Share of population living in urban and rural areas by country
Share of the population living in urban areas, based on each country's national definition.
Countries reporting
229
Highest
100.0%
Bahrain
Lowest
0.0%
Wallis and Futuna
Median
65.4%
Years covered
76
1950–2025
Data points
18,012
What the numbers show
Share of population living in urban and rural areas is currently reported for 229 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Bahrain; the lowest is 0.0% in Wallis and Futuna.
The median across all reporting countries is 65.4%, and the mean is 63.2%.
Over the past decade 182 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 75.1%), and the largest decrease in Vanuatu (down 10.2%).
Share of population living in urban and rural areas: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Macao | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Saint Martin (French part) | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Nauru | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Anguilla | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Barthelemy | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Vatican | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Qatar | 99.4% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 17 | Reunion | 97.3% | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 18 | San Marino | 97.2% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 21 | Netherlands | 95.9% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 23 | Uruguay | 95.7% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 24 | United States Virgin Islands | 95.4% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 27 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 94.4% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 28 | Puerto Rico | 94.3% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 29 | Guam | 94.2% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 30 | Iceland | 94.2% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 31 | Jordan | 93.2% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 32 | Argentina | 92.4% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 33 | Japan | 92.3% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 34 | Northern Mariana Islands | 92.2% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 35 | Gabon | 92.1% | 2025 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Israel | 91.6% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 37 | Curacao | 91.5% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 38 | Lebanon | 91.0% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 39 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 90.2% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 40 | Turkey | 89.5% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 41 | Venezuela | 89.3% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 42 | Chile | 89.2% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 43 | Sweden | 89.1% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 44 | Andorra | 88.9% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 45 | Denmark | 88.8% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 46 | Greenland | 88.6% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 47 | Brazil | 88.2% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 48 | Libya | 87.9% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 49 | Australia | 87.7% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 50 | Belgium | 87.7% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 51 | Palestine | 87.4% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 52 | Western Sahara | 86.9% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 53 | French Guiana | 86.6% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 86.0% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 55 | Switzerland | 85.7% | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 56 | Peru | 85.6% | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | 84.6% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 58 | New Zealand | 84.0% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 59 | Norway | 83.6% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 60 | United Kingdom | 83.3% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 61 | Canada | 82.9% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 62 | Germany | 82.1% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 63 | Falkland Islands | 81.5% | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 64 | Bahamas | 81.3% | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 65 | South Korea | 81.2% | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 66 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 81.1% | 2025 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 67 | Spain | 80.5% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 68 | American Samoa | 80.5% | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 69 | United States | 80.2% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 70 | Mexico | 80.0% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 79.7% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 72 | Belarus | 79.5% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 73 | Oman | 79.5% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 74 | Palau | 79.3% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 75 | Greece | 79.2% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 76 | Marshall Islands | 79.1% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 77 | Taiwan | 78.9% | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 78 | France | 78.8% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 79 | Colombia | 78.8% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 80 | Cape Verde | 77.6% | 2025 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Malaysia | 77.4% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 82 | Iran | 77.4% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 83 | Cuba | 77.2% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 84 | Cook Islands | 76.9% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 85 | Algeria | 75.8% | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 86 | El Salvador | 75.5% | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 87 | Russia | 75.3% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 88 | Brunei | 75.0% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 89 | Finland | 74.5% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 90 | Bulgaria | 74.2% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 91 | Dominica | 74.0% | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 92 | Djibouti | 73.0% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 93 | Czechia | 72.9% | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 72.5% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 95 | Syria | 72.1% | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 96 | Equatorial Guinea | 71.6% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 97 | Bolivia | 71.6% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 98 | Angola | 71.5% | 2025 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Mongolia | 71.1% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 100 | Estonia | 70.7% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 101 | Tunisia | 70.7% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 102 | Hungary | 70.7% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 103 | Paraguay | 70.4% | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 104 | Iraq | 69.9% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 105 | Austria | 69.7% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 106 | Italy | 69.7% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 107 | Ukraine | 69.6% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 108 | Sao Tome and Principe | 69.2% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 109 | Lithuania | 69.1% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 110 | Latvia | 68.6% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 111 | New Caledonia | 68.2% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 112 | Botswana | 68.0% | 2025 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Nepal | 67.0% | 2025 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Cyprus | 66.7% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 115 | China | 66.3% | 2025 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Panama | 66.2% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 117 | Armenia | 65.9% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 118 | Suriname | 65.8% | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 119 | Montenegro | 65.6% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 120 | Tuvalu | 65.4% | 2025 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Gambia | 65.0% | 2025 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 123 | North Korea | 64.2% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 124 | Congo | 64.1% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 125 | South Africa | 63.8% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 126 | Nigeria | 63.8% | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 127 | Ecuador | 63.4% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 128 | Kiribati | 63.4% | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 129 | Morocco | 63.1% | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 62.9% | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 131 | Thailand | 62.8% | 2025 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Serbia | 62.6% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 133 | Kazakhstan | 62.4% | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 134 | French Polynesia | 61.8% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 135 | Aruba | 61.7% | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 136 | Portugal | 61.5% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 137 | Mauritania | 61.5% | 2025 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Georgia | 61.2% | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 139 | Poland | 60.1% | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 140 | Barbados | 59.7% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 141 | Fiji | 59.5% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 142 | Nicaragua | 59.4% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 143 | Jamaica | 59.4% | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 144 | Indonesia | 59.4% | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 145 | Honduras | 59.3% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 146 | Ghana | 58.9% | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 147 | Albania | 58.9% | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 148 | Azerbaijan | 58.6% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 149 | Croatia | 57.8% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 150 | British Virgin Islands | 57.4% | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 151 | Guatemala | 56.3% | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 152 | Liberia | 56.1% | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 153 | Slovenia | 56.0% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 154 | Philippines | 55.8% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 155 | Senegal | 55.8% | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 156 | Cameroon | 55.7% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 157 | Haiti | 55.6% | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 158 | Somalia | 55.1% | 2025 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 159 | Cote d'Ivoire | 54.5% | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.0% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 161 | Benin | 53.4% | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 162 | Slovakia | 53.2% | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 163 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.7% | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 164 | Romania | 52.2% | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 165 | Isle of Man | 52.1% | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 166 | Uzbekistan | 51.0% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 167 | Namibia | 50.9% | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 168 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 48.0% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 169 | Turkmenistan | 47.1% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 170 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.7% | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 171 | Sierra Leone | 45.9% | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 172 | Zambia | 45.9% | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 173 | Seychelles | 45.5% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 174 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 45.1% | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 175 | Lesotho | 44.7% | 2025 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Central African Republic | 44.6% | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 177 | Togo | 44.4% | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 178 | Moldova | 43.7% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 179 | Bhutan | 43.4% | 2025 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Egypt | 42.9% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 181 | Maldives | 42.5% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 182 | Belize | 41.6% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 183 | Cambodia | 41.1% | 2025 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 184 | Zimbabwe | 40.5% | 2025 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 185 | Laos | 40.3% | 2025 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Faroe Islands | 39.6% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 187 | Pakistan | 39.5% | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 188 | Mauritius | 39.0% | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 189 | Vietnam | 38.8% | 2025 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 190 | Guinea | 38.5% | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 191 | Saint Helena | 37.2% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 192 | Mozambique | 37.2% | 2025 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 193 | Niue | 37.2% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 194 | Yemen | 37.0% | 2025 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 195 | Tanzania | 36.9% | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 196 | Grenada | 36.7% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 197 | India | 35.7% | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 198 | Sudan | 34.9% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 199 | Kyrgyzstan | 34.7% | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 200 | Eritrea | 34.5% | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 201 | Jersey | 34.5% | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 202 | Comoros | 33.9% | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 203 | Bangladesh | 33.2% | 2025 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 204 | Madagascar | 32.9% | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 205 | Mali | 32.2% | 2025 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 206 | Kenya | 32.2% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 207 | Uganda | 31.9% | 2025 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 208 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31.9% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 209 | Solomon Islands | 31.3% | 2025 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 210 | Rwanda | 30.9% | 2025 | up 69.9% | volatile |
| 211 | Myanmar | 30.6% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 212 | Guernsey | 29.6% | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 213 | Saint Lucia | 29.1% | 2025 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 214 | Burkina Faso | 28.9% | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 215 | East Timor | 28.8% | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 216 | Chad | 27.6% | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 217 | Eswatini | 26.7% | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 218 | Guyana | 26.5% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 219 | Tajikistan | 26.2% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 220 | Afghanistan | 25.9% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 221 | Burundi | 25.7% | 2025 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 222 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.3% | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 223 | Ethiopia | 24.1% | 2025 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 224 | Micronesia (country) | 22.5% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 225 | Vanuatu | 22.3% | 2025 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 226 | South Sudan | 21.7% | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 227 | Tonga | 21.2% | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 228 | Sri Lanka | 20.5% | 2025 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 229 | Niger | 18.4% | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 230 | Malawi | 17.6% | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 231 | Samoa | 17.5% | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 232 | Papua New Guinea | 15.8% | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 234 | Montserrat | 9.0% | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 235 | Tokelau | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 235 | Wallis and Futuna | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- (UN M49) 69.3%
About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, based on each country's national definition.