Urbanization by sovereign state

The percentage of urbanized population by country (2018 data)

This is a list of countries by urbanization .

Methodology

There are two measures of the degree of urbanization of a population. The first, urban population, describes the percentage of the total population living in urban areas, as defined by the country.

The second measure, rate of urbanization, describes the projected average rate of change of the size of the urban population over the given period of time.

As of 2022, countries with more than 80% of people living in urban areas include the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, France, Finland, Denmark, Israel, Spain and South Korea.

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List

Country or territory	Urban population (2022) [1]	% of total population (2023) [2]	% change in urbanization rate from 2020–2025 [2]
Kuwait	4,268,870	100.0	1.35
Monaco	36,470	100.0	0.50
Nauru	12,670	100.0	0.18
Singapore	5,637,020	100.0	0.74
Vatican City	-	100.0	0.00
Anguilla (UK)	-	100.0	0.47
Bermuda (UK)	63,530	100.0	–0.20
Cayman Islands (UK)	68,710	100.0	1.13
Gibraltar (UK)	32,650	100.0	0.45
Hong Kong (China)	7,346,100	100.0	0.58
Macau (China)	695,170	100.0	1.46
Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	42,850	100.0	1.16
Qatar	2,676,740	99.4	1.66
Belgium	11,469,980	98.2	0.38
San Marino	32,900	97.8	0.41
U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	101,340	96.2	–0.11
Uruguay	3,275,200	95.8	0.40
Guam (US)	163,340	95.2	0.84
Malta	503,890	94.9	0.28
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	42,980	94.2	1.46
Iceland	359,050	94.0	0.74
Puerto Rico (US)	3,015,920	93.6	−0.12
Netherlands	16,441,730	93.2	0.59
Israel	8,865,820	92.9	1.51
Argentina	42,696,480	92.5	0.97
Luxembourg	600,080	92.1	1.43
Northern Mariana Islands (US)	45,580	92.1	0.36
Japan	115,058,680	92.0	−0.25
Jordan	10,363,480	92.0	0.98
Gabon	2,167,650	91.0	2.27
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	-	90.1	0.75
Bahrain	1,321,230	89.9	1.99
Lebanon	4,900,250	89.4	–1.23
Curaçao (Netherlands)	133,530	89.0	0.57
Sweden	9,280,100	88.7	0.89
Denmark	5,216,340	88.5	0.54
Oman	4,015,700	88.4	2.32
Venezuela	25,012,470	88.4	1.16
Chile	17,234,030	88.0	0.78
Greenland (Denmark)	49,710	87.9	0.41
Andorra	70,090	87.8	0.11
Brazil	188,517,730	87.8	0.87
United Arab Emirates	8,265,050	87.8	1.50
American Samoa (US)	38,600	87.2	0.26
New Zealand	4,452,020	87.0	0.92
Australia	22,491,670	86.6	1.27
Finland	4,760,530	85.8	0.42
Saudi Arabia	30,848,830	85.0	1.69
United Kingdom	56,522,520	84.6	0.80
Dominican Republic	9,415,140	84.4	1.64
Norway	4,565,650	84.0	1.32
Bahamas	342,300	83.6	1.02
United States	276,908,630	83.3	0.96
Costa Rica	4,250,460	82.6	1.50
Colombia	42,562,640	82.4	1.01
Palau	14,800	82.4	1.59
Canada	31,825,970	81.9	0.95
France	55,402,740	81.8	0.67
Libya	5,538,570	81.6	1.45
Mexico	103,660,850	81.6	1.40
Spain	38,845,700	81.6	0.24
South Korea	42,039,230	81.5	0.31
Belarus	7,412,540	80.7	0.28
Greece	8,378,760	80.7	0.11
Taiwan	-	80.1	0.65
Falkland Islands (UK)	-	79.7	0.53
Brunei	354,060	79.1	1.44
Marshall Islands	32,640	78.9	0.61
Peru	26,799,750	78.9	1.33
Malaysia	26,544,440	78.7	1.87
Djibouti	878,520	78.6	1.56
Germany	65,067,460	77.8	0.13
Palestine	3,898,260	77.6	2.85
Cuba	8,678,350	77.5	0.19
Turkey	65,453,230	77.5	1.11
Iran	68,013,040	77.3	1.32
Bulgaria	4,936,940	76.7	−0.28
São Tomé and Príncipe	172,250	76.4	2.96
Cook Islands (New Zealand)	-	76.2	0.52
El Salvador	4,737,530	75.4	1.33
Algeria	33,575,040	75.3	1.99
Russia	108,359,440	75.3	0.11
Czech Republic	7,937,600	74.6	0.20
Equatorial Guinea	1,239,600	74.4	3.62
Switzerland	6,502,140	74.2	0.79
Botswana	1,899,700	72.9	2.47
Hungary	6,996,220	72.9	0.05
New Caledonia (France)	194,710	72.7	1.72
Dominica	52,150	72.0	0.84
Italy	42,234,940	72.0	0.27
Iraq	31,749,760	71.6	2.91
Bolivia	8,658,340	71.2	1.87
Tunisia	8,675,720	70.5	1.34
Ukraine	26,569,220	70.1	−0.27
Estonia	938,910	69.8	-0.03
Panama	3,048,140	69.5	1.92
Congo	4,103,830	69.2	3.19
Mongolia	2,342,490	69.1	1.40
South Africa	40,928,490	68.8	1.72
Angola	24,229,340	68.7	4.04
Latvia	1,288,130	68.7	−0.68
Lithuania	1,938,680	68.7	−0.12
Montenegro	420,720	68.5	0.45
Cape Verde	400,640	68.0	1.83
Portugal	7,014,160	67.9	0.44
Cyprus	837,380	67.0	0.76
Suriname	409,800	66.4	0.88
Tuvalu	7,410	66.2	2.08
Morocco	24,196,350	65.1	1.88
Ecuador	11,623,250	64.8	1.62
Albania	1,772,140	64.6	1.29
China	897,578,430	64.6	1.78
Gambia	1,727,830	64.5	3.75
Ireland	3,290,770	64.5	1.15
Armenia	1,767,630	63.7	0.23
North Korea	16,401,830	63.2	0.85
Paraguay	4,259,530	63.1	1.64
French Polynesia (France)	190,410	62.3	0.65
Serbia [3]	4,093,405	62.1	0.04
Georgia	2,238,530	60.7	0.35
Honduras	6,217,980	60.2	2.48
Poland	22,142,390	60.2	−0.16
Nicaragua	4,138,180	59.8	1.45
Haiti	6,814,300	59.7	2.47
Austria	5,357,840	59.5	0.68
North Macedonia	1,216,460	59.5	0.61
Cameroon	16,395,040	59.3	3.43
Ghana	19,621,880	59.2	3.06
Seychelles	70,000	58.8	0.99
Fiji	541,390	58.7	1.37
Croatia	2,244,690	58.6	0.05
Indonesia	159,608,950	58.6	1.99
Kazakhstan	11,378,780	58.2	1.19
Kiribati	74,880	57.8	2.77
Mauritania	2,695,950	57.7	3.84
Azerbaijan	5,798,040	57.6	1.38
World	4,522,994,900	57.5	1.73
Jamaica	1,611,830	57.4	0.79
Syria	12,560,280	57.4	5.38
Slovenia	1,177,450	56.1	0.54
Namibia	1,385,060	54.9	3.64
Romania	10,378,520	54.7	–0.15
Nigeria	116,965,440	54.3	3.92
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	56,000	54.3	0.94
Slovakia	2,928,200	54.0	0.17
Turkmenistan	3,440,080	54.0	2.23
Liberia	2,813,870	53.6	3.41
Thailand	37,919,840	53.6	1.43
Isle of Man (UK)	45,020	53.5	0.97
Trinidad and Tobago	816,660	53.4	0.23
Ivory Coast	14,829,620	53.1	3.38
Guatemala	9,141,700	53.1	2.59
Uzbekistan	17,990,170	50.5	1.25
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,611,620	50.3	0.61
Kosovo [4]	1,585,566	50.2	-
Benin	6,614,210	50.1	3.74
British Virgin Islands (UK)	15,440	49.7	1.73
Senegal	8,499,950	49.6	3.59
Philippines	55,441,750	48.3	2.04
Niue (New Zealand)	-	48.2	1.43
Somalia	8,327,850	47.9	4.20
DR Congo	46,373,410	47.4	4.33
Belize	188,030	46.6	2.30
Zambia	9,160,290	46.3	4.15
Mali	10,265,850	46.2	4.57
Guinea-Bissau	948,370	45.5	3.22
Togo	3,886,440	44.5	3.60
Bhutan	341,820	44.4	2.52
Aruba (Netherlands)	46,890	44.3	0.77
Sierra Leone	3,771,970	44.3	3.02
Central African Republic	2,405,730	43.6	3.32
Moldova	1,096,120	43.4	0.09
Eritrea	1,570,320	43.3	3.67
Egypt	47,689,120	43.1	1.90
Faroe Islands (Denmark)	22,710	43.0	0.89
Maldives	217,560	42.0	2.34
Mauritius	515,240	40.9	0.28
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	-	40.7	0.98
Madagascar	11,809,740	40.6	4.26
Bangladesh	67,979,820	40.5	2.88
Yemen	13,205,030	39.8	3.71
Vietnam	38,063,120	39.5	2.70
Mozambique	12,590,070	38.8	4.24
Laos	2,830,480	38.2	2.99
Guinea	5,220,540	38.1	3.64
Pakistan	88,979,080	38.0	2.10
Kyrgyzstan	2,612,870	37.8	2.05
Tanzania	24,025,880	37.4	4.89
Grenada	46,250	37.1	0.86
India	508,368,360	36.4	2.33
Sudan	16,854,090	36.3	3.43
Zimbabwe	5,287,040	32.5	2.41
Burkina Faso	7,227,720	32.5	4.75
Timor-Leste	430,210	32.5	3.31
Myanmar	17,213,310	32.1	1.85
Barbados	88,220	31.4	0.46
Guernsey (UK)	-	31.2	0.68
Jersey (UK)	-	31.2	0.68
Saint Kitts and Nevis	14,770	31.1	1.06
Lesotho	690,430	30.4	2.77
Comoros	249,890	30.1	2.97
Kenya	15,669,050	29.5	4.09
Tajikistan	2,783,590	28.2	2.73
Guyana	218,530	27.2	1.01
Afghanistan	10,946,830	26.9	3.34
Uganda	12,360,020	26.8	5.41
Solomon Islands	185,300	26.0	3.57
Vanuatu	84,350	26.0	2.55
Cambodia	4,211,080	25.6	3.06
Eswatini	295,320	24.8	2.42
Chad	4,264,760	24.4	4.10
Antigua and Barbuda	22,830	24.3	0.87
Micronesia	26,500	23.4	1.52
Ethiopia	27,959,130	23.2	4.40
Tonga	24,710	23.2	0.99
Nepal	6,552,760	21.9	3.09
South Sudan	2,274,960	21.2	4.12
Saint Lucia	34,260	19.2	0.98
Sri Lanka	4,220,160	19.2	1.22
Malawi	3,668,880	18.3	4.41
Rwanda	2,441,370	17.9	3.07
Samoa	39,170	17.5	−0.03
Niger	4,427,580	17.1	4.72
Burundi	1,858,290	14.8	5.43
Liechtenstein	5,720	14.6	1.15
Papua New Guinea	1,377,570	13.7	2.91
Montserrat (UK)	-	9.3	0.94
Tokelau (New Zealand)	-	0.0	0.00
Wallis and Futuna (France)	-	0.0	0.00

See also

• List of Brazilian federative units by urbanization rate

References

1. "Urban population". The World Bank. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
2. "World Factbook Urbanization". Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
3. https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2025/HtmlE/G20251177.html#
4. "Regjistrimi i popullsisë, ekonomive familjare dhe banesave në Kosovë 2024" (PDF). Retrieved 1 January 2025.

External links

• 2018 Revision of World Urbanization Prospects, Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations