Percent Urban Population

Global Ranking

percentSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Singapore	100	2021	1	100
1	Gibraltar	100	2021	1	100
1	Hong Kong	100	2021	1	100
1	Bermuda	100	2021	1	100
1	Monaco	100	2021	1	100
1	Macao	100	2021	1	100
1	Kuwait	100	2021	1	100
8	Qatar	99.28	2021	8	99.24
9	Belgium	98.12	2021	9	98.08
10	San Marino	97.62	2021	10	97.5
11	Uruguay	95.6	2021	11	95.51
12	Malta	94.81	2021	12	94.74
13	Iceland	93.94	2021	13	93.9
14	Puerto Rico	93.59	2021	14	93.58
15	Israel	92.67	2021	15	92.59
16	Netherlands	92.57	2021	16	92.24
17	Argentina	92.23	2021	17	92.11
18	Japan	91.87	2021	18	91.78
19	Luxembourg	91.67	2021	19	91.45
20	Jordan	91.63	2021	20	91.42
21	Gabon	90.42	2021	21	90.09
22	Bahrain	89.62	2021	22	89.51
23	Lebanon	89.09	2021	23	88.93
24	Venezuela	88.32	2021	24	88.28
25	Denmark	88.24	2021	25	88.12
25 ↑	Sweden	88.24	2021	26	87.98
27	Andorra	87.86	2021	27	87.92
28	Chile	87.82	2021	28	87.73
29	Brazil	87.32	2021	29	87.07
30	United Arab Emirates	87.3	2021	30	87.05
31 ↑	Oman	87.04	2021	32	86.28
32 ↓	New Zealand	86.79	2021	31	86.7
33	Australia	86.36	2021	33	86.24
34	Finland	85.6	2021	34	85.52
35	Saudi Arabia	84.51	2021	35	84.29
36	United Kingdom	84.15	2021	36	83.9
37	Bahamas	83.36	2021	37	83.25
38	Norway	83.32	2021	38	82.97
39 ↑	Dominican Republic	83.21	2021	40	82.54
40 ↓	United States	82.87	2021	39	82.66
41 ↑	Colombia	81.74	2021	42	81.43
42 ↓	Canada	81.65	2021	41	81.56
43 ↑	Palau	81.48	2021	44	80.99
44 ↑	Costa Rica	81.43	2021	47	80.77
45 ↓	South Korea	81.41	2021	43	81.41
46 ↓	France	81.24	2021	45	80.97
47 ↓	Spain	81.06	2021	46	80.81
48	Mexico	81.02	2021	48	80.73
49	Libya	80.99	2021	49	80.69
50	Greece	80.04	2021	50	79.71
51	Belarus	79.91	2021	51	79.48
52 ↑	Brunei	78.55	2021	53	78.25
53 ↓	Peru	78.5	2021	52	78.3
54	Djibouti	78.22	2021	54	78.06
55 ↑	Malaysia	77.7	2021	56	77.16
56 ↓	Germany	77.54	2021	55	77.45
57	Turkey	76.57	2021	57	76.11
58	Iran	76.35	2021	58	75.87
59	Bulgaria	76.03	2021	59	75.69
60 ↑	Sao Tome and Principe	75.07	2021	61	74.35
61 ↓	Russia	74.93	2021	60	74.75
62 ↑	Algeria	74.26	2021	64	73.73
63 ↓	Czech Republic	74.21	2021	62	74.06
64 ↑	El Salvador	74.12	2021	65	73.44
65 ↓	Switzerland	74	2021	63	73.92
66	Equatorial Guinea	73.56	2021	66	73.1
67	Hungary	72.25	2021	67	71.94
68	New Caledonia	71.93	2021	68	71.52
69 ↑	Botswana	71.56	2021	72	70.88
70 ↓	Dominica	71.39	2021	69	71.09
71 ↓	Italy	71.35	2021	70	71.04
72 ↓	Iraq	71.12	2021	71	70.89
73	Bolivia	70.47	2021	73	70.12
74 ↑	Tunisia	69.89	2021	75	69.57
75 ↓	Ukraine	69.76	2021	74	69.61
76	Estonia	69.42	2021	76	69.23
77	Mongolia	68.79	2021	77	68.66
78	Panama	68.78	2021	78	68.41
79	Latvia	68.42	2021	79	68.32
80 ↑	Republic of the Congo	68.28	2021	81	67.83
81 ↓	Lithuania	68.25	2021	80	68.05
82 ↑	South Africa	67.85	2021	83	67.35
83 ↓	Montenegro	67.83	2021	82	67.49
84	Angola	67.46	2021	84	66.82
85 ↑	Cape Verde	67.1	2021	86	66.65
86 ↓	Cyprus	66.86	2021	84	66.82
87	Portugal	66.85	2021	87	66.31
88	Suriname	66.22	2021	88	66.15
89 ↑	Tuvalu	64.79	2021	90	64.01
90 ↓	Ecuador	64.36	2021	89	64.17
91 ↑	Morocco	64.07	2021	92	63.53
92 ↓	Ireland	63.91	2021	91	63.65
93	Armenia	63.43	2021	93	63.31
94	Gambia	63.22	2021	94	62.58
95 ↑	Albania	62.97	2021	97	62.11
96 ↓	North Korea	62.64	2021	95	62.38
97 ↑	China	62.51	2021	98	61.43
98 ↓	Paraguay	62.5	2021	96	62.18
99	Poland	60.08	2021	99	60.04
100	Georgia	59.87	2021	100	59.45
101	Nicaragua	59.28	2021	101	59.01
102	Austria	58.99	2021	102	58.75
103 ↑	Honduras	58.98	2021	104	58.36
104 ↓	Macedonia	58.79	2021	103	58.48
105 ↑	Cameroon	58.15	2021	106	57.56
106 ↑	Ghana	57.99	2021	109	57.35
107	Seychelles	57.97	2021	107	57.55
108 ↑	Haiti	57.96	2021	111	57.09
109 ↓	Croatia	57.88	2021	107	57.55
110 ↓	Kazakhstan	57.82	2021	105	57.67
111 ↓	Fiji	57.74	2021	110	57.25
112	Indonesia	57.29	2021	112	56.64
113 ↑	Azerbaijan	56.78	2021	114	56.4
114 ↓	Serbia	56.65	2021	113	56.45
114 ↑	Jamaica	56.65	2021	115	56.31
116	Kiribati	56.33	2021	116	55.59
117 ↑	Mauritania	56.13	2021	118	55.33
118 ↓	Syria	56.12	2021	117	55.47
119	Slovenia	55.43	2021	119	55.12
120	Romania	54.33	2021	120	54.19
121	Slovakia	53.82	2021	121	53.76
122 ↑	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	53.45	2021	123	53.03
123 ↓	Trinidad and Tobago	53.26	2021	122	53.21
124 ↑	Namibia	53.01	2021	126	52.03
125 ↓	Turkmenistan	53	2021	124	52.52
126 ↑	Nigeria	52.75	2021	127	51.96
127 ↓	Liberia	52.57	2021	125	52.09
128	Guatemala	52.24	2021	128	51.84
129	Ivory Coast	52.18	2021	129	51.71
130	Thailand	52.16	2021	130	51.43
131	Uzbekistan	50.43	2021	131	50.42
132	Bosnia and Herzegovina	49.42	2021	132	49.02
133	Benin	48.97	2021	133	48.42
134	Senegal	48.6	2021	134	48.12
135	Philippines	47.68	2021	135	47.41
136	Somalia	46.73	2021	136	46.14
137 ↑	Democratic Republic of the Congo	46.24	2021	138	45.64
138 ↓	Belize	46.2	2021	137	46.03
139	Zambia	45.19	2021	139	44.63
140 ↑	Mali	44.68	2021	141	43.91
141 ↓	Guinea-Bissau	44.62	2021	140	44.2
142	Aruba	43.87	2021	142	43.7
143	Sierra Leone	43.37	2021	143	42.92
144 ↑	Togo	43.36	2021	145	42.8
145 ↑	Bhutan	43.01	2021	148	42.32
146 ↓	Moldova	43	2021	144	42.85
147 ↓	Egypt	42.86	2021	146	42.78
148 ↑	Central African Republic	42.65	2021	149	42.2
149 ↓	Faroe Islands	42.58	2021	147	42.4
150 ↑	Maldives	41.1	2021	151	40.67
151 ↓	Mauritius	40.78	2021	150	40.76
152	Madagascar	39.21	2021	152	38.53
153	Bangladesh	38.95	2021	153	38.18
154	Yemen	38.55	2021	154	37.91
155	Vietnam	38.05	2021	155	37.34
156 ↑	Mozambique	37.63	2021	157	37.07
157 ↓	Pakistan	37.44	2021	156	37.17
158	Guinea	37.26	2021	158	36.88
159	Kyrgyzstan	37.15	2021	159	36.86
160 ↑	Laos	36.94	2021	161	36.29
161 ↓	Grenada	36.69	2021	160	36.54
162 ↑	Tanzania	35.95	2021	163	35.23
163 ↑	Eritrea	35.77	2011	164	35.17
164 ↓	Sudan	35.59	2021	162	35.25
165	India	35.39	2021	165	34.93
166	Zimbabwe	32.3	2021	166	32.24
167 ↑	Burma (Myanmar)	31.45	2021	168	31.14
168 ↓	Barbados	31.25	2021	167	31.19
169	Burkina Faso	31.24	2021	169	30.61
170	Comoros	29.61	2021	170	29.38
171	Lesotho	29.48	2021	171	29.03
172	Kenya	28.49	2021	172	28
173	Tajikistan	27.73	2021	173	27.51
174	Guyana	26.9	2021	174	26.79
175	Afghanistan	26.31	2021	175	26.03
176	Vanuatu	25.67	2021	176	25.52
177	Uganda	25.55	2021	177	24.95
178	Solomon Islands	25.13	2021	178	24.67
179 ↑	Cambodia	24.67	2021	180	24.23
180 ↓	Antigua and Barbuda	24.38	2021	179	24.43
181	Swaziland	24.37	2021	181	24.17
182	Chad	23.78	2021	182	23.52
183	Tonga	23.1	2021	183	23.1
184	Micronesia	23.07	2021	184	22.93
185	Ethiopia	22.17	2021	185	21.69
186	Nepal	21.01	2021	186	20.58
187	Saint Lucia	18.94	2021	187	18.84
188	Sri Lanka	18.86	2021	188	18.71
189	Samoa	17.74	2021	189	17.89
190	Malawi	17.69	2021	190	17.43
191 ↓	Rwanda	17.57	2021	190	17.43
192	Niger	16.75	2021	192	16.63
193	Liechtenstein	14.47	2021	193	14.42
194	Burundi	14.06	2021	194	13.71
195	Papua New Guinea	13.46	2021	195	13.35

Definition of Percent Urban Population

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.