Urban population, per capita by country
Urban population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
218
Highest
1 units per person
Bahrain
Lowest
0.1463 units per person
Liechtenstein
Median
0.6416 units per person
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,526
What the numbers show
Urban population, per capita is currently reported for 218 countries. The highest value is 1 units per person in Bahrain; the lowest is 0.1463 units per person in Liechtenstein.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.6416 units per person, and the mean is 0.6307 units per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 179 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 75.1%), and the largest decrease in Vanuatu (down 10.2%).
Urban population, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 1 units per person | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Bermuda | 1 units per person | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 1 units per person | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Gibraltar | 1 units per person | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong, China | 1 units per person | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Kuwait | 1 units per person | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Macau, China | 1 units per person | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 1 units per person | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Monaco | 1 units per person | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Naoero | 1 units per person | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 1 units per person | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1 units per person | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Qatar | 0.9936 units per person | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 14 | San Marino | 0.9719 units per person | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 15 | Netherlands | 0.9594 units per person | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 16 | Malta | 0.9568 units per person | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 17 | Uruguay | 0.9565 units per person | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 18 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.9539 units per person | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 0.9488 units per person | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 20 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.944 units per person | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 21 | Puerto Rico | 0.9434 units per person | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 22 | Guam | 0.9422 units per person | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 23 | Iceland | 0.9422 units per person | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 24 | Jordan | 0.9321 units per person | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 25 | Argentina | 0.9235 units per person | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 26 | Japan | 0.923 units per person | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 27 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.9218 units per person | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 28 | Gabon | 0.9209 units per person | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 29 | Israel | 0.9158 units per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 30 | Curaçao | 0.9147 units per person | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 31 | Lebanon | 0.9096 units per person | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 32 | Türkiye | 0.8949 units per person | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 33 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.8932 units per person | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 34 | Chile | 0.8918 units per person | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 35 | Sweden | 0.8908 units per person | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 36 | Andorra | 0.8895 units per person | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 37 | Denmark | 0.8885 units per person | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 38 | Greenland | 0.8857 units per person | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 39 | Brazil | 0.8818 units per person | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 40 | Libya | 0.8791 units per person | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 41 | Australia | 0.8772 units per person | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 42 | Belgium | 0.8767 units per person | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 43 | Palestine, State of | 0.8738 units per person | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 0.8596 units per person | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 45 | Switzerland | 0.8573 units per person | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 46 | Peru | 0.856 units per person | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 0.8461 units per person | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 48 | New Zealand | 0.84 units per person | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 49 | Norway | 0.8357 units per person | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 50 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.8332 units per person | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 51 | Canada | 0.8288 units per person | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 52 | Germany | 0.8214 units per person | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 53 | Bahamas | 0.8133 units per person | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 54 | Korea | 0.8117 units per person | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 55 | Spain | 0.8052 units per person | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 56 | American Samoa | 0.8051 units per person | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 57 | United States of America | 0.8019 units per person | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 58 | Mexico | 0.8004 units per person | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 59 | Costa Rica | 0.7973 units per person | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 60 | Belarus | 0.7949 units per person | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 61 | Oman | 0.7948 units per person | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 62 | Palau | 0.7928 units per person | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 63 | Greece | 0.7922 units per person | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 64 | Marshall Islands | 0.7911 units per person | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 65 | France | 0.7884 units per person | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 66 | Colombia | 0.7878 units per person | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 67 | Cape Verde | 0.7763 units per person | 2025 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Malaysia | 0.774 units per person | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 69 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.7738 units per person | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 70 | Cuba | 0.7723 units per person | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 71 | Algeria | 0.7582 units per person | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 72 | El Salvador | 0.7552 units per person | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 73 | Russian Federation | 0.7525 units per person | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 74 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.7501 units per person | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 75 | Finland | 0.7452 units per person | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 76 | Bulgaria | 0.7417 units per person | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 77 | Dominica | 0.7399 units per person | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 78 | Djibouti | 0.7298 units per person | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 79 | Czechia | 0.7288 units per person | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 0.7252 units per person | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 81 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.7208 units per person | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 82 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.7158 units per person | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 83 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.7156 units per person | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 84 | Angola | 0.7146 units per person | 2025 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Mongolia | 0.7115 units per person | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 86 | Estonia | 0.7072 units per person | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 87 | Tunisia | 0.707 units per person | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 88 | Hungary | 0.7069 units per person | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 89 | Paraguay | 0.7039 units per person | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 90 | Iraq | 0.6994 units per person | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 91 | Austria | 0.6972 units per person | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 92 | Italy | 0.6968 units per person | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 93 | Ukraine | 0.696 units per person | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 94 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.6917 units per person | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 95 | Lithuania | 0.6908 units per person | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 96 | Latvia | 0.6863 units per person | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 97 | New Caledonia | 0.6817 units per person | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 98 | Botswana | 0.6796 units per person | 2025 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Nepal | 0.67 units per person | 2025 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Cyprus | 0.667 units per person | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 101 | China | 0.6634 units per person | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 102 | Panama | 0.6615 units per person | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 103 | Armenia | 0.6593 units per person | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 104 | Suriname | 0.6579 units per person | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 105 | Montenegro | 0.6561 units per person | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 106 | Tuvalu | 0.6544 units per person | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 107 | Gambia | 0.6499 units per person | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 108 | Ireland | 0.6459 units per person | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 109 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.6419 units per person | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 110 | Congo | 0.6412 units per person | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 111 | South Africa | 0.6382 units per person | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 112 | Nigeria | 0.6378 units per person | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 113 | Ecuador | 0.6339 units per person | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 114 | Kiribati | 0.6339 units per person | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 115 | Morocco | 0.6313 units per person | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 116 | North Macedonia | 0.6289 units per person | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 117 | Thailand | 0.628 units per person | 2025 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Serbia | 0.6264 units per person | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 119 | Kazakhstan | 0.6239 units per person | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 120 | French Polynesia | 0.6176 units per person | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 121 | Aruba | 0.6175 units per person | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 122 | Portugal | 0.615 units per person | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 123 | Mauritania | 0.6149 units per person | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 124 | Georgia | 0.6118 units per person | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 125 | Poland | 0.6009 units per person | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 126 | Barbados | 0.597 units per person | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 127 | Fiji | 0.5954 units per person | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 128 | Nicaragua | 0.5944 units per person | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 129 | Jamaica | 0.5943 units per person | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 130 | Indonesia | 0.5939 units per person | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 131 | Honduras | 0.5925 units per person | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 132 | Ghana | 0.5892 units per person | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 133 | Albania | 0.5887 units per person | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 134 | Azerbaijan | 0.5864 units per person | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 135 | Croatia | 0.5781 units per person | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 136 | British Virgin Islands | 0.5739 units per person | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 137 | Guatemala | 0.563 units per person | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 138 | Liberia | 0.5608 units per person | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 139 | Slovenia | 0.5599 units per person | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 140 | Philippines | 0.5577 units per person | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 141 | Senegal | 0.5577 units per person | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 142 | Cameroon | 0.5567 units per person | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 143 | Haiti | 0.5561 units per person | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 144 | Somalia | 0.5514 units per person | 2025 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 145 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.5455 units per person | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 146 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.5397 units per person | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 147 | Benin | 0.5336 units per person | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 148 | Slovakia | 0.5319 units per person | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.5269 units per person | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 150 | Romania | 0.5217 units per person | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 151 | Isle of Man | 0.5214 units per person | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 152 | Uzbekistan | 0.5102 units per person | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 153 | Kosovo | 0.5093 units per person | 2025 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 153 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.5093 units per person | 2025 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 155 | Namibia | 0.5087 units per person | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 156 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.4798 units per person | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 157 | Turkmenistan | 0.4711 units per person | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 158 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.4665 units per person | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 159 | Sierra Leone | 0.4593 units per person | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 160 | Zambia | 0.4592 units per person | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 161 | Seychelles | 0.4548 units per person | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 162 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.4511 units per person | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 163 | Lesotho | 0.4467 units per person | 2025 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Central African Republic | 0.4455 units per person | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 165 | Togo | 0.444 units per person | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 166 | Republic of Moldova | 0.4373 units per person | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 167 | Bhutan | 0.4343 units per person | 2025 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Egypt | 0.429 units per person | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 169 | Maldives | 0.4251 units per person | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 170 | Belize | 0.4156 units per person | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 171 | Cambodia | 0.4111 units per person | 2025 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 172 | Zimbabwe | 0.405 units per person | 2025 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 173 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.4031 units per person | 2025 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Faroe Islands | 0.3964 units per person | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 175 | Pakistan | 0.3953 units per person | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 176 | Mauritius | 0.3904 units per person | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 177 | Viet Nam | 0.3883 units per person | 2025 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 178 | Guinea | 0.3852 units per person | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 179 | Mozambique | 0.3721 units per person | 2025 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Yemen | 0.3703 units per person | 2025 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 181 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.3688 units per person | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 182 | Grenada | 0.3667 units per person | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 183 | India | 0.3569 units per person | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 184 | Sudan | 0.3493 units per person | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 185 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3475 units per person | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 186 | Eritrea | 0.3454 units per person | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 187 | Comoros | 0.3394 units per person | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 188 | Bangladesh | 0.3324 units per person | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 189 | Madagascar | 0.329 units per person | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 190 | Channel Islands | 0.3264 units per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 191 | Mali | 0.3221 units per person | 2025 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 192 | Kenya | 0.3221 units per person | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 193 | Uganda | 0.3194 units per person | 2025 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 194 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.319 units per person | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 195 | Solomon Islands | 0.3131 units per person | 2025 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 196 | Rwanda | 0.3091 units per person | 2025 | up 69.9% | volatile |
| 197 | Myanmar | 0.3058 units per person | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 198 | Saint Lucia | 0.291 units per person | 2025 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 199 | Burkina Faso | 0.2892 units per person | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 200 | Timor-Leste | 0.2879 units per person | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 201 | Chad | 0.2757 units per person | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 202 | Eswatini | 0.2672 units per person | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 203 | Guyana | 0.2649 units per person | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 204 | Tajikistan | 0.2616 units per person | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 205 | Afghanistan | 0.2594 units per person | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 206 | Burundi | 0.2569 units per person | 2025 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 207 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.2433 units per person | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 208 | Ethiopia | 0.2411 units per person | 2025 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 209 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.2248 units per person | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 210 | Vanuatu | 0.2232 units per person | 2025 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 211 | South Sudan | 0.2168 units per person | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 212 | Tonga | 0.2116 units per person | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 213 | Sri Lanka | 0.2045 units per person | 2025 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 214 | Niger | 0.1837 units per person | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 215 | Malawi | 0.1759 units per person | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 216 | Samoa | 0.1751 units per person | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 217 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1578 units per person | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 218 | Liechtenstein | 0.1463 units per person | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.8151 units per person
- Chagai 0.3264 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.8151 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.814 units per person
- OECD members 0.8132 units per person
- Post-demographic dividend 0.8124 units per person
- North America 0.8049 units per person
- High income 0.8025 units per person
- Euro area 0.7748 units per person
- European Union 0.7517 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia 0.7407 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.6915 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.6833 units per person
- Upper middle income 0.6823 units per person
- Late-demographic dividend 0.6766 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific 0.6477 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.6205 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.6203 units per person
- Central Europe and the Baltics 0.6191 units per person
- Arab World 0.6004 units per person
- IBRD only 0.5865 units per person
- World 0.5783 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.5596 units per person
- Middle income 0.5541 units per person
- Other small states 0.5518 units per person
- IDA & IBRD total 0.5368 units per person
- Africa Western and Central 0.5348 units per person
- Low & middle income 0.5312 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0.5286 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 0.5261 units per person
- Small states 0.521 units per person
- Caribbean Small States 0.501 units per person
- IDA blend 0.4922 units per person
- Early-demographic dividend 0.4767 units per person
- Pre-demographic dividend 0.4595 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.4466 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.4466 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.4466 units per person
- Lower middle income 0.4201 units per person
- IDA total 0.4115 units per person
How this figure is calculated
Urban population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Urban population ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Urban population World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Urban population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.