Data / Rankings / Urban population share / Countries

Countries by share of urban population

Bahrain had the highest share of urban population of 215 countries in 2014, at 100%. Papua New Guinea had the lowest, at 13.1%. The median was 62.5% and the figure for the World was 53.9%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest100Bahrain
Lowest13.1Papua New Guinea
Median62.5215 countries
World53.9History

Top 40 countries, 2014

CSVChart (SVG)

BahrainBahrain: 100 %100BermudaBermuda: 100 %100Cayman IslandsCayman Islands: 100 %100GibraltarGibraltar: 100 %100Hong KongHong Kong: 100 %100KuwaitKuwait: 100 %100MacaoMacao: 100 %100MonacoMonaco: 100 %100NauruNauru: 100 %100Saint MartinSaint Martin: 100 %100SingaporeSingapore: 100 %100Sint MaartenSint Maarten: 100 %100QatarQatar: 98.9 %98.9San MarinoSan Marino: 97.1 %97.1UruguayUruguay: 95 %95U.S. Virgin IslandsU.S. Virgin Islands: 94.9 %94.9MaltaMalta: 94.4 %94.4GuamGuam: 94.1 %94.1Puerto RicoPuerto Rico: 93.8 %93.8IcelandIceland: 93.6 %93.6IsraelIsrael: 91.7 %91.7Turks and Caicos IslandsTurks and Caicos Islands: 91.6 %91.6ArgentinaArgentina: 91.4 %91.4CuraçaoCuraçao: 91.3 %91.3JapanJapan: 91.3 %91.3Northern Mariana IslandsNorthern Mariana Islands: 91.3 %91.3LuxembourgLuxembourg: 90.5 %90.5NetherlandsNetherlands: 89.8 %89.8VenezuelaVenezuela: 88.9 %88.9AndorraAndorra: 88.5 %88.5LebanonLebanon: 88.4 %88.4JordanJordan: 88 %88LibyaLibya: 88 %88DenmarkDenmark: 87.7 %87.7GabonGabon: 87.6 %87.6ChileChile: 87.3 %87.3AustraliaAustralia: 86.7 %86.7SwedenSweden: 86.3 %86.3BelgiumBelgium: 86 %86GreenlandGreenland: 85.7 %85.7
%. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2014 (%)Change on 2013
1Bahrain1000 pts
1Bermuda1000 pts
1Cayman Islands1000 pts
1Gibraltar1000 pts
1Hong Kong1000 pts
1Kuwait1000 pts
1Macao1000 pts
1Monaco1000 pts
1Nauru1000 pts
1Saint Martin1000 pts
1Singapore1000 pts
1Sint Maarten1000 pts
13Qatar98.9+0.1 pts
14San Marino97.10 pts
15Uruguay95+0.1 pts
16U.S. Virgin Islands94.9+0.1 pts
17Malta94.40 pts
18Guam94.10 pts
19Puerto Rico93.80 pts
20Iceland93.60 pts
21Israel91.7-0 pts
22Turks and Caicos Islands91.6+0.3 pts
23Argentina91.4+0.1 pts
24Curaçao91.30 pts
25Japan91.3+0.1 pts
26Northern Mariana Islands91.3+0.1 pts
27Luxembourg90.5+0.5 pts
28Netherlands89.8+0.7 pts
29Venezuela88.90 pts
30Andorra88.5-0 pts
31Lebanon88.4+0.2 pts
32Jordan88+1.6 pts
33Libya88-0 pts
34Denmark87.7+0.1 pts
35Gabon87.6+0.5 pts
36Chile87.3+0.1 pts
37Australia86.7+0.1 pts
38Sweden86.3+0.3 pts
39Belgium86+0.2 pts
40Greenland85.7+0.3 pts
41New Zealand85.5-0.2 pts
42Brazil85.4+0.3 pts
43Palestine85+0.2 pts
44American Samoa85-0.3 pts
45United Arab Emirates84.1+0.2 pts
46Türkiye83.6+5.1 pts
47Saudi Arabia82.8+0.2 pts
48Bahamas82.3-0 pts
49South Korea81.7-0.1 pts
50United Kingdom81.6+0.2 pts
51Canada81.20 pts
52Palau80.7-0.3 pts
53United States80.6-0 pts
54Norway80.6+0.6 pts
55Germany80.6+0.1 pts
56Peru80+0.7 pts
57Spain79.1+0.1 pts
58France77.4+0.1 pts
59Greece77.3+0.2 pts
60Colombia77.1+0.1 pts
61Mexico77+0.2 pts
62Oman76.9+0.4 pts
63Cuba76.80 pts
64Belarus76.3+0.4 pts
65Syria76+2.9 pts
66Marshall Islands75.1+0.4 pts
67Brunei75.1-0.1 pts
68Switzerland74.7+0.6 pts
69Costa Rica74.5+0.5 pts
70Dominican Republic74.2-0 pts
71Russia74.2+0.1 pts
72Czechia73.1-0.1 pts
73Bulgaria73.1+0.1 pts
74Malaysia73+0.5 pts
75Iran72.8+0.5 pts
76Finland71+0.3 pts
77Djibouti70.9+0.1 pts
78Hungary70.3+0.4 pts
79Iraq69.7+0.2 pts
80Italy69.6+0.3 pts
81Algeria69.5+0.6 pts
82Dominica69.5+0.4 pts
83Ukraine69.1+0.1 pts
84El Salvador68.9+0.8 pts
85Estonia68.3+0.2 pts
86Bolivia68+0.4 pts
87Mongolia680 pts
88Latvia67.90 pts
89Tunisia67.8+0.3 pts
90Austria67.4+0.1 pts
91São Tomé and Príncipe67.3+0.1 pts
92Lithuania67.2+0.1 pts
93Cyprus67.1-0.1 pts
94New Caledonia66.80 pts
95Suriname66.2-0 pts
96Cape Verde65.8+1.1 pts
97Equatorial Guinea65.6+3.3 pts
98Panama65.5+0.1 pts
99Botswana65.1+0.3 pts
100Montenegro64.7+0.1 pts
101Nepal64.6+0.4 pts
102Armenia64.4+0.1 pts
103Aruba63.4-0.2 pts
104South Africa63.1+0.1 pts
105Republic of the Congo63+0.1 pts
106Ecuador62.90 pts
107Angola62.7+0.6 pts
108Ireland62.5+0.1 pts
109French Polynesia61.7+0.1 pts
110Portugal61.1-0 pts
111North Korea61.1+0.2 pts
112Paraguay60.7+0.5 pts
113Poland60.4-0.1 pts
114Morocco60.3+0.4 pts
115Serbia59.9+0.3 pts
116Barbados59.20 pts
117North Macedonia58.8+0.2 pts
118Gambia58.6+0.6 pts
119Tuvalu58.3+0.7 pts
120Nicaragua57.6+0.2 pts
121Georgia57+0.4 pts
122China55.8+1.3 pts
123Kazakhstan55.6+0.5 pts
124Croatia55.5+0.1 pts
125Nigeria54.9+0.8 pts
126Jamaica54.9+0.3 pts
127Albania54.7+0.4 pts
128Azerbaijan54.6+0.4 pts
129Fiji54.1+0.5 pts
130Slovakia54-0.1 pts
131Trinidad and Tobago53.90 pts
132Honduras53.9+0.5 pts
133Romania53.8-0.1 pts
134Guatemala53.1+0.4 pts
135Ghana53.1+0.6 pts
136Indonesia52.5+0.7 pts
137Cameroon52.3+0.4 pts
138Isle of Man52.10 pts
139Slovenia51+0.9 pts
140Uzbekistan50.9-0.2 pts
141Mauritania50.5+1.1 pts
142Kiribati50.4+0.4 pts
143Philippines50.2+1.1 pts
144Liberia50.2+0.5 pts
145Côte d’Ivoire49+0.4 pts
146British Virgin Islands48.8+0.7 pts
147Haiti48.8+0.7 pts
148Bosnia and Herzegovina47.1+0.4 pts
149Turkmenistan470 pts
150Saint Vincent and the Grenadines46.6+0.1 pts
151Thailand46.3+0.5 pts
152Senegal45.6+0.6 pts
153Benin45.3+0.6 pts
154Namibia44.8+0.7 pts
155Belize44.2-0.3 pts
156Seychelles42.9+0.1 pts
157Egypt42.7-0.1 pts
158Somalia42.4+1.1 pts
159Guinea-Bissau41.7+0.4 pts
160Zambia41.6+0.4 pts
161Democratic Republic of the Congo41+0.4 pts
162Sierra Leone40.3+0.4 pts
163Mauritius39.8-0.1 pts
164Moldova39.6+0.2 pts
165Central African Republic39.6+0.3 pts
166Togo39.3+0.4 pts
167Maldives38.2+0.4 pts
168Faroe Islands37.9+0.2 pts
169Bhutan36.1+0.6 pts
170Grenada35.90 pts
171Pakistan35.7+0.2 pts
172Eritrea35.6-0 pts
173Kyrgyzstan35.1-0 pts
174Guinea34.8+0.2 pts
175Sudan33.8+0.3 pts
176Zimbabwe33.2+0.3 pts
177Laos32.7+0.4 pts
178Lesotho32.6+1.4 pts
179India32.2+0.3 pts
180Vietnam31.9+0.4 pts
181Mozambique31.9+0.2 pts
182Yemen31.9+0.4 pts
183Kenya31.8-0 pts
184Saint Kitts and Nevis31.20 pts
185Tanzania30.6+0.6 pts
186Comoros30+0.3 pts
187Myanmar29.6+0.1 pts
188Timor-Leste29.5-0 pts
189Bangladesh29.2+0.4 pts
190Madagascar28.9+0.3 pts
191Cambodia27.8+2.1 pts
192Tajikistan26.6+0.1 pts
193Guyana26.40 pts
194Burkina Faso25.4+0.3 pts
195Mali25.3+0.6 pts
196Antigua and Barbuda25.1-0.2 pts
197Vanuatu24.90 pts
198Uganda24.2+1.5 pts
199Afghanistan24.2+0.4 pts
200Tonga23.3-0.1 pts
201Eswatini23+0.2 pts
202Solomon Islands22.9+0.8 pts
203Chad22.5+0.2 pts
204Micronesia22.30 pts
205Saint Lucia19.4+0.5 pts
206Samoa19.3-0.1 pts
207Ethiopia19+0.4 pts
208Sri Lanka18.6+0.2 pts
209South Sudan18.5+0.3 pts
210Rwanda17.5+0.4 pts
211Niger16.20 pts
212Malawi15.8+0.1 pts
213Liechtenstein14.40 pts
214Burundi13.8+0.8 pts
215Papua New Guinea13.1+0.1 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

World Bank, World Development Indicators. Urban population, % of total population (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Countries by share of urban population using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"urban_population_share","level":"country","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=urban_population_share&level=country&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which country has the highest share of urban population?

Bahrain, with 100% in 2014, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest share of urban population?

Papua New Guinea, with 13.1% in 2014.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Urban population, % of total population (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Urban population share: other rankings

Countries: more rankings