Urbanization by sovereign state

This is a list of countries by urbanization.

Methodology

There are two measures of the degree of urbanization of a population. The first, urban population, describes the percentage of the total population living in urban areas, as defined by the country.

The second measure, rate of urbanization, describes the projected average rate of change of the size of the urban population over the given period of time.

As of 2022, countries with more than 80% of people living in urban areas include the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, France, Finland, Denmark, Israel, Spain and South Korea.

193 United Nations member states plus the Vatican are given a number, other entries are italicized and unnumbered.

List

Country or territory	Urban population (2022)	% of total population (2023)	% change in urbanization rate from 2020–2025	Rural population (Estimated)
Kuwait	4,268,870	100.0	1.35	0
Monaco	36,470	100.0	0.50	0
Nauru	12,670	100.0	0.18	0
Singapore	5,637,020	100.0	0.74	0
Vatican City	-	100.0	0.00	-
Anguilla (UK)	-	100.0	0.47	-
Bermuda (UK)	63,530	100.0	–0.20	0
Cayman Islands (UK)	68,710	100.0	1.13	0
Gibraltar (UK)	32,650	100.0	0.45	0
Hong Kong (China)	7,346,100	100.0	0.58	0
Macau (China)	695,170	100.0	1.46	0
Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	42,850	100.0	1.16	0
Qatar	2,676,740	99.4	1.66	16,157
Belgium	11,469,980	98.2	0.38	210,244
San Marino	32,900	97.8	0.41	740
U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	101,340	96.2	–0.11	4,001
Uruguay	3,275,200	95.8	0.40	143,589
Guam (US)	163,340	95.2	0.84	8,236
Malta	503,890	94.9	0.28	27,078
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	42,980	94.2	1.46	2,646
Iceland	359,050	94.0	0.74	22,918
Puerto Rico (US)	3,015,920	93.6	−0.12	206,217
Netherlands	16,441,730	93.2	0.59	1,199,611
Israel	8,865,820	92.9	1.51	677,665
Argentina	42,696,480	92.5	0.97	3,461,877
Luxembourg	600,080	92.1	1.43	51,473
Northern Mariana Islands (US)	45,580	92.1	0.36	3,909
Japan	115,058,680	92.0	−0.25	10,005,103
Jordan	10,363,480	92.0	0.98	901,172
Gabon	2,167,650	91.0	2.27	214,383
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	-	90.1	0.75	-
Bahrain	1,321,230	89.9	1.99	148,425
Lebanon	4,900,250	89.4	–1.23	581,014
Curaçao (Netherlands)	133,530	89.0	0.57	16,504
Sweden	9,280,100	88.7	0.89	1,182,335
Denmark	5,216,340	88.5	0.54	677,830
Oman	4,015,700	88.4	2.32	526,947
Venezuela	25,012,470	88.4	1.16	3,282,180
Chile	17,234,030	88.0	0.78	2,350,095
Greenland (Denmark)	49,710	87.9	0.41	6,843
Andorra	70,090	87.8	0.11	9,739
Brazil	188,517,730	87.8	0.87	26,199,507
United Arab Emirates	8,265,050	87.8	1.50	1,148,447
American Samoa (US)	38,600	87.2	0.26	5,666
New Zealand	4,452,020	87.0	0.92	665,244
Australia	22,491,670	86.6	1.27	3,480,235
Finland	4,760,530	85.8	0.42	787,873
Saudi Arabia	30,848,830	85.0	1.69	5,443,911
United Kingdom	56,522,520	84.6	0.80	10,288,541
Dominican Republic	9,415,140	84.4	1.64	1,740,240
Norway	4,565,650	84.0	1.32	869,648
Bahamas	342,300	83.6	1.02	67,150
United States	276,908,630	83.3	0.96	55,514,635
Costa Rica	4,250,460	82.6	1.50	895,375
Colombia	42,562,640	82.4	1.01	9,091,049
Palau	14,800	82.4	1.59	3,161
Canada	31,825,970	81.9	0.95	7,033,260
France	55,402,740	81.8	0.67	12,324,817
Libya	5,538,570	81.6	1.45	1,248,893
Mexico	103,660,850	81.6	1.40	23,374,505
Spain	38,845,700	81.6	0.24	8,759,325
South Korea	42,039,230	81.5	0.31	9,542,645
Belarus	7,412,540	80.7	0.28	1,772,519
Greece	8,378,760	80.7	0.11	2,003,571
Taiwan	-	80.1	0.65	-
Falkland Islands (UK)	-	79.7	0.53	-
Brunei	354,060	79.1	1.44	93,556
Marshall Islands	32,640	78.9	0.61	8,728
Peru	26,799,750	78.9	1.33	7,166,472
Malaysia	26,544,440	78.7	1.87	7,184,188
Djibouti	878,520	78.6	1.56	239,189
Germany	65,067,460	77.8	0.13	18,566,782
Palestine	3,898,260	77.6	2.85	1,125,271
Cuba	8,678,350	77.5	0.19	2,519,521
Turkey	65,453,230	77.5	1.11	19,002,551
Iran	68,013,040	77.3	1.32	19,972,773
Bulgaria	4,936,940	76.7	−0.28	1,500,004
São Tomé and Príncipe	172,250	76.4	2.96	53,208
Cook Islands (New Zealand)	-	76.2	0.52	-
El Salvador	4,737,530	75.4	1.33	1,545,985
Algeria	33,575,040	75.3	1.99	11,013,678
Russia	108,359,440	75.3	0.11	35,548,976
Czech Republic	7,937,600	74.6	0.20	2,702,943
Equatorial Guinea	1,239,600	74.4	3.62	426,529
Switzerland	6,502,140	74.2	0.79	2,260,852
Botswana	1,899,700	72.9	2.47	706,200
Hungary	6,996,220	72.9	0.05	2,600,795
New Caledonia (France)	194,710	72.7	1.72	73,115
Dominica	52,150	72.0	0.84	20,281
Italy	42,234,940	72.0	0.27	16,424,699
Iraq	31,749,760	71.6	2.91	12,593,480
Bolivia	8,658,340	71.2	1.87	3,502,250
Tunisia	8,675,720	70.5	1.34	3,630,266
Ukraine	26,569,220	70.1	−0.27	11,332,674
Estonia	938,910	69.8	-0.03	406,177
Panama	3,048,140	69.5	1.92	1,337,673
Congo	4,103,830	69.2	3.19	1,826,265
Mongolia	2,342,490	69.1	1.40	1,047,515
South Africa	40,928,490	68.8	1.72	18,560,594
Angola	24,229,340	68.7	4.04	11,041,135
Latvia	1,288,130	68.7	−0.68	586,881
Lithuania	1,938,680	68.7	−0.12	883,278
Montenegro	420,720	68.5	0.45	193,470
Cape Verde	400,640	68.0	1.83	188,536
Portugal	7,014,160	67.9	0.44	3,315,924
Cyprus	837,380	67.0	0.76	412,441
Suriname	409,800	66.4	0.88	207,369
Tuvalu	7,410	66.2	2.08	3,783
Morocco	24,196,350	65.1	1.88	12,971,607
Ecuador	11,623,250	64.8	1.62	6,313,864
Albania	1,772,140	64.6	1.29	971,114
China	897,578,430	64.6	1.78	491,861,245
Gambia	1,727,830	64.5	3.75	951,038
Ireland	3,290,770	64.5	1.15	1,811,200
Armenia	1,767,630	63.7	0.23	1,007,249
North Korea	16,401,830	63.2	0.85	9,549,167
Paraguay	4,259,530	63.1	1.64	2,490,757
French Polynesia (France)	190,410	62.3	0.65	115,223
Serbia	4,093,405	62.1	0.04	2,497,938
Georgia	2,238,530	60.7	0.35	1,449,602
Honduras	6,217,980	60.2	2.48	4,110,957
Poland	22,142,390	60.2	−0.16	14,639,188
Nicaragua	4,138,180	59.8	1.45	2,781,720
Haiti	6,814,300	59.7	2.47	4,599,576
Austria	5,357,840	59.5	0.68	3,646,933
North Macedonia	1,216,460	59.5	0.61	828,044
Cameroon	16,395,040	59.3	3.43	11,252,574
Ghana	19,621,880	59.2	3.06	13,522,648
Seychelles	70,000	58.8	0.99	49,048
Fiji	541,390	58.7	1.37	380,871
Croatia	2,244,690	58.6	0.05	1,585,821
Indonesia	159,608,950	58.6	1.99	112,764,651
Kazakhstan	11,378,780	58.2	1.19	8,172,317
Kiribati	74,880	57.8	2.77	54,670
Mauritania	2,695,950	57.7	3.84	1,975,890
Azerbaijan	5,798,040	57.6	1.38	4,268,002
World	4,522,994,900	57.5	1.73	3,343,083,187
Jamaica	1,611,830	57.4	0.79	1,196,197
Syria	12,560,280	57.4	5.38	9,321,811
Slovenia	1,177,450	56.1	0.54	921,396
Namibia	1,385,060	54.9	3.64	1,137,845
Romania	10,378,520	54.7	–0.15	8,594,832
Nigeria	116,965,440	54.3	3.92	98,432,608
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	56,000	54.3	0.94	47,127
Slovakia	2,928,200	54.0	0.17	2,494,393
Turkmenistan	3,440,080	54.0	2.23	2,930,439
Liberia	2,813,870	53.6	3.41	2,435,888
Thailand	37,919,840	53.6	1.43	32,826,130
Isle of Man (UK)	45,020	53.5	0.97	39,129
Trinidad and Tobago	816,660	53.4	0.23	712,652
Ivory Coast	14,829,620	53.1	3.38	13,097,761
Guatemala	9,141,700	53.1	2.59	8,074,834
Uzbekistan	17,990,170	50.5	1.25	17,633,929
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,611,620	50.3	0.61	1,592,396
Kosovo	1,585,566	50.2	-	1,572,929
Benin	6,614,210	50.1	3.74	6,587,806
British Virgin Islands (UK)	15,440	49.7	1.73	15,626
Senegal	8,499,950	49.6	3.59	8,637,046
Philippines	55,441,750	48.3	2.04	59,343,991
Niue (New Zealand)	-	48.2	1.43	-
Somalia	8,327,850	47.9	4.20	9,058,111
DR Congo	46,373,410	47.4	4.33	51,460,329
Belize	188,030	46.6	2.30	215,468
Zambia	9,160,290	46.3	4.15	10,624,310
Mali	10,265,850	46.2	4.57	11,954,583
Guinea-Bissau	948,370	45.5	3.22	1,135,959
Togo	3,886,440	44.5	3.60	4,846,804
Bhutan	341,820	44.4	2.52	428,045
Aruba (Netherlands)	46,890	44.3	0.77	58,955
Sierra Leone	3,771,970	44.3	3.02	4,742,427
Central African Republic	2,405,730	43.6	3.32	3,111,953
Moldova	1,096,120	43.4	0.09	1,429,539
Eritrea	1,570,320	43.3	3.67	2,056,193
Egypt	47,689,120	43.1	1.90	62,959,045
Faroe Islands (Denmark)	22,710	43.0	0.89	30,104
Maldives	217,560	42.0	2.34	300,440
Mauritius	515,240	40.9	0.28	744,481
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	-	40.7	0.98	-
Madagascar	11,809,740	40.6	4.26	17,278,338
Bangladesh	67,979,820	40.5	2.88	99,871,585
Yemen	13,205,030	39.8	3.71	19,971,442
Vietnam	38,063,120	39.5	2.70	58,299,462
Mozambique	12,590,070	38.8	4.24	19,858,461
Laos	2,830,480	38.2	2.99	4,579,143
Guinea	5,220,540	38.1	3.64	8,482,716
Pakistan	88,979,080	38.0	2.10	145,176,394
Kyrgyzstan	2,612,870	37.8	2.05	4,300,593
Tanzania	24,025,880	37.4	4.89	40,214,580
Grenada	46,250	37.1	0.86	78,416
India	508,368,360	36.4	2.33	888,270,723
Sudan	16,854,090	36.3	3.43	29,576,014
Zimbabwe	5,287,040	32.5	2.41	10,980,775
Burkina Faso	7,227,720	32.5	4.75	15,011,418
Timor-Leste	430,210	32.5	3.31	893,513
Myanmar	17,213,310	32.1	1.85	36,405,671
Barbados	88,220	31.4	0.46	192,761
Guernsey (UK)	-	31.2	0.68	-
Jersey (UK)	-	31.2	0.68	-
Saint Kitts and Nevis	14,770	31.1	1.06	32,731
Lesotho	690,430	30.4	2.77	1,580,458
Comoros	249,890	30.1	2.97	580,311
Kenya	15,669,050	29.5	4.09	37,446,170
Tajikistan	2,783,590	28.2	2.73	7,086,634
Guyana	218,530	27.2	1.01	584,874
Afghanistan	10,946,830	26.9	3.34	29,742,752
Uganda	12,360,020	26.8	5.41	33,757,666
Solomon Islands	185,300	26.0	3.57	527,392
Vanuatu	84,350	26.0	2.55	240,073
Cambodia	4,211,080	25.6	3.06	12,238,451
Eswatini	295,320	24.8	2.42	895,649
Chad	4,264,760	24.4	4.10	13,211,887
Antigua and Barbuda	22,830	24.3	0.87	71,123
Federated States of Micronesia	26,500	23.4	1.52	86,752
Ethiopia	27,959,130	23.2	4.40	92,554,361
Tonga	24,710	23.2	0.99	81,799
Nepal	6,552,760	21.9	3.09	23,371,114
South Sudan	2,274,960	21.2	4.12	8,455,040
Saint Lucia	34,260	19.2	0.98	144,178
Sri Lanka	4,220,160	19.2	1.22	17,759,840
Malawi	3,668,880	18.3	4.41	16,379,489
Rwanda	2,441,370	17.9	3.07	11,198,397
Samoa	39,170	17.5	−0.03	184,659
Niger	4,427,580	17.1	4.72	21,465,491
Burundi	1,858,290	14.8	5.43	10,698,244
Liechtenstein	5,720	14.6	1.15	33,456
Papua New Guinea	1,377,570	13.7	2.91	8,678,613
Montserrat (UK)	-	9.3	0.94	-
Tokelau (New Zealand)	-	0.0	0.00	-
Wallis and Futuna (France)	-	0.0	0.00	-

See also

• List of Brazilian federative units by urbanization rate

External links

• 2018 Revision of World Urbanization Prospects, Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations