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Population living in urban areas (%)

[%] · lower is better · 191 countries

INFORM (European Commission JRC and partners) (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0updated 2026
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League table

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  1. 1Liechtenstein14.7
  2. 2Papua New Guinea15.4
  3. 3Malawi17.3
  4. 4Samoa17.5
  5. 5Niger18
  6. 6Sri Lanka20.3
  7. 7Tonga21.2
  8. 8South Sudan21.4
  9. 9Vanuatu22.3
  10. 10Micronesia, Fed. Sts.22.5
  11. 11Ethiopia23.6
  12. 12Antigua and Barbuda24.4
  13. 13Burundi24.8
  14. 14Afghanistan25.7
  15. 15Tajikistan26.2
  16. 16Eswatini26.2
  17. 17Guyana26.5
  18. 18Chad26.9
  19. 19Burkina Faso28.3
  20. 20Timor-Leste28.7
  21. 21St. Lucia29.1
  22. 22Rwanda29.9
  23. 23Myanmar30.4
  24. 24Solomon Islands30.7
  25. 25Uganda31.3
  26. 26Mali31.6
  27. 27St. Kitts and Nevis31.8
  28. 28Kenya31.9
  29. 29Madagascar32.4
  30. 30Bangladesh32.7
  31. 31Comoros33.5
  32. 32Eritrea34.5
  33. 33Kyrgyz Republic34.7
  34. 34Sudan34.9
  35. 35India35.4
  36. 36Tanzania36.2
  37. 37Mozambique36.4
  38. 38Grenada36.6
  39. 39Yemen, Rep.36.8
  40. 40Guinea38.1
  41. 41Viet Nam38.5
  42. 42Mauritius39
  43. 43Pakistan39.2
  44. 44Lao PDR39.6
  45. 45Zimbabwe39.9
  46. 46Cambodia40.9
  47. 47Belize41.8
  48. 48Maldives42
  49. 49Bhutan42.6
  50. 50Egypt, Arab Rep.42.8
  51. 51Moldova43.5
  52. 52Lesotho43.7
  53. 53Togo43.8
  54. 54Central African Republic44.1
  55. 55Congo, Dem. Rep.44.7
  56. 56Seychelles45.3
  57. 57Sierra Leone45.4
  58. 58Zambia45.5
  59. 59Guinea-Bissau46.1
  60. 60Turkmenistan47.1
  61. 61St. Vincent and the Grenadines47.8
  62. 62Namibia50.4
  63. 63Uzbekistan51
  64. 64Bosnia and Herzegovina52.1
  65. 65Romania52.2
  66. 66Benin52.5
  67. 67Slovak Republic53.2
  68. 68Trinidad and Tobago54
  69. 69Cote d'Ivoire54
  70. 70Somalia, Fed. Rep.54.6
  71. 71Haiti55
  72. 72Senegal55.2
  73. 73Cameroon55.4
  74. 74Philippines55.5
  75. 75Liberia55.5
  76. 76Slovenia55.8
  77. 77Guatemala56
  78. 78Croatia57.5
  79. 79Ghana58.4
  80. 80Albania58.5
  81. 81Azerbaijan58.6
  82. 82Indonesia58.8
  83. 83Honduras58.8
  84. 84Jamaica58.9
  85. 85Fiji59.1
  86. 86Nicaragua59.3
  87. 87Barbados59.5
  88. 88Poland60
  89. 89Mauritania60.6
  90. 90Georgia61.1
  91. 91Portugal61.3
  92. 92Thailand61.9
  93. 93Kazakhstan62.1
  94. 94Serbia62.4
  95. 95Kiribati62.5
  96. 96North Macedonia62.6
  97. 97Morocco62.8
  98. 98Nigeria63
  99. 99Ecuador63.2
  100. 100South Africa63.7
  101. 101Korea, Dem. People's Rep.63.9
  102. 102Congo, Rep.63.9
  103. 103Gambia, The64.3
  104. 104Ireland64.3
  105. 105Tuvalu64.7
  106. 106Montenegro65.5
  107. 107Suriname65.8
  108. 108Armenia65.8
  109. 109China65.9
  110. 110Panama66
  111. 111Cyprus66.7
  112. 112Nepal66.8
  113. 113Botswana67.5
  114. 114Latvia68.5
  115. 115Lithuania68.8
  116. 116Sao Tome and Principe68.9
  117. 117Austria69.5
  118. 118Ukraine69.5
  119. 119Italy69.6
  120. 120Paraguay69.9
  121. 121Iraq69.9
  122. 122Tunisia70.4
  123. 123Hungary70.5
  124. 124Angola70.7
  125. 125Estonia70.7
  126. 126Mongolia71
  127. 127Bolivia71.2
  128. 128Equatorial Guinea71.4
  129. 129Syrian Arab Republic72.1
  130. 130Dominican Republic72.4
  131. 131Czechia72.8
  132. 132Djibouti72.9
  133. 133Dominica73.5
  134. 134Bulgaria73.9
  135. 135Finland74.3
  136. 136Brunei Darussalam74.9
  137. 137El Salvador75.1
  138. 138Russian Federation75.1
  139. 139Algeria75.3
  140. 140Cabo Verde76.8
  141. 141Malaysia76.9
  142. 142Iran, Islamic Rep.77
  143. 143Cuba77.2
  144. 144Colombia78.5
  145. 145Marshall Islands78.7
  146. 146France78.8
  147. 147Greece79
  148. 148Belarus79.2
  149. 149Palau79.2
  150. 150Costa Rica79.3
  151. 151Oman79.4
  152. 152Mexico79.8
  153. 153United States80.1
  154. 154Spain80.3
  155. 155Korea, Rep.81.2
  156. 156Bahamas, The81.3
  157. 157Germany82
  158. 158Canada82.7
  159. 159United Kingdom83.2
  160. 160Norway83.3
  161. 161New Zealand83.9
  162. 162Saudi Arabia84.5
  163. 163Peru85.2
  164. 164Switzerland85.5
  165. 165United Arab Emirates85.8
  166. 166West Bank and Gaza87.1
  167. 167Australia87.6
  168. 168Belgium87.6
  169. 169Libya87.9
  170. 170Brazil87.9
  171. 171Denmark88.7
  172. 172Sweden88.9
  173. 173Chile89
  174. 174Venezuela, RB89.3
  175. 175Turkiye89.3
  176. 176Lebanon90.7
  177. 177Israel91.5
  178. 178Gabon91.9
  179. 179Japan92.2
  180. 180Argentina92.3
  181. 181Jordan93
  182. 182Iceland94.2
  183. 183Luxembourg94.8
  184. 184Uruguay95.6
  185. 185Netherlands95.6
  186. 186Malta95.7
  187. 187Qatar99.3
  188. 188Kuwait100
  189. 188Bahrain100
  190. 188Naoero100
  191. 188Singapore100

Population living in urban areas (%)