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
218
Highest
100.0%
Bahrain
Lowest
14.6%
Liechtenstein
Median
64.2%
Years covered
66
1960β2025
Data points
17,556
What the numbers show
Urban population (% of total population) is currently reported for 218 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 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: 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 | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Macao | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Nauru | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 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 | Curacao | 91.5% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 31 | Lebanon | 91.0% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 32 | Turkey | 89.5% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 33 | Venezuela | 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 | South 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 | 79.5% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 61 | Oman | 79.5% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 62 | Palau | 79.3% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 63 | Greece | 79.2% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 64 | Marshall Islands | 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 | Cape Verde | 77.6% | 2025 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Malaysia | 77.4% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 69 | Iran | 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 | Russia | 75.3% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 74 | Brunei | 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 | Syria | 72.1% | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 82 | Equatorial Guinea | 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 | Sao Tome and Principe | 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 | 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 | 65.0% | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 108 | Ireland | 64.6% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 109 | North Korea | 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 | Cote 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 | Slovakia | 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 |
| 153 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 50.9% | 2025 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 155 | Namibia | 50.9% | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 156 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 48.0% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 157 | Turkmenistan | 47.1% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 158 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.7% | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 159 | Sierra Leone | 45.9% | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 160 | Zambia | 45.9% | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 161 | Seychelles | 45.5% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 162 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 45.1% | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 163 | Lesotho | 44.7% | 2025 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Central African Republic | 44.6% | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 165 | Togo | 44.4% | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 166 | Moldova | 43.7% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 167 | Bhutan | 43.4% | 2025 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Egypt | 42.9% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 169 | Maldives | 42.5% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 170 | Belize | 41.6% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 171 | Cambodia | 41.1% | 2025 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 172 | Zimbabwe | 40.5% | 2025 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 173 | Laos | 40.3% | 2025 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Faroe Islands | 39.6% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 175 | Pakistan | 39.5% | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 176 | Mauritius | 39.0% | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 177 | Vietnam | 38.8% | 2025 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 178 | Guinea | 38.5% | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 179 | Mozambique | 37.2% | 2025 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Yemen | 37.0% | 2025 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 181 | Tanzania | 36.9% | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 182 | Grenada | 36.7% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 183 | India | 35.7% | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 184 | Sudan | 34.9% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 185 | Kyrgyzstan | 34.7% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 186 | Eritrea | 34.5% | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 187 | Comoros | 33.9% | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 188 | Bangladesh | 33.2% | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 189 | Madagascar | 32.9% | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 190 | Channel Islands | 32.6% | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 191 | Mali | 32.2% | 2025 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 192 | Kenya | 32.2% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 193 | Uganda | 31.9% | 2025 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 194 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31.9% | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 195 | Solomon Islands | 31.3% | 2025 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 196 | Rwanda | 30.9% | 2025 | up 69.9% | volatile |
| 197 | Myanmar | 30.6% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 198 | Saint Lucia | 29.1% | 2025 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 199 | Burkina Faso | 28.9% | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 200 | East Timor | 28.8% | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 201 | Chad | 27.6% | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 202 | Eswatini | 26.7% | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 203 | Guyana | 26.5% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 204 | Tajikistan | 26.2% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 205 | Afghanistan | 25.9% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 206 | Burundi | 25.7% | 2025 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 207 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.3% | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 208 | Ethiopia | 24.1% | 2025 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 209 | Micronesia (country) | 22.5% | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 210 | Vanuatu | 22.3% | 2025 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 211 | South Sudan | 21.7% | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 212 | Tonga | 21.2% | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 213 | Sri Lanka | 20.5% | 2025 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 214 | Niger | 18.4% | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 215 | Malawi | 17.6% | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 216 | Samoa | 17.5% | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 217 | Papua New Guinea | 15.8% | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 218 | 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%
- Chagai 32.6%
- 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%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 68.3%
- Upper middle income 68.2%
- Late-demographic dividend 67.7%
- East Asia & Pacific 64.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 62.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 62.0%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 61.9%
- Arab World 60.0%
- IBRD only 58.6%
- World 57.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 56.0%
- Middle income 55.4%
- Other small states 55.2%
- IDA & IBRD total 53.7%
- Africa Western and Central 53.5%
- Low & middle income 53.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 52.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 52.6%
- Small states 52.1%
- Caribbean Small States 50.1%
- IDA blend 49.2%
- Early-demographic dividend 47.7%
- Pre-demographic dividend 46.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 44.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 44.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 44.7%
- Lower middle income 42.0%
- IDA total 41.1%
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.