Urban Population % — 2024

Top Country
Bahrain
100 %
Countries Ranked
215
World Bank data
Data Year
2024
Latest available
Source
World Bank
Open Data API

Top 20 — Urban Population

Full Rankings Table

Rank Country Value Bar
1 Bahrain 100 %
2 Bermuda 100 %
3 Cayman Islands 100 %
4 Gibraltar 100 %
5 Hong Kong 100 %
6 Kuwait 100 %
7 Macao 100 %
8 Monaco 100 %
9 Nauru 100 %
10 Singapore 100 %
11 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 100 %
12 Saint Martin (French part) 100 %
13 Qatar 99.32 %
14 San Marino 97.16 %
15 Malta 95.65 %
16 Netherlands 95.64 %
17 Uruguay 95.60 %
18 Virgin Islands, U.S. 95.33 %
19 Luxembourg 94.84 %
20 Puerto Rico 94.25 %
21 Iceland 94.18 %
22 Guam 94.17 %
23 Turks and Caicos Islands 94.17 %
24 Jordan 92.95 %
25 Argentina 92.27 %
26 Japan 92.19 %
27 Northern Mariana Islands 92.07 %
28 Gabon 91.86 %
29 Israel 91.54 %
30 Curaçao 91.43 %
31 Lebanon 90.70 %
32 Türkiye 89.34 %
33 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 89.29 %
34 Chile 89.00 %
35 Andorra 88.89 %
36 Sweden 88.86 %
37 Denmark 88.70 %
38 Greenland 88.32 %
39 Brazil 87.90 %
40 Libya 87.89 %
41 Belgium 87.61 %
42 Australia 87.60 %
43 Palestine, State of 87.12 %
44 United Arab Emirates 85.82 %
45 Switzerland 85.46 %
46 Peru 85.19 %
47 Saudi Arabia 84.46 %
48 New Zealand 83.94 %
49 Norway 83.33 %
50 United Kingdom 83.24 %
51 Canada 82.70 %
52 Germany 82.02 %
53 Bahamas 81.32 %
54 Korea, Republic of 81.17 %
55 American Samoa 80.94 %
56 Spain 80.32 %
57 United States 80.12 %
58 Mexico 79.75 %
59 Oman 79.44 %
60 Costa Rica 79.31 %
61 Palau 79.21 %
62 Belarus 79.16 %
63 Greece 79.00 %
64 France 78.80 %
65 Marshall Islands 78.73 %
66 Colombia 78.52 %
67 Cuba 77.17 %
68 Iran, Islamic Republic of 77.02 %
69 Malaysia 76.92 %
70 Cabo Verde 76.77 %
71 Algeria 75.28 %
72 Russian Federation 75.11 %
73 El Salvador 75.07 %
74 Brunei Darussalam 74.90 %
75 Finland 74.26 %
76 Bulgaria 73.95 %
77 Dominica 73.54 %
78 Djibouti 72.91 %
79 Czechia 72.79 %
80 Dominican Republic 72.41 %
81 Syrian Arab Republic 72.08 %
82 Equatorial Guinea 71.36 %
83 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 71.24 %
84 Mongolia 70.96 %
85 Estonia 70.70 %
86 Angola 70.66 %
87 Hungary 70.49 %
88 Tunisia 70.36 %
89 Iraq 69.89 %
90 Paraguay 69.86 %
91 Italy 69.60 %
92 Ukraine 69.53 %
93 Austria 69.47 %
94 Sao Tome and Principe 68.87 %
95 Lithuania 68.83 %
96 Latvia 68.48 %
97 New Caledonia 67.95 %
98 Botswana 67.46 %
99 Nepal 66.77 %
100 Cyprus 66.68 %
101 Panama 66.00 %
102 China 65.89 %
103 Armenia 65.81 %
104 Suriname 65.76 %
105 Montenegro 65.54 %
106 Tuvalu 64.73 %
107 Ireland 64.35 %
108 Gambia 64.30 %
109 Congo 63.89 %
110 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 63.86 %
111 South Africa 63.69 %
112 Ecuador 63.24 %
113 Nigeria 62.98 %
114 Morocco 62.80 %
115 North Macedonia 62.56 %
116 Kiribati 62.46 %
117 Serbia 62.38 %
118 Kazakhstan 62.07 %
119 Thailand 61.87 %
120 Aruba 61.79 %
121 French Polynesia 61.72 %
122 Portugal 61.33 %
123 Georgia 61.08 %
124 Mauritania 60.61 %
125 Poland 59.97 %
126 Barbados 59.54 %
127 Nicaragua 59.26 %
128 Fiji 59.08 %
129 Jamaica 58.93 %
130 Honduras 58.79 %
131 Indonesia 58.75 %
132 Azerbaijan 58.57 %
133 Albania 58.55 %
134 Ghana 58.37 %
135 Croatia 57.52 %
136 Virgin Islands, British 56.51 %
137 Guatemala 55.95 %
138 Slovenia 55.76 %
139 Liberia 55.54 %
140 Philippines 55.45 %
141 Cameroon 55.40 %
142 Senegal 55.24 %
143 Haiti 55.04 %
144 Somalia 54.62 %
145 Côte d'Ivoire 53.97 %
146 Trinidad and Tobago 53.96 %
147 Slovakia 53.19 %
148 Benin 52.55 %
149 Romania 52.17 %
150 Isle of Man 52.16 %
151 Bosnia and Herzegovina 52.12 %
152 Uzbekistan 51.00 %
153 Namibia 50.41 %
154 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 47.85 %
155 Turkmenistan 47.09 %
156 Guinea-Bissau 46.11 %
157 Zambia 45.47 %
158 Sierra Leone 45.36 %
159 Seychelles 45.29 %
160 Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 44.75 %
161 Central African Republic 44.12 %
162 Togo 43.81 %
163 Lesotho 43.68 %
164 Moldova, Republic of 43.52 %
165 Egypt 42.80 %
166 Bhutan 42.56 %
167 Maldives 42.00 %
168 Belize 41.75 %
169 Cambodia 40.87 %
170 Zimbabwe 39.89 %
171 Lao People's Democratic Republic 39.56 %
172 Faroe Islands 39.41 %
173 Pakistan 39.17 %
174 Mauritius 39.02 %
175 Viet Nam 38.49 %
176 Guinea 38.07 %
177 Yemen 36.81 %
178 Grenada 36.56 %
179 Mozambique 36.43 %
180 Tanzania, United Republic of 36.17 %
181 India 35.38 %
182 Sudan 34.87 %
183 Kyrgyzstan 34.72 %
184 Eritrea 34.54 %
185 Comoros 33.54 %
186 Bangladesh 32.68 %
187 Madagascar 32.43 %
188 Kenya 31.89 %
189 Saint Kitts and Nevis 31.80 %
190 Mali 31.61 %
191 Uganda 31.28 %
192 Solomon Islands 30.66 %
193 Myanmar 30.45 %
194 Rwanda 29.88 %
195 Saint Lucia 29.10 %
196 Timor-Leste 28.66 %
197 Burkina Faso 28.34 %
198 Chad 26.93 %
199 Guyana 26.48 %
200 Eswatini 26.25 %
201 Tajikistan 26.18 %
202 Afghanistan 25.70 %
203 Burundi 24.83 %
204 Antigua and Barbuda 24.39 %
205 Ethiopia 23.62 %
206 Micronesia, Federated States of 22.46 %
207 Vanuatu 22.29 %
208 South Sudan 21.38 %
209 Tonga 21.15 %
210 Sri Lanka 20.30 %
211 Niger 18.05 %
212 Samoa 17.50 %
213 Malawi 17.27 %
214 Papua New Guinea 15.41 %
215 Liechtenstein 14.66 %
About This Indicator

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.

Source: World Bank Development Indicators
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