Demography

Share of population living in urban areas

Name: Share of population living in urban areas by country, 2020
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216 countries · 2020

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Share of population living in urban areas league table
#	Country	%	Region	Income
1	Monaco	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
2	Gibraltar	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	Singapore	99.9%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
4	Macao SAR, China	99.8%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
5	Hong Kong SAR, China	99.5%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
6	Bermuda	98.4%	North America	High income
7	Bangladesh	98%	South Asia	Lower middle income
8	Bahrain	97.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
9	Egypt, Arab Rep.	96.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
10	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	96.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
11	Kuwait	96.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
12	Aruba	95.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
13	Malta	95.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
14	Curacao	94.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
15	Taiwan	94.6%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
16	West Bank and Gaza	94.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
17	Israel	93.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
18	Jordan	93.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
19	Qatar	93.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
20	Naoero	92.4%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
21	Cayman Islands	92.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
22	Rwanda	92.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
23	Congo, Rep.	91.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
24	Japan	91.1%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
25	Mauritius	90.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
26	United Arab Emirates	90.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
27	Korea, Rep.	90.1%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
28	Djibouti	89.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
29	St. Martin (French part)	89.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
30	Lebanon	89.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
31	Equatorial Guinea	89.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
32	Venezuela, RB	88.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
33	Pakistan	88%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
34	Iraq	87.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
35	Trinidad and Tobago	87.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
36	Viet Nam	86.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
37	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	86.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
38	Barbados	86.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
39	Comoros	86.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
40	Uruguay	86.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
41	Argentina	86%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
42	United Kingdom	86%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
43	Indonesia	85.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
44	Yemen, Rep.	85.7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
45	Dominican Republic	85.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
46	Uzbekistan	85.4%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
47	Philippines	84.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
48	Iran, Islamic Rep.	84.7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
49	Sri Lanka	84.7%	South Asia	Upper middle income
50	Burundi	84.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
51	Guam	84.5%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
52	Afghanistan	84.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
53	Netherlands	84.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
54	Saudi Arabia	83.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
55	China	83.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
56	Sao Tome and Principe	83.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
57	India	83.4%	South Asia	Lower middle income
58	Gabon	83.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
59	Tajikistan	82.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
60	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	82.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
61	Haiti	82.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
62	Bahamas, The	82.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
63	Turkiye	82.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
64	Malaysia	82.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
65	Australia	82.2%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
66	Cuba	82.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
67	Montenegro	81.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
68	Chile	81.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
69	Colombia	81.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
70	Puerto Rico (US)	80.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
71	Brunei Darussalam	80.8%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
72	Nigeria	80.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
73	San Marino	80.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
74	Algeria	79.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
75	Brazil	79.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
76	Syrian Arab Republic	79%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
77	Azerbaijan	78.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
78	Russian Federation	78.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
79	Seychelles	78.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
80	American Samoa	78.7%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
81	Spain	78.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
82	South Africa	78.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
83	Belgium	78.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
84	Morocco	78.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
85	Ecuador	77.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
86	Mexico	77.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
87	Oman	77.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
88	Armenia	77%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
89	Ghana	76.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
90	Italy	76.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
91	Kazakhstan	76.7%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
92	Turks and Caicos Islands	76.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
93	Turkmenistan	76.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
94	New Zealand	76.3%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
95	Canada	76.2%	North America	High income
96	El Salvador	76.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
97	Switzerland	76%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
98	Iceland	75.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
99	Cyprus	75.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
100	Liechtenstein	75.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
101	Kyrgyz Republic	75.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
102	Antigua and Barbuda	75.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
103	Libya	75.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
104	Kenya	75.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
105	Angola	75.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
106	Gambia, The	74.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
107	Sudan	74.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
108	Cameroon	74.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
109	Ukraine	74%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
110	United States	74%	North America	High income
111	Belarus	73.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
112	Costa Rica	73.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
113	Guyana	73.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
114	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	73.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
115	Andorra	73.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
116	Germany	73%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
117	Peru	73%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
118	Guatemala	72.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
119	Congo, Dem. Rep.	72.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
120	St. Lucia	72.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
121	Nepal	72.6%	South Asia	Lower middle income
122	Benin	72.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
123	Grenada	72.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
124	Tuvalu	72.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
125	Jamaica	72.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
126	Cabo Verde	71.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
127	Togo	71.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
128	Tunisia	71.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
129	Bolivia	71.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
130	Suriname	70.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
131	North Macedonia	70.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
132	Portugal	70.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
133	Mongolia	70.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
134	Senegal	69.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
135	Uganda	69.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
136	Myanmar	69.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
137	Botswana	69.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
138	Sweden	68.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
139	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	68.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
140	Luxembourg	68.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
141	Panama	68.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
142	Cambodia	68.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
143	Albania	67.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
144	Northern Mariana Islands	67.7%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
145	Isle of Man	67.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
146	Cote d'Ivoire	67.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
147	Greece	67.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
148	Kiribati	66.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
149	New Caledonia	65.6%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
150	South Sudan	65.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
151	Estonia	65%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
152	Serbia	64.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
153	Denmark	64.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
154	Norway	64.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
155	Nicaragua	64.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
156	Malawi	64.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
157	Ethiopia	64.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
158	Georgia	64.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
159	Eritrea	63.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
160	British Virgin Islands	62.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
161	Hungary	62.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
162	France	62.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
163	French Polynesia	61.6%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
164	Finland	60.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
165	Thailand	60.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
166	Tonga	60.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
167	Bulgaria	60.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
168	Czechia	60.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
169	Poland	60%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
170	Marshall Islands	59.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
171	Paraguay	59.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
172	Mauritania	59.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
173	Honduras	59.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
174	Liberia	59%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
175	Austria	58.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
176	Lithuania	57.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
177	Samoa	57.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
178	Sierra Leone	57.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
179	Latvia	57.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
180	Maldives	56.5%	South Asia	Upper middle income
181	Belize	56.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
182	Central African Republic	56.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
183	Fiji	55.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
184	Guinea-Bissau	54.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
185	Ireland	54.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
186	Romania	54.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
187	Croatia	54.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
188	Guinea	53.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
189	Slovak Republic	53.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
190	Tanzania	53.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
191	Moldova	53.4%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
192	Zambia	53.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
193	Chad	51.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
194	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51.2%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
195	Slovenia	50.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
196	Mozambique	50%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
197	Niger	49.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
198	Burkina Faso	49.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
199	Timor-Leste	49.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
200	Mali	47.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
201	Papua New Guinea	46.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
202	Dominica	42.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
203	Madagascar	42.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
204	Greenland	42.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
205	St. Kitts and Nevis	42.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
206	Namibia	41.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
207	Palau	39.3%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
208	Faroe Islands	37.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
209	Lesotho	37.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
210	Zimbabwe	33.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
211	Lao PDR	30.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
212	Bhutan	30.5%	South Asia	Lower middle income
213	Vanuatu	30%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
214	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	29.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
215	Eswatini	23.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
216	Solomon Islands	21.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income

Share of population living in urban areas