Long term urban population region by country
Countries reporting
202
Highest
100
Hong Kong
Lowest
12.12
Papua New Guinea
Median
67.42
Years covered
1026
1000–2025
Data points
21,784
What the numbers show
Long term urban population region is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 100 in Hong Kong; the lowest is 12.12 in Papua New Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 67.42, and the mean is 63.39.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 189 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 32.9%), and the largest decrease in Israel (down 2.1%).
Long term urban population region: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Singapore | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Mayotte | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Anguilla | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 7 | Puerto Rico | 99.51 | 2025 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Guadeloupe | 98.82 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 9 | Belgium | 97.8 | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 10 | Martinique | 97.76 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 11 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 96.94 | 2025 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 12 | United States Virgin Islands | 96.71 | 2025 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Venezuela | 96.28 | 2025 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Reunion | 96 | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 15 | American Samoa | 95.22 | 2025 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Netherlands Antilles | 95.11 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 17 | Andorra | 95 | 2025 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Argentina | 94.75 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 19 | Uruguay | 93.92 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 20 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 92.31 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 21 | Chile | 92.29 | 2025 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Australia | 91.46 | 2025 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Lebanon | 89.75 | 2025 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Denmark | 89.57 | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 25 | Brazil | 89.46 | 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 | 89.15 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 29 | Malta | 88.86 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 30 | France | 88.33 | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 31 | Luxembourg | 88.22 | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 32 | Finland | 88.2 | 2025 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Sweden | 88 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 34 | United Arab Emirates | 87.64 | 2025 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Greenland | 87.48 | 2025 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Bahamas | 86.98 | 2025 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 37 | South Korea | 86.81 | 2025 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Netherlands | 86.72 | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 39 | Falkland Islands | 86.29 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 40 | United States | 86.27 | 2025 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 86.06 | 2025 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Canada | 85.22 | 2025 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Western Sahara | 84.92 | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Norway | 84.51 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 45 | Jordan | 83.67 | 2025 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Libya | 83.18 | 2025 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Djibouti | 83.08 | 2025 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Mexico | 82.63 | 2025 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Spain | 82.12 | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 50 | Colombia | 80.92 | 2025 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Brunei | 80.83 | 2025 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Cuba | 80.61 | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 53 | Panama | 80.57 | 2025 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Taiwan | 80.39 | 2025 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 55 | French Guiana | 79.99 | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 56 | Belarus | 79.76 | 2025 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Germany | 79.28 | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 58 | Peru | 79.17 | 2025 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Czechia | 78.98 | 2025 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Russia | 78.79 | 2025 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Oman | 78.36 | 2025 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Malaysia | 77.44 | 2025 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Switzerland | 77 | 2025 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 76.8 | 2025 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Iran | 76.42 | 2025 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Suriname | 75.41 | 2025 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 75.16 | 2025 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Estonia | 74.37 | 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 | 73.09 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 73 | Hungary | 72.97 | 2025 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Iceland | 72.85 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 75 | Latvia | 72.6 | 2025 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Algeria | 72.56 | 2025 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Ecuador | 72.53 | 2025 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Austria | 72.45 | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 79 | Japan | 72.42 | 2025 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Lithuania | 72.36 | 2025 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Tunisia | 72.34 | 2025 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Bolivia | 72.05 | 2025 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Sao Tome and Principe | 71.53 | 2025 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Dominica | 71.48 | 2025 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Costa Rica | 71.19 | 2025 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 86 | El Salvador | 71.02 | 2025 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Armenia | 70.92 | 2025 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Cape Verde | 69.99 | 2025 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Congo | 69.66 | 2025 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Mongolia | 69.63 | 2025 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Ireland | 69.54 | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 92 | South Africa | 69.34 | 2025 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Botswana | 69.26 | 2025 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Paraguay | 69.08 | 2025 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Greece | 69 | 2025 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Poland | 68.55 | 2025 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Portugal | 68.37 | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 98 | North Korea | 68.27 | 2025 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Angola | 67.93 | 2025 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 100 | North Macedonia | 67.87 | 2025 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Cameroon | 67.49 | 2025 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Kazakhstan | 67.35 | 2025 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Morocco | 66.8 | 2025 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Croatia | 66.13 | 2025 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Romania | 65.44 | 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 | 63.74 | 2025 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Slovakia | 63.18 | 2025 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Albania | 62.38 | 2025 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Cyprus | 62.03 | 2025 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 112 | New Caledonia | 61.48 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 113 | Jamaica | 61.24 | 2025 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Azerbaijan | 61.22 | 2025 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Georgia | 61.09 | 2025 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Ghana | 60.34 | 2025 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Honduras | 60.31 | 2025 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Cote d'Ivoire | 59.69 | 2025 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Belize | 59.58 | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 120 | Philippines | 59.51 | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Fiji | 59.03 | 2025 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Nigeria | 58.9 | 2025 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Slovenia | 58.34 | 2025 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Turkmenistan | 58.29 | 2025 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Guatemala | 58.21 | 2025 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Israel | 58.04 | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 127 | China | 57.78 | 2025 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 57.62 | 2025 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Liberia | 57.29 | 2025 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 57.21 | 2025 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Moldova | 56.22 | 2025 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Barbados | 54.47 | 2025 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Indonesia | 53.55 | 2025 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Togo | 53.18 | 2025 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Egypt | 52.51 | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 136 | Senegal | 51.67 | 2025 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Benin | 51.31 | 2025 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Mauritius | 50.89 | 2025 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Aruba | 50.65 | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 140 | Mauritania | 50.33 | 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 | 47.72 | 2025 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Sierra Leone | 47.21 | 2025 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Zimbabwe | 47.06 | 2025 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Namibia | 47.04 | 2025 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Equatorial Guinea | 46.35 | 2025 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Qatar | 46.22 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 149 | Bhutan | 46.19 | 2025 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Somalia | 46.13 | 2025 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Mali | 45.84 | 2025 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Mozambique | 45.7 | 2025 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Uzbekistan | 45.09 | 2025 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Pakistan | 44.85 | 2025 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Zambia | 44.75 | 2025 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 44.6 | 2025 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Guinea | 44.59 | 2025 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Laos | 44.45 | 2025 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Faroe Islands | 44.42 | 2025 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Kyrgyzstan | 43.43 | 2025 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Myanmar | 42.92 | 2025 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Thailand | 42.72 | 2025 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Gambia | 42.08 | 2025 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Yemen | 41.77 | 2025 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Vietnam | 39.6 | 2025 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Madagascar | 39.26 | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 167 | India | 38.66 | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 168 | Guinea-Bissau | 38.65 | 2025 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Antigua and Barbuda | 38.49 | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 38.49 | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 171 | East Timor | 37.65 | 2025 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Lesotho | 37.44 | 2025 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Bangladesh | 37.36 | 2025 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 174 | Chad | 36.97 | 2025 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Burkina Faso | 36.77 | 2025 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Tanzania | 35.03 | 2025 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 177 | Tajikistan | 34.96 | 2025 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 178 | Vanuatu | 34.5 | 2025 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Guyana | 34.24 | 2025 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 180 | Comoros | 33.68 | 2025 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 181 | Saint Lucia | 33.37 | 2025 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 182 | Afghanistan | 30.2 | 2025 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Kenya | 30.03 | 2025 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Eritrea | 29.12 | 2025 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 185 | Eswatini | 29 | 2025 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Tonga | 28 | 2025 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 187 | Cambodia | 26.56 | 2025 | up 19.7% | volatile |
| 188 | Malawi | 26.26 | 2025 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 189 | Solomon Islands | 26.09 | 2025 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 190 | Rwanda | 25.68 | 2025 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Nepal | 25.48 | 2025 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 192 | Niger | 23.36 | 2025 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 193 | Ethiopia | 23.3 | 2025 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 194 | Samoa | 22.92 | 2025 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 195 | Bahrain | 22.65 | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 196 | Sri Lanka | 20.44 | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 197 | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.26 | 2025 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 198 | Uganda | 19.57 | 2025 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 199 | Montserrat | 19.24 | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 200 | Burundi | 17.19 | 2025 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 201 | Liechtenstein | 16.59 | 2025 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 202 | Papua New Guinea | 12.12 | 2025 | up 26.3% | volatile |