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Countries by share of urban population

Bahrain had the highest share of urban population of 215 countries in 2023, at 100%. Liechtenstein had the lowest, at 14.7%. The median was 63.8% and the figure for the World was 57.3%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest100Bahrain
Lowest14.7Liechtenstein
Median63.8215 countries
World57.3History

Top 40 countries, 2023

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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: 99.3 %99.3San MarinoSan Marino: 97.1 %97.1MaltaMalta: 95.6 %95.6UruguayUruguay: 95.5 %95.5NetherlandsNetherlands: 95.3 %95.3U.S. Virgin IslandsU.S. Virgin Islands: 95.3 %95.3LuxembourgLuxembourg: 94.8 %94.8Puerto RicoPuerto Rico: 94.2 %94.2IcelandIceland: 94.2 %94.2GuamGuam: 94.1 %94.1Turks and Caicos IslandsTurks and Caicos Islands: 93.9 %93.9JordanJordan: 92.7 %92.7ArgentinaArgentina: 92.2 %92.2JapanJapan: 92.1 %92.1Northern Mariana IslandsNorthern Mariana Islands: 92 %92GabonGabon: 91.6 %91.6IsraelIsrael: 91.5 %91.5CuraçaoCuraçao: 91.4 %91.4LebanonLebanon: 90.5 %90.5VenezuelaVenezuela: 89.2 %89.2TürkiyeTürkiye: 89 %89AndorraAndorra: 88.8 %88.8ChileChile: 88.8 %88.8SwedenSweden: 88.6 %88.6DenmarkDenmark: 88.6 %88.6GreenlandGreenland: 88.1 %88.1LibyaLibya: 87.9 %87.9BrazilBrazil: 87.6 %87.6
%. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2023 (%)Change on 2022
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
13Qatar99.30 pts
14San Marino97.10 pts
15Malta95.60 pts
16Uruguay95.50 pts
17Netherlands95.3+0.3 pts
18U.S. Virgin Islands95.3+0.1 pts
19Luxembourg94.80 pts
20Puerto Rico94.2+0.1 pts
21Iceland94.2-0 pts
22Guam94.10 pts
23Turks and Caicos Islands93.9+0.2 pts
24Jordan92.7+0.3 pts
25Argentina92.2+0.1 pts
26Japan92.1+0.1 pts
27Northern Mariana Islands92+0.1 pts
28Gabon91.6+0.4 pts
29Israel91.50 pts
30Curaçao91.40 pts
31Lebanon90.5+0.2 pts
32Venezuela89.20 pts
33Türkiye89-0 pts
34Andorra88.8+0.1 pts
35Chile88.8+0.2 pts
36Sweden88.6+0.2 pts
37Denmark88.6+0.2 pts
38Greenland88.1+0.3 pts
39Libya87.90 pts
40Brazil87.6+0.3 pts
41Belgium87.6+0.1 pts
42Australia87.5+0.2 pts
43Palestine86.9+0.3 pts
44United Arab Emirates85.7+0.2 pts
45Switzerland85.2+0.3 pts
46Peru84.8+0.4 pts
47Saudi Arabia84.3+0.2 pts
48New Zealand83.90 pts
49United Kingdom83.2+0.1 pts
50Norway83.1+0.1 pts
51Canada82.5+0.2 pts
52Germany81.9+0.1 pts
53American Samoa81.4-0.4 pts
54Bahamas81.30 pts
55South Korea81.20 pts
56Spain80.1+0.2 pts
57United States80.10 pts
58Oman79.6-0.4 pts
59Mexico79.5+0.3 pts
60Palau79.20 pts
61Costa Rica78.9+0.4 pts
62Belarus78.8+0.3 pts
63France78.80 pts
64Greece78.8+0.2 pts
65Marshall Islands78.4+0.4 pts
66Colombia78.3+0.2 pts
67Cuba77.10 pts
68Iran76.7+0.3 pts
69Malaysia76.4+0.5 pts
70Cape Verde75.9+0.9 pts
71Russia75+0.1 pts
72Brunei74.80 pts
73Algeria74.7+0.6 pts
74El Salvador74.6+0.5 pts
75Finland74+0.3 pts
76Bulgaria73.7+0.3 pts
77Dominica73.1+0.4 pts
78Djibouti72.8+0.2 pts
79Czechia72.70 pts
80Dominican Republic72.4-0.1 pts
81Syria72.2-0.4 pts
82Equatorial Guinea71.1+0.2 pts
83Bolivia70.9+0.3 pts
84Estonia70.7+0.2 pts
85Mongolia70.4+0.7 pts
86Hungary70.3+0.1 pts
87Tunisia70+0.3 pts
88Iraq69.9-0 pts
89Angola69.9+0.8 pts
90Italy69.5+0.1 pts
91Ukraine69.5+0.1 pts
92Paraguay69.3+0.7 pts
93Austria69.2+0.2 pts
94São Tomé and Príncipe68.6+0.2 pts
95Lithuania68.6+0.3 pts
96Latvia68.4+0.1 pts
97New Caledonia67.8+0.2 pts
98Botswana67+0.4 pts
99Cyprus66.70 pts
100Nepal66.5+0.2 pts
101Panama65.90 pts
102Suriname65.8-0.1 pts
103Armenia65.7+0.1 pts
104China65.5+0.3 pts
105Montenegro65.5+0.1 pts
106Ireland64.1+0.2 pts
107Tuvalu64+0.7 pts
108Gambia63.8+0.5 pts
109Republic of the Congo63.70 pts
110South Africa63.6+0.1 pts
111North Korea63.5+0.3 pts
112Ecuador63.10 pts
113Morocco62.7+0.2 pts
114North Macedonia62.3+0.3 pts
115Nigeria62.2+0.8 pts
116Serbia62.1+0.2 pts
117Aruba61.8-0 pts
118Kazakhstan61.8+0.3 pts
119French Polynesia61.70 pts
120Kiribati61.5+1 pts
121Portugal61.2+0.1 pts
122Thailand60.9+1.2 pts
123Georgia60.8+0.7 pts
124Poland59.9+0.1 pts
125Mauritania59.7+0.9 pts
126Barbados59.4+0.1 pts
127Nicaragua59.1+0.1 pts
128Fiji58.6+0.5 pts
129Azerbaijan58.5+0.1 pts
130Jamaica58.5+0.5 pts
131Honduras58.3+0.5 pts
132Albania58.2+0.3 pts
133Indonesia58.1+0.6 pts
134Ghana57.8+0.6 pts
135Croatia57.2+0.2 pts
136British Virgin Islands55.6+0.8 pts
137Guatemala55.6+0.4 pts
138Slovenia55.5+0.2 pts
139Cameroon55.1+0.3 pts
140Philippines55.1+0.3 pts
141Liberia55+0.5 pts
142Senegal54.7+1.3 pts
143Haiti54.4+0.6 pts
144Somalia54.1+0.6 pts
145Trinidad and Tobago540 pts
146Côte d’Ivoire53.4+0.6 pts
147Slovakia53.20 pts
148Isle of Man52.2-0 pts
149Romania52.20 pts
150Benin51.7+0.8 pts
151Bosnia and Herzegovina51.6+0.5 pts
152Uzbekistan510 pts
153Namibia50+0.4 pts
154Saint Vincent and the Grenadines47.7+0.1 pts
155Turkmenistan47.10 pts
156Guinea-Bissau45.6+0.4 pts
157Seychelles45.1+0.2 pts
158Zambia45+0.4 pts
159Sierra Leone44.8+0.5 pts
160Democratic Republic of the Congo44.4+0.4 pts
161Central African Republic43.7+0.4 pts
162Togo43.2+0.5 pts
163Moldova43+0.6 pts
164Egypt42.7+0.1 pts
165Lesotho42.7+1 pts
166Belize41.9-0.2 pts
167Bhutan41.7+0.8 pts
168Maldives41.5+0.4 pts
169Cambodia40.6+0.3 pts
170Zimbabwe39.3+0.6 pts
171Faroe Islands39.2+0.2 pts
172Mauritius390 pts
173Pakistan38.8+0.4 pts
174Laos38.8+0.7 pts
175Vietnam38.1+0.6 pts
176Guinea37.6+0.4 pts
177Yemen36.6+0.2 pts
178Grenada36.5+0.1 pts
179Mozambique35.7+0.7 pts
180Tanzania35.5+0.7 pts
181India35.1+0.3 pts
182Sudan34.8+0.1 pts
183Kyrgyzstan34.70 pts
184Eritrea34.7-0.2 pts
185Comoros33.2+0.4 pts
186Bangladesh32.2+0.5 pts
187Madagascar32+0.4 pts
188Saint Kitts and Nevis31.7+0.1 pts
189Kenya31.6+0.2 pts
190Mali31+0.6 pts
191Uganda30.6+0.7 pts
192Myanmar30.4+0.1 pts
193Solomon Islands30+0.7 pts
194Saint Lucia29.1-0 pts
195Rwanda28.9+1.1 pts
196Timor-Leste28.60 pts
197Burkina Faso27.8+0.5 pts
198Guyana26.50 pts
199Chad26.3+0.6 pts
200Tajikistan26.2-0 pts
201Eswatini25.8+0.4 pts
202Afghanistan25.5+0.1 pts
203Antigua and Barbuda24.5-0.1 pts
204Burundi23.6+1.2 pts
205Ethiopia23.1+0.3 pts
206Micronesia22.40 pts
207Vanuatu22.30 pts
208Tonga21.10 pts
209South Sudan21.1+0.3 pts
210Sri Lanka20.1+0.2 pts
211Niger17.8+0.3 pts
212Samoa17.50 pts
213Malawi17+0.3 pts
214Papua New Guinea15.1+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 2023, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest share of urban population?

Liechtenstein, with 14.7% in 2023.

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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