Urban Population by Country

World Bank 2022 · 194 countries

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Percentage of population living in cities

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194 countries

Urban Population by country
1	Singapore	100.0%
2	Kuwait	100.0%
3	Monaco	100.0%
4	Bahrain	100.0%
5	Nauru	100.0%
6	Qatar	99.3%
7	San Marino	97.1%
8	Malta	95.6%
9	Uruguay	95.5%
10	Netherlands	95.3%
11	Luxembourg	94.8%
12	Iceland	94.2%
13	Jordan	92.7%
14	Argentina	92.2%
15	Japan	92.1%
16	Gabon	91.6%
17	Israel	91.5%
18	Lebanon	90.5%
19	Venezuela	89.2%
20	Turkey	89.0%
21	Andorra	88.8%
22	Chile	88.8%
23	Sweden	88.6%
24	Denmark	88.6%
25	Libya	87.9%
26	Brazil	87.6%
27	Belgium	87.6%
28	Australia	87.5%
29	Palestine	86.9%
30	United Arab Emirates	85.7%
31	Switzerland	85.2%
32	Peru	84.8%
33	Saudi Arabia	84.3%
34	New Zealand	83.9%
35	United Kingdom	83.2%
36	Norway	83.1%
37	Canada	82.5%
38	Germany	81.9%
39	Bahamas	81.3%
40	South Korea	81.2%
41	Spain	80.1%
42	United States	80.1%
43	Oman	79.6%
44	Mexico	79.5%
45	Palau	79.2%
46	Costa Rica	78.9%
47	Belarus	78.8%
48	France	78.8%
49	Greece	78.8%
50	Marshall Islands	78.4%
51	Colombia	78.3%
52	Cuba	77.1%
53	Iran	76.7%
54	Malaysia	76.4%
55	Cape Verde	75.9%
56	Russia	75.0%
57	Brunei	74.8%
58	Algeria	74.7%
59	El Salvador	74.6%
60	Finland	74.0%
61	Bulgaria	73.7%
62	Dominica	73.1%
63	Djibouti	72.8%
64	Czechia	72.7%
65	Dominican Republic	72.4%
66	Syria	72.2%
67	Equatorial Guinea	71.1%
68	Bolivia	70.9%
69	Estonia	70.7%
70	Mongolia	70.4%
71	Hungary	70.3%
72	Tunisia	70.0%
73	Iraq	69.9%
74	Angola	69.9%
75	Italy	69.5%
76	Ukraine	69.5%
77	Paraguay	69.3%
78	Austria	69.2%
79	São Tomé and Príncipe	68.6%
80	Lithuania	68.6%
81	Latvia	68.4%
82	Botswana	67.0%
83	Cyprus	66.7%
84	Nepal	66.5%
85	Panama	65.9%
86	Suriname	65.8%
87	Armenia	65.7%
88	China	65.5%
89	Montenegro	65.5%
90	Ireland	64.1%
91	Tuvalu	64.0%
92	Gambia	63.8%
93	Republic of the Congo	63.7%
94	South Africa	63.6%
95	North Korea	63.5%
96	Ecuador	63.1%
97	Morocco	62.7%
98	North Macedonia	62.3%
99	Nigeria	62.2%
100	Serbia	62.1%
101	Kazakhstan	61.8%
102	Kiribati	61.5%
103	Portugal	61.2%
104	Thailand	60.9%
105	Georgia	60.8%
106	Poland	59.9%
107	Mauritania	59.7%
108	Barbados	59.4%
109	Nicaragua	59.1%
110	Fiji	58.6%
111	Azerbaijan	58.5%
112	Jamaica	58.5%
113	Honduras	58.3%
114	Albania	58.2%
115	Indonesia	58.1%
116	Ghana	57.8%
117	Croatia	57.2%
118	Guatemala	55.6%
119	Slovenia	55.5%
120	Cameroon	55.1%
121	Philippines	55.1%
122	Liberia	55.0%
123	Senegal	54.7%
124	Haiti	54.4%
125	Somalia	54.1%
126	Trinidad and Tobago	54.0%
127	Ivory Coast	53.4%
128	Slovakia	53.2%
129	Romania	52.2%
130	Benin	51.7%
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51.6%
132	Uzbekistan	51.0%
133	Namibia	50.0%
134	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	47.7%
135	Turkmenistan	47.1%
136	Guinea-Bissau	45.6%
137	Seychelles	45.1%
138	Zambia	45.0%
139	Sierra Leone	44.8%
140	DR Congo	44.4%
141	Central African Republic	43.7%
142	Togo	43.2%
143	Moldova	43.0%
144	Egypt	42.7%
145	Lesotho	42.7%
146	Belize	41.9%
147	Bhutan	41.7%
148	Maldives	41.5%
149	Cambodia	40.6%
150	Zimbabwe	39.3%
151	Mauritius	39.0%
152	Pakistan	38.8%
153	Laos	38.8%
154	Vietnam	38.1%
155	Guinea	37.6%
156	Yemen	36.6%
157	Grenada	36.5%
158	Mozambique	35.7%
159	Tanzania	35.5%
160	India	35.1%
161	Sudan	34.8%
162	Kyrgyzstan	34.7%
163	Eritrea	34.7%
164	Comoros	33.2%
165	Bangladesh	32.2%
166	Madagascar	32.0%
167	Saint Kitts and Nevis	31.7%
168	Kenya	31.6%
169	Mali	31.0%
170	Uganda	30.6%
171	Myanmar	30.4%
172	Solomon Islands	30.0%
173	Saint Lucia	29.1%
174	Rwanda	28.9%
175	Timor-Leste	28.6%
176	Burkina Faso	27.8%
177	Guyana	26.5%
178	Chad	26.3%
179	Tajikistan	26.2%
180	Eswatini	25.8%
181	Afghanistan	25.5%
182	Antigua and Barbuda	24.5%
183	Burundi	23.6%
184	Ethiopia	23.1%
185	Micronesia	22.4%
186	Vanuatu	22.3%
187	Tonga	21.1%
188	South Sudan	21.1%
189	Sri Lanka	20.1%
190	Niger	17.8%
191	Samoa	17.5%
192	Malawi	17.0%
193	Papua New Guinea	15.1%
194	Liechtenstein	14.7%

100.0%1st · Singapore 100.0%2nd · Kuwait 100.0%3rd · Monaco

Source

World Bank · 2022 · 194/195 countries

Surprising positions

Nauru ranks 4 of 194 for urban population, and 193 of 195 for population.

Monaco ranks 3 of 194 for urban population, and 189 of 195 for population.

San Marino ranks 7 of 194 for urban population, and 191 of 195 for population.

Method

The three largest gaps in relative ranking position, compared with population. Only sovereign countries with both values count. This describes position, not whether a country is better.

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