Urban population (% of total population) by country
Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.
Countries reporting
217
Highest
100.0%
Bahrain
Lowest
14.6%
Liechtenstein
Median
64.2%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,424
What the numbers show
Urban population (% of total population) is currently reported for 217 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Bahrain; the lowest is 14.6% in Liechtenstein.
The median across all reporting countries is 64.2%, and the mean is 63.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 178 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: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong (China) | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Macau (China) | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Martin | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Naoero, Republic of | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Qatar | 99.4% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 14 | San Marino | 97.2% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 15 | Netherlands | 95.9% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 16 | Malta | 95.7% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 17 | Uruguay | 95.7% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 18 | United States Virgin Islands | 95.4% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 94.9% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 20 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 94.4% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 21 | Puerto Rico | 94.3% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 22 | Guam | 94.2% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 23 | Iceland | 94.2% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 24 | Jordan | 93.2% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 25 | Argentina | 92.4% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 26 | Japan | 92.3% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 27 | Northern Mariana Islands | 92.2% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 28 | Gabon | 92.1% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 29 | Israel | 91.6% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 30 | Curaçao | 91.5% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 31 | Lebanon | 91.0% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 32 | Türkiye | 89.5% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 33 | Venezuela, República Bolivariana de | 89.3% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 34 | Chile | 89.2% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 35 | Sweden | 89.1% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 36 | Andorra | 88.9% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 37 | Denmark | 88.8% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 38 | Greenland | 88.6% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 39 | Brazil | 88.2% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 40 | Libya | 87.9% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 41 | Australia | 87.7% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 42 | Belgium | 87.7% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 43 | Palestine | 87.4% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 86.0% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 45 | Switzerland | 85.7% | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 46 | Peru | 85.6% | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 84.6% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 48 | New Zealand | 84.0% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 49 | Norway | 83.6% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 50 | United Kingdom | 83.3% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 51 | Canada | 82.9% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 52 | Germany | 82.1% | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 53 | Bahamas | 81.3% | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 54 | Korea | 81.2% | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 55 | Spain | 80.5% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 56 | American Samoa | 80.5% | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 57 | United States | 80.2% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 58 | Mexico | 80.0% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 59 | Costa Rica | 79.7% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 60 | Belarus, Republic of | 79.5% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 61 | Oman | 79.5% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 62 | Palau, Republic of | 79.3% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 63 | Greece | 79.2% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 64 | Marshall Islands, Republic of the | 79.1% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 65 | France | 78.8% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 66 | Colombia | 78.8% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 67 | Cabo Verde | 77.6% | 2025 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Malaysia | 77.4% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 69 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 77.4% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 70 | Cuba | 77.2% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 71 | Algeria | 75.8% | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 72 | El Salvador | 75.5% | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 73 | Russian Federation | 75.3% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 74 | Brunei Darussalam | 75.0% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 75 | Finland | 74.5% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 76 | Bulgaria | 74.2% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 77 | Dominica | 74.0% | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 78 | Djibouti | 73.0% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 79 | Czechia | 72.9% | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 72.5% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 81 | Syrian Arab Republic | 72.1% | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 82 | Equatorial Guinea, Republic of | 71.6% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 83 | Bolivia | 71.6% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 84 | Angola | 71.5% | 2025 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Mongolia | 71.1% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 86 | Estonia | 70.7% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 87 | Tunisia | 70.7% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 88 | Hungary | 70.7% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 89 | Paraguay | 70.4% | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 90 | Iraq | 69.9% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 91 | Austria | 69.7% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 92 | Italy | 69.7% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 93 | Ukraine | 69.6% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 94 | São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of | 69.2% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 95 | Lithuania | 69.1% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 96 | Latvia | 68.6% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 97 | New Caledonia | 68.2% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 98 | Botswana | 68.0% | 2025 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Nepal | 67.0% | 2025 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Cyprus | 66.7% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 101 | China (People’s Republic of) | 66.3% | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 102 | Panama | 66.2% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 103 | Armenia | 65.9% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 104 | Suriname | 65.8% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 105 | Montenegro | 65.6% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 106 | Tuvalu | 65.4% | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 107 | Gambia, The | 65.0% | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 108 | Ireland | 64.6% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 109 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 64.2% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 110 | Congo | 64.1% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 111 | South Africa | 63.8% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 112 | Nigeria | 63.8% | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 113 | Ecuador | 63.4% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 114 | Kiribati | 63.4% | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 115 | Morocco | 63.1% | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 116 | North Macedonia | 62.9% | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 117 | Thailand | 62.8% | 2025 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Serbia | 62.6% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 119 | Kazakhstan | 62.4% | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 120 | French Polynesia | 61.8% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 121 | Aruba | 61.7% | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 122 | Portugal | 61.5% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 123 | Mauritania | 61.5% | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 124 | Georgia | 61.2% | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 125 | Poland | 60.1% | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 126 | Barbados | 59.7% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 127 | Fiji | 59.5% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 128 | Nicaragua | 59.4% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 129 | Jamaica | 59.4% | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 130 | Indonesia | 59.4% | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 131 | Honduras | 59.3% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 132 | Ghana | 58.9% | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 133 | Albania | 58.9% | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 134 | Azerbaijan | 58.6% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 135 | Croatia | 57.8% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 136 | British Virgin Islands | 57.4% | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 137 | Guatemala | 56.3% | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 138 | Liberia | 56.1% | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 139 | Slovenia | 56.0% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 140 | Philippines | 55.8% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 141 | Senegal | 55.8% | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 142 | Cameroon | 55.7% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 143 | Haiti | 55.6% | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 144 | Somalia | 55.1% | 2025 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 145 | Côte d’Ivoire | 54.5% | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 146 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.0% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 147 | Benin | 53.4% | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 148 | Slovak Republic | 53.2% | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.7% | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 150 | Romania | 52.2% | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 151 | Isle of Man | 52.1% | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 152 | Uzbekistan | 51.0% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 153 | Kosovo | 50.9% | 2025 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 154 | Namibia | 50.9% | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 155 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 48.0% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 156 | Turkmenistan | 47.1% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 157 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.7% | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 158 | Sierra Leone | 45.9% | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 159 | Zambia | 45.9% | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 160 | Seychelles | 45.5% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 161 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 45.1% | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 162 | Lesotho, Kingdom of | 44.7% | 2025 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Central African Republic | 44.6% | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 164 | Togo | 44.4% | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 165 | Moldova | 43.7% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 166 | Bhutan | 43.4% | 2025 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Egypt | 42.9% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 168 | Maldives | 42.5% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 169 | Belize | 41.6% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 170 | Cambodia | 41.1% | 2025 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 171 | Zimbabwe | 40.5% | 2025 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 172 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 40.3% | 2025 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Faroe Islands | 39.6% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 174 | Pakistan | 39.5% | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 175 | Mauritius | 39.0% | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 176 | Viet Nam | 38.8% | 2025 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 177 | Guinea | 38.5% | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 178 | Mozambique, Republic of | 37.2% | 2025 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 179 | Yemen, Republic of | 37.0% | 2025 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 36.9% | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 181 | Grenada | 36.7% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 182 | India | 35.7% | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 183 | Sudan | 34.9% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 184 | Kyrgyz Republic | 34.7% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 185 | Eritrea, The State of | 34.5% | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 186 | Comoros, Union of the | 33.9% | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 187 | Bangladesh | 33.2% | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 188 | Madagascar, Republic of | 32.9% | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 189 | Channel Islands | 32.6% | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 190 | Mali | 32.2% | 2025 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 191 | Kenya | 32.2% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 192 | Uganda | 31.9% | 2025 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 193 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31.9% | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 194 | Solomon Islands | 31.3% | 2025 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 195 | Rwanda | 30.9% | 2025 | up 69.9% | volatile |
| 196 | Myanmar | 30.6% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 197 | Saint Lucia | 29.1% | 2025 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 198 | Burkina Faso | 28.9% | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 199 | Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of | 28.8% | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 200 | Chad | 27.6% | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 201 | Eswatini | 26.7% | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 202 | Guyana | 26.5% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 203 | Tajikistan, Republic of | 26.2% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 204 | Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of | 25.9% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 205 | Burundi | 25.7% | 2025 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 206 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.3% | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 207 | Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of | 24.1% | 2025 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 208 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.5% | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 209 | Vanuatu | 22.3% | 2025 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 210 | South Sudan, Republic of | 21.7% | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 211 | Tonga | 21.2% | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 212 | Sri Lanka | 20.5% | 2025 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 213 | Niger | 18.4% | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 214 | Malawi | 17.6% | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 215 | Samoa | 17.5% | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 216 | Papua New Guinea | 15.8% | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 217 | Liechtenstein | 14.6% | 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) 81.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 44.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean 81.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 81.4%
- OECD members 81.3%
- Post-demographic dividend 81.2%
- North America 80.5%
- High income 80.2%
- Euro area 77.5%
- European Union 75.2%
- Europe & Central Asia 74.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 69.2%
About this data
Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.