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Urbanisation by country

Urban population (% of total) · % of population · 217 countries ranked · 2025

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Rank 1 = highest value; “better” is not defined for this indicator.25 of 217
  1. 1BahrainWorld rank 1st of 217
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  2. 2BermudaWorld rank 1st of 217
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  3. 3Cayman IslandsWorld rank 1st of 217
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  4. 4GibraltarWorld rank 1st of 217
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  5. 5Hong KongWorld rank 1st of 217
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  6. 6KuwaitWorld rank 1st of 217
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  7. 7MacaoWorld rank 1st of 217
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  8. 8Saint MartinWorld rank 1st of 217
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  9. 9MonacoWorld rank 1st of 217
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  10. 10NauruWorld rank 1st of 217
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  11. 11SingaporeWorld rank 1st of 217
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  12. 12Sint MaartenWorld rank 1st of 217
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  13. 13QatarWorld rank 13th of 217
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  14. 14San MarinoWorld rank 14th of 217
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  15. 15NetherlandsWorld rank 15th of 217
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  16. 16MaltaWorld rank 16th of 217
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  17. 17UruguayWorld rank 17th of 217
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  18. 18U.S. Virgin IslandsWorld rank 18th of 217
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  19. 19LuxembourgWorld rank 19th of 217
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  20. 20Turks and Caicos IslandsWorld rank 20th of 217
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  21. 21Puerto RicoWorld rank 21st of 217
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  22. 22GuamWorld rank 22nd of 217
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  23. 23IcelandWorld rank 23rd of 217
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  24. 24JordanWorld rank 24th of 217
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  25. 25ArgentinaWorld rank 25th of 217
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Urbanisation, 2025. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

Urban population (% of total), 2025World map of Urban population (% of total) (2025) for 217 countries, from 14.6 % to 100.0 %.Fiji: 59.5 %Tanzania: 36.9 %W. Sahara: —Canada: 82.9 %United States: 80.2 %Kazakhstan: 62.4 %Uzbekistan: 51.0 %Papua New Guinea: 15.8 %Indonesia: 59.4 %Argentina: 92.4 %Chile: 89.2 %DR Congo: 45.1 %Somalia: 55.1 %Kenya: 32.2 %Sudan: 34.9 %Chad: 27.6 %Haiti: 55.6 %Dominican Republic: 72.5 %Russia: 75.3 %Bahamas: 81.3 %Falkland Is.: —Norway: 83.6 %Greenland: 88.6 %Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: —Timor-Leste: 28.8 %South Africa: 63.8 %Lesotho: 44.7 %Mexico: 80.0 %Uruguay: 95.7 %Brazil: 88.2 %Bolivia: 71.6 %Peru: 85.6 %Colombia: 78.8 %Panama: 66.2 %Costa Rica: 79.7 %Nicaragua: 59.4 %Honduras: 59.3 %El Salvador: 75.5 %Guatemala: 56.3 %Belize: 41.6 %Venezuela: 89.3 %Guyana: 26.5 %Suriname: 65.8 %France: 78.8 %Ecuador: 63.4 %Puerto Rico: 94.3 %Jamaica: 59.4 %Cuba: 77.2 %Zimbabwe: 40.5 %Botswana: 68.0 %Namibia: 50.9 %Senegal: 55.8 %Mali: 32.2 %Mauritania: 61.5 %Benin: 53.4 %Niger: 18.4 %Nigeria: 63.8 %Cameroon: 55.7 %Togo: 44.4 %Ghana: 58.9 %Côte d'Ivoire: 54.5 %Guinea: 38.5 %Guinea-Bissau: 46.7 %Liberia: 56.1 %Sierra Leone: 45.9 %Burkina Faso: 28.9 %Central African Republic: 44.6 %Republic of the Congo: 64.1 %Gabon: 92.1 %Equatorial Guinea: 71.6 %Zambia: 45.9 %Malawi: 17.6 %Mozambique: 37.2 %Eswatini: 26.7 %Angola: 71.5 %Burundi: 25.7 %Israel: 91.6 %Lebanon: 91.0 %Madagascar: 32.9 %Palestine: 87.4 %Gambia: 65.0 %Tunisia: 70.7 %Algeria: 75.8 %Jordan: 93.2 %United Arab Emirates: 86.0 %Qatar: 99.4 %Kuwait: 100.0 %Iraq: 69.9 %Oman: 79.5 %Vanuatu: 22.3 %Cambodia: 41.1 %Thailand: 62.8 %Laos: 40.3 %Myanmar: 30.6 %Vietnam: 38.8 %North Korea: 64.2 %South Korea: 81.2 %Mongolia: 71.1 %India: 35.7 %Bangladesh: 33.2 %Bhutan: 43.4 %Nepal: 67.0 %Pakistan: 39.5 %Afghanistan: 25.9 %Tajikistan: 26.2 %Kyrgyzstan: 34.7 %Turkmenistan: 47.1 %Iran: 77.4 %Syria: 72.1 %Armenia: 65.9 %Sweden: 89.1 %Belarus: 79.5 %Ukraine: 69.6 %Poland: 60.1 %Austria: 69.7 %Hungary: 70.7 %Moldova: 43.7 %Romania: 52.2 %Lithuania: 69.1 %Latvia: 68.6 %Estonia: 70.7 %Germany: 82.1 %Bulgaria: 74.2 %Greece: 79.2 %Türkiye: 89.5 %Albania: 58.9 %Croatia: 57.8 %Switzerland: 85.7 %Luxembourg: 94.9 %Belgium: 87.7 %Netherlands: 95.9 %Portugal: 61.5 %Spain: 80.5 %Ireland: 64.6 %New Caledonia: 68.2 %Solomon Islands: 31.3 %New Zealand: 84.0 %Australia: 87.7 %Sri Lanka: 20.5 %China: 66.3 %Taiwan: —Italy: 69.7 %Denmark: 88.8 %United Kingdom: 83.3 %Iceland: 94.2 %Azerbaijan: 58.6 %Georgia: 61.2 %Philippines: 55.8 %Malaysia: 77.4 %Brunei: 75.0 %Slovenia: 56.0 %Finland: 74.5 %Slovakia: 53.2 %Czechia: 72.9 %Eritrea: 34.5 %Japan: 92.3 %Paraguay: 70.4 %Yemen: 37.0 %Saudi Arabia: 84.6 %N. Cyprus: —Cyprus: 66.7 %Morocco: 63.1 %Egypt: 42.9 %Libya: 87.9 %Ethiopia: 24.1 %Djibouti: 73.0 %Somaliland: —Uganda: 31.9 %Rwanda: 30.9 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 52.7 %North Macedonia: 62.9 %Serbia: 62.6 %Montenegro: 65.6 %Kosovo: 50.9 %Trinidad and Tobago: 54.0 %South Sudan: 21.7 %
  • 14.6 % – 36.7 %
  • 36.7 % – 54.5 %
  • 54.5 % – 64.2 %
  • 64.2 % – 75.3 %
  • 75.3 % – 88.8 %
  • 88.8 % – 100.0 %
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Rank over time

Position in the world ranking by year, up to 5 countries. Rank 1 is at the top.

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Rank by year for Bahrain, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, 2000–2024.