Urban population share by country, 2025
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.
217 places ranked for 2025. Highest: Bahrain (100.0%). Lowest: Liechtenstein (14.6%). The median is 64.2%.
Highest 10
- 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%
Lowest 10
- 217. Liechtenstein 14.6%
- 216. Papua New Guinea 15.8%
- 215. Samoa 17.5%
- 214. Malawi 17.6%
- 213. Niger 18.4%
- 212. Sri Lanka 20.5%
- 211. Tonga 21.2%
- 210. South Sudan 21.7%
- 209. Vanuatu 22.3%
- 208. Micronesia 22.5%
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 217. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
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).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| 2 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| 5 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| 6 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| 7 | Macao SAR, China | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| 8 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| 9 | Naoero | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| 10 | Saint Martin (French part) | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| 11 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| 12 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| 13 | Qatar | 99.4% | 2025 | |
| 14 | San Marino | 97.2% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Netherlands | 95.9% | 2025 | |
| 16 | Malta | 95.7% | 2025 | |
| 17 | Uruguay | 95.7% | 2025 | |
| 18 | US Virgin Islands | 95.4% | 2025 | |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 94.9% | 2025 | |
| 20 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 94.4% | 2025 | |
| 21 | Puerto Rico (US) | 94.3% | 2025 | |
| 22 | Guam | 94.2% | 2025 | |
| 23 | Iceland | 94.2% | 2025 | |
| 24 | Jordan | 93.2% | 2025 | |
| 25 | Argentina | 92.4% | 2025 | |
| 26 | Japan | 92.3% | 2025 | |
| 27 | Northern Mariana Islands | 92.2% | 2025 | |
| 28 | Gabon | 92.1% | 2025 | |
| 29 | Israel | 91.6% | 2025 | |
| 30 | Curaçao | 91.5% | 2025 | |
| 31 | Lebanon | 91.0% | 2025 | |
| 32 | Türkiye | 89.5% | 2025 | |
| 33 | Venezuela | 89.3% | 2025 | |
| 34 | Chile | 89.2% | 2025 | |
| 35 | Sweden | 89.1% | 2025 | |
| 36 | Andorra | 88.9% | 2025 | |
| 37 | Denmark | 88.8% | 2025 | |
| 38 | Greenland | 88.6% | 2025 | |
| 39 | Brazil | 88.2% | 2025 | |
| 40 | Libya | 87.9% | 2025 | |
| 41 | Australia | 87.7% | 2025 | |
| 42 | Belgium | 87.7% | 2025 | |
| 43 | West Bank and Gaza | 87.4% | 2025 | |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 86.0% | 2025 | |
| 45 | Switzerland | 85.7% | 2025 | |
| 46 | Peru | 85.6% | 2025 | |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 84.6% | 2025 | |
| 48 | New Zealand | 84.0% | 2025 | |
| 49 | Norway | 83.6% | 2025 | |
| 50 | United Kingdom | 83.3% | 2025 | |
| 51 | Canada | 82.9% | 2025 | |
| 52 | Germany | 82.1% | 2025 | |
| 53 | Bahamas | 81.3% | 2025 | |
| 54 | South Korea | 81.2% | 2025 | |
| 55 | Spain | 80.5% | 2025 | |
| 56 | American Samoa | 80.5% | 2025 | |
| 57 | United States | 80.2% | 2025 | |
| 58 | Mexico | 80.0% | 2025 | |
| 59 | Costa Rica | 79.7% | 2025 | |
| 60 | Belarus | 79.5% | 2025 | |
| 61 | Oman | 79.5% | 2025 | |
| 62 | Palau | 79.3% | 2025 | |
| 63 | Greece | 79.2% | 2025 | |
| 64 | Marshall Islands | 79.1% | 2025 | |
| 65 | France | 78.8% | 2025 | |
| 66 | Colombia | 78.8% | 2025 | |
| 67 | Cabo Verde | 77.6% | 2025 | |
| 68 | Malaysia | 77.4% | 2025 | |
| 69 | Iran | 77.4% | 2025 | |
| 70 | Cuba | 77.2% | 2025 | |
| 71 | Algeria | 75.8% | 2025 | |
| 72 | El Salvador | 75.5% | 2025 | |
| 73 | Russia | 75.3% | 2025 | |
| 74 | Brunei | 75.0% | 2025 | |
| 75 | Finland | 74.5% | 2025 | |
| 76 | Bulgaria | 74.2% | 2025 | |
| 77 | Dominica | 74.0% | 2025 | |
| 78 | Djibouti | 73.0% | 2025 | |
| 79 | Czechia | 72.9% | 2025 | |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 72.5% | 2025 | |
| 81 | Syria | 72.1% | 2025 | |
| 82 | Equatorial Guinea | 71.6% | 2025 | |
| 83 | Bolivia | 71.6% | 2025 | |
| 84 | Angola | 71.5% | 2025 | |
| 85 | Mongolia | 71.1% | 2025 | |
| 86 | Estonia | 70.7% | 2025 | |
| 87 | Tunisia | 70.7% | 2025 | |
| 88 | Hungary | 70.7% | 2025 | |
| 89 | Paraguay | 70.4% | 2025 | |
| 90 | Iraq | 69.9% | 2025 | |
| 91 | Austria | 69.7% | 2025 | |
| 92 | Italy | 69.7% | 2025 | |
| 93 | Ukraine | 69.6% | 2025 | |
| 94 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 69.2% | 2025 | |
| 95 | Lithuania | 69.1% | 2025 | |
| 96 | Latvia | 68.6% | 2025 | |
| 97 | New Caledonia | 68.2% | 2025 | |
| 98 | Botswana | 68.0% | 2025 | |
| 99 | Nepal | 67.0% | 2025 | |
| 100 | Cyprus | 66.7% | 2025 | |
| 101 | China | 66.3% | 2025 | |
| 102 | Panama | 66.2% | 2025 | |
| 103 | Armenia | 65.9% | 2025 | |
| 104 | Suriname | 65.8% | 2025 | |
| 105 | Montenegro | 65.6% | 2025 | |
| 106 | Tuvalu | 65.4% | 2025 | |
| 107 | Gambia | 65.0% | 2025 | |
| 108 | Ireland | 64.6% | 2025 | |
| 109 | North Korea | 64.2% | 2025 | |
| 110 | Republic of the Congo | 64.1% | 2025 | |
| 111 | South Africa | 63.8% | 2025 | |
| 112 | Nigeria | 63.8% | 2025 | |
| 113 | Ecuador | 63.4% | 2025 | |
| 114 | Kiribati | 63.4% | 2025 | |
| 115 | Morocco | 63.1% | 2025 | |
| 116 | North Macedonia | 62.9% | 2025 | |
| 117 | Thailand | 62.8% | 2025 | |
| 118 | Serbia | 62.6% | 2025 | |
| 119 | Kazakhstan | 62.4% | 2025 | |
| 120 | French Polynesia | 61.8% | 2025 | |
| 121 | Aruba | 61.7% | 2025 | |
| 122 | Portugal | 61.5% | 2025 | |
| 123 | Mauritania | 61.5% | 2025 | |
| 124 | Georgia | 61.2% | 2025 | |
| 125 | Poland | 60.1% | 2025 | |
| 126 | Barbados | 59.7% | 2025 | |
| 127 | Fiji | 59.5% | 2025 | |
| 128 | Nicaragua | 59.4% | 2025 | |
| 129 | Jamaica | 59.4% | 2025 | |
| 130 | Indonesia | 59.4% | 2025 | |
| 131 | Honduras | 59.3% | 2025 | |
| 132 | Ghana | 58.9% | 2025 | |
| 133 | Albania | 58.9% | 2025 | |
| 134 | Azerbaijan | 58.6% | 2025 | |
| 135 | Croatia | 57.8% | 2025 | |
| 136 | British Virgin Islands | 57.4% | 2025 | |
| 137 | Guatemala | 56.3% | 2025 | |
| 138 | Liberia | 56.1% | 2025 | |
| 139 | Slovenia | 56.0% | 2025 | |
| 140 | Philippines | 55.8% | 2025 | |
| 141 | Senegal | 55.8% | 2025 | |
| 142 | Cameroon | 55.7% | 2025 | |
| 143 | Haiti | 55.6% | 2025 | |
| 144 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 55.1% | 2025 | |
| 145 | Côte d'Ivoire | 54.5% | 2025 | |
| 146 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.0% | 2025 | |
| 147 | Benin | 53.4% | 2025 | |
| 148 | Slovakia | 53.2% | 2025 | |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.7% | 2025 | |
| 150 | Romania | 52.2% | 2025 | |
| 151 | Isle of Man | 52.1% | 2025 | |
| 152 | Uzbekistan | 51.0% | 2025 | |
| 153 | Kosovo | 50.9% | 2025 | |
| 154 | Namibia | 50.9% | 2025 | |
| 155 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 48.0% | 2025 | |
| 156 | Turkmenistan | 47.1% | 2025 | |
| 157 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.7% | 2025 | |
| 158 | Sierra Leone | 45.9% | 2025 | |
| 159 | Zambia | 45.9% | 2025 | |
| 160 | Seychelles | 45.5% | 2025 | |
| 161 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 45.1% | 2025 | |
| 162 | Lesotho | 44.7% | 2025 | |
| 163 | Central African Republic | 44.6% | 2025 | |
| 164 | Togo | 44.4% | 2025 | |
| 165 | Moldova | 43.7% | 2025 | |
| 166 | Bhutan | 43.4% | 2025 | |
| 167 | Egypt | 42.9% | 2025 | |
| 168 | Maldives | 42.5% | 2025 | |
| 169 | Belize | 41.6% | 2025 | |
| 170 | Cambodia | 41.1% | 2025 | |
| 171 | Zimbabwe | 40.5% | 2025 | |
| 172 | Laos | 40.3% | 2025 | |
| 173 | Faroe Islands | 39.6% | 2025 | |
| 174 | Pakistan | 39.5% | 2025 | |
| 175 | Mauritius | 39.0% | 2025 | |
| 176 | Viet Nam | 38.8% | 2025 | |
| 177 | Guinea | 38.5% | 2025 | |
| 178 | Mozambique | 37.2% | 2025 | |
| 179 | Yemen | 37.0% | 2025 | |
| 180 | Tanzania | 36.9% | 2025 | |
| 181 | Grenada | 36.7% | 2025 | |
| 182 | India | 35.7% | 2025 | |
| 183 | Sudan | 34.9% | 2025 | |
| 184 | Kyrgyzstan | 34.7% | 2025 | |
| 185 | Eritrea | 34.5% | 2025 | |
| 186 | Comoros | 33.9% | 2025 | |
| 187 | Bangladesh | 33.2% | 2025 | |
| 188 | Madagascar | 32.9% | 2025 | |
| 189 | Channel Islands | 32.6% | 2025 | |
| 190 | Mali | 32.2% | 2025 | |
| 191 | Kenya | 32.2% | 2025 | |
| 192 | Uganda | 31.9% | 2025 | |
| 193 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31.9% | 2025 | |
| 194 | Solomon Islands | 31.3% | 2025 | |
| 195 | Rwanda | 30.9% | 2025 | |
| 196 | Myanmar | 30.6% | 2025 | |
| 197 | Saint Lucia | 29.1% | 2025 | |
| 198 | Burkina Faso | 28.9% | 2025 | |
| 199 | Timor-Leste | 28.8% | 2025 | |
| 200 | Chad | 27.6% | 2025 | |
| 201 | Eswatini | 26.7% | 2025 | |
| 202 | Guyana | 26.5% | 2025 | |
| 203 | Tajikistan | 26.2% | 2025 | |
| 204 | Afghanistan | 25.9% | 2025 | |
| 205 | Burundi | 25.7% | 2025 | |
| 206 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.3% | 2025 | |
| 207 | Ethiopia | 24.1% | 2025 | |
| 208 | Micronesia | 22.5% | 2025 | |
| 209 | Vanuatu | 22.3% | 2025 | |
| 210 | South Sudan | 21.7% | 2025 | |
| 211 | Tonga | 21.2% | 2025 | |
| 212 | Sri Lanka | 20.5% | 2025 | |
| 213 | Niger | 18.4% | 2025 | |
| 214 | Malawi | 17.6% | 2025 | |
| 215 | Samoa | 17.5% | 2025 | |
| 216 | Papua New Guinea | 15.8% | 2025 | |
| 217 | Liechtenstein | 14.6% | 2025 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2025, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2025 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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