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Share of population living in towns
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
35.0%
Median: 30.5%
Countries Covered
236
with available data
Highest
Bermuda
98.4%
Lowest
Wallis and Futuna
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Bermuda98.4%
2Sint Maarten (Dutch part)96.8%
3Aruba95.3%
4Nauru92.4%
5Cayman Islands92.3%
By Region
Other37.5%(155 countries)
Europe32.4%(32 countries)
North America32.3%(4 countries)
Oceania31.9%(2 countries)
Africa31.9%(9 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 (98.4%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 35.0%)
Other (155)
Europe (32)
North America (4)
Oceania (2)
Africa (9)
Asia (27)
South America (7)
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 | Bermuda | 98.4% |
| 2 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 96.8% |
| 3 | Aruba | 95.3% |
| 4 | Nauru | 92.4% |
| 5 | Cayman Islands | 92.3% |
| 6 | Guernsey | 90.9% |
| 7 | Saint Martin (French part) | 89.7% |
| 8 | Saint Barthélemy | 87.2% |
| 9 | Guam | 84.5% |
| 10 | San Marino | 80.5% |
| 11 | Seychelles | 78.7% |
| 12 | American Samoa | 78.7% |
| 13 | Rwanda | 78.1% |
| 14 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 76.6% |
| 15 | Liechtenstein | 75.5% |
| 16 | Antigua and Barbuda | 75.5% |
| 17 | Guadeloupe | 75.0% |
| 18 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 73.6% |
| 19 | Andorra | 73.4% |
| 20 | Saint Lucia | 72.7% |
| 21 | Grenada | 72.5% |
| 22 | Tuvalu | 72.4% |
| 23 | Burundi | 69.2% |
| 24 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 68.8% |
| 25 | Northern Mariana Islands | 67.7% |
| 26 | Isle of Man | 67.5% |
| 27 | Kiribati | 66.5% |
| 28 | Virgin Islands, British | 62.9% |
| 29 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 62.6% |
| 30 | Tonga | 60.6% |
| 31 | Marshall Islands | 59.4% |
| 32 | Montenegro | 58.2% |
| 33 | Samoa | 57.8% |
| 34 | Mayotte | 55.5% |
| 35 | Uganda | 54.7% |
| 36 | Nepal | 54.1% |
| 37 | Malawi | 53.6% |
| 38 | Puerto Rico | 52.7% |
| 39 | Kenya | 52.4% |
| 40 | Brunei Darussalam | 52.3% |
| 41 | Tajikistan | 52.2% |
| 42 | Western Sahara | 51.2% |
| 43 | Bangladesh | 50.3% |
| 44 | Martinique | 49.9% |
| 45 | Botswana | 49.8% |
| 46 | Sri Lanka | 49.6% |
| 47 | Reunion | 49.0% |
| 48 | Cambodia | 48.2% |
| 49 | Belgium | 48.0% |
| 50 | Mauritius | 47.7% |
| 51 | Vietnam | 47.6% |
| 52 | French Guiana | 46.1% |
| 53 | Luxembourg | 46.0% |
| 54 | Turkmenistan | 45.1% |
| 55 | Guyana | 45.1% |
| 56 | Kyrgyzstan | 44.9% |
| 57 | Haiti | 44.7% |
| 58 | Afghanistan | 44.7% |
| 59 | Switzerland | 44.4% |
| 60 | India | 43.9% |
| 61 | Uzbekistan | 43.8% |
| 62 | Barbados | 43.3% |
| 63 | Philippines | 43.3% |
| 64 | Dominica | 42.9% |
| 65 | Greenland | 42.5% |
| 66 | Pakistan | 42.5% |
| 67 | Italy | 42.5% |
| 68 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 42.2% |
| 69 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 42.1% |
| 70 | Guatemala | 41.9% |
| 71 | Trinidad and Tobago | 41.7% |
| 72 | People's Republic of China | 40.1% |
| 73 | Ethiopia | 39.8% |
| 74 | Comoros | 39.7% |
| 75 | United States of America | 39.6% |
| 76 | Jersey | 39.4% |
| 77 | Slovakia | 39.4% |
| 78 | Palau | 39.3% |
| 79 | Yemen | 39.3% |
| 80 | Norway | 39.1% |
| 81 | Lebanon | 39.1% |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 39.0% |
| 83 | Germany | 38.8% |
| 84 | Oman | 38.7% |
| 85 | Netherlands | 38.0% |
| 86 | Czech Republic | 37.8% |
| 87 | Faroe Islands | 37.8% |
| 88 | Belize | 37.6% |
| 89 | Algeria | 36.9% |
| 90 | Sweden | 36.9% |
| 91 | Cuba | 35.7% |
| 92 | Denmark | 35.4% |
| 93 | Papua New Guinea | 35.3% |
| 94 | Armenia | 35.3% |
| 95 | Hungary | 35.2% |
| 96 | Curaçao | 35.0% |
| 97 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 34.9% |
| 98 | Portugal | 34.9% |
| 99 | Slovenia | 34.8% |
| 100 | Finland | 34.8% |
| 101 | Uruguay | 33.5% |
| 102 | South Sudan | 33.4% |
| 103 | Australia | 33.3% |
| 104 | El Salvador | 33.2% |
| 105 | Indonesia | 32.9% |
| 106 | Kazakhstan | 32.8% |
| 107 | Benin | 32.6% |
| 108 | Syrian Arab Republic | 32.5% |
| 109 | Cape Verde | 32.1% |
| 110 | Nigeria | 31.7% |
| 111 | Poland | 31.5% |
| 112 | Myanmar | 31.3% |
| 113 | Russian Federation | 31.2% |
| 114 | Moldova, Republic of | 31.1% |
| 115 | Central African Republic | 31.0% |
| 116 | Serbia | 31.0% |
| 117 | Georgia | 30.7% |
| 118 | Suriname | 30.6% |
| 119 | New Zealand | 30.5% |
| 120 | United Republic of Tanzania | 30.4% |
| 121 | Libya | 30.4% |
| 122 | Egypt | 30.0% |
| 123 | Vanuatu | 30.0% |
| 124 | South Africa | 29.8% |
| 125 | French Polynesia | 29.7% |
| 126 | Nicaragua | 29.5% |
| 127 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 29.4% |
| 128 | Ukraine | 29.3% |
| 129 | Cote d'Ivoire | 29.1% |
| 130 | Bulgaria | 29.1% |
| 131 | United Kingdom | 28.7% |
| 132 | Lithuania | 28.2% |
| 133 | Ghana | 28.0% |
| 134 | France | 27.8% |
| 135 | North Korea | 27.6% |
| 136 | Spain | 27.5% |
| 137 | Malaysia | 27.3% |
| 138 | Sudan | 27.2% |
| 139 | Croatia | 26.8% |
| 140 | Estonia | 26.5% |
| 141 | Tunisia | 26.5% |
| 142 | Thailand | 26.4% |
| 143 | Malta | 26.4% |
| 144 | Venezuela | 26.4% |
| 145 | Jamaica | 26.3% |
| 146 | Costa Rica | 26.2% |
| 147 | Morocco | 26.2% |
| 148 | Israel | 26.1% |
| 149 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 26.1% |
| 150 | Austria | 26.1% |
| 151 | Niger | 25.9% |
| 152 | Cyprus | 25.5% |
| 153 | Brazil | 25.4% |
| 154 | Lesotho | 25.4% |
| 155 | Ireland | 25.3% |
| 156 | Fiji | 24.9% |
| 157 | Madagascar | 24.6% |
| 158 | Togo | 24.5% |
| 159 | Eritrea | 24.5% |
| 160 | Dominican Republic | 24.4% |
| 161 | Burkina Faso | 24.4% |
| 162 | Timor-Leste | 24.3% |
| 163 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 24.2% |
| 164 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 24.1% |
| 165 | Canada | 24.1% |
| 166 | Paraguay | 24.0% |
| 167 | Romania | 23.8% |
| 168 | Mexico | 23.7% |
| 169 | Albania | 23.6% |
| 170 | Eswatini | 23.5% |
| 171 | New Caledonia | 23.3% |
| 172 | Mongolia | 23.3% |
| 173 | Ecuador | 23.2% |
| 174 | State of Palestine | 23.1% |
| 175 | Japan | 22.8% |
| 176 | Mozambique | 22.6% |
| 177 | Latvia | 22.2% |
| 178 | Argentina | 22.0% |
| 179 | Iceland | 21.9% |
| 180 | Mauritania | 21.4% |
| 181 | Sao Tome and Principe | 21.3% |
| 182 | Mali | 21.3% |
| 183 | Namibia | 21.3% |
| 184 | Greece | 21.1% |
| 185 | Senegal | 20.9% |
| 186 | Gabon | 20.9% |
| 187 | Republic of The Gambia | 20.8% |
| 188 | Cameroon | 20.7% |
| 189 | Iraq | 20.5% |
| 190 | Chad | 20.5% |
| 191 | Jordan | 20.4% |
| 192 | Bahamas | 20.3% |
| 193 | Panama | 19.8% |
| 194 | Honduras | 19.5% |
| 195 | Colombia | 19.2% |
| 196 | Guinea | 19.1% |
| 197 | Guinea-Bissau | 19.1% |
| 198 | Sierra Leone | 19.0% |
| 199 | Belarus | 18.9% |
| 200 | Somalia | 18.7% |
| 201 | Saudi Arabia | 18.5% |
| 202 | Türkiye | 18.5% |
| 203 | Peru | 17.0% |
| 204 | United Arab Emirates | 16.9% |
| 205 | Bolivia | 16.7% |
| 206 | Taiwan, Province of China | 16.7% |
| 207 | Chile | 16.6% |
| 208 | Zambia | 16.3% |
| 209 | South Korea | 14.7% |
| 210 | Liberia | 14.6% |
| 211 | Qatar | 14.4% |
| 212 | Bhutan | 13.6% |
| 213 | Maldives | 12.3% |
| 214 | Angola | 12.1% |
| 215 | Zimbabwe | 11.9% |
| 216 | Djibouti | 9.0% |
| 217 | Bahrain | 8.4% |
| 218 | Kuwait | 8.2% |
| 219 | Republic of the Congo | 7.1% |
| 220 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.7% |
| 221 | Solomon Islands | 5.3% |
| 222 | Hong Kong | 3.2% |
| 223 | Macao | 1.0% |
| 224 | Singapore | 0.2% |
| 225 | Cook Islands | 0.0% |
| 226 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0.0% |
| 227 | Gibraltar | 0.0% |
| 228 | Holy See (Vatican City State) | 0.0% |
| 229 | Monaco | 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 (2020).
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