Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 by country
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.
Countries reporting
236
Highest
100.0%
Bahrain
Lowest
9.0%
Montserrat
Median
66.0%
Years covered
1026
1000β2025
Data points
24,444
What the numbers show
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Bahrain; the lowest is 9.0% in Montserrat.
The median across all reporting countries is 66.0%, and the mean is 64.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.
Over the past decade 189 countries rose and 32 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 areas projected to 2050: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 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 | volatile |
| 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 | volatile |
| 1 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Anguilla | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Saint Barthelemy | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Vatican | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Qatar | 99.4% | 2025 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Reunion | 97.3% | 2025 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 18 | San Marino | 97.2% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 19 | Martinique | 96.8% | 2025 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Guadeloupe | 96.4% | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 21 | Netherlands | 95.9% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 22 | Malta | 95.7% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 23 | Uruguay | 95.7% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 24 | United States Virgin Islands | 95.4% | 2025 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 94.9% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 26 | Mayotte | 94.4% | 2025 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 94.4% | 2025 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Puerto Rico | 94.3% | 2025 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 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% | volatile |
| 32 | Argentina | 92.4% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 33 | Japan | 92.3% | 2025 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 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% | volatile |
| 37 | Curacao | 91.5% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 38 | Lebanon | 91.0% | 2025 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 90.2% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 40 | Turkey | 89.5% | 2025 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Venezuela | 89.3% | 2025 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Chile | 89.2% | 2025 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Sweden | 89.1% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 44 | Andorra | 88.9% | 2025 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Denmark | 88.8% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 46 | Greenland | 88.6% | 2025 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Brazil | 88.2% | 2025 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Libya | 87.9% | 2025 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Australia | 87.7% | 2025 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 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% | volatile |
| 53 | French Guiana | 86.6% | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 86.0% | 2025 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Switzerland | 85.7% | 2025 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Peru | 85.6% | 2025 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | 84.6% | 2025 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 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% | volatile |
| 62 | Germany | 82.1% | 2025 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Falkland Islands | 81.5% | 2025 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Bahamas | 81.3% | 2025 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 65 | South Korea | 81.2% | 2025 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 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% | volatile |
| 69 | United States | 80.2% | 2025 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Mexico | 80.0% | 2025 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 79.7% | 2025 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Belarus | 79.5% | 2025 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Oman | 79.5% | 2025 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 79.3% | 1940 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Palau | 79.3% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 76 | Greece | 79.2% | 2025 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Marshall Islands | 79.1% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 78 | Taiwan | 78.9% | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 79 | France | 78.8% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 80 | Colombia | 78.8% | 2025 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Cape Verde | 77.6% | 2025 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Malaysia | 77.4% | 2025 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Iran | 77.4% | 2025 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Cuba | 77.2% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 85 | Cook Islands | 76.9% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 86 | Algeria | 75.8% | 2025 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 87 | El Salvador | 75.5% | 2025 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Russia | 75.3% | 2025 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Brunei | 75.0% | 2025 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Finland | 74.5% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 91 | Bulgaria | 74.2% | 2025 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Dominica | 74.0% | 2025 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Netherlands Antilles | 73.5% | 1940 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Djibouti | 73.0% | 2025 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Czechia | 72.9% | 2025 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 72.5% | 2025 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Syria | 72.1% | 2025 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Equatorial Guinea | 71.6% | 2025 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Bolivia | 71.6% | 2025 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Angola | 71.5% | 2025 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Mongolia | 71.1% | 2025 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Estonia | 70.7% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 103 | Tunisia | 70.7% | 2025 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Hungary | 70.7% | 2025 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Paraguay | 70.4% | 2025 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Iraq | 69.9% | 2025 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Austria | 69.7% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 108 | Italy | 69.7% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 109 | Ukraine | 69.6% | 2025 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Sao Tome and Principe | 69.2% | 2025 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Lithuania | 69.1% | 2025 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Latvia | 68.6% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 113 | New Caledonia | 68.2% | 2025 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Botswana | 68.0% | 2025 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Nepal | 67.0% | 2025 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Cyprus | 66.7% | 2025 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 117 | China | 66.3% | 2025 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Panama | 66.2% | 2025 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Armenia | 65.9% | 2025 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Suriname | 65.8% | 2025 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Montenegro | 65.6% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 122 | Tuvalu | 65.4% | 2025 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Gambia | 65.0% | 2025 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Ireland | 64.6% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 125 | North Korea | 64.2% | 2025 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Congo | 64.1% | 2025 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 127 | South Africa | 63.8% | 2025 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Nigeria | 63.8% | 2025 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Ecuador | 63.4% | 2025 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Kiribati | 63.4% | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 131 | Morocco | 63.1% | 2025 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 132 | North Macedonia | 62.9% | 2025 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Thailand | 62.8% | 2025 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Serbia | 62.6% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 135 | Kazakhstan | 62.4% | 2025 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 136 | French Polynesia | 61.8% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 137 | Aruba | 61.7% | 2025 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Portugal | 61.5% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 139 | Mauritania | 61.5% | 2025 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Georgia | 61.2% | 2025 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Poland | 60.1% | 2025 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Barbados | 59.7% | 2025 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Fiji | 59.5% | 2025 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Nicaragua | 59.4% | 2025 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Jamaica | 59.4% | 2025 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Indonesia | 59.4% | 2025 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Honduras | 59.3% | 2025 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Ghana | 58.9% | 2025 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Albania | 58.9% | 2025 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Azerbaijan | 58.6% | 2025 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Croatia | 57.8% | 2025 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 152 | British Virgin Islands | 57.4% | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 153 | Guatemala | 56.3% | 2025 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Liberia | 56.1% | 2025 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Slovenia | 56.0% | 2025 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Philippines | 55.8% | 2025 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Senegal | 55.8% | 2025 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Cameroon | 55.7% | 2025 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Haiti | 55.6% | 2025 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Somalia | 55.1% | 2025 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Cote d'Ivoire | 54.5% | 2025 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.0% | 2025 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Benin | 53.4% | 2025 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Slovakia | 53.2% | 2025 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.7% | 2025 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Romania | 52.2% | 2025 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Isle of Man | 52.1% | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 168 | Uzbekistan | 51.0% | 2025 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Namibia | 50.9% | 2025 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 48.0% | 2025 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Turkmenistan | 47.1% | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.7% | 2025 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Sierra Leone | 45.9% | 2025 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Zambia | 45.9% | 2025 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 175 | Seychelles | 45.5% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 176 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 45.1% | 2025 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Lesotho | 44.7% | 2025 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Central African Republic | 44.6% | 2025 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Togo | 44.4% | 2025 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Moldova | 43.7% | 2025 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Bhutan | 43.4% | 2025 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 182 | Egypt | 42.9% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 183 | Maldives | 42.5% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 184 | Belize | 41.6% | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 185 | Cambodia | 41.1% | 2025 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Zimbabwe | 40.5% | 2025 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 187 | Laos | 40.3% | 2025 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 188 | Faroe Islands | 39.6% | 2025 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 189 | Pakistan | 39.5% | 2025 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 190 | Mauritius | 39.0% | 2025 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 191 | Vietnam | 38.8% | 2025 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 192 | Guinea | 38.5% | 2025 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 193 | Saint Helena | 37.2% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 194 | Mozambique | 37.2% | 2025 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 195 | Niue | 37.2% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 196 | Yemen | 37.0% | 2025 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 197 | Tanzania | 36.9% | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 198 | Grenada | 36.7% | 2025 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 199 | India | 35.7% | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 200 | Sudan | 34.9% | 2025 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 201 | Kyrgyzstan | 34.7% | 2025 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 202 | Eritrea | 34.5% | 2025 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 203 | Jersey | 34.5% | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 204 | Comoros | 33.9% | 2025 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 205 | Bangladesh | 33.2% | 2025 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 206 | Madagascar | 32.9% | 2025 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 207 | Mali | 32.2% | 2025 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 208 | Kenya | 32.2% | 2025 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 209 | Uganda | 31.9% | 2025 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 210 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31.9% | 2025 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 211 | Solomon Islands | 31.3% | 2025 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 212 | Rwanda | 30.9% | 2025 | up 69.9% | volatile |
| 213 | Myanmar | 30.6% | 2025 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 214 | Guernsey | 29.6% | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 215 | Saint Lucia | 29.1% | 2025 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 216 | Burkina Faso | 28.9% | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 217 | East Timor | 28.8% | 2025 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 218 | Chad | 27.6% | 2025 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 219 | Eswatini | 26.7% | 2025 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 220 | Guyana | 26.5% | 2025 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 221 | Tajikistan | 26.2% | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 222 | Afghanistan | 25.9% | 2025 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 223 | Burundi | 25.7% | 2025 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 224 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.3% | 2025 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 225 | Ethiopia | 24.1% | 2025 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 226 | Micronesia (country) | 22.5% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 227 | Vanuatu | 22.3% | 2025 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 228 | South Sudan | 21.7% | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 229 | Tonga | 21.2% | 2025 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 230 | Sri Lanka | 20.5% | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 231 | Niger | 18.4% | 2025 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 232 | Malawi | 17.6% | 2025 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 233 | Samoa | 17.5% | 2025 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 234 | Papua New Guinea | 15.8% | 2025 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 235 | Liechtenstein | 14.6% | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 236 | Montserrat | 9.0% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
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, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.