The percentage of urbanized population by country (2018 data)

This is a list of countries by urbanization.

Methodology

There are two measures of the degree of urbanization of a population. The first, urban population, describes the percentage of the total population living in urban areas, as defined by the country.

The second measure, rate of urbanization, describes the projected average rate of change of the size of the urban population over the given period of time.

As of 2022, countries with more than 80% of people living in urban areas include the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, France, Finland, Denmark, Israel, Spain and South Korea.

193 United Nations member states plus the Vatican are given a number, other entries are italicized and unnumbered.[original research?]

List

Country or territory Urban population
(2022)[1] 		% of total population
(2023)[2] 		% change in urbanization rate from 2020–2025[2]
 Kuwait 4,268,870 100.0 1.35
 Monaco 36,470 100.0 0.50
 Nauru 12,670 100.0 0.18
 Singapore 5,637,020 100.0 0.74
 Vatican City - 100.0 0.00
 Anguilla (UK) - 100.0 0.47
 Bermuda (UK) 63,530 100.0 –0.20
 Cayman Islands (UK) 68,710 100.0 1.13
 Gibraltar (UK) 32,650 100.0 0.45
 Hong Kong (China) 7,346,100 100.0 0.58
 Macau (China) 695,170 100.0 1.46
 Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 42,850 100.0 1.16
 Qatar 2,676,740 99.4 1.66
 Belgium 11,469,980 98.2 0.38
 San Marino 32,900 97.8 0.41
 U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 101,340 96.2 –0.11
 Uruguay 3,275,200 95.8 0.40
 Guam (US) 163,340 95.2 0.84
 Malta 503,890 94.9 0.28
 Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 42,980 94.2 1.46
 Iceland 359,050 94.0 0.74
 Puerto Rico (US) 3,015,920 93.6 −0.12
 Netherlands 16,441,730 93.2 0.59
 Israel 8,865,820 92.9 1.51
 Argentina 42,696,480 92.5 0.97
 Luxembourg 600,080 92.1 1.43
 Northern Mariana Islands (US) 45,580 92.1 0.36
 Japan 115,058,680 92.0 −0.25
 Jordan 10,363,480 92.0 0.98
 Gabon 2,167,650 91.0 2.27
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) - 90.1 0.75
 Bahrain 1,321,230 89.9 1.99
 Lebanon 4,900,250 89.4 –1.23
 Curaçao (Netherlands) 133,530 89.0 0.57
 Sweden 9,280,100 88.7 0.89
 Denmark 5,216,340 88.5 0.54
 Oman 4,015,700 88.4 2.32
 Venezuela 25,012,470 88.4 1.16
 Chile 17,234,030 88.0 0.78
 Greenland (Denmark) 49,710 87.9 0.41
 Andorra 70,090 87.8 0.11
 Brazil 188,517,730 87.8 0.87
 United Arab Emirates 8,265,050 87.8 1.50
 American Samoa (US) 38,600 87.2 0.26
 New Zealand 4,452,020 87.0 0.92
 Australia 22,491,670 86.6 1.27
 Finland 4,760,530 85.8 0.42
 Saudi Arabia 30,848,830 85.0 1.69
 United Kingdom 56,522,520 84.6 0.80
 Dominican Republic 9,415,140 84.4 1.64
 Norway 4,565,650 84.0 1.32
 Bahamas 342,300 83.6 1.02
 United States 276,908,630 83.3 0.96
 Costa Rica 4,250,460 82.6 1.50
 Colombia 42,562,640 82.4 1.01
 Palau 14,800 82.4 1.59
 Canada 31,825,970 81.9 0.95
 France 55,402,740 81.8 0.67
 Libya 5,538,570 81.6 1.45
 Mexico 103,660,850 81.6 1.40
 Spain 38,845,700 81.6 0.24
 South Korea 42,039,230 81.5 0.31
 Belarus 7,412,540 80.7 0.28
 Greece 8,378,760 80.7 0.11
 Taiwan - 80.1 0.65
 Falkland Islands (UK) - 79.7 0.53
 Brunei 354,060 79.1 1.44
 Marshall Islands 32,640 78.9 0.61
 Peru 26,799,750 78.9 1.33
 Malaysia 26,544,440 78.7 1.87
 Djibouti 878,520 78.6 1.56
 Germany 65,067,460 77.8 0.13
 Palestine 3,898,260 77.6 2.85
 Cuba 8,678,350 77.5 0.19
 Turkey 65,453,230 77.5 1.11
 Iran 68,013,040 77.3 1.32
 Bulgaria 4,936,940 76.7 −0.28
 São Tomé and Príncipe 172,250 76.4 2.96
 Cook Islands (New Zealand) - 76.2 0.52
 El Salvador 4,737,530 75.4 1.33
 Algeria 33,575,040 75.3 1.99
 Russia 108,359,440 75.3 0.11
 Czech Republic 7,937,600 74.6 0.20
 Equatorial Guinea 1,239,600 74.4 3.62
  Switzerland 6,502,140 74.2 0.79
 Botswana 1,899,700 72.9 2.47
 Hungary 6,996,220 72.9 0.05
 New Caledonia (France) 194,710 72.7 1.72
 Dominica 52,150 72.0 0.84
 Italy 42,234,940 72.0 0.27
 Iraq 31,749,760 71.6 2.91
 Bolivia 8,658,340 71.2 1.87
 Tunisia 8,675,720 70.5 1.34
 Ukraine 26,569,220 70.1 −0.27
 Estonia 938,910 69.8 -0.03
 Panama 3,048,140 69.5 1.92
 Congo 4,103,830 69.2 3.19
 Mongolia 2,342,490 69.1 1.40
 South Africa 40,928,490 68.8 1.72
 Angola 24,229,340 68.7 4.04
 Latvia 1,288,130 68.7 −0.68
 Lithuania 1,938,680 68.7 −0.12
 Montenegro 420,720 68.5 0.45
 Cape Verde 400,640 68.0 1.83
 Portugal 7,014,160 67.9 0.44
 Cyprus 837,380 67.0 0.76
 Suriname 409,800 66.4 0.88
 Tuvalu 7,410 66.2 2.08
 Morocco 24,196,350 65.1 1.88
 Ecuador 11,623,250 64.8 1.62
 Albania 1,772,140 64.6 1.29
 China 897,578,430 64.6 1.78
 Gambia 1,727,830 64.5 3.75
 Ireland 3,290,770 64.5 1.15
 Armenia 1,767,630 63.7 0.23
 North Korea 16,401,830 63.2 0.85
 Paraguay 4,259,530 63.1 1.64
 French Polynesia (France) 190,410 62.3 0.65
 Georgia 2,238,530 60.7 0.35
 Honduras 6,217,980 60.2 2.48
 Poland 22,142,390 60.2 −0.16
 Nicaragua 4,138,180 59.8 1.45
 Haiti 6,814,300 59.7 2.47
 Austria 5,357,840 59.5 0.68
 North Macedonia 1,216,460 59.5 0.61
 Cameroon 16,395,040 59.3 3.43
 Ghana 19,621,880 59.2 3.06
 Seychelles 70,000 58.8 0.99
 Fiji 541,390 58.7 1.37
 Croatia 2,244,690 58.6 0.05
 Indonesia 159,608,950 58.6 1.99
 Kazakhstan 11,378,780 58.2 1.19
 Kiribati 74,880 57.8 2.77
 Mauritania 2,695,950 57.7 3.84
 Azerbaijan 5,798,040 57.6 1.38
World 4,522,994,900 57.5 1.73
 Jamaica 1,611,830 57.4 0.79
 Syria 12,560,280 57.4 5.38
 Serbia 3,790,270 57.1 0.04
 Slovenia 1,177,450 56.1 0.54
 Namibia 1,385,060 54.9 3.64
 Romania 10,378,520 54.7 –0.15
 Nigeria 116,965,440 54.3 3.92
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 56,000 54.3 0.94
 Slovakia 2,928,200 54.0 0.17
 Turkmenistan 3,440,080 54.0 2.23
 Liberia 2,813,870 53.6 3.41
 Thailand 37,919,840 53.6 1.43
 Isle of Man (UK) 45,020 53.5 0.97
 Trinidad and Tobago 816,660 53.4 0.23
 Ivory Coast 14,829,620 53.1 3.38
 Guatemala 9,141,700 53.1 2.59
 Uzbekistan 17,990,170 50.5 1.25
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,611,620 50.3 0.61
 Kosovo[3] 1,585,566 50.2 -
 Benin 6,614,210 50.1 3.74
 British Virgin Islands (UK) 15,440 49.7 1.73
 Senegal 8,499,950 49.6 3.59
 Philippines 55,441,750 48.3 2.04
 Niue (New Zealand) - 48.2 1.43
 Somalia 8,327,850 47.9 4.20
 DR Congo 46,373,410 47.4 4.33
 Belize 188,030 46.6 2.30
 Zambia 9,160,290 46.3 4.15
 Mali 10,265,850 46.2 4.57
 Guinea-Bissau 948,370 45.5 3.22
 Togo 3,886,440 44.5 3.60
 Bhutan 341,820 44.4 2.52
 Aruba (Netherlands) 46,890 44.3 0.77
 Sierra Leone 3,771,970 44.3 3.02
 Central African Republic 2,405,730 43.6 3.32
 Moldova 1,096,120 43.4 0.09
 Eritrea 1,570,320 43.3 3.67
 Egypt 47,689,120 43.1 1.90
 Faroe Islands (Denmark) 22,710 43.0 0.89
 Maldives 217,560 42.0 2.34
 Mauritius 515,240 40.9 0.28
 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) - 40.7 0.98
 Madagascar 11,809,740 40.6 4.26
 Bangladesh 67,979,820 40.5 2.88
 Yemen 13,205,030 39.8 3.71
 Vietnam 38,063,120 39.5 2.70
 Mozambique 12,590,070 38.8 4.24
 Laos 2,830,480 38.2 2.99
 Guinea 5,220,540 38.1 3.64
 Pakistan 88,979,080 38.0 2.10
 Kyrgyzstan 2,612,870 37.8 2.05
 Tanzania 24,025,880 37.4 4.89
 Grenada 46,250 37.1 0.86
 India 508,368,360 36.4 2.33
 Sudan 16,854,090 36.3 3.43
 Zimbabwe 5,287,040 32.5 2.41
 Burkina Faso 7,227,720 32.5 4.75
 Timor-Leste 430,210 32.5 3.31
 Myanmar 17,213,310 32.1 1.85
 Barbados 88,220 31.4 0.46
 Guernsey (UK) - 31.2 0.68
 Jersey (UK) - 31.2 0.68
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 14,770 31.1 1.06
 Lesotho 690,430 30.4 2.77
 Comoros 249,890 30.1 2.97
 Kenya 15,669,050 29.5 4.09
 Tajikistan 2,783,590 28.2 2.73
 Guyana 218,530 27.2 1.01
 Afghanistan 10,946,830 26.9 3.34
 Uganda 12,360,020 26.8 5.41
 Solomon Islands 185,300 26.0 3.57
 Vanuatu 84,350 26.0 2.55
 Cambodia 4,211,080 25.6 3.06
 Eswatini 295,320 24.8 2.42
 Chad 4,264,760 24.4 4.10
 Antigua and Barbuda 22,830 24.3 0.87
 Micronesia 26,500 23.4 1.52
 Ethiopia 27,959,130 23.2 4.40
 Tonga 24,710 23.2 0.99
   Nepal 6,552,760 21.9 3.09
 South Sudan 2,274,960 21.2 4.12
 Saint Lucia 34,260 19.2 0.98
 Sri Lanka 4,220,160 19.2 1.22
 Malawi 3,668,880 18.3 4.41
 Rwanda 2,441,370 17.9 3.07
 Samoa 39,170 17.5 −0.03
 Niger 4,427,580 17.1 4.72
 Burundi 1,858,290 14.8 5.43
 Liechtenstein 5,720 14.6 1.15
 Papua New Guinea 1,377,570 13.7 2.91
 Montserrat (UK) - 9.3 0.94
 Tokelau (New Zealand) - 0.0 0.00
 Wallis and Futuna (France) - 0.0 0.00

See also

References

  1. ^ "Urban population". The World Bank. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
  2. ^ a b "World Factbook Urbanization". Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Regjistrimi i popullsisë, ekonomive familjare dhe banesave në Kosovë 2024" (PDF). Retrieved 1 January 2025.
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