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Countries by urban share

The share of the population living in urban areas. Ranked highest first, 209 countries with data. Source.

1🇧🇭Bahrain100.0%2🇧🇲Bermuda100.0%3🇰🇾Cayman Islands100.0%4🇬🇮Gibraltar100.0%5🇭🇰Hong Kong100.0%6🇰🇼Kuwait100.0%7🇲🇴Macau100.0%8🇲🇨Monaco100.0%9🇳🇷Nauru100.0%10🇸🇬Singapore100.0%11🇶🇦Qatar99.4%12🇸🇲San Marino97.2%13🇳🇱Netherlands95.9%14🇲🇹Malta95.7%15🇺🇾Uruguay95.7%16🇱🇺Luxembourg94.9%17🇵🇷Puerto Rico94.3%18🇬🇺Guam94.2%19🇮🇸Iceland94.2%20🇯🇴Jordan93.2%21🇦🇷Argentina92.4%22🇯🇵Japan92.3%23🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands92.2%24🇬🇦Gabon92.1%25🇮🇱Israel91.6%26🇱🇧Lebanon91.0%27🇹🇷Turkey89.5%28🇻🇪Venezuela89.3%29🇨🇱Chile89.2%30🇸🇪Sweden89.1%31🇦🇩Andorra88.9%32🇩🇰Denmark88.8%33🇬🇱Greenland88.6%34🇧🇷Brazil88.2%35🇱🇾Libya87.9%36🇦🇺Australia87.7%37🇧🇪Belgium87.7%38🇵🇸Palestine87.4%39🇦🇪United Arab Emirates86.0%40🇨🇭Switzerland85.7%41🇵🇪Peru85.6%42🇸🇦Saudi Arabia84.6%43🇳🇿New Zealand84.0%44🇳🇴Norway83.6%45🇬🇧United Kingdom83.3%46🇨🇦Canada82.9%47🇩🇪Germany82.1%48🇧🇸The Bahamas81.3%49🇰🇷South Korea81.2%50🇪🇸Spain80.5%51🇦🇸American Samoa80.5%52🇺🇸United States80.2%53🇲🇽Mexico80.0%54🇨🇷Costa Rica79.7%55🇧🇾Belarus79.5%56🇴🇲Oman79.5%57🇵🇼Palau79.3%58🇬🇷Greece79.2%59🇲🇭Marshall Islands79.1%60🇫🇷France78.8%61🇨🇴Colombia78.8%62🇨🇻Cape Verde77.6%63🇲🇾Malaysia77.4%64🇮🇷Iran77.4%65🇨🇺Cuba77.2%66🇩🇿Algeria75.8%67🇸🇻El Salvador75.5%68🇷🇺Russia75.3%69🇧🇳Brunei75.0%70🇫🇮Finland74.5%71🇧🇬Bulgaria74.2%72🇩🇲Dominica74.0%73🇩🇯Djibouti73.0%74🇨🇿Czech Republic72.9%75🇩🇴Dominican Republic72.5%76🇸🇾Syria72.1%77🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea71.6%78🇧🇴Bolivia71.6%79🇦🇴Angola71.5%80🇲🇳Mongolia71.1%81🇪🇪Estonia70.7%82🇹🇳Tunisia70.7%83🇭🇺Hungary70.7%84🇵🇾Paraguay70.4%85🇮🇶Iraq69.9%86🇦🇹Austria69.7%87🇮🇹Italy69.7%88🇺🇦Ukraine69.6%89🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe69.2%90🇱🇹Lithuania69.1%91🇱🇻Latvia68.6%92🇳🇨New Caledonia68.2%93🇧🇼Botswana68.0%94🇳🇵Nepal67.0%95🇨🇾Cyprus66.7%96🇨🇳China66.3%97🇵🇦Panama66.2%98🇦🇲Armenia65.9%99🇸🇷Suriname65.8%100🇲🇪Montenegro65.6%101🇹🇻Tuvalu65.4%102🇬🇲The Gambia65.0%103🇮🇪Ireland64.6%104🇰🇵North Korea64.2%105🇨🇬Republic of the Congo64.1%106🇿🇦South Africa63.8%107🇳🇬Nigeria63.8%108🇪🇨Ecuador63.4%109🇰🇮Kiribati63.4%110🇲🇦Morocco63.1%111🇲🇰North Macedonia62.9%112🇹🇭Thailand62.8%113🇷🇸Serbia62.6%114🇰🇿Kazakhstan62.4%115🇵🇫French Polynesia61.8%116🇦🇼Aruba61.7%117🇵🇹Portugal61.5%118🇲🇷Mauritania61.5%119🇬🇪Georgia61.2%120🇵🇱Poland60.1%121🇧🇧Barbados59.7%122🇫🇯Fiji59.5%123🇳🇮Nicaragua59.4%124🇯🇲Jamaica59.4%125🇮🇩Indonesia59.4%126🇭🇳Honduras59.3%127🇬🇭Ghana58.9%128🇦🇱Albania58.9%129🇦🇿Azerbaijan58.6%130🇭🇷Croatia57.8%131🇬🇹Guatemala56.3%132🇱🇷Liberia56.1%133🇸🇮Slovenia56.0%134🇵🇭Philippines55.8%135🇸🇳Senegal55.8%136🇨🇲Cameroon55.7%137🇭🇹Haiti55.6%138🇸🇴Somalia55.1%139🇨🇮Ivory Coast54.5%140🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago54.0%141🇧🇯Benin53.4%142🇸🇰Slovakia53.2%143🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina52.7%144🇷🇴Romania52.2%145🇮🇲Isle of Man52.1%146🇺🇿Uzbekistan51.0%147🇳🇦Namibia50.9%148🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines48.0%149🇹🇲Turkmenistan47.1%150🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau46.7%151🇸🇱Sierra Leone45.9%152🇿🇲Zambia45.9%153🇸🇨Seychelles45.5%154🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo45.1%155🇱🇸Lesotho44.7%156🇨🇫Central African Republic44.6%157🇹🇬Togo44.4%158🇲🇩Moldova43.7%159🇧🇹Bhutan43.4%160🇪🇬Egypt42.9%161🇲🇻Maldives42.5%162🇧🇿Belize41.6%163🇰🇭Cambodia41.1%164🇿🇼Zimbabwe40.5%165🇱🇦Laos40.3%166🇫🇴Faroe Islands39.6%167🇵🇰Pakistan39.5%168🇲🇺Mauritius39.0%169🇻🇳Vietnam38.8%170🇬🇳Guinea38.5%171🇲🇿Mozambique37.2%172🇾🇪Yemen37.0%173🇹🇿Tanzania36.9%174🇬🇩Grenada36.7%175🇮🇳India35.7%176🇸🇩Sudan34.9%177🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan34.7%178🇪🇷Eritrea34.5%179🇰🇲Comoros33.9%180🇧🇩Bangladesh33.2%181🇲🇬Madagascar32.9%182🇲🇱Mali32.2%183🇰🇪Kenya32.2%184🇺🇬Uganda31.9%185🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis31.9%186🇸🇧Solomon Islands31.3%187🇷🇼Rwanda30.9%188🇲🇲Myanmar30.6%189🇱🇨Saint Lucia29.1%190🇧🇫Burkina Faso28.9%191🇹🇱East Timor28.8%192🇹🇩Chad27.6%193🇸🇿Eswatini26.7%194🇬🇾Guyana26.5%195🇹🇯Tajikistan26.2%196🇦🇫Afghanistan25.9%197🇧🇮Burundi25.7%198🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda24.3%199🇪🇹Ethiopia24.1%200🇫🇲Federated States of Micronesia22.5%201🇻🇺Vanuatu22.3%202🇸🇸South Sudan21.7%203🇹🇴Tonga21.2%204🇱🇰Sri Lanka20.5%205🇳🇪Niger18.4%206🇲🇼Malawi17.6%207🇼🇸Samoa17.5%208🇵🇬Papua New Guinea15.8%209🇱🇮Liechtenstein14.6%

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