demographic2020
Share of population living in cities
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
34.9%
Median: 35.2%
Countries Covered
236
with available data
Highest
Gibraltar
100.0%
Lowest
Virgin Islands, British
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Gibraltar100.0%
2Holy See (Vatican City State)100.0%
3Monaco100.0%
4Singapore99.7%
5Macao98.9%
By Region
Asia59.5%(27 countries)
South America58.3%(7 countries)
Oceania47.3%(2 countries)
Africa46.6%(9 countries)
North America42.8%(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: 34.9%)
Asia (27)
South America (7)
Oceania (2)
Africa (9)
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 2020; 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 | Singapore | 99.7% |
| 5 | Macao | 98.9% |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 96.4% |
| 7 | Bahrain | 89.4% |
| 8 | Kuwait | 88.0% |
| 9 | Republic of the Congo | 84.7% |
| 10 | Equatorial Guinea | 83.8% |
| 11 | Djibouti | 80.9% |
| 12 | Qatar | 79.0% |
| 13 | Taiwan, Province of China | 77.9% |
| 14 | South Korea | 75.4% |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 73.3% |
| 16 | Jordan | 73.1% |
| 17 | State of Palestine | 71.0% |
| 18 | Malta | 68.7% |
| 19 | Japan | 68.4% |
| 20 | Israel | 67.4% |
| 21 | Egypt | 67.0% |
| 22 | Iraq | 67.0% |
| 23 | Chile | 65.2% |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 65.1% |
| 25 | Argentina | 64.1% |
| 26 | Somalia | 63.9% |
| 27 | Türkiye | 63.8% |
| 28 | Angola | 63.2% |
| 29 | Colombia | 62.3% |
| 30 | Gabon | 62.2% |
| 31 | Sao Tome and Principe | 62.1% |
| 32 | Venezuela | 62.1% |
| 33 | Bahamas | 62.0% |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 61.1% |
| 35 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 60.6% |
| 36 | Curaçao | 59.6% |
| 37 | North Korea | 58.9% |
| 38 | United Kingdom | 57.4% |
| 39 | Peru | 56.0% |
| 40 | Malaysia | 55.0% |
| 41 | Belarus | 55.0% |
| 42 | Bolivia | 54.5% |
| 43 | Ecuador | 54.3% |
| 44 | Republic of The Gambia | 54.0% |
| 45 | Iceland | 54.0% |
| 46 | Brazil | 53.9% |
| 47 | Mexico | 53.6% |
| 48 | Cameroon | 53.5% |
| 49 | Indonesia | 53.0% |
| 50 | Uruguay | 52.7% |
| 51 | Canada | 52.1% |
| 52 | Morocco | 51.9% |
| 53 | Jersey | 51.3% |
| 54 | Spain | 51.2% |
| 55 | Lebanon | 50.5% |
| 56 | Cyprus | 50.1% |
| 57 | Senegal | 48.9% |
| 58 | Nigeria | 48.9% |
| 59 | Australia | 48.9% |
| 60 | Ghana | 48.9% |
| 61 | South Africa | 48.8% |
| 62 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 48.7% |
| 63 | Panama | 48.6% |
| 64 | Bangladesh | 47.6% |
| 65 | Russian Federation | 47.6% |
| 66 | Sudan | 47.6% |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 47.5% |
| 68 | Mongolia | 47.2% |
| 69 | Togo | 46.8% |
| 70 | Comoros | 46.6% |
| 71 | Syrian Arab Republic | 46.6% |
| 72 | Cuba | 46.4% |
| 73 | Yemen | 46.4% |
| 74 | Netherlands | 46.3% |
| 75 | Jamaica | 46.1% |
| 76 | Greece | 46.0% |
| 77 | New Zealand | 45.8% |
| 78 | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.7% |
| 79 | Pakistan | 45.5% |
| 80 | Libya | 45.0% |
| 81 | Tunisia | 44.8% |
| 82 | Ukraine | 44.8% |
| 83 | Liberia | 44.5% |
| 84 | Albania | 44.3% |
| 85 | Maldives | 44.2% |
| 86 | Kazakhstan | 43.9% |
| 87 | People's Republic of China | 43.5% |
| 88 | Mauritius | 43.2% |
| 89 | Barbados | 43.0% |
| 90 | Algeria | 42.9% |
| 91 | El Salvador | 42.8% |
| 92 | New Caledonia | 42.3% |
| 93 | Armenia | 41.7% |
| 94 | Uzbekistan | 41.6% |
| 95 | Philippines | 41.5% |
| 96 | Suriname | 40.2% |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 39.9% |
| 98 | Benin | 39.9% |
| 99 | Afghanistan | 39.7% |
| 100 | Honduras | 39.6% |
| 101 | Cape Verde | 39.5% |
| 102 | India | 39.5% |
| 103 | Reunion | 39.3% |
| 104 | Vietnam | 39.3% |
| 105 | Eritrea | 39.2% |
| 106 | Western Sahara | 39.0% |
| 107 | Sierra Leone | 38.7% |
| 108 | Estonia | 38.5% |
| 109 | Oman | 38.4% |
| 110 | Cote d'Ivoire | 38.2% |
| 111 | Myanmar | 38.1% |
| 112 | Haiti | 37.8% |
| 113 | Mauritania | 37.7% |
| 114 | Zambia | 36.9% |
| 115 | Guinea-Bissau | 35.9% |
| 116 | Portugal | 35.6% |
| 117 | Mayotte | 35.5% |
| 118 | Paraguay | 35.4% |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 35.1% |
| 120 | Latvia | 35.0% |
| 121 | Nicaragua | 34.9% |
| 122 | Guinea | 34.5% |
| 123 | United States of America | 34.4% |
| 124 | France | 34.3% |
| 125 | Italy | 34.3% |
| 126 | Thailand | 34.2% |
| 127 | Germany | 34.2% |
| 128 | Serbia | 33.9% |
| 129 | Georgia | 33.6% |
| 130 | Austria | 32.6% |
| 131 | Sweden | 32.0% |
| 132 | French Polynesia | 31.9% |
| 133 | South Sudan | 31.8% |
| 134 | Switzerland | 31.7% |
| 135 | Turkmenistan | 31.4% |
| 136 | Guatemala | 31.1% |
| 137 | Bulgaria | 31.0% |
| 138 | Chad | 31.0% |
| 139 | Romania | 30.9% |
| 140 | Fiji | 30.7% |
| 141 | Tajikistan | 30.6% |
| 142 | Kyrgyzstan | 30.6% |
| 143 | Belgium | 30.5% |
| 144 | Lithuania | 29.7% |
| 145 | Ireland | 29.5% |
| 146 | Denmark | 29.4% |
| 147 | Guyana | 28.6% |
| 148 | Poland | 28.6% |
| 149 | Brunei Darussalam | 28.5% |
| 150 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 28.4% |
| 151 | Puerto Rico | 28.2% |
| 152 | Croatia | 27.5% |
| 153 | Mozambique | 27.4% |
| 154 | Hungary | 27.3% |
| 155 | Finland | 26.1% |
| 156 | Mali | 25.8% |
| 157 | Norway | 25.3% |
| 158 | Central African Republic | 25.1% |
| 159 | Timor-Leste | 25.0% |
| 160 | Burkina Faso | 25.0% |
| 161 | Ethiopia | 24.6% |
| 162 | French Guiana | 24.0% |
| 163 | Montenegro | 23.6% |
| 164 | Niger | 23.5% |
| 165 | United Republic of Tanzania | 23.1% |
| 166 | Kenya | 23.0% |
| 167 | Luxembourg | 22.7% |
| 168 | Moldova, Republic of | 22.3% |
| 169 | Czech Republic | 22.2% |
| 170 | Zimbabwe | 21.8% |
| 171 | Martinique | 21.6% |
| 172 | Namibia | 20.5% |
| 173 | Cambodia | 19.8% |
| 174 | Botswana | 19.4% |
| 175 | Belize | 18.5% |
| 176 | Nepal | 18.5% |
| 177 | Madagascar | 18.3% |
| 178 | Bhutan | 16.9% |
| 179 | Solomon Islands | 16.6% |
| 180 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.2% |
| 181 | Slovenia | 15.5% |
| 182 | Burundi | 15.4% |
| 183 | Uganda | 14.8% |
| 184 | Slovakia | 14.2% |
| 185 | Rwanda | 14.0% |
| 186 | Lesotho | 12.4% |
| 187 | Papua New Guinea | 11.0% |
| 188 | Malawi | 10.8% |
| 189 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4.5% |
| 190 | Cayman Islands | 0.0% |
| 191 | Cook Islands | 0.0% |
| 192 | Dominica | 0.0% |
| 193 | Faroe Islands | 0.0% |
| 194 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0.0% |
| 195 | Kiribati | 0.0% |
| 196 | Greenland | 0.0% |
| 197 | Grenada | 0.0% |
| 198 | Guadeloupe | 0.0% |
| 199 | Guam | 0.0% |
| 200 | Liechtenstein | 0.0% |
| 201 | Montserrat | 0.0% |
| 202 | Nauru | 0.0% |
| 203 | Aruba | 0.0% |
| 204 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0% |
| 205 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.0% |
| 206 | Vanuatu | 0.0% |
| 207 | Niue | 0.0% |
| 208 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0% |
| 209 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.0% |
| 210 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% |
| 211 | Palau | 0.0% |
| 212 | Saint Barthélemy | 0.0% |
| 213 | Saint Helena | 0.0% |
| 214 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% |
| 215 | Anguilla | 0.0% |
| 216 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% |
| 217 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.0% |
| 218 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.0% |
| 219 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% |
| 220 | San Marino | 0.0% |
| 221 | Seychelles | 0.0% |
| 222 | Eswatini | 0.0% |
| 223 | Tokelau | 0.0% |
| 224 | Tonga | 0.0% |
| 225 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% |
| 226 | Tuvalu | 0.0% |
| 227 | Guernsey | 0.0% |
| 228 | Isle of Man | 0.0% |
| 229 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 0.0% |
| 230 | Wallis and Futuna | 0.0% |
| 231 | Samoa | 0.0% |
| 232 | American Samoa | 0.0% |
| 233 | Andorra | 0.0% |
| 234 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% |
| 235 | Bermuda | 0.0% |
| 236 | Virgin Islands, British | 0.0% |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2020).
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