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Countries by share of urban population

Bahrain had the highest share of urban population of 215 countries in 2022, at 100%. Liechtenstein had the lowest, at 14.7%. The median was 63.5% and the figure for the World was 57.1%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest100Bahrain
Lowest14.7Liechtenstein
Median63.5215 countries
World57.1History

Top 40 countries, 2022

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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: 99.2 %99.2San MarinoSan Marino: 97.1 %97.1MaltaMalta: 95.6 %95.6UruguayUruguay: 95.5 %95.5U.S. Virgin IslandsU.S. Virgin Islands: 95.2 %95.2NetherlandsNetherlands: 95 %95LuxembourgLuxembourg: 94.8 %94.8IcelandIceland: 94.2 %94.2Puerto RicoPuerto Rico: 94.1 %94.1GuamGuam: 94.1 %94.1Turks and Caicos IslandsTurks and Caicos Islands: 93.7 %93.7JordanJordan: 92.4 %92.4ArgentinaArgentina: 92.1 %92.1JapanJapan: 92 %92Northern Mariana IslandsNorthern Mariana Islands: 91.9 %91.9IsraelIsrael: 91.5 %91.5CuraçaoCuraçao: 91.4 %91.4GabonGabon: 91.2 %91.2LebanonLebanon: 90.2 %90.2VenezuelaVenezuela: 89.2 %89.2TürkiyeTürkiye: 89 %89AndorraAndorra: 88.8 %88.8ChileChile: 88.6 %88.6SwedenSweden: 88.4 %88.4DenmarkDenmark: 88.4 %88.4LibyaLibya: 87.8 %87.8GreenlandGreenland: 87.8 %87.8BelgiumBelgium: 87.5 %87.5
%. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2022 (%)Change on 2021
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
13Qatar99.20 pts
14San Marino97.10 pts
15Malta95.6+0.1 pts
16Uruguay95.50 pts
17U.S. Virgin Islands95.2+0.1 pts
18Netherlands95+0.4 pts
19Luxembourg94.8+0.2 pts
20Iceland94.2-0 pts
21Puerto Rico94.1+0.1 pts
22Guam94.10 pts
23Turks and Caicos Islands93.7+0.2 pts
24Jordan92.4+0.3 pts
25Argentina92.1+0.1 pts
26Japan92+0.1 pts
27Northern Mariana Islands91.9+0.1 pts
28Israel91.5-0 pts
29Curaçao91.40 pts
30Gabon91.2+0.4 pts
31Lebanon90.2+0.2 pts
32Venezuela89.20 pts
33Türkiye89-0.1 pts
34Andorra88.8+0.1 pts
35Chile88.6+0.2 pts
36Sweden88.4+0.2 pts
37Denmark88.4+0.1 pts
38Libya87.80 pts
39Greenland87.8+0.3 pts
40Belgium87.5+0.1 pts
41Brazil87.3+0.2 pts
42Australia87.3+0.1 pts
43Palestine86.6+0.3 pts
44United Arab Emirates85.5+0.2 pts
45Switzerland84.9+0.7 pts
46Peru84.4+0.4 pts
47Saudi Arabia84.1+0.2 pts
48New Zealand83.90 pts
49United Kingdom83.1+0.1 pts
50Norway83+0.1 pts
51Canada82.4+0.2 pts
52American Samoa81.8-0.4 pts
53Germany81.8+0.2 pts
54Bahamas81.3-0.2 pts
55South Korea81.20 pts
56United States800 pts
57Oman80-0.1 pts
58Spain80+0.2 pts
59Mexico79.2+0.3 pts
60Palau79.10 pts
61France78.80 pts
62Greece78.6+0.2 pts
63Belarus78.5+0.3 pts
64Costa Rica78.4+0.5 pts
65Colombia78+0.2 pts
66Marshall Islands78+0.4 pts
67Cuba77.10 pts
68Iran76.3+0.3 pts
69Malaysia76+0.5 pts
70Cape Verde75+0.9 pts
71Russia74.9+0.1 pts
72Brunei74.80 pts
73Algeria74.2+0.6 pts
74El Salvador74.1+0.5 pts
75Finland73.7+0.3 pts
76Bulgaria73.5+0.1 pts
77Czechia72.70 pts
78Dominica72.7+0.4 pts
79Syria72.6-0.4 pts
80Djibouti72.6+0.3 pts
81Dominican Republic72.4-0.5 pts
82Equatorial Guinea70.9+0.2 pts
83Bolivia70.6+0.3 pts
84Estonia70.5+0.3 pts
85Hungary70.2-0 pts
86Iraq69.90 pts
87Mongolia69.8+0.6 pts
88Tunisia69.7+0.3 pts
89Italy69.50 pts
90Ukraine69.40 pts
91Angola69.1+0.8 pts
92Austria69+0.2 pts
93Paraguay68.6+1.3 pts
94São Tomé and Príncipe68.4+0.2 pts
95Lithuania68.3+0.1 pts
96Latvia68.3+0.1 pts
97New Caledonia67.6+0.2 pts
98Cyprus66.7-0 pts
99Botswana66.6+0.1 pts
100Nepal66.3+0.2 pts
101Suriname65.9-0.1 pts
102Panama65.80 pts
103Armenia65.6+0.2 pts
104Montenegro65.4+0.1 pts
105China65.2+0.5 pts
106Ireland63.9+0.2 pts
107Republic of the Congo63.60 pts
108South Africa63.50 pts
109Tuvalu63.3+0.7 pts
110Gambia63.3+0.5 pts
111North Korea63.2+0.3 pts
112Ecuador63.10 pts
113Morocco62.5+0.2 pts
114North Macedonia62+0.3 pts
115Serbia61.9+0.5 pts
116Aruba61.9-0 pts
117French Polynesia61.7-0 pts
118Kazakhstan61.4+0.4 pts
119Nigeria61.4+0.8 pts
120Portugal61.10 pts
121Kiribati60.6+0.9 pts
122Georgia60+0.6 pts
123Poland59.80 pts
124Thailand59.7+1.2 pts
125Barbados59.40 pts
126Nicaragua59+0.1 pts
127Mauritania58.8+0.9 pts
128Azerbaijan58.4+0.1 pts
129Fiji58.1+0.5 pts
130Jamaica58+0.4 pts
131Albania57.9+0.4 pts
132Honduras57.8+0.5 pts
133Indonesia57.5+0.6 pts
134Ghana57.3+0.6 pts
135Croatia57+0.2 pts
136Slovenia55.30 pts
137Guatemala55.3+0.4 pts
138Cameroon54.8+0.3 pts
139British Virgin Islands54.8+0.8 pts
140Philippines54.8+0.3 pts
141Liberia54.5+0.5 pts
142Trinidad and Tobago53.90 pts
143Haiti53.9+0.6 pts
144Somalia53.5+0.6 pts
145Senegal53.4+1.2 pts
146Slovakia53.20 pts
147Côte d’Ivoire52.8+0.5 pts
148Isle of Man52.2-0 pts
149Romania52.2-0.1 pts
150Bosnia and Herzegovina51+0.5 pts
151Uzbekistan51+0.1 pts
152Benin51+0.8 pts
153Namibia49.5+0.5 pts
154Saint Vincent and the Grenadines47.6+0.1 pts
155Turkmenistan47.10 pts
156Guinea-Bissau45.2+0.4 pts
157Seychelles44.9+0.3 pts
158Zambia44.6+0.4 pts
159Sierra Leone44.3+0.5 pts
160Democratic Republic of the Congo44+0.4 pts
161Central African Republic43.3+0.4 pts
162Togo42.7+0.4 pts
163Egypt42.6+0.1 pts
164Moldova42.4+0.6 pts
165Belize42.1-0.3 pts
166Lesotho41.7+1 pts
167Maldives41.1+0.3 pts
168Bhutan40.9+0.6 pts
169Cambodia40.4+0.3 pts
170Mauritius39-0.1 pts
171Faroe Islands39+0.2 pts
172Zimbabwe38.7+0.8 pts
173Pakistan38.4+0.4 pts
174Laos38.1+0.7 pts
175Vietnam37.5+0.9 pts
176Guinea37.2+0.4 pts
177Grenada36.4+0.1 pts
178Yemen36.3+0.3 pts
179Mozambique35.1+0.6 pts
180Eritrea34.8-0.1 pts
181Tanzania34.8+0.5 pts
182India34.8+0.3 pts
183Sudan34.7+0.1 pts
184Kyrgyzstan34.7-0.1 pts
185Comoros32.8+0.4 pts
186Bangladesh31.7+0.3 pts
187Saint Kitts and Nevis31.6+0.1 pts
188Madagascar31.5+0.4 pts
189Kenya31.4+0.1 pts
190Mali30.4+0.7 pts
191Myanmar30.3+0.1 pts
192Uganda29.9+0.7 pts
193Solomon Islands29.4+0.7 pts
194Saint Lucia29.1+1.7 pts
195Timor-Leste28.6-0.2 pts
196Rwanda27.8+1.7 pts
197Burkina Faso27.3+0.5 pts
198Guyana26.50 pts
199Tajikistan26.2-0 pts
200Chad25.8+0.5 pts
201Eswatini25.4+0.4 pts
202Afghanistan25.40 pts
203Antigua and Barbuda24.5-0.1 pts
204Ethiopia22.7+0.6 pts
205Micronesia22.40 pts
206Burundi22.3+1.2 pts
207Vanuatu22.30 pts
208Tonga21.1-0.1 pts
209South Sudan20.8+0.3 pts
210Sri Lanka20+0.2 pts
211Samoa17.5-0.1 pts
212Niger17.5+0.2 pts
213Malawi16.7+0.2 pts
214Papua New Guinea14.7+0.3 pts
215Liechtenstein14.7-0 pts

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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.

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Which country has the highest share of urban population?

Bahrain, with 100% in 2022, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest share of urban population?

Liechtenstein, with 14.7% in 2022.

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.

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