demographic2100
Projected 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 2100; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
35.9%
Median: 32.7%
Countries Covered
236
with available data
Highest
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
98.0%
Lowest
Wallis and Futuna
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Sint Maarten (Dutch part)98.0%
2Nauru96.0%
3Curaçao94.8%
4Aruba92.5%
5Guernsey92.2%
By Region
Other38.8%(155 countries)
Europe36.5%(32 countries)
North America34.7%(4 countries)
Oceania31.2%(2 countries)
Africa29.6%(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 (98.0%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 35.9%)
Other (155)
Europe (32)
North America (4)
Oceania (2)
Africa (9)
South America (7)
Asia (27)
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 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 98.0% |
| 2 | Nauru | 96.0% |
| 3 | Curaçao | 94.8% |
| 4 | Aruba | 92.5% |
| 5 | Guernsey | 92.2% |
| 6 | Jersey | 90.0% |
| 7 | Saint Barthélemy | 87.1% |
| 8 | Saint Martin (French part) | 86.1% |
| 9 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 83.5% |
| 10 | Bermuda | 81.7% |
| 11 | Tuvalu | 81.5% |
| 12 | San Marino | 80.8% |
| 13 | Antigua and Barbuda | 79.7% |
| 14 | Seychelles | 78.1% |
| 15 | Liechtenstein | 76.6% |
| 16 | Andorra | 71.6% |
| 17 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 71.3% |
| 18 | Northern Mariana Islands | 71.1% |
| 19 | American Samoa | 70.5% |
| 20 | Guadeloupe | 69.8% |
| 21 | Virgin Islands, British | 69.8% |
| 22 | Grenada | 66.8% |
| 23 | Martinique | 65.8% |
| 24 | Saint Lucia | 65.1% |
| 25 | Marshall Islands | 64.9% |
| 26 | Guam | 63.3% |
| 27 | Isle of Man | 62.2% |
| 28 | Malawi | 61.5% |
| 29 | Samoa | 60.3% |
| 30 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 59.3% |
| 31 | Uganda | 56.7% |
| 32 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 54.7% |
| 33 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 53.9% |
| 34 | Guyana | 53.5% |
| 35 | Montenegro | 53.2% |
| 36 | Brunei Darussalam | 51.8% |
| 37 | Puerto Rico | 51.4% |
| 38 | Kenya | 50.1% |
| 39 | Reunion | 49.8% |
| 40 | Belize | 49.2% |
| 41 | Belgium | 49.0% |
| 42 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 48.3% |
| 43 | Palau | 48.2% |
| 44 | Lesotho | 48.2% |
| 45 | Niger | 47.2% |
| 46 | Slovakia | 46.5% |
| 47 | Botswana | 46.1% |
| 48 | Nepal | 46.0% |
| 49 | Sri Lanka | 46.0% |
| 50 | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.9% |
| 51 | United Republic of Tanzania | 45.8% |
| 52 | Switzerland | 45.6% |
| 53 | Lithuania | 45.4% |
| 54 | Cambodia | 45.3% |
| 55 | Faroe Islands | 45.2% |
| 56 | Italy | 45.1% |
| 57 | Guatemala | 44.2% |
| 58 | Luxembourg | 43.7% |
| 59 | Haiti | 43.6% |
| 60 | Poland | 43.6% |
| 61 | Madagascar | 43.5% |
| 62 | Cuba | 43.4% |
| 63 | Philippines | 43.2% |
| 64 | Dominica | 43.1% |
| 65 | Mozambique | 42.8% |
| 66 | Burkina Faso | 42.4% |
| 67 | Turkmenistan | 42.1% |
| 68 | Vietnam | 41.7% |
| 69 | Algeria | 41.5% |
| 70 | Serbia | 41.5% |
| 71 | Greenland | 41.4% |
| 72 | Rwanda | 41.0% |
| 73 | India | 40.9% |
| 74 | Germany | 40.9% |
| 75 | Norway | 40.6% |
| 76 | Jamaica | 39.8% |
| 77 | Czech Republic | 39.8% |
| 78 | Timor-Leste | 39.6% |
| 79 | Finland | 39.3% |
| 80 | Central African Republic | 39.2% |
| 81 | Hungary | 39.0% |
| 82 | Cote d'Ivoire | 38.8% |
| 83 | Mali | 38.7% |
| 84 | Papua New Guinea | 38.7% |
| 85 | Kyrgyzstan | 38.5% |
| 86 | Ukraine | 38.3% |
| 87 | Latvia | 38.3% |
| 88 | Lebanon | 38.2% |
| 89 | Uruguay | 37.9% |
| 90 | Suriname | 37.9% |
| 91 | United States of America | 37.9% |
| 92 | Azerbaijan | 37.7% |
| 93 | Netherlands | 37.6% |
| 94 | Mauritius | 37.6% |
| 95 | El Salvador | 37.1% |
| 96 | Barbados | 37.1% |
| 97 | Ethiopia | 37.0% |
| 98 | Denmark | 37.0% |
| 99 | Honduras | 36.6% |
| 100 | Sweden | 36.6% |
| 101 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 36.5% |
| 102 | Moldova, Republic of | 36.1% |
| 103 | Slovenia | 36.1% |
| 104 | Paraguay | 35.9% |
| 105 | Comoros | 35.7% |
| 106 | Portugal | 35.5% |
| 107 | Eritrea | 35.3% |
| 108 | Albania | 35.0% |
| 109 | Libya | 34.6% |
| 110 | Western Sahara | 34.0% |
| 111 | Solomon Islands | 33.9% |
| 112 | Namibia | 33.7% |
| 113 | Bulgaria | 33.6% |
| 114 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 33.6% |
| 115 | South Sudan | 33.3% |
| 116 | Tajikistan | 32.8% |
| 117 | Senegal | 32.8% |
| 118 | New Zealand | 32.8% |
| 119 | Guinea | 32.7% |
| 120 | Benin | 32.4% |
| 121 | French Guiana | 32.3% |
| 122 | Chad | 32.2% |
| 123 | Estonia | 32.0% |
| 124 | Fiji | 31.9% |
| 125 | Myanmar | 31.8% |
| 126 | Croatia | 31.6% |
| 127 | Nicaragua | 31.4% |
| 128 | Brazil | 31.3% |
| 129 | Bangladesh | 30.9% |
| 130 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 30.9% |
| 131 | People's Republic of China | 30.8% |
| 132 | Russian Federation | 30.8% |
| 133 | France | 30.8% |
| 134 | Cape Verde | 30.8% |
| 135 | Ghana | 30.7% |
| 136 | Republic of The Gambia | 30.7% |
| 137 | Zimbabwe | 30.6% |
| 138 | French Polynesia | 30.3% |
| 139 | Mexico | 30.3% |
| 140 | Costa Rica | 30.2% |
| 141 | Syrian Arab Republic | 30.2% |
| 142 | Burundi | 30.2% |
| 143 | Ireland | 30.2% |
| 144 | Mauritania | 30.1% |
| 145 | Georgia | 29.9% |
| 146 | Malta | 29.9% |
| 147 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 29.9% |
| 148 | Pakistan | 29.8% |
| 149 | Tunisia | 29.8% |
| 150 | Australia | 29.7% |
| 151 | Togo | 29.4% |
| 152 | Spain | 29.3% |
| 153 | Guinea-Bissau | 29.2% |
| 154 | Indonesia | 29.1% |
| 155 | Armenia | 28.9% |
| 156 | Zambia | 28.6% |
| 157 | Cyprus | 28.5% |
| 158 | Austria | 28.4% |
| 159 | Kazakhstan | 28.1% |
| 160 | United Kingdom | 28.0% |
| 161 | Nigeria | 27.6% |
| 162 | North Korea | 27.5% |
| 163 | Dominican Republic | 27.5% |
| 164 | Venezuela | 27.2% |
| 165 | Cameroon | 27.2% |
| 166 | Sudan | 27.1% |
| 167 | Uzbekistan | 27.1% |
| 168 | Romania | 27.1% |
| 169 | South Africa | 26.9% |
| 170 | Ecuador | 26.8% |
| 171 | Japan | 26.7% |
| 172 | Argentina | 26.7% |
| 173 | Sierra Leone | 26.6% |
| 174 | Canada | 26.6% |
| 175 | Morocco | 26.5% |
| 176 | Afghanistan | 26.3% |
| 177 | Yemen | 25.5% |
| 178 | Oman | 25.4% |
| 179 | Thailand | 25.4% |
| 180 | Iceland | 25.0% |
| 181 | Greece | 24.6% |
| 182 | Malaysia | 24.3% |
| 183 | Bahamas | 24.0% |
| 184 | Kiribati | 23.9% |
| 185 | Liberia | 23.7% |
| 186 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 23.5% |
| 187 | Panama | 23.4% |
| 188 | Sao Tome and Principe | 22.8% |
| 189 | Mayotte | 22.3% |
| 190 | Vanuatu | 22.2% |
| 191 | Tonga | 22.2% |
| 192 | Colombia | 21.4% |
| 193 | Chile | 21.2% |
| 194 | Taiwan, Province of China | 21.2% |
| 195 | Bolivia | 20.9% |
| 196 | Belarus | 20.6% |
| 197 | Türkiye | 20.5% |
| 198 | Peru | 20.1% |
| 199 | Angola | 19.8% |
| 200 | Cayman Islands | 19.5% |
| 201 | Mongolia | 19.5% |
| 202 | Gabon | 18.7% |
| 203 | Bhutan | 16.8% |
| 204 | Iraq | 16.8% |
| 205 | Eswatini | 16.8% |
| 206 | Saudi Arabia | 16.0% |
| 207 | South Korea | 15.8% |
| 208 | New Caledonia | 14.8% |
| 209 | Somalia | 14.7% |
| 210 | Jordan | 14.3% |
| 211 | United Arab Emirates | 13.9% |
| 212 | State of Palestine | 13.5% |
| 213 | Republic of the Congo | 12.8% |
| 214 | Equatorial Guinea | 12.1% |
| 215 | Israel | 11.8% |
| 216 | Djibouti | 9.9% |
| 217 | Maldives | 9.9% |
| 218 | Qatar | 9.1% |
| 219 | Kuwait | 6.7% |
| 220 | Egypt | 6.0% |
| 221 | Hong Kong | 4.4% |
| 222 | Macao | 2.1% |
| 223 | Bahrain | 1.9% |
| 224 | Singapore | 0.9% |
| 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 (2100).
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