What part of a country's residents lives in cities — the level of urbanization.
The ranking uses the latest available value for each country. For all of them that is 2025.
Top-20 · % of population
The scale does not start at zero — the values lie in a narrow range, and starting from zero the bars would be indistinguishable. The axis ticks are labeled.
| # | Year | Subregion | World rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bahrain
|
100 | 2025 | 1 | |
| 2 |
Bermuda
|
100 | 2025 | 1 | |
| 3 |
Cayman Islands
|
100 | 2025 | 1 | |
| 4 |
Gibraltar
|
100 | 2025 | 1 | |
| 5 |
Hong Kong
|
100 | 2025 | 1 | |
| 6 |
Kuwait
|
100 | 2025 | 1 | |
| 7 |
Macao
|
100 | 2025 | 1 | |
| 8 |
Monaco
|
100 | 2025 | 1 | |
| 9 |
Nauru
|
100 | 2025 | 1 | |
| 10 |
Saint Martin
|
100 | 2025 | 1 | |
| 11 |
Singapore
|
100 | 2025 | 1 | |
| 12 |
Sint Maarten
|
100 | 2025 | 1 | |
| 13 |
Qatar
|
99.4 | 2025 | 13 | |
| 14 |
San Marino
|
97.2 | 2025 | 14 | |
| 15 |
Netherlands
|
95.9 | 2025 | 15 | |
| 16 |
Malta
|
95.7 | 2025 | 16 | |
| 17 |
Uruguay
|
95.7 | 2025 | 17 | |
| 18 |
United States Virgin Islands
|
95.4 | 2025 | 18 | |
| 19 |
Luxembourg
|
94.9 | 2025 | 19 | |
| 20 |
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
94.4 | 2025 | 20 | |
| 21 |
Puerto Rico
|
94.3 | 2025 | 21 | |
| 22 |
Guam
|
94.2 | 2025 | 22 | |
| 23 |
Iceland
|
94.2 | 2025 | 23 | |
| 24 |
Jordan
|
93.2 | 2025 | 24 | |
| 25 |
Argentina
|
92.4 | 2025 | 25 | |
| 26 |
Japan
|
92.3 | 2025 | 26 | |
| 27 |
Northern Mariana Islands
|
92.2 | 2025 | 27 | |
| 28 |
Gabon
|
92.1 | 2025 | 28 | |
| 29 |
Israel
|
91.6 | 2025 | 29 | |
| 30 |
Curaçao
|
91.5 | 2025 | 30 | |
| 31 |
Lebanon
|
91 | 2025 | 31 | |
| 32 |
Türkiye
|
89.5 | 2025 | 32 | |
| 33 |
Venezuela
|
89.3 | 2025 | 33 | |
| 34 |
Chile
|
89.2 | 2025 | 34 | |
| 35 |
Sweden
|
89.1 | 2025 | 35 | |
| 36 |
Andorra
|
88.9 | 2025 | 36 | |
| 37 |
Denmark
|
88.8 | 2025 | 37 | |
| 38 |
Greenland
|
88.6 | 2025 | 38 | |
| 39 |
Brazil
|
88.2 | 2025 | 39 | |
| 40 |
Libya
|
87.9 | 2025 | 40 | |
| 41 |
Australia
|
87.7 | 2025 | 41 | |
| 42 |
Belgium
|
87.7 | 2025 | 42 | |
| 43 |
Palestine
|
87.4 | 2025 | 43 | |
| 44 |
United Arab Emirates
|
86 | 2025 | 44 | |
| 45 |
Switzerland
|
85.7 | 2025 | 45 | |
| 46 |
Peru
|
85.6 | 2025 | 46 | |
| 47 |
Saudi Arabia
|
84.6 | 2025 | 47 | |
| 48 |
New Zealand
|
84 | 2025 | 48 | |
| 49 |
Norway
|
83.6 | 2025 | 49 | |
| 50 |
United Kingdom
|
83.3 | 2025 | 50 | |
| 51 |
Canada
|
82.9 | 2025 | 51 | |
| 52 |
Germany
|
82.1 | 2025 | 52 | |
| 53 |
Bahamas
|
81.3 | 2025 | 53 | |
| 54 |
South Korea
|
81.2 | 2025 | 54 | |
| 55 |
Spain
|
80.5 | 2025 | 55 | |
| 56 |
American Samoa
|
80.5 | 2025 | 56 | |
| 57 |
United States
|
80.2 | 2025 | 57 | |
| 58 |
Mexico
|
80 | 2025 | 58 | |
| 59 |
Costa Rica
|
79.7 | 2025 | 59 | |
| 60 |
Belarus
|
79.5 | 2025 | 60 | |
| 61 |
Oman
|
79.5 | 2025 | 61 | |
| 62 |
Palau
|
79.3 | 2025 | 62 | |
| 63 |
Greece
|
79.2 | 2025 | 63 | |
| 64 |
Marshall Islands
|
79.1 | 2025 | 64 | |
| 65 |
France
|
78.8 | 2025 | 65 | |
| 66 |
Colombia
|
78.8 | 2025 | 66 | |
| 67 |
Cabo Verde
|
77.6 | 2025 | 67 | |
| 68 |
Malaysia
|
77.4 | 2025 | 68 | |
| 69 |
Iran
|
77.4 | 2025 | 69 | |
| 70 |
Cuba
|
77.2 | 2025 | 70 | |
| 71 |
Algeria
|
75.8 | 2025 | 71 | |
| 72 |
El Salvador
|
75.5 | 2025 | 72 | |
| 73 |
Russia
|
75.3 | 2025 | 73 | |
| 74 |
Brunei Darussalam
|
75 | 2025 | 74 | |
| 75 |
Finland
|
74.5 | 2025 | 75 | |
| 76 |
Bulgaria
|
74.2 | 2025 | 76 | |
| 77 |
Dominica
|
74 | 2025 | 77 | |
| 78 |
Djibouti
|
73 | 2025 | 78 | |
| 79 |
Czechia
|
72.9 | 2025 | 79 | |
| 80 |
Dominican Republic
|
72.5 | 2025 | 80 | |
| 81 |
Syria
|
72.1 | 2025 | 81 | |
| 82 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
71.6 | 2025 | 82 | |
| 83 |
Bolivia
|
71.6 | 2025 | 83 | |
| 84 |
Angola
|
71.5 | 2025 | 84 | |
| 85 |
Mongolia
|
71.1 | 2025 | 85 | |
| 86 |
Estonia
|
70.7 | 2025 | 86 | |
| 87 |
Tunisia
|
70.7 | 2025 | 87 | |
| 88 |
Hungary
|
70.7 | 2025 | 88 | |
| 89 |
Paraguay
|
70.4 | 2025 | 89 | |
| 90 |
Iraq
|
69.9 | 2025 | 90 | |
| 91 |
Austria
|
69.7 | 2025 | 91 | |
| 92 |
Italy
|
69.7 | 2025 | 92 | |
| 93 |
Ukraine
|
69.6 | 2025 | 93 | |
| 94 |
Sao Tome and Principe
|
69.2 | 2025 | 94 | |
| 95 |
Lithuania
|
69.1 | 2025 | 95 | |
| 96 |
Latvia
|
68.6 | 2025 | 96 | |
| 97 |
New Caledonia
|
68.2 | 2025 | 97 | |
| 98 |
Botswana
|
68 | 2025 | 98 | |
| 99 |
Nepal
|
67 | 2025 | 99 | |
| 100 |
Cyprus
|
66.7 | 2025 | 100 | |
| 101 |
China
|
66.3 | 2025 | 101 | |
| 102 |
Panama
|
66.2 | 2025 | 102 | |
| 103 |
Armenia
|
65.9 | 2025 | 103 | |
| 104 |
Suriname
|
65.8 | 2025 | 104 | |
| 105 |
Montenegro
|
65.6 | 2025 | 105 | |
| 106 |
Tuvalu
|
65.4 | 2025 | 106 | |
| 107 |
Gambia
|
65 | 2025 | 107 | |
| 108 |
Ireland
|
64.6 | 2025 | 108 | |
| 109 |
North Korea
|
64.2 | 2025 | 109 | |
| 110 |
Republic of the Congo
|
64.1 | 2025 | 110 | |
| 111 |
South Africa
|
63.8 | 2025 | 111 | |
| 112 |
Nigeria
|
63.8 | 2025 | 112 | |
| 113 |
Ecuador
|
63.4 | 2025 | 113 | |
| 114 |
Kiribati
|
63.4 | 2025 | 114 | |
| 115 |
Morocco
|
63.1 | 2025 | 115 | |
| 116 |
North Macedonia
|
62.9 | 2025 | 116 | |
| 117 |
Thailand
|
62.8 | 2025 | 117 | |
| 118 |
Serbia
|
62.6 | 2025 | 118 | |
| 119 |
Kazakhstan
|
62.4 | 2025 | 119 | |
| 120 |
French Polynesia
|
61.8 | 2025 | 120 | |
| 121 |
Aruba
|
61.7 | 2025 | 121 | |
| 122 |
Portugal
|
61.5 | 2025 | 122 | |
| 123 |
Mauritania
|
61.5 | 2025 | 123 | |
| 124 |
Georgia
|
61.2 | 2025 | 124 | |
| 125 |
Poland
|
60.1 | 2025 | 125 | |
| 126 |
Barbados
|
59.7 | 2025 | 126 | |
| 127 |
Fiji
|
59.5 | 2025 | 127 | |
| 128 |
Nicaragua
|
59.4 | 2025 | 128 | |
| 129 |
Jamaica
|
59.4 | 2025 | 129 | |
| 130 |
Indonesia
|
59.4 | 2025 | 130 | |
| 131 |
Honduras
|
59.3 | 2025 | 131 | |
| 132 |
Ghana
|
58.9 | 2025 | 132 | |
| 133 |
Albania
|
58.9 | 2025 | 133 | |
| 134 |
Azerbaijan
|
58.6 | 2025 | 134 | |
| 135 |
Croatia
|
57.8 | 2025 | 135 | |
| 136 |
British Virgin Islands
|
57.4 | 2025 | 136 | |
| 137 |
Guatemala
|
56.3 | 2025 | 137 | |
| 138 |
Liberia
|
56.1 | 2025 | 138 | |
| 139 |
Slovenia
|
56 | 2025 | 139 | |
| 140 |
Philippines
|
55.8 | 2025 | 140 | |
| 141 |
Senegal
|
55.8 | 2025 | 141 | |
| 142 |
Cameroon
|
55.7 | 2025 | 142 | |
| 143 |
Haiti
|
55.6 | 2025 | 143 | |
| 144 |
Somalia
|
55.1 | 2025 | 144 | |
| 145 |
Côte d'Ivoire
|
54.5 | 2025 | 145 | |
| 146 |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
54 | 2025 | 146 | |
| 147 |
Benin
|
53.4 | 2025 | 147 | |
| 148 |
Slovakia
|
53.2 | 2025 | 148 | |
| 149 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
52.7 | 2025 | 149 | |
| 150 |
Romania
|
52.2 | 2025 | 150 | |
| 151 |
Isle of Man
|
52.1 | 2025 | 151 | |
| 152 |
Uzbekistan
|
51 | 2025 | 152 | |
| 153 |
Kosovo
|
50.9 | 2025 | 153 | |
| 154 |
Namibia
|
50.9 | 2025 | 154 | |
| 155 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
48 | 2025 | 155 | |
| 156 |
Turkmenistan
|
47.1 | 2025 | 156 | |
| 157 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
46.7 | 2025 | 157 | |
| 158 |
Sierra Leone
|
45.9 | 2025 | 158 | |
| 159 |
Zambia
|
45.9 | 2025 | 159 | |
| 160 |
Seychelles
|
45.5 | 2025 | 160 | |
| 161 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
45.1 | 2025 | 161 | |
| 162 |
Lesotho
|
44.7 | 2025 | 162 | |
| 163 |
Central African Republic
|
44.6 | 2025 | 163 | |
| 164 |
Togo
|
44.4 | 2025 | 164 | |
| 165 |
Moldova
|
43.7 | 2025 | 165 | |
| 166 |
Bhutan
|
43.4 | 2025 | 166 | |
| 167 |
Egypt
|
42.9 | 2025 | 167 | |
| 168 |
Maldives
|
42.5 | 2025 | 168 | |
| 169 |
Belize
|
41.6 | 2025 | 169 | |
| 170 |
Cambodia
|
41.1 | 2025 | 170 | |
| 171 |
Zimbabwe
|
40.5 | 2025 | 171 | |
| 172 |
Laos
|
40.3 | 2025 | 172 | |
| 173 |
Faroe Islands
|
39.6 | 2025 | 173 | |
| 174 |
Pakistan
|
39.5 | 2025 | 174 | |
| 175 |
Mauritius
|
39 | 2025 | 175 | |
| 176 |
Vietnam
|
38.8 | 2025 | 176 | |
| 177 |
Guinea
|
38.5 | 2025 | 177 | |
| 178 |
Mozambique
|
37.2 | 2025 | 178 | |
| 179 |
Yemen
|
37 | 2025 | 179 | |
| 180 |
Tanzania
|
36.9 | 2025 | 180 | |
| 181 |
Grenada
|
36.7 | 2025 | 181 | |
| 182 |
India
|
35.7 | 2025 | 182 | |
| 183 |
Sudan
|
34.9 | 2025 | 183 | |
| 184 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
34.7 | 2025 | 184 | |
| 185 |
Eritrea
|
34.5 | 2025 | 185 | |
| 186 |
Comoros
|
33.9 | 2025 | 186 | |
| 187 |
Bangladesh
|
33.2 | 2025 | 187 | |
| 188 |
Madagascar
|
32.9 | 2025 | 188 | |
| 189 |
Channel Islands
|
32.6 | 2025 | 189 | |
| 190 |
Mali
|
32.2 | 2025 | 190 | |
| 191 |
Kenya
|
32.2 | 2025 | 191 | |
| 192 |
Uganda
|
31.9 | 2025 | 192 | |
| 193 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
31.9 | 2025 | 193 | |
| 194 |
Solomon Islands
|
31.3 | 2025 | 194 | |
| 195 |
Rwanda
|
30.9 | 2025 | 195 | |
| 196 |
Myanmar
|
30.6 | 2025 | 196 | |
| 197 |
Saint Lucia
|
29.1 | 2025 | 197 | |
| 198 |
Burkina Faso
|
28.9 | 2025 | 198 | |
| 199 |
Timor-Leste
|
28.8 | 2025 | 199 | |
| 200 |
Chad
|
27.6 | 2025 | 200 | |
| 201 |
Eswatini
|
26.7 | 2025 | 201 | |
| 202 |
Guyana
|
26.5 | 2025 | 202 | |
| 203 |
Tajikistan
|
26.2 | 2025 | 203 | |
| 204 |
Afghanistan
|
25.9 | 2025 | 204 | |
| 205 |
Burundi
|
25.7 | 2025 | 205 | |
| 206 |
Antigua and Barbuda
|
24.3 | 2025 | 206 | |
| 207 |
Ethiopia
|
24.1 | 2025 | 207 | |
| 208 |
Micronesia
|
22.5 | 2025 | 208 | |
| 209 |
Vanuatu
|
22.3 | 2025 | 209 | |
| 210 |
South Sudan
|
21.7 | 2025 | 210 | |
| 211 |
Tonga
|
21.2 | 2025 | 211 | |
| 212 |
Sri Lanka
|
20.5 | 2025 | 212 | |
| 213 |
Niger
|
18.4 | 2025 | 213 | |
| 214 |
Malawi
|
17.6 | 2025 | 214 | |
| 215 |
Samoa
|
17.5 | 2025 | 215 | |
| 216 |
Papua New Guinea
|
15.8 | 2025 | 216 | |
| 217 |
Liechtenstein
|
14.6 | 2025 | 217 |
The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.
Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.
The absolute number of city dwellers by country.
Environment 1960–2025 Share of population in cities over 1 millionWhat share of a country's population lives in agglomerations larger than a million.
Environment 2000–2022 Population living in slumsWhat share of the urban population lives in slums under the UN definition.
Environment 1990–2023 PM2.5 air pollutionThe mean annual concentration of fine particles the population is exposed to.