Urban Population by Country
Share of population living in urban areas (%).
Countries
217
Highest
100.0%
Kuwait
Lowest
14.7%
Liechtenstein
Latest Year
2024
| # | Country | Urban Population (%) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kuwait | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 2 |  Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 3 |  Hong Kong SAR, China | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 4 |  Bahrain | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 5 |  Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 6 |  Macao SAR, China | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 7 |  Singapore | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 8 |  Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 9 |  St. Martin (French part) | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 10 |  Monaco | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 11 |  Nauru | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 12 |  Bermuda | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 13 |  Qatar | 99.3% | 2024 |
| 14 |  San Marino | 97.2% | 2024 |
| 15 |  Malta | 95.7% | 2024 |
| 16 |  Netherlands | 95.6% | 2024 |
| 17 |  Uruguay | 95.6% | 2024 |
| 18 |  Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 95.3% | 2024 |
| 19 |  Luxembourg | 94.8% | 2024 |
| 20 |  Puerto Rico (US) | 94.3% | 2024 |
| 21 |  Iceland | 94.2% | 2024 |
| 22 |  Guam | 94.2% | 2024 |
| 23 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 94.2% | 2024 |
| 24 |  Jordan | 93.0% | 2024 |
| 25 |  Argentina | 92.3% | 2024 |
| 26 |  Japan | 92.2% | 2024 |
| 27 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 92.1% | 2024 |
| 28 |  Gabon | 91.9% | 2024 |
| 29 |  Israel | 91.5% | 2024 |
| 30 |  Curacao | 91.4% | 2024 |
| 31 |  Lebanon | 90.7% | 2024 |
| 32 |  Turkiye | 89.3% | 2024 |
| 33 |  Venezuela, RB | 89.3% | 2024 |
| 34 |  Chile | 89.0% | 2024 |
| 35 |  Andorra | 88.9% | 2024 |
| 36 |  Sweden | 88.9% | 2024 |
| 37 |  Denmark | 88.7% | 2024 |
| 38 |  Greenland | 88.3% | 2024 |
| 39 |  Brazil | 87.9% | 2024 |
| 40 |  Libya | 87.9% | 2024 |
| 41 |  Belgium | 87.6% | 2024 |
| 42 |  Australia | 87.6% | 2024 |
| 43 |  West Bank and Gaza | 87.1% | 2024 |
| 44 |  United Arab Emirates | 85.8% | 2024 |
| 45 |  Switzerland | 85.5% | 2024 |
| 46 |  Peru | 85.2% | 2024 |
| 47 |  Saudi Arabia | 84.5% | 2024 |
| 48 |  New Zealand | 83.9% | 2024 |
| 49 |  Norway | 83.3% | 2024 |
| 50 |  United Kingdom | 83.2% | 2024 |
| 51 |  Canada | 82.7% | 2024 |
| 52 |  Germany | 82.0% | 2024 |
| 53 |  Bahamas, The | 81.3% | 2024 |
| 54 |  Korea, Rep. | 81.2% | 2024 |
| 55 |  American Samoa | 80.9% | 2024 |
| 56 |  Spain | 80.3% | 2024 |
| 57 |  United States | 80.1% | 2024 |
| 58 |  Mexico | 79.8% | 2024 |
| 59 |  Oman | 79.4% | 2024 |
| 60 |  Costa Rica | 79.3% | 2024 |
| 61 |  Palau | 79.2% | 2024 |
| 62 |  Belarus | 79.2% | 2024 |
| 63 |  Greece | 79.0% | 2024 |
| 64 |  France | 78.8% | 2024 |
| 65 |  Marshall Islands | 78.7% | 2024 |
| 66 |  Colombia | 78.5% | 2024 |
| 67 |  Cuba | 77.2% | 2024 |
| 68 |  Iran, Islamic Rep. | 77.0% | 2024 |
| 69 |  Malaysia | 76.9% | 2024 |
| 70 |  Cabo Verde | 76.8% | 2024 |
| 71 |  Algeria | 75.3% | 2024 |
| 72 |  Russian Federation | 75.1% | 2024 |
| 73 |  El Salvador | 75.1% | 2024 |
| 74 |  Brunei Darussalam | 74.9% | 2024 |
| 75 |  Finland | 74.3% | 2024 |
| 76 |  Bulgaria | 73.9% | 2024 |
| 77 |  Dominica | 73.5% | 2024 |
| 78 |  Djibouti | 72.9% | 2024 |
| 79 |  Czechia | 72.8% | 2024 |
| 80 |  Dominican Republic | 72.4% | 2024 |
| 81 |  Syrian Arab Republic | 72.1% | 2024 |
| 82 |  Equatorial Guinea | 71.4% | 2024 |
| 83 |  Bolivia | 71.2% | 2024 |
| 84 |  Mongolia | 71.0% | 2024 |
| 85 |  Estonia | 70.7% | 2024 |
| 86 |  Angola | 70.7% | 2024 |
| 87 |  Hungary | 70.5% | 2024 |
| 88 |  Tunisia | 70.4% | 2024 |
| 89 |  Iraq | 69.9% | 2024 |
| 90 |  Paraguay | 69.9% | 2024 |
| 91 |  Italy | 69.6% | 2024 |
| 92 |  Ukraine | 69.5% | 2024 |
| 93 |  Austria | 69.5% | 2024 |
| 94 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 68.9% | 2024 |
| 95 |  Lithuania | 68.8% | 2024 |
| 96 |  Latvia | 68.5% | 2024 |
| 97 |  New Caledonia | 68.0% | 2024 |
| 98 |  Botswana | 67.5% | 2024 |
| 99 |  Nepal | 66.8% | 2024 |
| 100 |  Cyprus | 66.7% | 2024 |
| 101 |  Panama | 66.0% | 2024 |
| 102 |  China | 65.9% | 2024 |
| 103 |  Armenia | 65.8% | 2024 |
| 104 |  Suriname | 65.8% | 2024 |
| 105 |  Montenegro | 65.5% | 2024 |
| 106 |  Tuvalu | 64.7% | 2024 |
| 107 |  Ireland | 64.3% | 2024 |
| 108 |  Gambia, The | 64.3% | 2024 |
| 109 |  Congo, Rep. | 63.9% | 2024 |
| 110 |  Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 63.9% | 2024 |
| 111 |  South Africa | 63.7% | 2024 |
| 112 |  Ecuador | 63.2% | 2024 |
| 113 |  Nigeria | 63.0% | 2024 |
| 114 |  Morocco | 62.8% | 2024 |
| 115 |  North Macedonia | 62.6% | 2024 |
| 116 |  Kiribati | 62.5% | 2024 |
| 117 |  Serbia | 62.4% | 2024 |
| 118 |  Kazakhstan | 62.1% | 2024 |
| 119 |  Thailand | 61.9% | 2024 |
| 120 |  Aruba | 61.8% | 2024 |
| 121 |  French Polynesia | 61.7% | 2024 |
| 122 |  Portugal | 61.3% | 2024 |
| 123 |  Georgia | 61.1% | 2024 |
| 124 |  Mauritania | 60.6% | 2024 |
| 125 |  Poland | 60.0% | 2024 |
| 126 |  Barbados | 59.5% | 2024 |
| 127 |  Nicaragua | 59.3% | 2024 |
| 128 |  Fiji | 59.1% | 2024 |
| 129 |  Jamaica | 58.9% | 2024 |
| 130 |  Honduras | 58.8% | 2024 |
| 131 |  Indonesia | 58.8% | 2024 |
| 132 |  Azerbaijan | 58.6% | 2024 |
| 133 |  Albania | 58.5% | 2024 |
| 134 |  Ghana | 58.4% | 2024 |
| 135 |  Croatia | 57.5% | 2024 |
| 136 |  British Virgin Islands | 56.5% | 2024 |
| 137 |  Guatemala | 56.0% | 2024 |
| 138 |  Slovenia | 55.8% | 2024 |
| 139 |  Liberia | 55.5% | 2024 |
| 140 |  Philippines | 55.5% | 2024 |
| 141 |  Cameroon | 55.4% | 2024 |
| 142 |  Senegal | 55.2% | 2024 |
| 143 |  Haiti | 55.0% | 2024 |
| 144 |  Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 54.6% | 2024 |
| 145 |  Cote d'Ivoire | 54.0% | 2024 |
| 146 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 54.0% | 2024 |
| 147 |  Slovak Republic | 53.2% | 2024 |
| 148 |  Benin | 52.5% | 2024 |
| 149 |  Romania | 52.2% | 2024 |
| 150 |  Isle of Man | 52.2% | 2024 |
| 151 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.1% | 2024 |
| 152 |  Uzbekistan | 51.0% | 2024 |
| 153 |  Namibia | 50.4% | 2024 |
| 154 |  Kosovo | 50.3% | 2024 |
| 155 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 47.8% | 2024 |
| 156 |  Turkmenistan | 47.1% | 2024 |
| 157 |  Guinea-Bissau | 46.1% | 2024 |
| 158 |  Zambia | 45.5% | 2024 |
| 159 |  Sierra Leone | 45.4% | 2024 |
| 160 |  Seychelles | 45.3% | 2024 |
| 161 |  Congo, Dem. Rep. | 44.7% | 2024 |
| 162 |  Central African Republic | 44.1% | 2024 |
| 163 |  Togo | 43.8% | 2024 |
| 164 |  Lesotho | 43.7% | 2024 |
| 165 |  Moldova | 43.5% | 2024 |
| 166 |  Egypt, Arab Rep. | 42.8% | 2024 |
| 167 |  Bhutan | 42.6% | 2024 |
| 168 |  Maldives | 42.0% | 2024 |
| 169 |  Belize | 41.8% | 2024 |
| 170 |  Cambodia | 40.9% | 2024 |
| 171 |  Zimbabwe | 39.9% | 2024 |
| 172 |  Lao PDR | 39.6% | 2024 |
| 173 |  Faroe Islands | 39.4% | 2024 |
| 174 |  Pakistan | 39.2% | 2024 |
| 175 |  Mauritius | 39.0% | 2024 |
| 176 |  Viet Nam | 38.5% | 2024 |
| 177 |  Guinea | 38.1% | 2024 |
| 178 |  Yemen, Rep. | 36.8% | 2024 |
| 179 |  Grenada | 36.6% | 2024 |
| 180 |  Mozambique | 36.4% | 2024 |
| 181 |  Tanzania | 36.2% | 2024 |
| 182 |  India | 35.4% | 2024 |
| 183 |  Sudan | 34.9% | 2024 |
| 184 |  Kyrgyz Republic | 34.7% | 2024 |
| 185 |  Eritrea | 34.5% | 2024 |
| 186 |  Comoros | 33.5% | 2024 |
| 187 |  Channel Islands | 32.7% | 2024 |
| 188 |  Bangladesh | 32.7% | 2024 |
| 189 |  Madagascar | 32.4% | 2024 |
| 190 |  Kenya | 31.9% | 2024 |
| 191 |  St. Kitts and Nevis | 31.8% | 2024 |
| 192 |  Mali | 31.6% | 2024 |
| 193 |  Uganda | 31.3% | 2024 |
| 194 |  Solomon Islands | 30.7% | 2024 |
| 195 |  Myanmar | 30.4% | 2024 |
| 196 |  Rwanda | 29.9% | 2024 |
| 197 |  St. Lucia | 29.1% | 2024 |
| 198 |  Timor-Leste | 28.7% | 2024 |
| 199 |  Burkina Faso | 28.3% | 2024 |
| 200 |  Chad | 26.9% | 2024 |
| 201 |  Guyana | 26.5% | 2024 |
| 202 |  Eswatini | 26.2% | 2024 |
| 203 |  Tajikistan | 26.2% | 2024 |
| 204 |  Afghanistan | 25.7% | 2024 |
| 205 |  Burundi | 24.8% | 2024 |
| 206 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 24.4% | 2024 |
| 207 |  Ethiopia | 23.6% | 2024 |
| 208 |  Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 22.5% | 2024 |
| 209 |  Vanuatu | 22.3% | 2024 |
| 210 |  South Sudan | 21.4% | 2024 |
| 211 |  Tonga | 21.2% | 2024 |
| 212 |  Sri Lanka | 20.3% | 2024 |
| 213 |  Niger | 18.0% | 2024 |
| 214 |  Samoa | 17.5% | 2024 |
| 215 |  Malawi | 17.3% | 2024 |
| 216 |  Papua New Guinea | 15.4% | 2024 |
| 217 |  Liechtenstein | 14.7% | 2024 |