Demography

Urban share

Name: Urban share by country, 2024
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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2024

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171 countries · 2024

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Urban share league table
#	Country	%	Region	Income
1	Israel	100%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
2	St. Martin (French part)	100%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
3	Macao SAR, China	100%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
4	Chile	100%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
5	Andorra	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
6	Malta	100%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
7	Singapore	100%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
8	Monaco	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
9	Gibraltar	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
10	Kuwait	100%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
11	Armenia	100%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
12	New Zealand	100%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
13	Belarus	100%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
14	Austria	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
15	Egypt, Arab Rep.	99.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
16	Bermuda	99.9%	North America	High income
17	Switzerland	99.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
18	Spain	99.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
19	Italy	99.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Turkiye	99.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
21	United States	99.9%	North America	High income
22	North Macedonia	99.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
23	Cyprus	99.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
24	Maldives	99.8%	South Asia	Upper middle income
25	Serbia	99.7%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
26	Thailand	99.7%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
27	Azerbaijan	99.7%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
28	Montenegro	99.6%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
29	Denmark	99.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
30	Portugal	99.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
31	West Bank and Gaza	99.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
32	Turkmenistan	99.6%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
33	Belgium	99.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
34	Finland	99.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
35	Oman	99.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
36	Albania	99.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
37	Germany	99.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
38	Russian Federation	99.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
39	Greece	99.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
40	Palau	99.1%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
41	Uruguay	99.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
42	United Kingdom	99%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
43	United Arab Emirates	99%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
44	Czechia	99%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
45	Estonia	98.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
46	Costa Rica	98.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
47	Bosnia and Herzegovina	98.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
48	Iraq	98.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
49	Poland	98.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
50	Sweden	98.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
51	Iceland	98.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
52	Slovak Republic	98.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
53	France	98.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
54	Colombia	98.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
55	Lao PDR	98.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
56	Canada	98.6%	North America	High income
57	Argentina	98.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
58	Viet Nam	98.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
59	Antigua and Barbuda	98.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
60	China	98.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
61	Romania	98.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
62	Tunisia	98.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
63	Mauritius	98.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
64	Norway	98%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
65	Ukraine	98%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
66	Saudi Arabia	97.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
67	Lithuania	97.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
68	Hungary	97.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
69	Georgia	97.7%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
70	Samoa	97.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
71	Netherlands	97.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
72	Luxembourg	97.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
73	Kazakhstan	97.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
74	Panama	96.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
75	Sri Lanka	96.9%	South Asia	Upper middle income
76	Kyrgyz Republic	96.6%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
77	Jordan	96.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
78	Tonga	96.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
79	Syrian Arab Republic	96.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
80	Morocco	96.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
81	Malaysia	96.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
82	Latvia	96%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
83	Brazil	95.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
84	Paraguay	95.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
85	Uzbekistan	95.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
86	Trinidad and Tobago	95.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
87	Cuba	95%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
88	Hong Kong SAR, China	94.8%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
89	Ecuador	94%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
90	Suriname	93.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
91	Mexico	93.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
92	Belize	93.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
93	Turks and Caicos Islands	93.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
94	Guyana	93.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
95	Cambodia	93.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
96	Iran, Islamic Rep.	92.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
97	Fiji	92.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
98	Dominican Republic	91.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
99	El Salvador	91.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
100	Moldova	90.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
101	Honduras	90.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
102	Indonesia	90.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
103	Jamaica	90%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
104	Tuvalu	88.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
105	Algeria	87.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
106	Ireland	87.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
107	India	87.4%	South Asia	Lower middle income
108	Philippines	86.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
109	Bulgaria	86.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
110	Yemen, Rep.	86.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
111	Cabo Verde	86.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
112	Bhutan	83.9%	South Asia	Lower middle income
113	Mongolia	83.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
114	Peru	83.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
115	Cayman Islands	83.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
116	Pakistan	83%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
117	Nepal	82.7%	South Asia	Lower middle income
118	Marshall Islands	82%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
119	Mauritania	81.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
120	Sudan	81.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
121	Guatemala	80.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
122	Timor-Leste	80.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
123	Myanmar	79.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
124	Bolivia	78.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
125	Botswana	77.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
126	South Africa	76.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
127	Solomon Islands	74.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
128	Afghanistan	73%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
129	Naoero	71.3%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
130	Senegal	71%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
131	Bangladesh	67.6%	South Asia	Lower middle income
132	Mozambique	63.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
133	Cameroon	61.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
134	Gambia, The	61.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
135	Gabon	60.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
136	Nigeria	59.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
137	Mali	58%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
138	Comoros	57.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
139	Rwanda	56.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
140	Tanzania	55.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
141	Cote d'Ivoire	54.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
142	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	54%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
143	Niger	53.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
144	Sao Tome and Principe	51.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
145	Vanuatu	50.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
146	Namibia	50.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
147	Kiribati	49.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
148	Papua New Guinea	48.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
149	Burkina Faso	48.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
150	Guinea	48.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
151	Malawi	48%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
152	Eswatini	47.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
153	Lesotho	45%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
154	Zambia	43.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
155	Guinea-Bissau	42.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
156	Burundi	42%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
157	Zimbabwe	40.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
158	Kenya	39.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
159	Chad	39.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
160	Togo	38.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
161	South Sudan	37.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
162	Ghana	37%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
163	Sierra Leone	36.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
164	Liberia	34.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
165	Uganda	32.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
166	Haiti	32.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
167	Benin	32.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
168	Central African Republic	24.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
169	Ethiopia	24.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
170	Madagascar	22.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
171	Congo, Dem. Rep.	21.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Urban share