demographic2100
Projected share of population living in urban areas
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2100; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
76.7%
Median: 81.6%
Countries Covered
236
with available data
Highest
Gibraltar
100.0%
Lowest
Wallis and Futuna
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Gibraltar100.0%
2Holy See (Vatican City State)100.0%
3Monaco100.0%
4Macao99.9%
5Singapore99.9%
By Region
Asia91.5%(27 countries)
Africa87.9%(9 countries)
South America87.8%(7 countries)
Oceania82.0%(2 countries)
North America81.3%(4 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0%)High (100.0%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 76.7%)
Asia (27)
Africa (9)
South America (7)
Oceania (2)
North America (4)
Europe (32)
Other (155)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2100; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% |
| 2 | Holy See (Vatican City State) | 100.0% |
| 3 | Monaco | 100.0% |
| 4 | Macao | 99.9% |
| 5 | Singapore | 99.9% |
| 6 | Bahrain | 99.2% |
| 7 | Egypt | 99.0% |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 98.9% |
| 9 | Rwanda | 98.7% |
| 10 | Mayotte | 98.5% |
| 11 | State of Palestine | 98.1% |
| 12 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 98.0% |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 98.0% |
| 14 | Kuwait | 97.7% |
| 15 | Burundi | 97.6% |
| 16 | Israel | 97.5% |
| 17 | Cayman Islands | 97.2% |
| 18 | Qatar | 96.9% |
| 19 | Comoros | 96.6% |
| 20 | Jordan | 96.0% |
| 21 | Nauru | 96.0% |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 95.8% |
| 23 | South Korea | 95.1% |
| 24 | Pakistan | 95.0% |
| 25 | Curaçao | 94.8% |
| 26 | Uzbekistan | 94.7% |
| 27 | Equatorial Guinea | 94.4% |
| 28 | Taiwan, Province of China | 94.4% |
| 29 | Uganda | 94.0% |
| 30 | Malta | 94.0% |
| 31 | Republic of the Congo | 93.7% |
| 32 | Yemen | 93.7% |
| 33 | Sao Tome and Principe | 93.3% |
| 34 | Malawi | 93.2% |
| 35 | Lebanon | 93.2% |
| 36 | Somalia | 92.5% |
| 37 | Aruba | 92.5% |
| 38 | Japan | 92.4% |
| 39 | Tajikistan | 92.3% |
| 40 | Guernsey | 92.2% |
| 41 | Venezuela | 92.0% |
| 42 | Djibouti | 91.9% |
| 43 | Türkiye | 91.4% |
| 44 | Iraq | 91.3% |
| 45 | Afghanistan | 90.7% |
| 46 | Western Sahara | 90.5% |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 90.4% |
| 48 | French Guiana | 90.3% |
| 49 | United Republic of Tanzania | 90.3% |
| 50 | Argentina | 90.2% |
| 51 | Uruguay | 90.2% |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 90.1% |
| 53 | Colombia | 90.1% |
| 54 | North Korea | 90.0% |
| 55 | Jersey | 90.0% |
| 56 | Belarus | 89.7% |
| 57 | Vietnam | 89.1% |
| 58 | Gabon | 89.0% |
| 59 | Bahamas | 89.0% |
| 60 | Kenya | 89.0% |
| 61 | Guam | 88.9% |
| 62 | Cameroon | 88.8% |
| 63 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 88.7% |
| 64 | Reunion | 88.7% |
| 65 | Oman | 88.6% |
| 66 | United Kingdom | 88.6% |
| 67 | Nigeria | 88.5% |
| 68 | Chile | 88.4% |
| 69 | Syrian Arab Republic | 87.9% |
| 70 | Cuba | 87.8% |
| 71 | Malaysia | 87.4% |
| 72 | Algeria | 87.3% |
| 73 | Haiti | 87.3% |
| 74 | South Africa | 87.1% |
| 75 | Saint Barthélemy | 87.1% |
| 76 | Trinidad and Tobago | 87.0% |
| 77 | Philippines | 86.9% |
| 78 | Ecuador | 86.6% |
| 79 | Brazil | 86.5% |
| 80 | Togo | 86.5% |
| 81 | Ghana | 86.3% |
| 82 | Spain | 86.2% |
| 83 | Kyrgyzstan | 86.2% |
| 84 | Saint Martin (French part) | 86.1% |
| 85 | Indonesia | 86.1% |
| 86 | India | 86.1% |
| 87 | Benin | 86.1% |
| 88 | Ethiopia | 86.1% |
| 89 | Netherlands | 86.0% |
| 90 | Iceland | 85.9% |
| 91 | Angola | 85.4% |
| 92 | Republic of The Gambia | 85.2% |
| 93 | Sri Lanka | 85.0% |
| 94 | Kazakhstan | 84.8% |
| 95 | Samoa | 84.6% |
| 96 | Ukraine | 84.6% |
| 97 | Australia | 84.5% |
| 98 | Albania | 84.4% |
| 99 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 84.2% |
| 100 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 84.1% |
| 101 | Russian Federation | 83.7% |
| 102 | People's Republic of China | 83.5% |
| 103 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 83.5% |
| 104 | Senegal | 83.5% |
| 105 | Turkmenistan | 83.3% |
| 106 | Montenegro | 83.3% |
| 107 | Costa Rica | 83.1% |
| 108 | Brunei Darussalam | 83.0% |
| 109 | South Sudan | 82.8% |
| 110 | Peru | 82.7% |
| 111 | Guatemala | 82.7% |
| 112 | Morocco | 82.4% |
| 113 | Guyana | 82.2% |
| 114 | Mexico | 82.1% |
| 115 | Sudan | 82.1% |
| 116 | Mauritius | 81.9% |
| 117 | Bermuda | 81.7% |
| 118 | Cote d'Ivoire | 81.6% |
| 119 | Bolivia | 81.6% |
| 120 | Tuvalu | 81.5% |
| 121 | Armenia | 81.3% |
| 122 | Libya | 81.2% |
| 123 | Suriname | 81.1% |
| 124 | Jamaica | 81.1% |
| 125 | Greece | 81.1% |
| 126 | Azerbaijan | 81.0% |
| 127 | San Marino | 80.8% |
| 128 | Switzerland | 80.6% |
| 129 | Cyprus | 80.4% |
| 130 | United States of America | 80.3% |
| 131 | Latvia | 80.3% |
| 132 | Canada | 80.2% |
| 133 | Nepal | 80.2% |
| 134 | Barbados | 80.0% |
| 135 | Estonia | 79.9% |
| 136 | Belgium | 79.8% |
| 137 | Antigua and Barbuda | 79.7% |
| 138 | Lithuania | 79.6% |
| 139 | New Zealand | 79.6% |
| 140 | Mozambique | 79.5% |
| 141 | El Salvador | 79.3% |
| 142 | Italy | 78.9% |
| 143 | Botswana | 78.7% |
| 144 | Eritrea | 78.4% |
| 145 | Seychelles | 78.1% |
| 146 | Cape Verde | 77.6% |
| 147 | Serbia | 76.6% |
| 148 | Liechtenstein | 76.6% |
| 149 | Portugal | 76.1% |
| 150 | Cambodia | 75.8% |
| 151 | Luxembourg | 75.7% |
| 152 | Mongolia | 75.7% |
| 153 | Germany | 75.6% |
| 154 | Thailand | 75.6% |
| 155 | Tunisia | 75.4% |
| 156 | Panama | 75.2% |
| 157 | Zambia | 75.0% |
| 158 | Myanmar | 74.8% |
| 159 | Mauritania | 74.5% |
| 160 | Sweden | 74.5% |
| 161 | Bulgaria | 74.3% |
| 162 | Poland | 74.2% |
| 163 | French Polynesia | 73.8% |
| 164 | Honduras | 73.8% |
| 165 | Niger | 73.7% |
| 166 | New Caledonia | 72.8% |
| 167 | Kiribati | 72.6% |
| 168 | Norway | 71.9% |
| 169 | Guinea | 71.8% |
| 170 | Andorra | 71.6% |
| 171 | Nicaragua | 71.5% |
| 172 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 71.3% |
| 173 | Georgia | 71.3% |
| 174 | Madagascar | 71.2% |
| 175 | Northern Mariana Islands | 71.1% |
| 176 | Burkina Faso | 70.5% |
| 177 | American Samoa | 70.5% |
| 178 | Mali | 70.1% |
| 179 | Paraguay | 69.9% |
| 180 | Guadeloupe | 69.8% |
| 181 | Virgin Islands, British | 69.8% |
| 182 | Finland | 69.7% |
| 183 | Denmark | 68.7% |
| 184 | Tonga | 68.7% |
| 185 | Central African Republic | 68.4% |
| 186 | Croatia | 68.3% |
| 187 | Belize | 66.9% |
| 188 | Grenada | 66.8% |
| 189 | Sierra Leone | 66.8% |
| 190 | Romania | 66.5% |
| 191 | Hungary | 66.3% |
| 192 | France | 66.3% |
| 193 | Liberia | 66.3% |
| 194 | Maldives | 66.2% |
| 195 | Martinique | 65.8% |
| 196 | Chad | 65.3% |
| 197 | Czech Republic | 65.2% |
| 198 | Austria | 65.2% |
| 199 | Saint Lucia | 65.1% |
| 200 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 65.1% |
| 201 | Marshall Islands | 64.9% |
| 202 | Namibia | 64.7% |
| 203 | Papua New Guinea | 64.5% |
| 204 | Fiji | 63.4% |
| 205 | Ireland | 63.1% |
| 206 | Isle of Man | 62.2% |
| 207 | Puerto Rico | 62.1% |
| 208 | Timor-Leste | 61.8% |
| 209 | Guinea-Bissau | 61.6% |
| 210 | Lesotho | 60.3% |
| 211 | Slovakia | 59.7% |
| 212 | Moldova, Republic of | 59.6% |
| 213 | Zimbabwe | 58.0% |
| 214 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 54.7% |
| 215 | Slovenia | 54.7% |
| 216 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 53.9% |
| 217 | Vanuatu | 50.1% |
| 218 | Palau | 48.2% |
| 219 | Solomon Islands | 46.6% |
| 220 | Faroe Islands | 45.2% |
| 221 | Dominica | 43.1% |
| 222 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 43.0% |
| 223 | Greenland | 41.4% |
| 224 | Bhutan | 39.5% |
| 225 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 33.6% |
| 226 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 30.9% |
| 227 | Eswatini | 30.2% |
| 228 | Cook Islands | 0.0% |
| 229 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0.0% |
| 230 | Montserrat | 0.0% |
| 231 | Niue | 0.0% |
| 232 | Saint Helena | 0.0% |
| 233 | Anguilla | 0.0% |
| 234 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.0% |
| 235 | Tokelau | 0.0% |
| 236 | Wallis and Futuna | 0.0% |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2100).
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