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Share of urban population living in the largest city

% · higher is better · 180 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2020
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  1. 1Bahrain91.4%
  2. 2Kuwait87.4%
  3. 3Singapore84.8%
  4. 4Maldives78.3%
  5. 5Solomon Islands75.9%
  6. 6Qatar75.7%
  7. 7Bahamas, The75.4%
  8. 8Sao Tome and Principe74.5%
  9. 9Malta72.3%
  10. 10Iceland71.1%
  11. 11Djibouti70.4%
  12. 12Hong Kong SAR, China64.5%
  13. 13New Caledonia64.4%
  14. 14Mongolia63.1%
  15. 15Curacao63%
  16. 16Congo, Rep.62.4%
  17. 17Jordan60.6%
  18. 18Liberia58.2%
  19. 19Suriname56.8%
  20. 20Costa Rica56.6%
  21. 21Gambia, The56.6%
  22. 22Guinea-Bissau52.2%
  23. 23United Arab Emirates51.9%
  24. 24French Polynesia51.8%
  25. 25Latvia50.8%
  26. 26Timor-Leste50.7%
  27. 27Equatorial Guinea50.4%
  28. 28Mauritania50.2%
  29. 29Estonia49.9%
  30. 30Barbados49.8%
  31. 31Panama47.8%
  32. 32Armenia47.7%
  33. 33Korea, Rep.47.6%
  34. 34Mauritius47.5%
  35. 35Dominican Republic46.9%
  36. 36Greece45.5%
  37. 37Gabon45%
  38. 38Fiji44.7%
  39. 39Albania43.4%
  40. 40Uruguay42.5%
  41. 41Peru41.9%
  42. 42Chile41.5%
  43. 43Taiwan41.3%
  44. 44Ireland39.7%
  45. 45Thailand39.7%
  46. 46Angola38.8%
  47. 47Sierra Leone38.8%
  48. 48Austria37.7%
  49. 49Georgia36.7%
  50. 50Togo36.4%
  51. 51Trinidad and Tobago36.2%
  52. 52Zimbabwe36.1%
  53. 53Central African Republic36%
  54. 54Argentina35.9%
  55. 55Mali35.7%
  56. 56Guinea35.6%
  57. 57Cabo Verde35.6%
  58. 58Lebanon34.1%
  59. 59El Salvador33.6%
  60. 60Paraguay33.4%
  61. 61Luxembourg33.1%
  62. 62Belize33%
  63. 63Lesotho32.8%
  64. 64Cyprus32.2%
  65. 65Namibia32.2%
  66. 66Denmark31.7%
  67. 67Cote d'Ivoire31.2%
  68. 68Bhutan31.1%
  69. 69Comoros31.1%
  70. 70Nicaragua30.3%
  71. 71Senegal30.1%
  72. 72Israel30%
  73. 73Zambia29.5%
  74. 74Finland29.5%
  75. 75Japan29.3%
  76. 76Croatia29.2%
  77. 77Jamaica29.1%
  78. 78Montenegro28.9%
  79. 79Belarus28.6%
  80. 80Tunisia28.4%
  81. 81Madagascar28.4%
  82. 82Malaysia28.2%
  83. 83New Zealand28.1%
  84. 84Somalia, Fed. Rep.27.9%
  85. 85Burkina Faso27.7%
  86. 86North Macedonia27.1%
  87. 87Hungary26.7%
  88. 88Sri Lanka26%
  89. 89Puerto Rico (US)25.9%
  90. 90Moldova25.9%
  91. 91Bulgaria25.9%
  92. 92Honduras25.7%
  93. 93Portugal25.5%
  94. 94Serbia25.4%
  95. 95Philippines25.3%
  96. 96Kyrgyz Republic24.9%
  97. 97Saudi Arabia24.3%
  98. 98Norway24.2%
  99. 99Colombia24.1%
  100. 100Azerbaijan24.1%
  101. 101Benin23.9%
  102. 102Slovenia23.1%
  103. 103Bolivia23.1%
  104. 104France22.8%
  105. 105Cameroon22.8%
  106. 106Egypt, Arab Rep.22.7%
  107. 107Ecuador22.3%
  108. 108Libya22.1%
  109. 109Guyana22%
  110. 110Guatemala21.7%
  111. 111Ghana21.3%
  112. 112Tanzania21%
  113. 113West Bank and Gaza20.9%
  114. 114Syrian Arab Republic20.7%
  115. 115Turkiye20.6%
  116. 116Turkmenistan20.4%
  117. 117Lithuania20.4%
  118. 118Sweden20.2%
  119. 119Bangladesh20%
  120. 120Haiti19.9%
  121. 121Cambodia19.5%
  122. 122Australia19.2%
  123. 123Mozambique19%
  124. 124Brunei Darussalam18.9%
  125. 125Czechia18.6%
  126. 126Chad18.6%
  127. 127Oman18.4%
  128. 128Sudan18.4%
  129. 129Romania18.2%
  130. 130Canada18%
  131. 131Mexico18%
  132. 132Cuba17.7%
  133. 133United Kingdom17.2%
  134. 134Iraq16.6%
  135. 135Indonesia16.5%
  136. 136Tajikistan16.2%
  137. 137Afghanistan15.9%
  138. 138Eritrea15.4%
  139. 139Viet Nam15.4%
  140. 140Bosnia and Herzegovina15.3%
  141. 141Belgium15.3%
  142. 142Morocco15%
  143. 143Congo, Dem. Rep.14.9%
  144. 144Myanmar14.7%
  145. 145Nepal14.7%
  146. 146Spain14.6%
  147. 147Kazakhstan14.6%
  148. 148Kenya14.2%
  149. 149Botswana13.8%
  150. 150South Africa13.7%
  151. 151Uganda13.7%
  152. 152Uzbekistan12.7%
  153. 153Korea, Dem. People's Rep.12.7%
  154. 154Russian Federation12.4%
  155. 155Iran, Islamic Rep.12%
  156. 156Yemen, Rep.11.8%
  157. 157Brazil11.4%
  158. 158Niger11.3%
  159. 159Rwanda11%
  160. 160Burundi10.7%
  161. 161Venezuela, RB10.4%
  162. 162Switzerland10.1%
  163. 163Slovak Republic9.8%
  164. 164Pakistan9.4%
  165. 165Algeria8.8%
  166. 166Ukraine8.8%
  167. 167Papua New Guinea8.6%
  168. 168Lao PDR8.2%
  169. 169Poland8.1%
  170. 170Ethiopia7.7%
  171. 171Netherlands7.7%
  172. 172South Sudan7.2%
  173. 173Nigeria7%
  174. 174Malawi6.7%
  175. 175Italy6.1%
  176. 176Germany5.8%
  177. 177United States5.6%
  178. 178India2.5%
  179. 179China2.3%

Share of urban population living in the largest city