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Urban population

Which countries are the most urbanised?

Bahrain leads with 100.0 %; 217 countries have data.

No data for -6 of 211 countries

#CountryValue · %Year
1Bahrain100.02025
2Bermuda100.02025
3Cayman Islands100.02025
4Gibraltar100.02025
5Hong Kong SAR, China100.02025
6Kuwait100.02025
7Macao SAR, China100.02025
8St. Martin (French part)100.02025
9Monaco100.02025
10Naoero100.02025
11Singapore100.02025
12Sint Maarten (Dutch part)100.02025
13Qatar99.42025
14San Marino97.22025
15Netherlands95.92025
16Malta95.72025
17Uruguay95.72025
18Virgin Islands (U.S.)95.42025
19Luxembourg94.92025
20Turks and Caicos Islands94.42025
21Puerto Rico (US)94.32025
22Guam94.22025
23Iceland94.22025
24Jordan93.22025
25Argentina92.42025
26Japan92.32025
27Northern Mariana Islands92.22025
28Gabon92.12025
29Israel91.62025
30Curacao91.52025
31Lebanon91.02025
32Turkiye89.52025
33Venezuela, RB89.32025
34Chile89.22025
35Sweden89.12025
36Andorra88.92025
37Denmark88.82025
38Greenland88.62025
39Brazil88.22025
40Libya87.92025
41Australia87.72025
42Belgium87.72025
43West Bank and Gaza87.42025
44United Arab Emirates86.02025
45Switzerland85.72025
46Peru85.62025
47Saudi Arabia84.62025
48New Zealand84.02025
49Norway83.62025
50United Kingdom83.32025
51Canada82.92025
52Germany82.12025
53Bahamas, The81.32025
54Korea, Rep.81.22025
55Spain80.52025
56American Samoa80.52025
57United States80.22025
58Mexico80.02025
59Costa Rica79.72025
60Belarus79.52025
61Oman79.52025
62Palau79.32025
63Greece79.22025
64Marshall Islands79.12025
65France78.82025
66Colombia78.82025
67Cabo Verde77.62025
68Malaysia77.42025
69Iran, Islamic Rep.77.42025
70Cuba77.22025
71Algeria75.82025
72El Salvador75.52025
73Russian Federation75.32025
74Brunei Darussalam75.02025
75Finland74.52025
76Bulgaria74.22025
77Dominica74.02025
78Djibouti73.02025
79Czechia72.92025
80Dominican Republic72.52025
81Syrian Arab Republic72.12025
82Equatorial Guinea71.62025
83Bolivia71.62025
84Angola71.52025
85Mongolia71.12025
86Estonia70.72025
87Tunisia70.72025
88Hungary70.72025
89Paraguay70.42025
90Iraq69.92025
91Austria69.72025
92Italy69.72025
93Ukraine69.62025
94Sao Tome and Principe69.22025
95Lithuania69.12025
96Latvia68.62025
97New Caledonia68.22025
98Botswana68.02025
99Nepal67.02025
100Cyprus66.72025
101China66.32025
102Panama66.22025
103Armenia65.92025
104Suriname65.82025
105Montenegro65.62025
106Tuvalu65.42025
107Gambia, The65.02025
108Ireland64.62025
109Korea, Dem. People's Rep.64.22025
110Congo, Rep.64.12025
111South Africa63.82025
112Nigeria63.82025
113Ecuador63.42025
114Kiribati63.42025
115Morocco63.12025
116North Macedonia62.92025
117Thailand62.82025
118Serbia62.62025
119Kazakhstan62.42025
120French Polynesia61.82025
121Aruba61.72025
122Portugal61.52025
123Mauritania61.52025
124Georgia61.22025
125Poland60.12025
126Barbados59.72025
127Fiji59.52025
128Nicaragua59.42025
129Jamaica59.42025
130Indonesia59.42025
131Honduras59.32025
132Ghana58.92025
133Albania58.92025
134Azerbaijan58.62025
135Croatia57.82025
136British Virgin Islands57.42025
137Guatemala56.32025
138Liberia56.12025
139Slovenia56.02025
140Philippines55.82025
141Senegal55.82025
142Cameroon55.72025
143Haiti55.62025
144Somalia, Fed. Rep.55.12025
145Cote d'Ivoire54.52025
146Trinidad and Tobago54.02025
147Benin53.42025
148Slovak Republic53.22025
149Bosnia and Herzegovina52.72025
150Romania52.22025
151Isle of Man52.12025
152Uzbekistan51.02025
153Kosovo50.92025
154Namibia50.92025
155St. Vincent and the Grenadines48.02025
156Turkmenistan47.12025
157Guinea-Bissau46.72025
158Sierra Leone45.92025
159Zambia45.92025
160Seychelles45.52025
161Congo, Dem. Rep.45.12025
162Lesotho44.72025
163Central African Republic44.62025
164Togo44.42025
165Moldova43.72025
166Bhutan43.42025
167Egypt, Arab Rep.42.92025
168Maldives42.52025
169Belize41.62025
170Cambodia41.12025
171Zimbabwe40.52025
172Lao PDR40.32025
173Faroe Islands39.62025
174Pakistan39.52025
175Mauritius39.02025
176Viet Nam38.82025
177Guinea38.52025
178Mozambique37.22025
179Yemen, Rep.37.02025
180Tanzania36.92025
181Grenada36.72025
182India35.72025
183Sudan34.92025
184Kyrgyz Republic34.72025
185Eritrea34.52025
186Comoros33.92025
187Bangladesh33.22025
188Madagascar32.92025
189Channel Islands32.62025
190Mali32.22025
191Kenya32.22025
192Uganda31.92025
193St. Kitts and Nevis31.92025
194Solomon Islands31.32025
195Rwanda30.92025
196Myanmar30.62025
197St. Lucia29.12025
198Burkina Faso28.92025
199Timor-Leste28.82025
200Chad27.62025
201Eswatini26.72025
202Guyana26.52025
203Tajikistan26.22025
204Afghanistan25.92025
205Burundi25.72025
206Antigua and Barbuda24.32025
207Ethiopia24.12025
208Micronesia, Fed. Sts.22.52025
209Vanuatu22.32025
210South Sudan21.72025
211Tonga21.22025
212Sri Lanka20.52025
213Niger18.42025
214Malawi17.62025
215Samoa17.52025
216Papua New Guinea15.82025
217Liechtenstein14.62025

By region

Europe & Central Asia

Gibraltar

100.0%

58 countries

Sub-Saharan Africa

Gabon

92.1%

48 countries

Latin America & Caribbean

Cayman Islands

100.0%

42 countries

East Asia & Pacific

Hong Kong SAR, China

100.0%

37 countries

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Bahrain

100.0%

23 countries

South Asia

Nepal

67.0%

6 countries

North America

Bermuda

100.0%

3 countries

What changed

Fell the most

  1. Antigua and Barbuda-15 pts1960 to 2025
  2. Belize-12 pts1960 to 2025
  3. Tajikistan-7 pts1960 to 2025
  4. Channel Islands-6 pts1960 to 2025
  5. Liechtenstein-6 pts1960 to 2025

Rose the most

  1. Gabon+79 pts1960 to 2025
  2. Cabo Verde+71 pts1960 to 2025
  3. Turkiye+66 pts1960 to 2025
  4. Botswana+65 pts1960 to 2025
  5. Libya+65 pts1960 to 2025

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.
Source: World Bank Open Data · 2025–2025