Which country in North America has the most urban population?

Canada has the most urban population in North America: 83% urban (2025). Next come the Bahamas (81% urban) and the United States (80% urban).

Which country in North America has the most rural population?

Antigua and Barbuda, with 24% urban (2025).

What is the typical urban population of a country in North America?

The median of the 23 countries in North America is 59% 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. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Countries in North America by urban population

The share of people living in urban areas, as each country defines them — the World Bank does not impose one definition. 23 countries in North America, highest first. World Bank, 2025

See it on the map

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Highest

83%

Canada

Median country

59%

half above, half below

Lowest

24%

Antigua and Barbuda

Countries in North America by urban population, World Bank, 2025
#	Country	% urban	Region
1	Canada	83%	Northern America
2	Bahamas	81%	Caribbean
3	United States	80%	Northern America
4	Mexico	80%	Central America
5	Costa Rica	80%	Central America
6	Cuba	77%	Caribbean
7	El Salvador	76%	Central America
8	Dominica	74%	Caribbean
9	Dominican Republic	73%	Caribbean
10	Panama	66%	Central America
11	Barbados	60%	Caribbean
=12	Jamaica	59%	Caribbean
=12	Nicaragua	59%	Central America
14	Honduras	59%	Central America
15	Guatemala	56%	Central America
16	Haiti	56%	Caribbean
17	Trinidad and Tobago	54%	Caribbean
18	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	48%	Caribbean
19	Belize	42%	Central America
20	Grenada	37%	Caribbean
21	Saint Kitts and Nevis	32%	Caribbean
22	Saint Lucia	29%	Caribbean
23	Antigua and Barbuda	24%	Caribbean

Territories and other places

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

Place	% urban	Status
Bermuda	100%	Territory of United Kingdom
Cayman Islands	100%	Territory of United Kingdom
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
Curaçao	92%	Territory of Netherlands
Greenland	89%	Territory of Denmark
Aruba	62%	Territory of Netherlands
British Virgin Islands	57%	Territory of United Kingdom

Questions

Which country in North America has the most urban population?: Canada has the most urban population in North America: 83% urban (2025). Next come the Bahamas (81% urban) and the United States (80% urban).
Which country in North America has the most rural population?: Antigua and Barbuda, with 24% urban (2025).
What is the typical urban population of a country in North America?: The median of the 23 countries in North America is 59% 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. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

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.