Urban population share
People living in urban areas as defined by each national statistical office, as a share of the total population. National definitions of urban areas differ.
Highest in 2025
100.0%
Bahrain
Lowest in 2025
14.6%
Liechtenstein
Euro area, 2025
77.5%
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2025
217
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
217 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | World | United States | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57.8% | 80.2% | 66.3% | 35.7% |
| 2024 | 57.6% | 80.1% | 65.9% | 35.4% |
| 2023 | 57.3% | 80.1% | 65.5% | 35.1% |
| 2022 | 57.1% | 80.0% | 65.2% | 34.8% |
| 2021 | 56.8% | 80.0% | 64.7% | 34.4% |
| 2020 | 56.4% | 80.0% | 63.5% | 34.1% |
| 2019 | 56.1% | 80.1% | 62.7% | 33.8% |
| 2018 | 55.8% | 80.3% | 61.5% | 33.5% |
| 2017 | 55.3% | 80.4% | 60.2% | 33.2% |
| 2016 | 54.9% | 80.5% | 58.8% | 32.9% |
| 2015 | 54.4% | 80.6% | 57.3% | 32.5% |
| 2014 | 53.9% | 80.6% | 55.8% | 32.2% |
| 2013 | 53.4% | 80.7% | 54.5% | 31.9% |
| 2012 | 52.9% | 80.7% | 53.1% | 31.6% |
| 2011 | 52.5% | 80.7% | 51.8% | 31.3% |
| 2010 | 51.8% | 80.7% | 49.2% | 30.9% |
| 2009 | 51.4% | 80.7% | 48.3% | 30.5% |
| 2008 | 50.9% | 80.6% | 47.0% | 30.1% |
| 2007 | 50.4% | 80.5% | 45.9% | 29.8% |
| 2006 | 49.9% | 80.4% | 44.3% | 29.4% |
| 2005 | 49.4% | 80.2% | 43.0% | 29.1% |
| 2004 | 48.9% | 80.0% | 41.8% | 28.8% |
| 2003 | 48.4% | 79.8% | 40.5% | 28.5% |
| 2002 | 47.8% | 79.5% | 39.1% | 28.2% |
| 2001 | 47.3% | 79.3% | 37.7% | 27.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 217 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Bahrain (100.0%) and the lowest Liechtenstein (14.6%).
- Half of the countries are above 64.2% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 196 countries and fell in 9.
- The figure for the world was 57.8% in 2025, against 56.4% in 2020 (+1.4 percentage points).
About this measure
Before comparing
- Urban areas are defined nationally, so comparisons between countries are approximate.
Source and dates
All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Bahrain 100.0%
- 2 Bermuda 100.0%
- 3 Cayman Islands 100.0%
- 4 Gibraltar 100.0%
- 5 Hong Kong SAR, China 100.0%
- 6 Kuwait 100.0%
- 7 Macao SAR, China 100.0%
- 8 Monaco 100.0%
- 9 Naoero 100.0%
- 10 Saint Martin (French part) 100.0%
- 11 Singapore 100.0%
- 12 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 100.0%
- 13 Qatar 99.4%
- 14 San Marino 97.2%
- 15 Netherlands 95.9%
- 16 Malta 95.7%
- 17 Uruguay 95.7%
- 18 US Virgin Islands 95.4%
- 19 Luxembourg 94.9%
- 20 Turks and Caicos Islands 94.4%
- 21 Puerto Rico (US) 94.3%
- 22 Guam 94.2%
- 23 Iceland 94.2%
- 24 Jordan 93.2%
- 25 Argentina 92.4%
- 26 Japan 92.3%
- 27 Northern Mariana Islands 92.2%
- 28 Gabon 92.1%
- 29 Israel 91.6%
- 30 Curaçao 91.5%
- 31 Lebanon 91.0%
- 32 Türkiye 89.5%
- 33 Venezuela 89.3%
- 34 Chile 89.2%
- 35 Sweden 89.1%
- 36 Andorra 88.9%
- 37 Denmark 88.8%
- 38 Greenland 88.6%
- 39 Brazil 88.2%
- 40 Libya 87.9%
- 41 Australia 87.7%
- 42 Belgium 87.7%
- 43 West Bank and Gaza 87.4%
- 44 United Arab Emirates 86.0%
- 45 Switzerland 85.7%
- 46 Peru 85.6%
- 47 Saudi Arabia 84.6%
- 48 New Zealand 84.0%
- 49 Norway 83.6%
- 50 United Kingdom 83.3%
- 51 Canada 82.9%
- 52 Germany 82.1%
- 53 Bahamas 81.3%
- 54 South Korea 81.2%
- 55 Spain 80.5%
- 56 American Samoa 80.5%
- 57 United States 80.2%
- 58 Mexico 80.0%
- 59 Costa Rica 79.7%
- 60 Belarus 79.5%
- 61 Oman 79.5%
- 62 Palau 79.3%
- 63 Greece 79.2%
- 64 Marshall Islands 79.1%
- 65 France 78.8%
- 66 Colombia 78.8%
- 67 Cabo Verde 77.6%
- 68 Malaysia 77.4%
- 69 Iran 77.4%
- 70 Cuba 77.2%
- 71 Algeria 75.8%
- 72 El Salvador 75.5%
- 73 Russia 75.3%
- 74 Brunei 75.0%
- 75 Finland 74.5%
- 76 Bulgaria 74.2%
- 77 Dominica 74.0%
- 78 Djibouti 73.0%
- 79 Czechia 72.9%
- 80 Dominican Republic 72.5%
- 81 Syria 72.1%
- 82 Equatorial Guinea 71.6%
- 83 Bolivia 71.6%
- 84 Angola 71.5%
- 85 Mongolia 71.1%
- 86 Estonia 70.7%
- 87 Tunisia 70.7%
- 88 Hungary 70.7%
- 89 Paraguay 70.4%
- 90 Iraq 69.9%
- 91 Austria 69.7%
- 92 Italy 69.7%
- 93 Ukraine 69.6%
- 94 São Tomé and Príncipe 69.2%
- 95 Lithuania 69.1%
- 96 Latvia 68.6%
- 97 New Caledonia 68.2%
- 98 Botswana 68.0%
- 99 Nepal 67.0%
- 100 Cyprus 66.7%
- 101 China 66.3%
- 102 Panama 66.2%
- 103 Armenia 65.9%
- 104 Suriname 65.8%
- 105 Montenegro 65.6%
- 106 Tuvalu 65.4%
- 107 Gambia 65.0%
- 108 Ireland 64.6%
- 109 North Korea 64.2%
- 110 Republic of the Congo 64.1%
- 111 South Africa 63.8%
- 112 Nigeria 63.8%
- 113 Ecuador 63.4%
- 114 Kiribati 63.4%
- 115 Morocco 63.1%
- 116 North Macedonia 62.9%
- 117 Thailand 62.8%
- 118 Serbia 62.6%
- 119 Kazakhstan 62.4%
- 120 French Polynesia 61.8%
- 121 Aruba 61.7%
- 122 Portugal 61.5%
- 123 Mauritania 61.5%
- 124 Georgia 61.2%
- 125 Poland 60.1%
- 126 Barbados 59.7%
- 127 Fiji 59.5%
- 128 Nicaragua 59.4%
- 129 Jamaica 59.4%
- 130 Indonesia 59.4%
- 131 Honduras 59.3%
- 132 Ghana 58.9%
- 133 Albania 58.9%
- 134 Azerbaijan 58.6%
- 135 Croatia 57.8%
- 136 British Virgin Islands 57.4%
- 137 Guatemala 56.3%
- 138 Liberia 56.1%
- 139 Slovenia 56.0%
- 140 Philippines 55.8%
- 141 Senegal 55.8%
- 142 Cameroon 55.7%
- 143 Haiti 55.6%
- 144 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 55.1%
- 145 Côte d'Ivoire 54.5%
- 146 Trinidad and Tobago 54.0%
- 147 Benin 53.4%
- 148 Slovakia 53.2%
- 149 Bosnia and Herzegovina 52.7%
- 150 Romania 52.2%
- 151 Isle of Man 52.1%
- 152 Uzbekistan 51.0%
- 153 Kosovo 50.9%
- 154 Namibia 50.9%
- 155 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 48.0%
- 156 Turkmenistan 47.1%
- 157 Guinea-Bissau 46.7%
- 158 Sierra Leone 45.9%
- 159 Zambia 45.9%
- 160 Seychelles 45.5%
- 161 Democratic Republic of the Congo 45.1%
- 162 Lesotho 44.7%
- 163 Central African Republic 44.6%
- 164 Togo 44.4%
- 165 Moldova 43.7%
- 166 Bhutan 43.4%
- 167 Egypt 42.9%
- 168 Maldives 42.5%
- 169 Belize 41.6%
- 170 Cambodia 41.1%
- 171 Zimbabwe 40.5%
- 172 Laos 40.3%
- 173 Faroe Islands 39.6%
- 174 Pakistan 39.5%
- 175 Mauritius 39.0%
- 176 Viet Nam 38.8%
- 177 Guinea 38.5%
- 178 Mozambique 37.2%
- 179 Yemen 37.0%
- 180 Tanzania 36.9%
- 181 Grenada 36.7%
- 182 India 35.7%
- 183 Sudan 34.9%
- 184 Kyrgyzstan 34.7%
- 185 Eritrea 34.5%
- 186 Comoros 33.9%
- 187 Bangladesh 33.2%
- 188 Madagascar 32.9%
- 189 Channel Islands 32.6%
- 190 Mali 32.2%
- 191 Kenya 32.2%
- 192 Uganda 31.9%
- 193 Saint Kitts and Nevis 31.9%
- 194 Solomon Islands 31.3%
- 195 Rwanda 30.9%
- 196 Myanmar 30.6%
- 197 Saint Lucia 29.1%
- 198 Burkina Faso 28.9%
- 199 Timor-Leste 28.8%
- 200 Chad 27.6%
- 201 Eswatini 26.7%
- 202 Guyana 26.5%
- 203 Tajikistan 26.2%
- 204 Afghanistan 25.9%
- 205 Burundi 25.7%
- 206 Antigua and Barbuda 24.3%
- 207 Ethiopia 24.1%
- 208 Micronesia 22.5%
- 209 Vanuatu 22.3%
- 210 South Sudan 21.7%
- 211 Tonga 21.2%
- 212 Sri Lanka 20.5%
- 213 Niger 18.4%
- 214 Malawi 17.6%
- 215 Samoa 17.5%
- 216 Papua New Guinea 15.8%
- 217 Liechtenstein 14.6%
- East Asia and Pacific 64.8%
- Euro area 77.5%
- Europe and Central Asia 74.1%
- European Union 75.2%
- Latin America and Caribbean 81.5%
- Middle East and North Africa 56.0%
- North America 80.5%
- OECD members 81.3%
- South Asia 35.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 44.7%
- World 57.8%
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