |  British Virgin Islands | 57.4% | +16.0% | ▲ 10 |
| 136 |  Guatemala | 56.3% | +5.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 137 |  Liberia | 56.1% | +10.7% | ▲ 5 |
| 138 |  Slovenia | 56% | +4.3% | ▼ 5 |
| 139 |  Philippines | 55.8% | +9.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 140 |  Senegal | 55.8% | +20.5% | ▲ 11 |
| 141 |  Cameroon | 55.7% | +5.9% | ▼ 4 |
| 142 |  Haiti | 55.6% | +12.6% | ▲ 4 |
| 143 |  Somalia | 55.1% | +25.5% | ▲ 12 |
| 144 |  Ivory Coast | 54.5% | +10.1% | = |
| 145 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 54% | +0.2% | ▼ 14 |
| 146 |  Benin | 53.4% | +16.3% | ▲ 6 |
| 147 |  Slovakia | 53.2% | -1.3% | ▼ 17 |
| 148 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.7% | +10.7% | ▼ 1 |
| 149 |  Romania | 52.2% | -2.8% | ▼ 17 |
| 150 |  Isle of Man | 52.1% | +0.0% | ▼ 12 |
| 151 |  Uzbekistan | 51% | +0.6% | ▼ 8 |
| 152 |  Namibia | 50.9% | +11.9% | ▲ 1 |
| 153 |  Kosovo | 50.9% | +27.6% | ▲ 10 |
| 154 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 48% | +2.8% | ▼ 4 |
| 155 |  Turkmenistan | 47.1% | +0.2% | ▼ 6 |
| 156 |  Guinea-Bissau | 46.7% | +10.7% | ▲ 2 |
| 157 |  Sierra Leone | 45.9% | +12.5% | ▲ 4 |
| 158 |  Zambia | 45.9% | +9.3% | ▲ 1 |
| 159 |  Seychelles | 45.5% | +5.6% | ▼ 3 |
| 160 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 45.1% | +9.2% | = |
| 161 |  Lesotho | 44.7% | +31.1% | ▲ 14 |
| 162 |  Central African Republic | 44.6% | +11.5% | = |
| 163 |  Togo | 44.4% | +11.8% | ▲ 3 |
| 164 |  Moldova | 43.7% | +10.1% | = |
| 165 |  Bhutan | 43.4% | +18.3% | ▲ 4 |
| 166 |  Egypt | 42.9% | +0.7% | ▼ 9 |
| 167 |  Maldives | 42.5% | +10.1% | = |
| 168 |  Belize | 41.6% | -5.2% | ▼ 14 |
| 169 |  Cambodia | 41.1% | +36.5% | ▲ 18 |
| 170 |  Zimbabwe | 40.5% | +20.5% | ▲ 7 |
| 171 |  Laos | 40.3% | +21.8% | ▲ 7 |
| 172 |  Faroe Islands | 39.6% | +3.9% | ▼ 4 |
| 173 |  Pakistan | 39.5% | +10.0% | ▼ 2 |
| 174 |  Mauritius | 39% | -1.8% | ▼ 9 |
| 175 |  Vietnam | 38.8% | +19.8% | ▲ 5 |
| 176 |  Guinea | 38.5% | +10.0% | ▼ 2 |
| 177 |  Mozambique | 37.2% | +15.9% | ▲ 5 |
| 178 |  Yemen | 37% | +14.2% | ▲ 3 |
| 179 |  United Republic of Tanzania | 36.9% | +18.3% | ▲ 6 |
| 180 |  Grenada | 36.7% | +2.2% | ▼ 10 |
| 181 |  India | 35.7% | +9.8% | ▼ 2 |
| 182 |  Sudan | 34.9% | +2.3% | ▼ 6 |
| 183 |  Kyrgyzstan | 34.7% | -1.1% | ▼ 10 |
| 184 |  Eritrea | 34.5% | -3.1% | ▼ 12 |
| 185 |  Comoros | 33.9% | +11.5% | ▲ 1 |
| 186 |  Bangladesh | 33.2% | +12.5% | ▲ 3 |
| 187 |  Madagascar | 32.9% | +12.7% | ▲ 4 |
| 188 |  Kenya | 32.2% | +1.6% | ▼ 5 |
| 189 |  Mali | 32.2% | +24.8% | ▲ 5 |
| 190 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31.9% | +1.9% | ▼ 6 |
| 191 |  Uganda | 31.9% | +27.6% | ▲ 6 |
| 192 |  Solomon Islands | 31.3% | +32.1% | ▲ 8 |
| 193 |  Rwanda | 30.9% | +69.8% | ▲ 17 |
| 194 |  Myanmar | 30.6% | +3.0% | ▼ 6 |
| 195 |  Saint Lucia | 29.1% | +45.5% | ▲ 10 |
| 196 |  Burkina Faso | 28.9% | +12.9% | ▼ 1 |
| 197 |  Timor-Leste | 28.8% | -2.4% | ▼ 7 |
| 198 |  Chad | 27.6% | +21.1% | ▲ 5 |
| 199 |  Eswatini | 26.7% | +14.6% | ▲ 2 |
| 200 |  Guyana | 26.5% | +0.4% | ▼ 7 |
| 201 |  Tajikistan | 26.2% | -1.1% | ▼ 9 |
| 202 |  Afghanistan | 25.9% | +5.7% | ▼ 3 |
| 203 |  Burundi | 25.7% | +74.8% | ▲ 10 |
| 204 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 24.3% | -2.8% | ▼ 8 |
| 205 |  Ethiopia | 24.1% | +23.6% | ▲ 1 |
| 206 |  Federated States of Micronesia | 22.5% | +0.9% | ▼ 2 |
| 207 |  Vanuatu | 22.3% | -10.4% | ▼ 9 |
| 208 |  South Sudan | 21.7% | +15.4% | ▲ 1 |
| 209 |  Tonga | 21.2% | -8.6% | ▼ 7 |
| 210 |  Sri Lanka | 20.5% | +9.0% | ▼ 2 |
| 211 |  Niger | 18.4% | +12.9% | = |
| 212 |  Malawi | 17.6% | +11.4% | = |
| 213 |  Samoa | 17.5% | -8.9% | ▼ 6 |
| 214 |  Papua New Guinea | 15.8% | +19.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 215 |  Liechtenstein | 14.6% | +0.7% | ▼ 1 |
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