demographic2025
Urban population (% of total population) — series 2
Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.
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Key Insights
Global Average
63.3Percentage
Median: 64.6Percentage
Countries Covered
215
with available data
Highest
Cayman Islands
100.0Percentage
Lowest
Liechtenstein
14.6Percentage
Top 5 Countries
1Cayman Islands100.0Percentage
2Gibraltar100.0Percentage
3Hong Kong100.0Percentage
4Kuwait100.0Percentage
5Macao100.0Percentage
By Region
Oceania85.9Percentage(2 countries)
South America84.7Percentage(7 countries)
North America74.9Percentage(4 countries)
Europe74.0Percentage(32 countries)
Asia68.5Percentage(26 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (14.6Percentage)High (100.0Percentage)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 63.3Percentage)
Oceania (2)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Europe (32)
Asia (26)
Other (135)
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 World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0Percentage |
| 2 | Gibraltar | 100.0Percentage |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 100.0Percentage |
| 4 | Kuwait | 100.0Percentage |
| 5 | Macao | 100.0Percentage |
| 6 | Monaco | 100.0Percentage |
| 7 | Nauru | 100.0Percentage |
| 8 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100.0Percentage |
| 9 | Saint Martin (French part) | 100.0Percentage |
| 10 | Singapore | 100.0Percentage |
| 11 | Bahrain | 100.0Percentage |
| 12 | Bermuda | 100.0Percentage |
| 13 | Qatar | 99.4Percentage |
| 14 | San Marino | 97.2Percentage |
| 15 | Netherlands | 95.9Percentage |
| 16 | Malta | 95.7Percentage |
| 17 | Uruguay | 95.7Percentage |
| 18 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 95.4Percentage |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 94.9Percentage |
| 20 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 94.4Percentage |
| 21 | Puerto Rico | 94.3Percentage |
| 22 | Guam | 94.2Percentage |
| 23 | Iceland | 94.2Percentage |
| 24 | Jordan | 93.2Percentage |
| 25 | Argentina | 92.4Percentage |
| 26 | Japan | 92.3Percentage |
| 27 | Northern Mariana Islands | 92.2Percentage |
| 28 | Gabon | 92.1Percentage |
| 29 | Israel | 91.6Percentage |
| 30 | Curaçao | 91.5Percentage |
| 31 | Lebanon | 91.0Percentage |
| 32 | Türkiye | 89.5Percentage |
| 33 | Venezuela | 89.3Percentage |
| 34 | Chile | 89.2Percentage |
| 35 | Sweden | 89.1Percentage |
| 36 | Andorra | 88.9Percentage |
| 37 | Denmark | 88.8Percentage |
| 38 | Greenland | 88.6Percentage |
| 39 | Brazil | 88.2Percentage |
| 40 | Libya | 87.9Percentage |
| 41 | Australia | 87.7Percentage |
| 42 | Belgium | 87.7Percentage |
| 43 | State of Palestine | 87.4Percentage |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 86.0Percentage |
| 45 | Switzerland | 85.7Percentage |
| 46 | Peru | 85.6Percentage |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 84.6Percentage |
| 48 | New Zealand | 84.0Percentage |
| 49 | Norway | 83.6Percentage |
| 50 | United Kingdom | 83.3Percentage |
| 51 | Canada | 82.9Percentage |
| 52 | Germany | 82.1Percentage |
| 53 | Bahamas | 81.3Percentage |
| 54 | South Korea | 81.2Percentage |
| 55 | Spain | 80.5Percentage |
| 56 | American Samoa | 80.5Percentage |
| 57 | United States of America | 80.2Percentage |
| 58 | Mexico | 80.0Percentage |
| 59 | Costa Rica | 79.7Percentage |
| 60 | Belarus | 79.5Percentage |
| 61 | Oman | 79.5Percentage |
| 62 | Palau | 79.3Percentage |
| 63 | Greece | 79.2Percentage |
| 64 | Marshall Islands | 79.1Percentage |
| 65 | France | 78.8Percentage |
| 66 | Colombia | 78.8Percentage |
| 67 | Cape Verde | 77.6Percentage |
| 68 | Malaysia | 77.4Percentage |
| 69 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 77.4Percentage |
| 70 | Cuba | 77.2Percentage |
| 71 | Algeria | 75.8Percentage |
| 72 | El Salvador | 75.5Percentage |
| 73 | Russian Federation | 75.3Percentage |
| 74 | Brunei Darussalam | 75.0Percentage |
| 75 | Finland | 74.5Percentage |
| 76 | Bulgaria | 74.2Percentage |
| 77 | Dominica | 74.0Percentage |
| 78 | Djibouti | 73.0Percentage |
| 79 | Czech Republic | 72.9Percentage |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 72.5Percentage |
| 81 | Syrian Arab Republic | 72.1Percentage |
| 82 | Equatorial Guinea | 71.6Percentage |
| 83 | Bolivia | 71.6Percentage |
| 84 | Angola | 71.5Percentage |
| 85 | Mongolia | 71.1Percentage |
| 86 | Estonia | 70.7Percentage |
| 87 | Tunisia | 70.7Percentage |
| 88 | Hungary | 70.7Percentage |
| 89 | Paraguay | 70.4Percentage |
| 90 | Iraq | 69.9Percentage |
| 91 | Austria | 69.7Percentage |
| 92 | Italy | 69.7Percentage |
| 93 | Ukraine | 69.6Percentage |
| 94 | Sao Tome and Principe | 69.2Percentage |
| 95 | Lithuania | 69.1Percentage |
| 96 | Latvia | 68.6Percentage |
| 97 | New Caledonia | 68.2Percentage |
| 98 | Botswana | 68.0Percentage |
| 99 | Nepal | 67.0Percentage |
| 100 | Cyprus | 66.7Percentage |
| 101 | People's Republic of China | 66.3Percentage |
| 102 | Panama | 66.2Percentage |
| 103 | Armenia | 65.9Percentage |
| 104 | Suriname | 65.8Percentage |
| 105 | Montenegro | 65.6Percentage |
| 106 | Tuvalu | 65.4Percentage |
| 107 | Republic of The Gambia | 65.0Percentage |
| 108 | Ireland | 64.6Percentage |
| 109 | North Korea | 64.2Percentage |
| 110 | Republic of the Congo | 64.1Percentage |
| 111 | South Africa | 63.8Percentage |
| 112 | Nigeria | 63.8Percentage |
| 113 | Ecuador | 63.4Percentage |
| 114 | Kiribati | 63.4Percentage |
| 115 | Morocco | 63.1Percentage |
| 116 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 62.9Percentage |
| 117 | Thailand | 62.8Percentage |
| 118 | Serbia | 62.6Percentage |
| 119 | Kazakhstan | 62.4Percentage |
| 120 | French Polynesia | 61.8Percentage |
| 121 | Aruba | 61.7Percentage |
| 122 | Portugal | 61.5Percentage |
| 123 | Mauritania | 61.5Percentage |
| 124 | Georgia | 61.2Percentage |
| 125 | Poland | 60.1Percentage |
| 126 | Barbados | 59.7Percentage |
| 127 | Fiji | 59.5Percentage |
| 128 | Nicaragua | 59.4Percentage |
| 129 | Jamaica | 59.4Percentage |
| 130 | Indonesia | 59.4Percentage |
| 131 | Honduras | 59.3Percentage |
| 132 | Ghana | 58.9Percentage |
| 133 | Albania | 58.9Percentage |
| 134 | Azerbaijan | 58.6Percentage |
| 135 | Croatia | 57.8Percentage |
| 136 | Virgin Islands, British | 57.4Percentage |
| 137 | Guatemala | 56.3Percentage |
| 138 | Liberia | 56.1Percentage |
| 139 | Slovenia | 56.0Percentage |
| 140 | Philippines | 55.8Percentage |
| 141 | Senegal | 55.8Percentage |
| 142 | Cameroon | 55.7Percentage |
| 143 | Haiti | 55.6Percentage |
| 144 | Somalia | 55.1Percentage |
| 145 | Cote d'Ivoire | 54.5Percentage |
| 146 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.0Percentage |
| 147 | Benin | 53.4Percentage |
| 148 | Slovakia | 53.2Percentage |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.7Percentage |
| 150 | Romania | 52.2Percentage |
| 151 | Isle of Man | 52.1Percentage |
| 152 | Uzbekistan | 51.0Percentage |
| 153 | Namibia | 50.9Percentage |
| 154 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 48.0Percentage |
| 155 | Turkmenistan | 47.1Percentage |
| 156 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.7Percentage |
| 157 | Sierra Leone | 45.9Percentage |
| 158 | Zambia | 45.9Percentage |
| 159 | Seychelles | 45.5Percentage |
| 160 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 45.1Percentage |
| 161 | Lesotho | 44.7Percentage |
| 162 | Central African Republic | 44.6Percentage |
| 163 | Togo | 44.4Percentage |
| 164 | Moldova, Republic of | 43.7Percentage |
| 165 | Bhutan | 43.4Percentage |
| 166 | Egypt | 42.9Percentage |
| 167 | Maldives | 42.5Percentage |
| 168 | Belize | 41.6Percentage |
| 169 | Cambodia | 41.1Percentage |
| 170 | Zimbabwe | 40.5Percentage |
| 171 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 40.3Percentage |
| 172 | Faroe Islands | 39.6Percentage |
| 173 | Pakistan | 39.5Percentage |
| 174 | Mauritius | 39.0Percentage |
| 175 | Vietnam | 38.8Percentage |
| 176 | Guinea | 38.5Percentage |
| 177 | Mozambique | 37.2Percentage |
| 178 | Yemen | 37.0Percentage |
| 179 | United Republic of Tanzania | 36.9Percentage |
| 180 | Grenada | 36.7Percentage |
| 181 | India | 35.7Percentage |
| 182 | Sudan | 34.9Percentage |
| 183 | Kyrgyzstan | 34.7Percentage |
| 184 | Eritrea | 34.5Percentage |
| 185 | Comoros | 33.9Percentage |
| 186 | Bangladesh | 33.2Percentage |
| 187 | Madagascar | 32.9Percentage |
| 188 | Mali | 32.2Percentage |
| 189 | Kenya | 32.2Percentage |
| 190 | Uganda | 31.9Percentage |
| 191 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31.9Percentage |
| 192 | Solomon Islands | 31.3Percentage |
| 193 | Rwanda | 30.9Percentage |
| 194 | Myanmar | 30.6Percentage |
| 195 | Saint Lucia | 29.1Percentage |
| 196 | Burkina Faso | 28.9Percentage |
| 197 | Timor-Leste | 28.8Percentage |
| 198 | Chad | 27.6Percentage |
| 199 | Eswatini | 26.7Percentage |
| 200 | Guyana | 26.5Percentage |
| 201 | Tajikistan | 26.2Percentage |
| 202 | Afghanistan | 25.9Percentage |
| 203 | Burundi | 25.7Percentage |
| 204 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.3Percentage |
| 205 | Ethiopia | 24.1Percentage |
| 206 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.5Percentage |
| 207 | Vanuatu | 22.3Percentage |
| 208 | South Sudan | 21.7Percentage |
| 209 | Tonga | 21.2Percentage |
| 210 | Sri Lanka | 20.5Percentage |
| 211 | Niger | 18.4Percentage |
| 212 | Malawi | 17.6Percentage |
| 213 | Samoa | 17.5Percentage |
| 214 | Papua New Guinea | 15.8Percentage |
| 215 | Liechtenstein | 14.6Percentage |
Showing 215 of 215 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).
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