Urban population share
People living in urban areas, as each national statistical office defines them, as a percentage of total population. World Bank series based on the UN World Urbanization Prospects.
Countries define urban areas differently, so shares are only roughly comparable between countries.
Rankings
Countries by share of urban population, 2025
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- India
- China
- United States
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Brazil
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Ethiopia
- Mexico
- Japan
- Egypt
- Philippines
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Vietnam
- Iran
- Türkiye
- Germany
- Thailand
- Tanzania
- United Kingdom
- France
- South Africa
- Italy
- Kenya
- Myanmar
- Colombia
- South Korea
- Sudan
- Uganda
- Spain
- Algeria
- Iraq
- Argentina
- Afghanistan
- Yemen
- Canada
- Angola
- Ukraine
- Morocco
- Uzbekistan
- Saudi Arabia
- Poland
- Malaysia
- Mozambique
- Ghana
- Peru
- Madagascar
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Cameroon
- Nepal
- Venezuela
- Niger
- Australia
- North Korea
- Syria
- Mali
- Burkina Faso
- Malawi
- Zambia
- Sri Lanka
- Chad
- Kazakhstan
- Chile
- Somalia
- Romania
- Senegal
- Guatemala
- Ecuador
- Netherlands
- Cambodia
- Zimbabwe
- Guinea
- Benin
- Rwanda
- Burundi
- Bolivia
- Tunisia
- South Sudan
- Belgium
- Haiti
- Jordan
- Dominican Republic
- United Arab Emirates
- Honduras
- Cuba
- Czechia
- Portugal
- Tajikistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Sweden
- Greece
- Azerbaijan
- Israel
- Hungary
- Austria
- Switzerland
- Belarus
- Sierra Leone
- Togo
- Laos
- Turkmenistan
- Hong Kong
- Libya
- Kyrgyzstan
- Paraguay
- Nicaragua
- Serbia
- Republic of the Congo
- Bulgaria
- El Salvador
- Singapore
- Denmark
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Finland
- Norway
- Central African Republic
- Oman
- Ireland
- Slovakia
- Palestine
- New Zealand
- Mauritania
- Costa Rica
- Kuwait
- Panama
- Georgia
- Croatia
- Eritrea
- Mongolia
- Uruguay
- Puerto Rico
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Namibia
- Armenia
- Qatar
- Lithuania
- Jamaica
- Gambia
- Gabon
- Botswana
- Lesotho
- Moldova
- Albania
- Guinea-Bissau
- Slovenia
- Equatorial Guinea
- Latvia
- North Macedonia
- Bahrain
- Timor-Leste
- Cyprus
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Mauritius
- Djibouti
- Fiji
- Comoros
- Solomon Islands
- Guyana
- Bhutan
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Suriname
- Montenegro
- Malta
- Maldives
- Cape Verde
- Brunei
- Belize
- Bahamas
- Iceland
- Vanuatu
- New Caledonia
- Barbados
- French Polynesia
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Samoa
- Saint Lucia
- Guam
- Curaçao
- Kiribati
- Seychelles
- Grenada
- Micronesia
- Aruba
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Tonga
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Isle of Man
- Andorra
- Cayman Islands
- Dominica
- Bermuda
- Greenland
- Faroe Islands
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- American Samoa
- Sint Maarten
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Liechtenstein
- Gibraltar
- British Virgin Islands
- Monaco
- Marshall Islands
- San Marino
- Saint Martin
- Palau
- Nauru
- Tuvalu
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Which places have the highest share of urban population? Use official data and cite it.
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