demographic2025
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 2025; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
63.7%
Median: 65.7%
Countries Covered
236
with available data
Highest
Cayman Islands
100.0%
Lowest
Wallis and Futuna
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Cayman Islands100.0%
2Gibraltar100.0%
3Holy See (Vatican City State)100.0%
4Hong Kong100.0%
5Kuwait100.0%
By Region
Oceania85.9%(2 countries)
South America84.7%(7 countries)
North America74.9%(4 countries)
Europe74.0%(32 countries)
Asia68.9%(27 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: 63.7%)
Oceania (2)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Europe (32)
Asia (27)
Other (155)
Africa (9)
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 2025; 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 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% |
| 2 | Gibraltar | 100.0% |
| 3 | Holy See (Vatican City State) | 100.0% |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 100.0% |
| 5 | Kuwait | 100.0% |
| 6 | Macao | 100.0% |
| 7 | Monaco | 100.0% |
| 8 | Nauru | 100.0% |
| 9 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100.0% |
| 10 | Saint Barthélemy | 100.0% |
| 11 | Anguilla | 100.0% |
| 12 | Saint Martin (French part) | 100.0% |
| 13 | Singapore | 100.0% |
| 14 | Bahrain | 100.0% |
| 15 | Bermuda | 100.0% |
| 16 | Qatar | 99.4% |
| 17 | Reunion | 97.3% |
| 18 | San Marino | 97.2% |
| 19 | Martinique | 96.8% |
| 20 | Guadeloupe | 96.4% |
| 21 | Netherlands | 95.9% |
| 22 | Malta | 95.7% |
| 23 | Uruguay | 95.7% |
| 24 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 95.4% |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 94.9% |
| 26 | Mayotte | 94.4% |
| 27 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 94.4% |
| 28 | Puerto Rico | 94.3% |
| 29 | Guam | 94.2% |
| 30 | Iceland | 94.2% |
| 31 | Jordan | 93.2% |
| 32 | Argentina | 92.4% |
| 33 | Japan | 92.3% |
| 34 | Northern Mariana Islands | 92.2% |
| 35 | Gabon | 92.1% |
| 36 | Israel | 91.6% |
| 37 | Curaçao | 91.5% |
| 38 | Lebanon | 91.0% |
| 39 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 90.2% |
| 40 | Türkiye | 89.5% |
| 41 | Venezuela | 89.3% |
| 42 | Chile | 89.2% |
| 43 | Sweden | 89.1% |
| 44 | Andorra | 88.9% |
| 45 | Denmark | 88.8% |
| 46 | Greenland | 88.6% |
| 47 | Brazil | 88.2% |
| 48 | Libya | 87.9% |
| 49 | Australia | 87.7% |
| 50 | Belgium | 87.7% |
| 51 | State of Palestine | 87.4% |
| 52 | Western Sahara | 86.9% |
| 53 | French Guiana | 86.6% |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 86.0% |
| 55 | Switzerland | 85.7% |
| 56 | Peru | 85.6% |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | 84.6% |
| 58 | New Zealand | 84.0% |
| 59 | Norway | 83.6% |
| 60 | United Kingdom | 83.3% |
| 61 | Canada | 82.9% |
| 62 | Germany | 82.1% |
| 63 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 81.5% |
| 64 | Bahamas | 81.3% |
| 65 | South Korea | 81.2% |
| 66 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 81.1% |
| 67 | Spain | 80.5% |
| 68 | American Samoa | 80.5% |
| 69 | United States of America | 80.2% |
| 70 | Mexico | 80.0% |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 79.7% |
| 72 | Belarus | 79.5% |
| 73 | Oman | 79.5% |
| 74 | Palau | 79.3% |
| 75 | Greece | 79.2% |
| 76 | Marshall Islands | 79.1% |
| 77 | Taiwan, Province of China | 78.9% |
| 78 | France | 78.8% |
| 79 | Colombia | 78.8% |
| 80 | Cape Verde | 77.6% |
| 81 | Malaysia | 77.4% |
| 82 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 77.4% |
| 83 | Cuba | 77.2% |
| 84 | Cook Islands | 76.9% |
| 85 | Algeria | 75.8% |
| 86 | El Salvador | 75.5% |
| 87 | Russian Federation | 75.3% |
| 88 | Brunei Darussalam | 75.0% |
| 89 | Finland | 74.5% |
| 90 | Bulgaria | 74.2% |
| 91 | Dominica | 74.0% |
| 92 | Djibouti | 73.0% |
| 93 | Czech Republic | 72.9% |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 72.5% |
| 95 | Syrian Arab Republic | 72.1% |
| 96 | Equatorial Guinea | 71.6% |
| 97 | Bolivia | 71.6% |
| 98 | Angola | 71.5% |
| 99 | Mongolia | 71.1% |
| 100 | Estonia | 70.7% |
| 101 | Tunisia | 70.7% |
| 102 | Hungary | 70.7% |
| 103 | Paraguay | 70.4% |
| 104 | Iraq | 69.9% |
| 105 | Austria | 69.7% |
| 106 | Italy | 69.7% |
| 107 | Ukraine | 69.6% |
| 108 | Sao Tome and Principe | 69.2% |
| 109 | Lithuania | 69.1% |
| 110 | Latvia | 68.6% |
| 111 | New Caledonia | 68.2% |
| 112 | Botswana | 68.0% |
| 113 | Nepal | 67.0% |
| 114 | Cyprus | 66.7% |
| 115 | People's Republic of China | 66.3% |
| 116 | Panama | 66.2% |
| 117 | Armenia | 65.9% |
| 118 | Suriname | 65.8% |
| 119 | Montenegro | 65.6% |
| 120 | Tuvalu | 65.4% |
| 121 | Republic of The Gambia | 65.0% |
| 122 | Ireland | 64.6% |
| 123 | North Korea | 64.2% |
| 124 | Republic of the Congo | 64.1% |
| 125 | South Africa | 63.8% |
| 126 | Nigeria | 63.8% |
| 127 | Ecuador | 63.4% |
| 128 | Kiribati | 63.4% |
| 129 | Morocco | 63.1% |
| 130 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 62.9% |
| 131 | Thailand | 62.8% |
| 132 | Serbia | 62.6% |
| 133 | Kazakhstan | 62.4% |
| 134 | French Polynesia | 61.8% |
| 135 | Aruba | 61.7% |
| 136 | Portugal | 61.5% |
| 137 | Mauritania | 61.5% |
| 138 | Georgia | 61.2% |
| 139 | Poland | 60.1% |
| 140 | Barbados | 59.7% |
| 141 | Fiji | 59.5% |
| 142 | Nicaragua | 59.4% |
| 143 | Jamaica | 59.4% |
| 144 | Indonesia | 59.4% |
| 145 | Honduras | 59.3% |
| 146 | Ghana | 58.9% |
| 147 | Albania | 58.9% |
| 148 | Azerbaijan | 58.6% |
| 149 | Croatia | 57.8% |
| 150 | Virgin Islands, British | 57.4% |
| 151 | Guatemala | 56.3% |
| 152 | Liberia | 56.1% |
| 153 | Slovenia | 56.0% |
| 154 | Philippines | 55.8% |
| 155 | Senegal | 55.8% |
| 156 | Cameroon | 55.7% |
| 157 | Haiti | 55.6% |
| 158 | Somalia | 55.1% |
| 159 | Cote d'Ivoire | 54.5% |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.0% |
| 161 | Benin | 53.4% |
| 162 | Slovakia | 53.2% |
| 163 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.7% |
| 164 | Romania | 52.2% |
| 165 | Isle of Man | 52.1% |
| 166 | Uzbekistan | 51.0% |
| 167 | Namibia | 50.9% |
| 168 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 48.0% |
| 169 | Turkmenistan | 47.1% |
| 170 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.7% |
| 171 | Sierra Leone | 45.9% |
| 172 | Zambia | 45.9% |
| 173 | Seychelles | 45.5% |
| 174 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 45.1% |
| 175 | Lesotho | 44.7% |
| 176 | Central African Republic | 44.6% |
| 177 | Togo | 44.4% |
| 178 | Moldova, Republic of | 43.7% |
| 179 | Bhutan | 43.4% |
| 180 | Egypt | 42.9% |
| 181 | Maldives | 42.5% |
| 182 | Belize | 41.6% |
| 183 | Cambodia | 41.1% |
| 184 | Zimbabwe | 40.5% |
| 185 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 40.3% |
| 186 | Faroe Islands | 39.6% |
| 187 | Pakistan | 39.5% |
| 188 | Mauritius | 39.0% |
| 189 | Vietnam | 38.8% |
| 190 | Guinea | 38.5% |
| 191 | Saint Helena | 37.2% |
| 192 | Mozambique | 37.2% |
| 193 | Niue | 37.2% |
| 194 | Yemen | 37.0% |
| 195 | United Republic of Tanzania | 36.9% |
| 196 | Grenada | 36.7% |
| 197 | India | 35.7% |
| 198 | Sudan | 34.9% |
| 199 | Kyrgyzstan | 34.7% |
| 200 | Eritrea | 34.5% |
| 201 | Jersey | 34.5% |
| 202 | Comoros | 33.9% |
| 203 | Bangladesh | 33.2% |
| 204 | Madagascar | 32.9% |
| 205 | Mali | 32.2% |
| 206 | Kenya | 32.2% |
| 207 | Uganda | 31.9% |
| 208 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31.9% |
| 209 | Solomon Islands | 31.3% |
| 210 | Rwanda | 30.9% |
| 211 | Myanmar | 30.6% |
| 212 | Guernsey | 29.6% |
| 213 | Saint Lucia | 29.1% |
| 214 | Burkina Faso | 28.9% |
| 215 | Timor-Leste | 28.8% |
| 216 | Chad | 27.6% |
| 217 | Eswatini | 26.7% |
| 218 | Guyana | 26.5% |
| 219 | Tajikistan | 26.2% |
| 220 | Afghanistan | 25.9% |
| 221 | Burundi | 25.7% |
| 222 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.3% |
| 223 | Ethiopia | 24.1% |
| 224 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.5% |
| 225 | Vanuatu | 22.3% |
| 226 | South Sudan | 21.7% |
| 227 | Tonga | 21.2% |
| 228 | Sri Lanka | 20.5% |
| 229 | Niger | 18.4% |
| 230 | Malawi | 17.6% |
| 231 | Samoa | 17.5% |
| 232 | Papua New Guinea | 15.8% |
| 233 | Liechtenstein | 14.6% |
| 234 | Montserrat | 9.0% |
| 235 | Tokelau | 0.0% |
| 236 | Wallis and Futuna | 0.0% |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).
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