Countries by urban population

Countries by urban population, World Bank, 2025

#	Country	% urban	Region
=1	Bahrain	100%	Western Asia
=1	Kuwait	100%	Western Asia
=1	Monaco	100%	Western Europe
=1	Nauru	100%	Micronesia
=1	Singapore	100%	South-Eastern Asia
6	Qatar	99%	Western Asia
7	San Marino	97%	Southern Europe
8	Netherlands	96%	Western Europe
=9	Malta	96%	Southern Europe
=9	Uruguay	96%	South America
11	Luxembourg	95%	Western Europe
12	Iceland	94%	Northern Europe
13	Jordan	93%	Western Asia
14	Argentina	92%	South America
15	Japan	92%	Eastern Asia
16	Gabon	92%	Middle Africa
17	Israel	92%	Western Asia
18	Lebanon	91%	Western Asia
19	Turkey	90%	Western Asia
20	Venezuela	89%	South America
21	Chile	89%	South America
22	Sweden	89%	Northern Europe
23	Andorra	89%	Southern Europe
24	Denmark	89%	Northern Europe
25	Brazil	88%	South America
26	Libya	88%	Northern Africa
=27	Australia	88%	Australia and New Zealand
=27	Belgium	88%	Western Europe
29	United Arab Emirates	86%	Western Asia
30	Switzerland	86%	Western Europe
31	Peru	86%	South America
32	Saudi Arabia	85%	Western Asia
33	New Zealand	84%	Australia and New Zealand
34	Norway	84%	Northern Europe
35	United Kingdom	83%	Northern Europe
36	Canada	83%	Northern America
37	Germany	82%	Western Europe
38	Bahamas	81%	Caribbean
39	South Korea	81%	Eastern Asia
40	Spain	81%	Southern Europe
41	United States	80%	Northern America
42	Mexico	80%	Central America
43	Costa Rica	80%	Central America
=44	Belarus	80%	Eastern Europe
=44	Oman	80%	Western Asia
46	Palau	79%	Micronesia
47	Greece	79%	Southern Europe
48	Marshall Islands	79%	Micronesia
=49	Colombia	79%	South America
=49	France	79%	Western Europe
51	Cabo Verde	78%	Western Africa
=52	Iran	77%	Southern Asia
=52	Malaysia	77%	South-Eastern Asia
54	Cuba	77%	Caribbean
55	Algeria	76%	Northern Africa
56	El Salvador	76%	Central America
57	Russia	75%	Eastern Europe
58	Brunei	75%	South-Eastern Asia
59	Finland	75%	Northern Europe
60	Bulgaria	74%	Eastern Europe
61	Dominica	74%	Caribbean
62	Djibouti	73%	Eastern Africa
63	Czechia	73%	Eastern Europe
64	Dominican Republic	73%	Caribbean
65	Syria	72%	Western Asia
=66	Bolivia	72%	South America
=66	Equatorial Guinea	72%	Middle Africa
68	Angola	72%	Middle Africa
69	Mongolia	71%	Eastern Asia
=70	Estonia	71%	Northern Europe
=70	Hungary	71%	Eastern Europe
=70	Tunisia	71%	Northern Africa
73	Paraguay	70%	South America
74	Iraq	70%	Western Asia
=75	Austria	70%	Western Europe
=75	Italy	70%	Southern Europe
77	Ukraine	70%	Eastern Europe
78	São Tomé and Principe	69%	Middle Africa
79	Lithuania	69%	Northern Europe
80	Latvia	69%	Northern Europe
81	Botswana	68%	Southern Africa
82	Nepal	67%	Southern Asia
83	Cyprus	67%	Western Asia
84	China	66%	Eastern Asia
85	Panama	66%	Central America
86	Armenia	66%	Western Asia
87	Suriname	66%	South America
88	Montenegro	66%	Southern Europe
89	Gambia	65%	Western Africa
90	Ireland	65%	Northern Europe
91	North Korea	64%	Eastern Asia
92	Congo	64%	Middle Africa
=93	Nigeria	64%	Western Africa
=93	South Africa	64%	Southern Africa
=95	Ecuador	63%	South America
=95	Kiribati	63%	Micronesia
97	Morocco	63%	Northern Africa
98	North Macedonia	63%	Southern Europe
99	Thailand	63%	South-Eastern Asia
100	Serbia	63%	Southern Europe
101	Kazakhstan	62%	Central Asia
=102	Mauritania	62%	Western Africa
=102	Portugal	62%	Southern Europe
104	Georgia	61%	Western Asia
105	Poland	60%	Eastern Europe
106	Barbados	60%	Caribbean
107	Fiji	60%	Melanesia
=108	Indonesia	59%	South-Eastern Asia
=108	Jamaica	59%	Caribbean
=108	Nicaragua	59%	Central America
111	Honduras	59%	Central America
=112	Albania	59%	Southern Europe
=112	Ghana	59%	Western Africa
114	Azerbaijan	59%	Western Asia
115	Croatia	58%	Southern Europe
116	Guatemala	56%	Central America
117	Liberia	56%	Western Africa
118	Slovenia	56%	Southern Europe
=119	Philippines	56%	South-Eastern Asia
=119	Senegal	56%	Western Africa
121	Cameroon	56%	Middle Africa
122	Haiti	56%	Caribbean
123	Somalia	55%	Eastern Africa
124	Côte d'Ivoire	55%	Western Africa
125	Trinidad and Tobago	54%	Caribbean
126	Benin	53%	Western Africa
127	Slovakia	53%	Eastern Europe
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	53%	Southern Europe
129	Romania	52%	Eastern Europe
130	Uzbekistan	51%	Central Asia
131	Namibia	51%	Southern Africa
132	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	48%	Caribbean
133	Turkmenistan	47%	Central Asia
134	Guinea-Bissau	47%	Western Africa
=135	Sierra Leone	46%	Western Africa
=135	Zambia	46%	Eastern Africa
137	Seychelles	46%	Eastern Africa
138	DR Congo	45%	Middle Africa
139	Lesotho	45%	Southern Africa
140	Central African Republic	45%	Middle Africa
141	Togo	44%	Western Africa
142	Moldova	44%	Eastern Europe
143	Bhutan	43%	Southern Asia
144	Egypt	43%	Northern Africa
145	Maldives	43%	Southern Asia
146	Belize	42%	Central America
147	Cambodia	41%	South-Eastern Asia
148	Zimbabwe	41%	Eastern Africa
149	Laos	40%	South-Eastern Asia
150	Pakistan	40%	Southern Asia
151	Mauritius	39%	Eastern Africa
152	Vietnam	39%	South-Eastern Asia
153	Guinea	39%	Western Africa
154	Mozambique	37%	Eastern Africa
155	Yemen	37%	Western Asia
156	Tanzania	37%	Eastern Africa
157	Grenada	37%	Caribbean
158	India	36%	Southern Asia
159	Sudan	35%	Northern Africa
160	Kyrgyzstan	35%	Central Asia
161	Eritrea	35%	Eastern Africa
162	Comoros	34%	Eastern Africa
163	Bangladesh	33%	Southern Asia
164	Madagascar	33%	Eastern Africa
=165	Kenya	32%	Eastern Africa
=165	Mali	32%	Western Africa
=167	Saint Kitts and Nevis	32%	Caribbean
=167	Uganda	32%	Eastern Africa
169	Solomon Islands	31%	Melanesia
170	Rwanda	31%	Eastern Africa
171	Myanmar	31%	South-Eastern Asia
172	Saint Lucia	29%	Caribbean
173	Burkina Faso	29%	Western Africa
174	Timor-Leste	29%	South-Eastern Asia
175	Chad	28%	Middle Africa
176	Eswatini	27%	Southern Africa
177	Guyana	27%	South America
178	Tajikistan	26%	Central Asia
179	Afghanistan	26%	Southern Asia
180	Burundi	26%	Eastern Africa
181	Antigua and Barbuda	24%	Caribbean
182	Ethiopia	24%	Eastern Africa
183	Micronesia	23%	Micronesia
184	Vanuatu	22%	Melanesia
185	South Sudan	22%	Eastern Africa
186	Tonga	21%	Polynesia
187	Sri Lanka	21%	Southern Asia
188	Niger	18%	Western Africa
189	Malawi	18%	Eastern Africa
190	Samoa	18%	Polynesia
191	Papua New Guinea	16%	Melanesia
192	Liechtenstein	15%	Western Europe

No World Bank figure for 2 countries: Taiwan, Vatican City.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed, and Antarctica. Highest first.

Place	% urban	Status
Bermuda	100%	Territory of United Kingdom
Cayman Islands	100%	Territory of United Kingdom
Hong Kong	100%	Territory of China
Macao	100%	Territory of China
Saint Martin	100%	Territory of France
Sint Maarten	100%	Territory of Netherlands
US Virgin Islands	95%	Territory of United States of America
Turks and Caicos Islands	94%	Territory of United Kingdom
Puerto Rico	94%	Territory of United States of America
Guam	94%	Territory of United States of America
Northern Mariana Islands	92%	Territory of United States of America
Curaçao	92%	Territory of Netherlands
Greenland	89%	Territory of Denmark
Palestine	87%	Status disputed
American Samoa	81%	Territory of United States of America
New Caledonia	68%	Territory of France
French Polynesia	62%	Territory of France
Aruba	62%	Territory of Netherlands
British Virgin Islands	57%	Territory of United Kingdom
Isle of Man	52%	Territory of United Kingdom
Faroe Islands	40%	Territory of Denmark

Questions

Which country has the most urban population?

Bahrain has the most urban population: 100% urban (2025). Next come Kuwait (100% urban) and Monaco (100% urban).

Which country has the most rural population?

Liechtenstein, with 15% urban (2025).

What is the typical urban population of a country?

The median of the 192 countries is 63% urban: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

The share of people living in urban areas, as each country defines them — the World Bank does not impose one definition. Source: World Bank, 2025. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.