Share of population living in urbanized areas by country
Share of population living in urban areas in a country over time.
Countries reporting
195
Highest
100.0%
Hong Kong
Lowest
12.1%
Papua New Guinea
Median
66.1%
Years covered
1026
1000–2025
Data points
21,784
What the numbers show
Share of population living in urbanized areas is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Hong Kong; the lowest is 12.1% in Papua New Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 66.1%, and the mean is 62.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 185 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 32.9%), and the largest decrease in Israel (down 2.1%).
Share of population living in urbanized areas: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Anguilla | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 7 | Puerto Rico | 99.5% | 2025 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Belgium | 97.8% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 11 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 96.9% | 2025 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 12 | United States Virgin Islands | 96.7% | 2025 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Venezuela | 96.3% | 2025 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Reunion | 96.0% | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 15 | American Samoa | 95.2% | 2025 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Netherlands Antilles | 95.1% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 17 | Andorra | 95.0% | 2025 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Argentina | 94.8% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 19 | Uruguay | 93.9% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 20 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 92.3% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 21 | Chile | 92.3% | 2025 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Australia | 91.5% | 2025 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Lebanon | 89.7% | 2025 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Denmark | 89.6% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 25 | Brazil | 89.5% | 2025 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 26 | United Kingdom | 89.4% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 27 | Gabon | 89.4% | 2025 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 28 | New Zealand | 89.2% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 30 | France | 88.3% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 32 | Finland | 88.2% | 2025 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Sweden | 88.0% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 34 | United Arab Emirates | 87.6% | 2025 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Greenland | 87.5% | 2025 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Bahamas | 87.0% | 2025 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 37 | South Korea | 86.8% | 2025 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Netherlands | 86.7% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 39 | Falkland Islands | 86.3% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 40 | United States | 86.3% | 2025 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 86.1% | 2025 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Canada | 85.2% | 2025 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Western Sahara | 84.9% | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Norway | 84.5% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 45 | Jordan | 83.7% | 2025 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Libya | 83.2% | 2025 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Djibouti | 83.1% | 2025 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Mexico | 82.6% | 2025 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Spain | 82.1% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 50 | Colombia | 80.9% | 2025 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Brunei | 80.8% | 2025 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Cuba | 80.6% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 53 | Panama | 80.6% | 2025 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Taiwan | 80.4% | 2025 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 55 | French Guiana | 80.0% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 56 | Belarus | 79.8% | 2025 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Germany | 79.3% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 58 | Peru | 79.2% | 2025 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Czechia | 79.0% | 2025 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Russia | 78.8% | 2025 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Oman | 78.4% | 2025 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Malaysia | 77.4% | 2025 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Switzerland | 77.0% | 2025 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 76.8% | 2025 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Iran | 76.4% | 2025 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Suriname | 75.4% | 2025 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 75.2% | 2025 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Estonia | 74.4% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 69 | Turkey | 73.9% | 2025 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Ukraine | 73.9% | 2025 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Iraq | 73.1% | 2025 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Italy | 73.1% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 73 | Hungary | 73.0% | 2025 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Iceland | 72.8% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 75 | Latvia | 72.6% | 2025 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Algeria | 72.6% | 2025 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Ecuador | 72.5% | 2025 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Austria | 72.5% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 79 | Japan | 72.4% | 2025 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Lithuania | 72.4% | 2025 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Tunisia | 72.3% | 2025 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Bolivia | 72.1% | 2025 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Sao Tome and Principe | 71.5% | 2025 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Dominica | 71.5% | 2025 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Costa Rica | 71.2% | 2025 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 86 | El Salvador | 71.0% | 2025 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Armenia | 70.9% | 2025 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Cape Verde | 70.0% | 2025 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Congo | 69.7% | 2025 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Mongolia | 69.6% | 2025 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 92 | South Africa | 69.3% | 2025 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Botswana | 69.3% | 2025 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Paraguay | 69.1% | 2025 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Greece | 69.0% | 2025 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Poland | 68.5% | 2025 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Portugal | 68.4% | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 98 | North Korea | 68.3% | 2025 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Angola | 67.9% | 2025 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 100 | North Macedonia | 67.9% | 2025 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Cameroon | 67.5% | 2025 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Kazakhstan | 67.4% | 2025 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Morocco | 66.8% | 2025 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Croatia | 66.1% | 2025 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Romania | 65.4% | 2025 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Nicaragua | 65.3% | 2025 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Syria | 63.9% | 2025 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Haiti | 63.7% | 2025 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Slovakia | 63.2% | 2025 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Albania | 62.4% | 2025 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Cyprus | 62.0% | 2025 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 112 | New Caledonia | 61.5% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 113 | Jamaica | 61.2% | 2025 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Azerbaijan | 61.2% | 2025 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Georgia | 61.1% | 2025 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Ghana | 60.3% | 2025 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Honduras | 60.3% | 2025 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Cote d'Ivoire | 59.7% | 2025 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Belize | 59.6% | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 120 | Philippines | 59.5% | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Fiji | 59.0% | 2025 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Nigeria | 58.9% | 2025 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Slovenia | 58.3% | 2025 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Turkmenistan | 58.3% | 2025 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Guatemala | 58.2% | 2025 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Israel | 58.0% | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 127 | China | 57.8% | 2025 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 57.6% | 2025 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Liberia | 57.3% | 2025 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 57.2% | 2025 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Moldova | 56.2% | 2025 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Barbados | 54.5% | 2025 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Indonesia | 53.6% | 2025 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Togo | 53.2% | 2025 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Egypt | 52.5% | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 136 | Senegal | 51.7% | 2025 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Benin | 51.3% | 2025 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Mauritius | 50.9% | 2025 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Aruba | 50.6% | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 140 | Mauritania | 50.3% | 2025 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Sudan | 49.1% | 2025 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Grenada | 47.8% | 2025 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Central African Republic | 47.7% | 2025 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Sierra Leone | 47.2% | 2025 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Zimbabwe | 47.1% | 2025 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Namibia | 47.0% | 2025 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Equatorial Guinea | 46.4% | 2025 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Qatar | 46.2% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 149 | Bhutan | 46.2% | 2025 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Somalia | 46.1% | 2025 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Mali | 45.8% | 2025 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Mozambique | 45.7% | 2025 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Uzbekistan | 45.1% | 2025 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Pakistan | 44.8% | 2025 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Zambia | 44.7% | 2025 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 44.6% | 2025 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Guinea | 44.6% | 2025 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Laos | 44.4% | 2025 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Faroe Islands | 44.4% | 2025 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Kyrgyzstan | 43.4% | 2025 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Myanmar | 42.9% | 2025 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Thailand | 42.7% | 2025 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Gambia | 42.1% | 2025 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Yemen | 41.8% | 2025 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Vietnam | 39.6% | 2025 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Madagascar | 39.3% | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 167 | India | 38.7% | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 168 | Guinea-Bissau | 38.7% | 2025 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Antigua and Barbuda | 38.5% | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 38.5% | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 171 | East Timor | 37.6% | 2025 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Lesotho | 37.4% | 2025 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Bangladesh | 37.4% | 2025 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 174 | Chad | 37.0% | 2025 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Burkina Faso | 36.8% | 2025 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Tanzania | 35.0% | 2025 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 177 | Tajikistan | 35.0% | 2025 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 178 | Vanuatu | 34.5% | 2025 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Guyana | 34.2% | 2025 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 180 | Comoros | 33.7% | 2025 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 181 | Saint Lucia | 33.4% | 2025 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 182 | Afghanistan | 30.2% | 2025 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Kenya | 30.0% | 2025 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Eritrea | 29.1% | 2025 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 185 | Eswatini | 29.0% | 2025 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Tonga | 28.0% | 2025 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 187 | Cambodia | 26.6% | 2025 | up 19.7% | volatile |
| 188 | Malawi | 26.3% | 2025 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 189 | Solomon Islands | 26.1% | 2025 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 190 | Rwanda | 25.7% | 2025 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Nepal | 25.5% | 2025 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 192 | Niger | 23.4% | 2025 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 193 | Ethiopia | 23.3% | 2025 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 194 | Samoa | 22.9% | 2025 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 195 | Bahrain | 22.6% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 196 | Sri Lanka | 20.4% | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 197 | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.3% | 2025 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 198 | Uganda | 19.6% | 2025 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 199 | Montserrat | 19.2% | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 200 | Burundi | 17.2% | 2025 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 202 | Papua New Guinea | 12.1% | 2025 | up 26.3% | volatile |
About this data
Share of population living in urban areas in a country over time.