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Countries by share of urban population

Bahrain had the highest share of urban population of 215 countries in 2024, at 100%. Liechtenstein had the lowest, at 14.7%. The median was 64.3% and the figure for the World was 57.6%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest100Bahrain
Lowest14.7Liechtenstein
Median64.3215 countries
World57.6History

Top 40 countries, 2024

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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: 97.2 %97.2MaltaMalta: 95.7 %95.7NetherlandsNetherlands: 95.6 %95.6UruguayUruguay: 95.6 %95.6U.S. Virgin IslandsU.S. Virgin Islands: 95.3 %95.3LuxembourgLuxembourg: 94.8 %94.8Puerto RicoPuerto Rico: 94.3 %94.3IcelandIceland: 94.2 %94.2GuamGuam: 94.2 %94.2Turks and Caicos IslandsTurks and Caicos Islands: 94.2 %94.2JordanJordan: 93 %93ArgentinaArgentina: 92.3 %92.3JapanJapan: 92.2 %92.2Northern Mariana IslandsNorthern Mariana Islands: 92.1 %92.1GabonGabon: 91.9 %91.9IsraelIsrael: 91.5 %91.5CuraçaoCuraçao: 91.4 %91.4LebanonLebanon: 90.7 %90.7TürkiyeTürkiye: 89.3 %89.3VenezuelaVenezuela: 89.3 %89.3ChileChile: 89 %89AndorraAndorra: 88.9 %88.9SwedenSweden: 88.9 %88.9DenmarkDenmark: 88.7 %88.7GreenlandGreenland: 88.3 %88.3BrazilBrazil: 87.9 %87.9LibyaLibya: 87.9 %87.9
%. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2024 (%)Change on 2023
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 Marino97.20 pts
15Malta95.70 pts
16Netherlands95.6+0.3 pts
17Uruguay95.6+0.1 pts
18U.S. Virgin Islands95.3+0.1 pts
19Luxembourg94.80 pts
20Puerto Rico94.3+0.1 pts
21Iceland94.20 pts
22Guam94.20 pts
23Turks and Caicos Islands94.2+0.2 pts
24Jordan93+0.3 pts
25Argentina92.3+0.1 pts
26Japan92.2+0.1 pts
27Northern Mariana Islands92.1+0.1 pts
28Gabon91.9+0.2 pts
29Israel91.50 pts
30Curaçao91.40 pts
31Lebanon90.7+0.3 pts
32Türkiye89.3+0.3 pts
33Venezuela89.30 pts
34Chile89+0.2 pts
35Andorra88.9+0.1 pts
36Sweden88.9+0.2 pts
37Denmark88.7+0.1 pts
38Greenland88.3+0.3 pts
39Brazil87.9+0.3 pts
40Libya87.90 pts
41Belgium87.6+0.1 pts
42Australia87.6+0.1 pts
43Palestine87.1+0.3 pts
44United Arab Emirates85.8+0.1 pts
45Switzerland85.5+0.3 pts
46Peru85.2+0.4 pts
47Saudi Arabia84.5+0.2 pts
48New Zealand83.90 pts
49Norway83.3+0.3 pts
50United Kingdom83.2+0.1 pts
51Canada82.7+0.2 pts
52Germany82+0.1 pts
53Bahamas81.30 pts
54South Korea81.20 pts
55American Samoa80.9-0.4 pts
56Spain80.3+0.2 pts
57United States80.1+0.1 pts
58Mexico79.8+0.3 pts
59Oman79.4-0.1 pts
60Costa Rica79.3+0.4 pts
61Palau79.2+0.1 pts
62Belarus79.2+0.3 pts
63Greece79+0.2 pts
64France78.80 pts
65Marshall Islands78.7+0.4 pts
66Colombia78.5+0.2 pts
67Cuba77.20 pts
68Iran77+0.3 pts
69Malaysia76.9+0.5 pts
70Cape Verde76.8+0.9 pts
71Algeria75.3+0.5 pts
72Russia75.1+0.1 pts
73El Salvador75.1+0.5 pts
74Brunei74.9+0.1 pts
75Finland74.3+0.3 pts
76Bulgaria73.9+0.2 pts
77Dominica73.5+0.4 pts
78Djibouti72.9+0.1 pts
79Czechia72.8+0.1 pts
80Dominican Republic72.4+0.1 pts
81Syria72.1-0.1 pts
82Equatorial Guinea71.4+0.2 pts
83Bolivia71.2+0.3 pts
84Mongolia71+0.5 pts
85Estonia70.70 pts
86Angola70.7+0.8 pts
87Hungary70.5+0.2 pts
88Tunisia70.4+0.3 pts
89Iraq69.90 pts
90Paraguay69.9+0.5 pts
91Italy69.6+0.1 pts
92Ukraine69.5+0.1 pts
93Austria69.5+0.2 pts
94São Tomé and Príncipe68.9+0.3 pts
95Lithuania68.8+0.3 pts
96Latvia68.5+0.1 pts
97New Caledonia68+0.2 pts
98Botswana67.5+0.4 pts
99Nepal66.8+0.2 pts
100Cyprus66.70 pts
101Panama66+0.1 pts
102China65.9+0.4 pts
103Armenia65.8+0.1 pts
104Suriname65.80 pts
105Montenegro65.5+0.1 pts
106Tuvalu64.7+0.7 pts
107Ireland64.3+0.2 pts
108Gambia64.3+0.5 pts
109Republic of the Congo63.9+0.2 pts
110North Korea63.9+0.3 pts
111South Africa63.7+0.1 pts
112Ecuador63.2+0.1 pts
113Nigeria63+0.8 pts
114Morocco62.8+0.1 pts
115North Macedonia62.6+0.3 pts
116Kiribati62.5+0.9 pts
117Serbia62.4+0.2 pts
118Kazakhstan62.1+0.3 pts
119Thailand61.9+0.9 pts
120Aruba61.8-0 pts
121French Polynesia61.70 pts
122Portugal61.3+0.1 pts
123Georgia61.1+0.3 pts
124Mauritania60.6+0.9 pts
125Poland60+0.1 pts
126Barbados59.5+0.1 pts
127Nicaragua59.3+0.1 pts
128Fiji59.1+0.5 pts
129Jamaica58.9+0.5 pts
130Honduras58.8+0.5 pts
131Indonesia58.8+0.6 pts
132Azerbaijan58.6+0.1 pts
133Albania58.5+0.3 pts
134Ghana58.4+0.6 pts
135Croatia57.5+0.3 pts
136British Virgin Islands56.5+0.9 pts
137Guatemala56+0.3 pts
138Slovenia55.8+0.2 pts
139Liberia55.5+0.5 pts
140Philippines55.5+0.3 pts
141Cameroon55.4+0.3 pts
142Senegal55.2+0.5 pts
143Haiti55+0.6 pts
144Somalia54.6+0.5 pts
145Côte d’Ivoire54+0.6 pts
146Trinidad and Tobago540 pts
147Slovakia53.20 pts
148Benin52.5+0.8 pts
149Romania52.20 pts
150Isle of Man52.2-0 pts
151Bosnia and Herzegovina52.1+0.6 pts
152Uzbekistan510 pts
153Namibia50.4+0.5 pts
154Saint Vincent and the Grenadines47.8+0.1 pts
155Turkmenistan47.10 pts
156Guinea-Bissau46.1+0.5 pts
157Zambia45.5+0.4 pts
158Sierra Leone45.4+0.6 pts
159Seychelles45.3+0.2 pts
160Democratic Republic of the Congo44.7+0.4 pts
161Central African Republic44.1+0.4 pts
162Togo43.8+0.6 pts
163Lesotho43.7+1 pts
164Moldova43.5+0.5 pts
165Egypt42.8+0.1 pts
166Bhutan42.6+0.8 pts
167Maldives42+0.5 pts
168Belize41.8-0.2 pts
169Cambodia40.9+0.2 pts
170Zimbabwe39.9+0.6 pts
171Laos39.6+0.7 pts
172Faroe Islands39.4+0.2 pts
173Pakistan39.2+0.4 pts
174Mauritius390 pts
175Vietnam38.5+0.4 pts
176Guinea38.1+0.4 pts
177Yemen36.8+0.2 pts
178Grenada36.6+0.1 pts
179Mozambique36.4+0.7 pts
180Tanzania36.2+0.7 pts
181India35.4+0.3 pts
182Sudan34.9+0.1 pts
183Kyrgyzstan34.70 pts
184Eritrea34.5-0.2 pts
185Comoros33.5+0.4 pts
186Bangladesh32.7+0.5 pts
187Madagascar32.4+0.5 pts
188Kenya31.9+0.3 pts
189Saint Kitts and Nevis31.8+0.1 pts
190Mali31.6+0.6 pts
191Uganda31.3+0.7 pts
192Solomon Islands30.7+0.7 pts
193Myanmar30.4+0.1 pts
194Rwanda29.9+1 pts
195Saint Lucia29.1-0 pts
196Timor-Leste28.7+0.1 pts
197Burkina Faso28.3+0.5 pts
198Chad26.9+0.6 pts
199Guyana26.50 pts
200Eswatini26.2+0.4 pts
201Tajikistan26.2-0 pts
202Afghanistan25.7+0.2 pts
203Burundi24.8+1.3 pts
204Antigua and Barbuda24.4-0.1 pts
205Ethiopia23.6+0.6 pts
206Micronesia22.50 pts
207Vanuatu22.30 pts
208South Sudan21.4+0.3 pts
209Tonga21.20 pts
210Sri Lanka20.3+0.2 pts
211Niger18+0.3 pts
212Samoa17.50 pts
213Malawi17.3+0.3 pts
214Papua New Guinea15.4+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 2024, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest share of urban population?

Liechtenstein, with 14.7% in 2024.

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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