Urban Population - world statistics and charts as map, diagram and table
Percentage of the population living in urban areas for the countries of the world
| Rank (total) | Country | Total (percent) | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anguilla | 100 | 2020 |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100 | 2020 |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100 | 2020 |
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100 | 2020 |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 100 | 2020 |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100 | 2020 |
| 1 | Macau | 100 | 2020 |
| 1 | Monaco | 100 | 2020 |
| 1 | Nauru | 100 | 2020 |
| 1 | Singapore | 100 | 2020 |
| 1 | Sint Maarten | 100 | 2020 |
| 1 | Vatican City | 100 | 2020 |
| 13 | Qatar | 99 | 2020 |
| 14 | Belgium | 98 | 2020 |
| 15 | San Marino | 98 | 2020 |
| 16 | Virgin Islands of the U.S. | 96 | 2020 |
| 17 | Uruguay | 96 | 2020 |
| 18 | Guam | 95 | 2020 |
| 19 | Malta | 95 | 2020 |
| 20 | Iceland | 94 | 2020 |
| 21 | Puerto Rico | 94 | 2020 |
| 21 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 94 | 2020 |
| 23 | Israel | 93 | 2020 |
| 24 | Netherlands | 92 | 2020 |
| 25 | Argentina | 92 | 2020 |
| 26 | Japan | 92 | 2020 |
| 26 | Northern Mariana Islands | 92 | 2020 |
| 28 | Luxembourg | 92 | 2020 |
| 29 | Jordan | 91 | 2020 |
| 30 | Gabon | 90 | 2020 |
| 31 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 90 | 2020 |
| 32 | Bahrain | 90 | 2020 |
| 33 | Curacao | 89 | 2020 (2018 |
| 34 | Lebanon | 89 | 2020 |
| 35 | Venezuela | 88 | 2020 |
| 36 | Denmark | 88 | 2020 |
| 37 | Sweden | 88 | 2020 |
| 38 | Andorra | 88 | 2020 |
| 39 | Chile | 88 | 2020 |
| 40 | Greenland | 87 | 2020 |
| 41 | American Samoa | 87 | 2020 |
| 42 | Brazil | 87 | 2020 |
| 43 | United Arab Emirates | 87 | 2020 |
| 44 | Western Sahara | 87 | 2020 |
| 45 | New Zealand | 87 | 2020 |
| 46 | Oman | 86 | 2020 |
| 47 | Australia | 86 | 2020 |
| 48 | Finland | 86 | 2020 |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 84 | 2020 |
| 50 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 84 | 2020 |
| 51 | Bahamas | 83 | 2020 |
| 52 | Norway | 83 | 2020 |
| 53 | United States of America | 83 | 2020 |
| 54 | Dominican Republic | 83 | 2020 |
| 55 | Canada | 82 | 2020 |
| 56 | Colombia | 81 | 2020 |
| 56 | Korea (South) | 81 | 2020 |
| 58 | France | 81 | 2020 |
| 58 | Palau | 81 | 2020 |
| 60 | Costa Rica | 81 | 2020 |
| 60 | Spain | 81 | 2020 |
| 62 | Libya | 81 | 2020 |
| 62 | Mexico | 81 | 2020 |
| 64 | Greece | 80 | 2020 |
| 65 | Belarus | 80 | 2020 |
| 66 | Taiwan | 79 | 2020 |
| 67 | Falkland Islands | 79 | 2020 |
| 68 | Brunei | 78 | 2020 |
| 68 | Peru | 78 | 2020 |
| 70 | Djibouti | 78 | 2020 |
| 71 | Marshall Islands | 78 | 2020 |
| 72 | Germany | 78 | 2020 |
| 73 | Cuba | 77 | 2020 |
| 73 | Malaysia | 77 | 2020 |
| 75 | Palestinian Territories | 77 | 2020 |
| 76 | Turkey | 76 | 2020 |
| 77 | Iran | 76 | 2020 |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 76 | 2020 |
| 79 | Cook Islands | 76 | 2020 |
| 80 | Russia | 75 | 2020 |
| 81 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 74 | 2020 |
| 82 | Czech Republic | 74 | 2020 |
| 83 | Switzerland | 74 | 2020 |
| 84 | Algeria | 74 | 2020 |
| 85 | El Salvador | 73 | 2020 |
| 86 | Equatorial Guinea | 73 | 2020 |
| 87 | Hungary | 72 | 2020 |
| 88 | New Caledonia | 72 | 2020 |
| 89 | Dominica | 71 | 2020 |
| 90 | Italy | 71 | 2020 |
| 91 | Botswana | 71 | 2020 |
| 91 | Iraq | 71 | 2020 |
| 93 | Bolivia | 70 | 2020 |
| 94 | Tunisia | 70 | 2020 |
| 94 | Ukraine | 70 | 2020 |
| 96 | Estonia | 69 | 2020 |
| 97 | Mongolia | 69 | 2020 |
| 98 | Panama | 68 | 2020 |
| 99 | Latvia | 68 | 2020 |
| 100 | Lithuania | 68 | 2020 |
| 101 | Congo (Republic) | 68 | 2020 |
| 102 | Montenegro | 68 | 2020 |
| 103 | South Africa | 67 | 2020 |
| 104 | Angola | 67 | 2020 |
| 104 | Cyprus | 67 | 2020 |
| 106 | Cape Verde | 67 | 2020 |
| 107 | Portugal | 66 | 2020 |
| 108 | Suriname | 66 | 2020 |
| 109 | Ecuador | 64 | 2020 |
| 110 | Tuvalu | 64 | 2020 |
| 111 | Ireland | 64 | 2020 |
| 112 | Morocco | 64 | 2020 |
| 113 | Armenia | 63 | 2020 |
| 114 | Gambia | 63 | 2020 |
| 115 | Korea (North) | 62 | 2020 |
| 116 | Paraguay | 62 | 2020 |
| 117 | Albania | 62 | 2020 |
| 118 | French Polynesia | 62 | 2020 |
| 119 | China | 61 | 2020 |
| 120 | Poland | 60 | 2020 |
| 121 | Georgia | 60 | 2020 |
| 122 | Nicaragua | 59 | 2020 |
| 123 | Austria | 59 | 2020 |
| 124 | North Macedonia | 59 | 2020 |
| 125 | Honduras | 58 | 2020 |
| 126 | Kazakhstan | 58 | 2020 |
| 127 | Cameroon | 58 | 2020 |
| 127 | Croatia | 58 | 2020 |
| 129 | Seychelles | 58 | 2020 |
| 130 | Ghana | 57 | 2020 |
| 131 | Fiji | 57 | 2020 |
| 132 | Haiti | 57 | 2020 |
| 133 | Indonesia | 57 | 2020 |
| 134 | Azerbaijan | 56 | 2020 |
| 134 | Serbia | 56 | 2020 |
| 136 | Jamaica | 56 | 2020 |
| 137 | Kiribati | 56 | 2020 |
| 138 | Syria | 56 | 2020 |
| 139 | Mauritania | 55 | 2020 |
| 140 | Slovenia | 55 | 2020 |
| 141 | Romania | 54 | 2020 |
| 142 | Slovakia | 54 | 2020 |
| 143 | Trinidad and Tobago | 53 | 2020 |
| 144 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 53 | 2020 |
| 145 | Isle of Man | 53 | 2020 |
| 146 | Turkmenistan | 53 | 2020 |
| 147 | Liberia | 52 | 2020 |
| 148 | Namibia | 52 | 2020 |
| 148 | Nigeria | 52 | 2020 |
| 150 | Guatemala | 52 | 2020 |
| 151 | Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 52 | 2020 |
| 152 | Thailand | 51 | 2020 |
| 153 | Uzbekistan | 50 | 2020 |
| 154 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49 | 2020 |
| 155 | British Virgin Islands | 49 | 2020 |
| 156 | Benin | 48 | 2020 |
| 157 | Senegal | 48 | 2020 |
| 158 | Philippines | 47 | 2020 |
| 159 | Niue | 46 | 2020 |
| 160 | Somalia | 46 | 2020 |
| 161 | Belize | 46 | 2020 |
| 162 | Congo (Democratic Republic) | 46 | 2020 |
| 163 | Zambia | 45 | 2020 |
| 164 | Guinea-Bissau | 44 | 2020 |
| 165 | Mali | 44 | 2020 |
| 166 | Aruba | 44 | 2020 |
| 167 | Sierra Leone | 43 | 2020 |
| 168 | Egypt | 43 | 2020 |
| 168 | Moldova | 43 | 2020 |
| 168 | Togo | 43 | 2020 |
| 171 | Faroe Islands | 42 | 2020 |
| 172 | Bhutan | 42 | 2020 |
| 173 | Central African Republic | 42 | 2020 |
| 174 | Eritrea | 41 | 2020 |
| 175 | Mauritius | 41 | 2020 |
| 176 | Maldives | 41 | 2020 |
| 177 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 40 | 2020 |
| 178 | Madagascar | 39 | 2020 |
| 179 | Bangladesh | 38 | 2020 |
| 180 | Yemen | 38 | 2020 |
| 181 | Vietnam | 37 | 2020 |
| 182 | Pakistan | 37 | 2020 |
| 183 | Mozambique | 37 | 2020 |
| 184 | Kyrgyzstan | 37 | 2020 |
| 185 | Grenada | 37 | 2020 |
| 185 | Guinea | 37 | 2020 |
| 187 | Laos | 36 | 2020 |
| 188 | Sudan | 35 | 2020 |
| 189 | Tanzania | 35 | 2020 |
| 190 | India | 35 | 2020 |
| 191 | Zimbabwe | 32 | 2020 |
| 192 | East Timor | 31 | 2020 |
| 193 | Barbados | 31 | 2020 |
| 194 | Myanmar (Burma) | 31 | 2020 |
| 195 | Guernsey | 31 | 2020 |
| 195 | Jersey | 31 | 2020 |
| 197 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31 | 2020 |
| 198 | Burkina Faso | 31 | 2020 |
| 199 | Comoros | 29 | 2020 |
| 200 | Lesotho | 29 | 2020 |
| 201 | Kenya | 28 | 2020 |
| 202 | Tajikistan | 28 | 2020 |
| 203 | Guyana | 27 | 2020 |
| 204 | Afghanistan | 26 | 2020 |
| 205 | Vanuatu | 26 | 2020 |
| 206 | Uganda | 25 | 2020 |
| 207 | Solomon Islands | 25 | 2020 |
| 208 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24 | 2020 |
| 209 | Cambodia | 24 | 2020 |
| 209 | Eswatini | 24 | 2020 |
| 211 | Chad | 24 | 2020 |
| 212 | Tonga | 23 | 2020 |
| 213 | Micronesia | 23 | 2020 |
| 214 | Ethiopia | 22 | 2020 |
| 215 | Nepal | 21 | 2020 |
| 216 | South Sudan | 20 | 2020 |
| 217 | Saint Lucia | 19 | 2020 |
| 218 | Sri Lanka | 19 | 2020 |
| 219 | Samoa | 18 | 2020 |
| 220 | Malawi | 17 | 2020 |
| 220 | Rwanda | 17 | 2020 |
| 222 | Niger | 17 | 2020 |
| 223 | Liechtenstein | 14 | 2020 |
| 224 | Burundi | 14 | 2020 |
| 225 | Papua New Guinea | 13 | 2020 |
| 226 | Montserrat | 9 | 2020 |
| 227 | Pitcairn | 0 | 2012 |
| 227 | Tokelau | 0 | 2020 |
| 227 | Wallis and Futuna | 0 | 2020 |
| World | 56 | 2020 |
No information is available for non-listed countries.
The given rate describes the percentage of the total population living in urban areas, as defined by the country.
Source: CIA World Factbook (2020-05-03)