Urban population by country
Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of...
Countries reporting
218
Highest
933.17 million
China
Lowest
6,002
Liechtenstein
Median
4.16 million
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,526
What the numbers show
Urban population is currently reported for 218 countries. The highest value is 933.17 million in China; the lowest is 6,002 in Liechtenstein.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.16 million, and the mean is 21.71 million.
Over the past decade 184 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 128.1%), and the largest decrease in Saint Martin (French part) (down 33.3%).
Urban population: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 933.17 million | 2025 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 522.44 million | 2025 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 3 | United States | 274.08 million | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 187.65 million | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 169.70 million | 2025 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Nigeria | 151.48 million | 2025 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Japan | 113.87 million | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 8 | Russia | 108.00 million | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 9 | Mexico | 105.61 million | 2025 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 10 | Pakistan | 100.88 million | 2025 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Turkey | 76.86 million | 2025 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Iran | 71.51 million | 2025 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Germany | 68.58 million | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 14 | Philippines | 65.14 million | 2025 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 58.40 million | 2025 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 57.90 million | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 17 | France | 54.18 million | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 18 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 50.90 million | 2025 | up 51.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Egypt | 50.78 million | 2025 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 20 | Thailand | 44.98 million | 2025 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Argentina | 42.34 million | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 22 | Colombia | 42.09 million | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 23 | South Korea | 41.95 million | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 24 | South Africa | 41.32 million | 2025 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 25 | Italy | 41.05 million | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 26 | Spain | 39.74 million | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 27 | Vietnam | 39.45 million | 2025 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Algeria | 35.96 million | 2025 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Canada | 34.52 million | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 30 | Iraq | 32.89 million | 2025 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 32.66 million | 2025 | up 61.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 31.28 million | 2025 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Peru | 29.60 million | 2025 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 34 | Angola | 27.90 million | 2025 | up 56.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Malaysia | 27.84 million | 2025 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Ukraine | 27.13 million | 2025 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 37 | Tanzania | 26.02 million | 2025 | up 60.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Venezuela | 25.47 million | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 39 | Morocco | 24.26 million | 2025 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Australia | 24.22 million | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 41 | Poland | 21.89 million | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 42 | Ghana | 20.66 million | 2025 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Nepal | 19.84 million | 2025 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 18.90 million | 2025 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 45 | Kenya | 18.53 million | 2025 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Syria | 18.47 million | 2025 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Sudan | 18.05 million | 2025 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Cote d'Ivoire | 17.84 million | 2025 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Chile | 17.71 million | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 50 | Netherlands | 17.35 million | 2025 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 51 | North Korea | 17.06 million | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 52 | Myanmar | 16.78 million | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 53 | Cameroon | 16.63 million | 2025 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Uganda | 16.41 million | 2025 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Yemen | 15.47 million | 2025 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Mozambique | 13.26 million | 2025 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 13.00 million | 2025 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 58 | Ecuador | 11.59 million | 2025 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Afghanistan | 11.37 million | 2025 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Somalia | 10.84 million | 2025 | up 79.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Madagascar | 10.77 million | 2025 | up 45.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Jordan | 10.74 million | 2025 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Senegal | 10.56 million | 2025 | up 56.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Guatemala | 10.52 million | 2025 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Belgium | 10.47 million | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 66 | Zambia | 10.06 million | 2025 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Romania | 9.92 million | 2025 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 68 | United Arab Emirates | 9.90 million | 2025 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Sweden | 9.44 million | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 70 | Israel | 9.27 million | 2025 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 71 | Bolivia | 9.00 million | 2025 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Tunisia | 8.73 million | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 73 | Cuba | 8.45 million | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 8.35 million | 2025 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Greece | 8.25 million | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 76 | Mali | 8.12 million | 2025 | up 68.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Czechia | 7.93 million | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 78 | Benin | 7.91 million | 2025 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Switzerland | 7.79 million | 2025 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 80 | Hong Kong | 7.50 million | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 81 | Cambodia | 7.34 million | 2025 | up 56.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Belarus | 7.22 million | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 83 | Burkina Faso | 6.96 million | 2025 | up 44.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Zimbabwe | 6.86 million | 2025 | up 42.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Hungary | 6.73 million | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 86 | Portugal | 6.64 million | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 87 | Haiti | 6.62 million | 2025 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Libya | 6.56 million | 2025 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Honduras | 6.52 million | 2025 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Austria | 6.42 million | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 91 | Singapore | 6.11 million | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 92 | Azerbaijan | 6.01 million | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 93 | Guinea | 5.82 million | 2025 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Chad | 5.79 million | 2025 | up 73.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Denmark | 5.34 million | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 96 | Lebanon | 5.32 million | 2025 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 97 | Niger | 5.13 million | 2025 | up 57.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Paraguay | 4.94 million | 2025 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Kuwait | 4.87 million | 2025 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 100 | El Salvador | 4.81 million | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 4.77 million | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 102 | Palestine | 4.73 million | 2025 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 103 | Norway | 4.69 million | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 104 | Rwanda | 4.50 million | 2025 | up 112.7% | volatile |
| 105 | New Zealand | 4.47 million | 2025 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 106 | Sri Lanka | 4.45 million | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 107 | Oman | 4.37 million | 2025 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Finland | 4.21 million | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 4.17 million | 2025 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 110 | Congo | 4.16 million | 2025 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Costa Rica | 4.11 million | 2025 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Serbia | 4.10 million | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 113 | Sierra Leone | 4.05 million | 2025 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Malawi | 3.91 million | 2025 | up 44.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Togo | 3.81 million | 2025 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Burundi | 3.70 million | 2025 | up 128.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Turkmenistan | 3.59 million | 2025 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 118 | Ireland | 3.54 million | 2025 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 119 | Mauritania | 3.27 million | 2025 | up 59.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Uruguay | 3.24 million | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 121 | Liberia | 3.21 million | 2025 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Laos | 3.17 million | 2025 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Panama | 3.02 million | 2025 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Puerto Rico | 3.00 million | 2025 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 125 | Qatar | 2.95 million | 2025 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Slovakia | 2.88 million | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 127 | Tajikistan | 2.82 million | 2025 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 128 | South Sudan | 2.64 million | 2025 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.55 million | 2025 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 130 | Mongolia | 2.54 million | 2025 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 131 | Central African Republic | 2.46 million | 2025 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 132 | Georgia | 2.41 million | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 133 | Gabon | 2.39 million | 2025 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Croatia | 2.24 million | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 135 | Armenia | 2.04 million | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 136 | Lithuania | 2.00 million | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 137 | Gambia | 1.83 million | 2025 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Botswana | 1.74 million | 2025 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Papua New Guinea | 1.70 million | 2025 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Jamaica | 1.69 million | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 141 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.65 million | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 142 | Bahrain | 1.60 million | 2025 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Namibia | 1.57 million | 2025 | up 45.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.39 million | 2025 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Albania | 1.38 million | 2025 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 146 | Latvia | 1.27 million | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 147 | Eritrea | 1.25 million | 2025 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Slovenia | 1.19 million | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 149 | North Macedonia | 1.15 million | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 150 | Lesotho | 1.06 million | 2025 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.05 million | 2025 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Moldova | 1.03 million | 2025 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 153 | Estonia | 966,383 | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 154 | Cyprus | 914,225 | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 155 | Djibouti | 864,090 | 2025 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Kosovo | 803,041 | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 156 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 803,041 | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 158 | Trinidad and Tobago | 738,177 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 159 | Macao | 685,900 | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 160 | Luxembourg | 651,826 | 2025 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 161 | Fiji | 555,641 | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 162 | Malta | 554,664 | 2025 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 163 | Mauritius | 485,519 | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 164 | Suriname | 420,949 | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 165 | Cape Verde | 409,364 | 2025 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Montenegro | 408,826 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 167 | East Timor | 408,340 | 2025 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 168 | Iceland | 369,715 | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 169 | Brunei | 349,799 | 2025 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Bhutan | 346,000 | 2025 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Eswatini | 335,667 | 2025 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Bahamas | 327,790 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 173 | Comoros | 299,652 | 2025 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Solomon Islands | 262,574 | 2025 | up 73.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Maldives | 225,145 | 2025 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Guyana | 221,464 | 2025 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 177 | New Caledonia | 201,334 | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 178 | Belize | 175,776 | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 179 | French Polynesia | 174,446 | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 180 | Barbados | 168,725 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 181 | Sao Tome and Principe | 166,189 | 2025 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Guam | 159,230 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 183 | Curacao | 142,938 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 184 | United States Virgin Islands | 99,006 | 2025 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Kiribati | 86,513 | 2025 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 186 | Cayman Islands | 75,844 | 2025 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Vanuatu | 74,816 | 2025 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 188 | Andorra | 73,743 | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 189 | Aruba | 67,173 | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 190 | Bermuda | 64,555 | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 191 | Seychelles | 55,821 | 2025 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 192 | Channel Islands | 54,993 | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 193 | Saint Lucia | 52,417 | 2025 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 194 | Greenland | 50,337 | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 195 | Dominica | 48,735 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 196 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 47,945 | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 197 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 44,229 | 2025 | up 31.5% | volatile |
| 198 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 43,923 | 2025 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 199 | Isle of Man | 43,856 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 200 | Grenada | 43,016 | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 201 | Northern Mariana Islands | 40,135 | 2025 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 202 | Gibraltar | 40,126 | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 203 | Samoa | 38,393 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 204 | Monaco | 38,341 | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 205 | American Samoa | 37,059 | 2025 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 206 | San Marino | 33,150 | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 207 | Marshall Islands | 28,701 | 2025 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 208 | Micronesia (country) | 25,557 | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 209 | Saint Martin (French part) | 24,941 | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 210 | Antigua and Barbuda | 22,924 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 211 | British Virgin Islands | 22,804 | 2025 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 212 | Tonga | 21,948 | 2025 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 213 | Faroe Islands | 21,764 | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 214 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 14,968 | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 215 | Palau | 14,004 | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 216 | Nauru | 12,025 | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 217 | Tuvalu | 6,212 | 2025 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 218 | Liechtenstein | 6,002 | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 4.75 billion
- Chagai 54,993
- IDA & IBRD total 3.75 billion
- Low & middle income 3.61 billion
- Middle income 3.34 billion
- IBRD only 2.94 billion
- Upper middle income 2.10 billion
- Early-demographic dividend 1.71 billion
- Late-demographic dividend 1.58 billion
- East Asia & Pacific 1.55 billion
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 1.33 billion
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.31 billion
- Lower middle income 1.24 billion
- High income 1.14 billion
- OECD members 1.14 billion
- Post-demographic dividend 920.19 million
- IDA total 817.59 million
- Europe & Central Asia 690.74 million
- South Asia 605.70 million
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 605.70 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa 590.23 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 590.23 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 590.18 million
- Latin America & Caribbean 543.31 million
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 531.01 million
- Pre-demographic dividend 520.68 million
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 510.21 million
- IDA only 478.10 million
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 463.33 million
- Least developed countries 444.81 million
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 398.54 million
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 393.80 million
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 369.96 million
- IDA blend 339.49 million
- European Union 339.13 million
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 319.88 million
- North America 308.67 million
- Africa Eastern and Southern 305.30 million
- Arab World 302.20 million
- Africa Western and Central 284.93 million
About this data
Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.