Urban Population by Country — 2025 World Rankings
Share of population living in urban areas (%).
Updated August 2026 · Source: World BankIn 2025, Bahrain leads the world in urban population (%) with 100.0%, followed by Cayman Islands (100.0%), Hong Kong SAR, China (100.0%), Bermuda (100.0%), Kuwait (100.0%). At the other end, Liechtenstein ranks last at 14.6%. The global median is 64.2% (Korea, Dem. People's Rep.). This ranking covers 217 countries and is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators, one of the most authoritative sources for international economic statistics.
The top 10 countries are: 1. Bahrain, 2. Cayman Islands, 3. Hong Kong SAR, China, 4. Bermuda, 5. Kuwait, 6. Gibraltar, 7. Macao SAR, China, 8. Singapore, 9. Sint Maarten (Dutch part), 10. St. Martin (French part). All data is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators and updated regularly. Free API access is available for developers and researchers.
| # | Country | Urban Population (%) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bahrain | 100.0% | 2025 |
| 2 |  Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2025 |
| 3 |  Hong Kong SAR, China | 100.0% | 2025 |
| 4 |  Bermuda | 100.0% | 2025 |
| 5 |  Kuwait | 100.0% | 2025 |
| 6 |  Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2025 |
| 7 |  Macao SAR, China | 100.0% | 2025 |
| 8 |  Singapore | 100.0% | 2025 |
| 9 |  Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100.0% | 2025 |
| 10 |  St. Martin (French part) | 100.0% | 2025 |
| 11 |  Monaco | 100.0% | 2025 |
| 12 |  Naoero | 100.0% | 2025 |
| 13 |  Qatar | 99.4% | 2025 |
| 14 |  San Marino | 97.2% | 2025 |
| 15 |  Netherlands | 95.9% | 2025 |
| 16 |  Malta | 95.7% | 2025 |
| 17 |  Uruguay | 95.7% | 2025 |
| 18 |  Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 95.4% | 2025 |
| 19 |  Luxembourg | 94.9% | 2025 |
| 20 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 94.4% | 2025 |
| 21 |  Puerto Rico (US) | 94.3% | 2025 |
| 22 |  Guam | 94.2% | 2025 |
| 23 |  Iceland | 94.2% | 2025 |
| 24 |  Jordan | 93.2% | 2025 |
| 25 |  Argentina | 92.4% | 2025 |
| 26 |  Japan | 92.3% | 2025 |
| 27 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 92.2% | 2025 |
| 28 |  Gabon | 92.1% | 2025 |
| 29 |  Israel | 91.6% | 2025 |
| 30 |  Curacao | 91.5% | 2025 |
| 31 |  Lebanon | 91.0% | 2025 |
| 32 |  Turkiye | 89.5% | 2025 |
| 33 |  Venezuela, RB | 89.3% | 2025 |
| 34 |  Chile | 89.2% | 2025 |
| 35 |  Sweden | 89.1% | 2025 |
| 36 |  Andorra | 88.9% | 2025 |
| 37 |  Denmark | 88.8% | 2025 |
| 38 |  Greenland | 88.6% | 2025 |
| 39 |  Brazil | 88.2% | 2025 |
| 40 |  Libya | 87.9% | 2025 |
| 41 |  Australia | 87.7% | 2025 |
| 42 |  Belgium | 87.7% | 2025 |
| 43 |  West Bank and Gaza | 87.4% | 2025 |
| 44 |  United Arab Emirates | 86.0% | 2025 |
| 45 |  Switzerland | 85.7% | 2025 |
| 46 |  Peru | 85.6% | 2025 |
| 47 |  Saudi Arabia | 84.6% | 2025 |
| 48 |  New Zealand | 84.0% | 2025 |
| 49 |  Norway | 83.6% | 2025 |
| 50 |  United Kingdom | 83.3% | 2025 |
| 51 |  Canada | 82.9% | 2025 |
| 52 |  Germany | 82.1% | 2025 |
| 53 |  Bahamas, The | 81.3% | 2025 |
| 54 |  Korea, Rep. | 81.2% | 2025 |
| 55 |  Spain | 80.5% | 2025 |
| 56 |  American Samoa | 80.5% | 2025 |
| 57 |  United States | 80.2% | 2025 |
| 58 |  Mexico | 80.0% | 2025 |
| 59 |  Costa Rica | 79.7% | 2025 |
| 60 |  Belarus | 79.5% | 2025 |
| 61 |  Oman | 79.5% | 2025 |
| 62 |  Palau | 79.3% | 2025 |
| 63 |  Greece | 79.2% | 2025 |
| 64 |  Marshall Islands | 79.1% | 2025 |
| 65 |  France | 78.8% | 2025 |
| 66 |  Colombia | 78.8% | 2025 |
| 67 |  Cabo Verde | 77.6% | 2025 |
| 68 |  Malaysia | 77.4% | 2025 |
| 69 |  Iran, Islamic Rep. | 77.4% | 2025 |
| 70 |  Cuba | 77.2% | 2025 |
| 71 |  Algeria | 75.8% | 2025 |
| 72 |  El Salvador | 75.5% | 2025 |
| 73 |  Russian Federation | 75.3% | 2025 |
| 74 |  Brunei Darussalam | 75.0% | 2025 |
| 75 |  Finland | 74.5% | 2025 |
| 76 |  Bulgaria | 74.2% | 2025 |
| 77 |  Dominica | 74.0% | 2025 |
| 78 |  Djibouti | 73.0% | 2025 |
| 79 |  Czechia | 72.9% | 2025 |
| 80 |  Dominican Republic | 72.5% | 2025 |
| 81 |  Syrian Arab Republic | 72.1% | 2025 |
| 82 |  Equatorial Guinea | 71.6% | 2025 |
| 83 |  Bolivia | 71.6% | 2025 |
| 84 |  Angola | 71.5% | 2025 |
| 85 |  Mongolia | 71.1% | 2025 |
| 86 |  Estonia | 70.7% | 2025 |
| 87 |  Tunisia | 70.7% | 2025 |
| 88 |  Hungary | 70.7% | 2025 |
| 89 |  Paraguay | 70.4% | 2025 |
| 90 |  Iraq | 69.9% | 2025 |
| 91 |  Austria | 69.7% | 2025 |
| 92 |  Italy | 69.7% | 2025 |
| 93 |  Ukraine | 69.6% | 2025 |
| 94 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 69.2% | 2025 |
| 95 |  Lithuania | 69.1% | 2025 |
| 96 |  Latvia | 68.6% | 2025 |
| 97 |  New Caledonia | 68.2% | 2025 |
| 98 |  Botswana | 68.0% | 2025 |
| 99 |  Nepal | 67.0% | 2025 |
| 100 |  Cyprus | 66.7% | 2025 |
| 101 |  China | 66.3% | 2025 |
| 102 |  Panama | 66.2% | 2025 |
| 103 |  Armenia | 65.9% | 2025 |
| 104 |  Suriname | 65.8% | 2025 |
| 105 |  Montenegro | 65.6% | 2025 |
| 106 |  Tuvalu | 65.4% | 2025 |
| 107 |  Gambia, The | 65.0% | 2025 |
| 108 |  Ireland | 64.6% | 2025 |
| 109 |  Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 64.2% | 2025 |
| 110 |  Congo, Rep. | 64.1% | 2025 |
| 111 |  South Africa | 63.8% | 2025 |
| 112 |  Nigeria | 63.8% | 2025 |
| 113 |  Ecuador | 63.4% | 2025 |
| 114 |  Kiribati | 63.4% | 2025 |
| 115 |  Morocco | 63.1% | 2025 |
| 116 |  North Macedonia | 62.9% | 2025 |
| 117 |  Thailand | 62.8% | 2025 |
| 118 |  Serbia | 62.6% | 2025 |
| 119 |  Kazakhstan | 62.4% | 2025 |
| 120 |  French Polynesia | 61.8% | 2025 |
| 121 |  Aruba | 61.7% | 2025 |
| 122 |  Portugal | 61.5% | 2025 |
| 123 |  Mauritania | 61.5% | 2025 |
| 124 |  Georgia | 61.2% | 2025 |
| 125 |  Poland | 60.1% | 2025 |
| 126 |  Barbados | 59.7% | 2025 |
| 127 |  Fiji | 59.5% | 2025 |
| 128 |  Nicaragua | 59.4% | 2025 |
| 129 |  Jamaica | 59.4% | 2025 |
| 130 |  Indonesia | 59.4% | 2025 |
| 131 |  Honduras | 59.3% | 2025 |
| 132 |  Ghana | 58.9% | 2025 |
| 133 |  Albania | 58.9% | 2025 |
| 134 |  Azerbaijan | 58.6% | 2025 |
| 135 |  Croatia | 57.8% | 2025 |
| 136 |  British Virgin Islands | 57.4% | 2025 |
| 137 |  Guatemala | 56.3% | 2025 |
| 138 |  Liberia | 56.1% | 2025 |
| 139 |  Slovenia | 56.0% | 2025 |
| 140 |  Philippines | 55.8% | 2025 |
| 141 |  Senegal | 55.8% | 2025 |
| 142 |  Cameroon | 55.7% | 2025 |
| 143 |  Haiti | 55.6% | 2025 |
| 144 |  Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 55.1% | 2025 |
| 145 |  Cote d'Ivoire | 54.5% | 2025 |
| 146 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 54.0% | 2025 |
| 147 |  Benin | 53.4% | 2025 |
| 148 |  Slovak Republic | 53.2% | 2025 |
| 149 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.7% | 2025 |
| 150 |  Romania | 52.2% | 2025 |
| 151 |  Isle of Man | 52.1% | 2025 |
| 152 |  Uzbekistan | 51.0% | 2025 |
| 153 |  Kosovo | 50.9% | 2025 |
| 154 |  Namibia | 50.9% | 2025 |
| 155 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 48.0% | 2025 |
| 156 |  Turkmenistan | 47.1% | 2025 |
| 157 |  Guinea-Bissau | 46.7% | 2025 |
| 158 |  Sierra Leone | 45.9% | 2025 |
| 159 |  Zambia | 45.9% | 2025 |
| 160 |  Seychelles | 45.5% | 2025 |
| 161 |  Congo, Dem. Rep. | 45.1% | 2025 |
| 162 |  Lesotho | 44.7% | 2025 |
| 163 |  Central African Republic | 44.6% | 2025 |
| 164 |  Togo | 44.4% | 2025 |
| 165 |  Moldova | 43.7% | 2025 |
| 166 |  Bhutan | 43.4% | 2025 |
| 167 |  Egypt, Arab Rep. | 42.9% | 2025 |
| 168 |  Maldives | 42.5% | 2025 |
| 169 |  Belize | 41.6% | 2025 |
| 170 |  Cambodia | 41.1% | 2025 |
| 171 |  Zimbabwe | 40.5% | 2025 |
| 172 |  Lao PDR | 40.3% | 2025 |
| 173 |  Faroe Islands | 39.6% | 2025 |
| 174 |  Pakistan | 39.5% | 2025 |
| 175 |  Mauritius | 39.0% | 2025 |
| 176 |  Viet Nam | 38.8% | 2025 |
| 177 |  Guinea | 38.5% | 2025 |
| 178 |  Mozambique | 37.2% | 2025 |
| 179 |  Yemen, Rep. | 37.0% | 2025 |
| 180 |  Tanzania | 36.9% | 2025 |
| 181 |  Grenada | 36.7% | 2025 |
| 182 |  India | 35.7% | 2025 |
| 183 |  Sudan | 34.9% | 2025 |
| 184 |  Kyrgyz Republic | 34.7% | 2025 |
| 185 |  Eritrea | 34.5% | 2025 |
| 186 |  Comoros | 33.9% | 2025 |
| 187 |  Bangladesh | 33.2% | 2025 |
| 188 |  Madagascar | 32.9% | 2025 |
| 189 | Channel Islands | 32.6% | 2025 |
| 190 |  Mali | 32.2% | 2025 |
| 191 |  Kenya | 32.2% | 2025 |
| 192 |  Uganda | 31.9% | 2025 |
| 193 |  St. Kitts and Nevis | 31.9% | 2025 |
| 194 |  Solomon Islands | 31.3% | 2025 |
| 195 |  Rwanda | 30.9% | 2025 |
| 196 |  Myanmar | 30.6% | 2025 |
| 197 |  St. Lucia | 29.1% | 2025 |
| 198 |  Burkina Faso | 28.9% | 2025 |
| 199 |  Timor-Leste | 28.8% | 2025 |
| 200 |  Chad | 27.6% | 2025 |
| 201 |  Eswatini | 26.7% | 2025 |
| 202 |  Guyana | 26.5% | 2025 |
| 203 |  Tajikistan | 26.2% | 2025 |
| 204 |  Afghanistan | 25.9% | 2025 |
| 205 |  Burundi | 25.7% | 2025 |
| 206 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 24.3% | 2025 |
| 207 |  Ethiopia | 24.1% | 2025 |
| 208 |  Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 22.5% | 2025 |
| 209 |  Vanuatu | 22.3% | 2025 |
| 210 |  South Sudan | 21.7% | 2025 |
| 211 |  Tonga | 21.2% | 2025 |
| 212 |  Sri Lanka | 20.5% | 2025 |
| 213 |  Niger | 18.4% | 2025 |
| 214 |  Malawi | 17.6% | 2025 |
| 215 |  Samoa | 17.5% | 2025 |
| 216 |  Papua New Guinea | 15.8% | 2025 |
| 217 |  Liechtenstein | 14.6% | 2025 |
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Understanding Urban Population by Country
Urban population as a share of total population indicates how urbanized a country is. Urbanization is one of the most powerful structural forces in economic development — when people move from farms to cities, productivity increases and growth accelerates. The data comes from the UN World Urbanization Prospects via the World Bank.
The world crossed 50% urbanization around 2007 and now stands at approximately 57%. Singapore, Hong Kong, and Kuwait are essentially 100% urban, while Burundi, Niger, and Chad remain over 85% rural.
Urbanization drives growth because cities enable specialization, knowledge spillovers, and efficient service delivery. GDP per capita is strongly correlated with urbanization — there is no wealthy, low-urbanization country. However, unmanaged urbanization creates slums, congestion, and strain on infrastructure.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which country has the highest urban population (%) in 2025?
Bahrain has the highest urban population (%) at 100.0% as of 2025, according to World Bank data.
Which country has the lowest urban population (%) in 2025?
Liechtenstein has the lowest urban population (%) at 14.6% as of 2025.
How many countries are ranked by urban population (%)?
217 countries have reported data for urban population (%). The data is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators.
What is the median urban population (%) across all countries?
The median urban population (%) is 64.2% (Korea, Dem. People's Rep., ranked #109 out of 217 countries).