The absolute number of city dwellers by country.
The ranking uses the latest available value for each country. For all of them that is 2025.
Top-20 · people
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 |
China
|
933M | 2025 | 1 | |
| 2 |
India
|
522M | 2025 | 2 | |
| 3 |
United States
|
274M | 2025 | 3 | |
| 4 |
Brazil
|
188M | 2025 | 4 | |
| 5 |
Indonesia
|
170M | 2025 | 5 | |
| 6 |
Nigeria
|
151M | 2025 | 6 | |
| 7 |
Japan
|
114M | 2025 | 7 | |
| 8 |
Russia
|
108M | 2025 | 8 | |
| 9 |
Mexico
|
106M | 2025 | 9 | |
| 10 |
Pakistan
|
101M | 2025 | 10 | |
| 11 |
Türkiye
|
76.86M | 2025 | 11 | |
| 12 |
Iran
|
71.51M | 2025 | 12 | |
| 13 |
Germany
|
68.58M | 2025 | 13 | |
| 14 |
Philippines
|
65.14M | 2025 | 14 | |
| 15 |
Bangladesh
|
58.4M | 2025 | 15 | |
| 16 |
United Kingdom
|
57.9M | 2025 | 16 | |
| 17 |
France
|
54.18M | 2025 | 17 | |
| 18 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
50.9M | 2025 | 18 | |
| 19 |
Egypt
|
50.78M | 2025 | 19 | |
| 20 |
Thailand
|
44.98M | 2025 | 20 | |
| 21 |
Argentina
|
42.34M | 2025 | 21 | |
| 22 |
Colombia
|
42.09M | 2025 | 22 | |
| 23 |
South Korea
|
41.95M | 2025 | 23 | |
| 24 |
South Africa
|
41.32M | 2025 | 24 | |
| 25 |
Italy
|
41.05M | 2025 | 25 | |
| 26 |
Spain
|
39.74M | 2025 | 26 | |
| 27 |
Vietnam
|
39.45M | 2025 | 27 | |
| 28 |
Algeria
|
35.96M | 2025 | 28 | |
| 29 |
Canada
|
34.52M | 2025 | 29 | |
| 30 |
Iraq
|
32.89M | 2025 | 30 | |
| 31 |
Ethiopia
|
32.66M | 2025 | 31 | |
| 32 |
Saudi Arabia
|
31.28M | 2025 | 32 | |
| 33 |
Peru
|
29.6M | 2025 | 33 | |
| 34 |
Angola
|
27.9M | 2025 | 34 | |
| 35 |
Malaysia
|
27.85M | 2025 | 35 | |
| 36 |
Ukraine
|
27.13M | 2025 | 36 | |
| 37 |
Tanzania
|
26.02M | 2025 | 37 | |
| 38 |
Venezuela
|
25.47M | 2025 | 38 | |
| 39 |
Morocco
|
24.26M | 2025 | 39 | |
| 40 |
Australia
|
24.22M | 2025 | 40 | |
| 41 |
Poland
|
21.89M | 2025 | 41 | |
| 42 |
Ghana
|
20.66M | 2025 | 42 | |
| 43 |
Nepal
|
19.84M | 2025 | 43 | |
| 44 |
Uzbekistan
|
18.9M | 2025 | 44 | |
| 45 |
Kenya
|
18.53M | 2025 | 45 | |
| 46 |
Syria
|
18.47M | 2025 | 46 | |
| 47 |
Sudan
|
18.05M | 2025 | 47 | |
| 48 |
Côte d'Ivoire
|
17.84M | 2025 | 48 | |
| 49 |
Chile
|
17.71M | 2025 | 49 | |
| 50 |
Netherlands
|
17.35M | 2025 | 50 | |
| 51 |
North Korea
|
17.06M | 2025 | 51 | |
| 52 |
Myanmar
|
16.78M | 2025 | 52 | |
| 53 |
Cameroon
|
16.63M | 2025 | 53 | |
| 54 |
Uganda
|
16.41M | 2025 | 54 | |
| 55 |
Yemen
|
15.47M | 2025 | 55 | |
| 56 |
Mozambique
|
13.26M | 2025 | 56 | |
| 57 |
Kazakhstan
|
13M | 2025 | 57 | |
| 58 |
Ecuador
|
11.59M | 2025 | 58 | |
| 59 |
Afghanistan
|
11.37M | 2025 | 59 | |
| 60 |
Somalia
|
10.84M | 2025 | 60 | |
| 61 |
Madagascar
|
10.77M | 2025 | 61 | |
| 62 |
Jordan
|
10.74M | 2025 | 62 | |
| 63 |
Senegal
|
10.56M | 2025 | 63 | |
| 64 |
Guatemala
|
10.52M | 2025 | 64 | |
| 65 |
Belgium
|
10.47M | 2025 | 65 | |
| 66 |
Zambia
|
10.06M | 2025 | 66 | |
| 67 |
Romania
|
9.92M | 2025 | 67 | |
| 68 |
United Arab Emirates
|
9.9M | 2025 | 68 | |
| 69 |
Sweden
|
9.44M | 2025 | 69 | |
| 70 |
Israel
|
9.27M | 2025 | 70 | |
| 71 |
Bolivia
|
9M | 2025 | 71 | |
| 72 |
Tunisia
|
8.73M | 2025 | 72 | |
| 73 |
Cuba
|
8.45M | 2025 | 73 | |
| 74 |
Dominican Republic
|
8.35M | 2025 | 74 | |
| 75 |
Greece
|
8.25M | 2025 | 75 | |
| 76 |
Mali
|
8.12M | 2025 | 76 | |
| 77 |
Czechia
|
7.93M | 2025 | 77 | |
| 78 |
Benin
|
7.91M | 2025 | 78 | |
| 79 |
Switzerland
|
7.79M | 2025 | 79 | |
| 80 |
Hong Kong
|
7.5M | 2025 | 80 | |
| 81 |
Cambodia
|
7.34M | 2025 | 81 | |
| 82 |
Belarus
|
7.22M | 2025 | 82 | |
| 83 |
Burkina Faso
|
6.96M | 2025 | 83 | |
| 84 |
Zimbabwe
|
6.86M | 2025 | 84 | |
| 85 |
Hungary
|
6.73M | 2025 | 85 | |
| 86 |
Portugal
|
6.64M | 2025 | 86 | |
| 87 |
Haiti
|
6.62M | 2025 | 87 | |
| 88 |
Libya
|
6.56M | 2025 | 88 | |
| 89 |
Honduras
|
6.52M | 2025 | 89 | |
| 90 |
Austria
|
6.42M | 2025 | 90 | |
| 91 |
Singapore
|
6.11M | 2025 | 91 | |
| 92 |
Azerbaijan
|
6.01M | 2025 | 92 | |
| 93 |
Guinea
|
5.82M | 2025 | 93 | |
| 94 |
Chad
|
5.79M | 2025 | 94 | |
| 95 |
Denmark
|
5.34M | 2025 | 95 | |
| 96 |
Lebanon
|
5.32M | 2025 | 96 | |
| 97 |
Niger
|
5.13M | 2025 | 97 | |
| 98 |
Paraguay
|
4.94M | 2025 | 98 | |
| 99 |
Kuwait
|
4.87M | 2025 | 99 | |
| 100 |
El Salvador
|
4.81M | 2025 | 100 | |
| 101 |
Bulgaria
|
4.77M | 2025 | 101 | |
| 102 |
Palestine
|
4.73M | 2025 | 102 | |
| 103 |
Norway
|
4.69M | 2025 | 103 | |
| 104 |
Rwanda
|
4.5M | 2025 | 104 | |
| 105 |
New Zealand
|
4.47M | 2025 | 105 | |
| 106 |
Sri Lanka
|
4.45M | 2025 | 106 | |
| 107 |
Oman
|
4.37M | 2025 | 107 | |
| 108 |
Finland
|
4.21M | 2025 | 108 | |
| 109 |
Nicaragua
|
4.17M | 2025 | 109 | |
| 110 |
Republic of the Congo
|
4.16M | 2025 | 110 | |
| 111 |
Costa Rica
|
4.11M | 2025 | 111 | |
| 112 |
Serbia
|
4.1M | 2025 | 112 | |
| 113 |
Sierra Leone
|
4.05M | 2025 | 113 | |
| 114 |
Malawi
|
3.91M | 2025 | 114 | |
| 115 |
Togo
|
3.81M | 2025 | 115 | |
| 116 |
Burundi
|
3.7M | 2025 | 116 | |
| 117 |
Turkmenistan
|
3.59M | 2025 | 117 | |
| 118 |
Ireland
|
3.54M | 2025 | 118 | |
| 119 |
Mauritania
|
3.27M | 2025 | 119 | |
| 120 |
Uruguay
|
3.24M | 2025 | 120 | |
| 121 |
Liberia
|
3.21M | 2025 | 121 | |
| 122 |
Laos
|
3.17M | 2025 | 122 | |
| 123 |
Panama
|
3.02M | 2025 | 123 | |
| 124 |
Puerto Rico
|
3M | 2025 | 124 | |
| 125 |
Qatar
|
2.95M | 2025 | 125 | |
| 126 |
Slovakia
|
2.88M | 2025 | 126 | |
| 127 |
Tajikistan
|
2.82M | 2025 | 127 | |
| 128 |
South Sudan
|
2.64M | 2025 | 128 | |
| 129 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
2.55M | 2025 | 129 | |
| 130 |
Mongolia
|
2.54M | 2025 | 130 | |
| 131 |
Central African Republic
|
2.46M | 2025 | 131 | |
| 132 |
Georgia
|
2.41M | 2025 | 132 | |
| 133 |
Gabon
|
2.39M | 2025 | 133 | |
| 134 |
Croatia
|
2.24M | 2025 | 134 | |
| 135 |
Armenia
|
2.04M | 2025 | 135 | |
| 136 |
Lithuania
|
2M | 2025 | 136 | |
| 137 |
Gambia
|
1.83M | 2025 | 137 | |
| 138 |
Botswana
|
1.74M | 2025 | 138 | |
| 139 |
Papua New Guinea
|
1.7M | 2025 | 139 | |
| 140 |
Jamaica
|
1.69M | 2025 | 140 | |
| 141 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
1.65M | 2025 | 141 | |
| 142 |
Bahrain
|
1.6M | 2025 | 142 | |
| 143 |
Namibia
|
1.57M | 2025 | 143 | |
| 144 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
1.39M | 2025 | 144 | |
| 145 |
Albania
|
1.38M | 2025 | 145 | |
| 146 |
Latvia
|
1.27M | 2025 | 146 | |
| 147 |
Eritrea
|
1.25M | 2025 | 147 | |
| 148 |
Slovenia
|
1.19M | 2025 | 148 | |
| 149 |
North Macedonia
|
1.15M | 2025 | 149 | |
| 150 |
Lesotho
|
1.06M | 2025 | 150 | |
| 151 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
1.05M | 2025 | 151 | |
| 152 |
Moldova
|
1.03M | 2025 | 152 | |
| 153 |
Estonia
|
966,383 | 2025 | 153 | |
| 154 |
Cyprus
|
914,225 | 2025 | 154 | |
| 155 |
Djibouti
|
864,090 | 2025 | 155 | |
| 156 |
Kosovo
|
803,041 | 2025 | 156 | |
| 157 |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
738,177 | 2025 | 157 | |
| 158 |
Macao
|
685,900 | 2025 | 158 | |
| 159 |
Luxembourg
|
651,826 | 2025 | 159 | |
| 160 |
Fiji
|
555,641 | 2025 | 160 | |
| 161 |
Malta
|
554,664 | 2025 | 161 | |
| 162 |
Mauritius
|
485,519 | 2025 | 162 | |
| 163 |
Suriname
|
420,949 | 2025 | 163 | |
| 164 |
Cabo Verde
|
409,364 | 2025 | 164 | |
| 165 |
Montenegro
|
408,826 | 2025 | 165 | |
| 166 |
Timor-Leste
|
408,340 | 2025 | 166 | |
| 167 |
Iceland
|
369,715 | 2025 | 167 | |
| 168 |
Brunei Darussalam
|
349,799 | 2025 | 168 | |
| 169 |
Bhutan
|
346,000 | 2025 | 169 | |
| 170 |
Eswatini
|
335,667 | 2025 | 170 | |
| 171 |
Bahamas
|
327,790 | 2025 | 171 | |
| 172 |
Comoros
|
299,652 | 2025 | 172 | |
| 173 |
Solomon Islands
|
262,574 | 2025 | 173 | |
| 174 |
Maldives
|
225,145 | 2025 | 174 | |
| 175 |
Guyana
|
221,464 | 2025 | 175 | |
| 176 |
New Caledonia
|
201,334 | 2025 | 176 | |
| 177 |
Belize
|
175,776 | 2025 | 177 | |
| 178 |
French Polynesia
|
174,446 | 2025 | 178 | |
| 179 |
Barbados
|
168,725 | 2025 | 179 | |
| 180 |
Sao Tome and Principe
|
166,189 | 2025 | 180 | |
| 181 |
Guam
|
159,230 | 2025 | 181 | |
| 182 |
Curaçao
|
142,938 | 2025 | 182 | |
| 183 |
United States Virgin Islands
|
99,006 | 2025 | 183 | |
| 184 |
Kiribati
|
86,513 | 2025 | 184 | |
| 185 |
Cayman Islands
|
75,844 | 2025 | 185 | |
| 186 |
Vanuatu
|
74,816 | 2025 | 186 | |
| 187 |
Andorra
|
73,743 | 2025 | 187 | |
| 188 |
Aruba
|
67,173 | 2025 | 188 | |
| 189 |
Bermuda
|
64,555 | 2025 | 189 | |
| 190 |
Seychelles
|
55,821 | 2025 | 190 | |
| 191 |
Channel Islands
|
54,993 | 2025 | 191 | |
| 192 |
Saint Lucia
|
52,417 | 2025 | 192 | |
| 193 |
Greenland
|
50,337 | 2025 | 193 | |
| 194 |
Dominica
|
48,735 | 2025 | 194 | |
| 195 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
47,945 | 2025 | 195 | |
| 196 |
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
44,229 | 2025 | 196 | |
| 197 |
Sint Maarten
|
43,923 | 2025 | 197 | |
| 198 |
Isle of Man
|
43,856 | 2025 | 198 | |
| 199 |
Grenada
|
43,016 | 2025 | 199 | |
| 200 |
Northern Mariana Islands
|
40,135 | 2025 | 200 | |
| 201 |
Gibraltar
|
40,126 | 2025 | 201 | |
| 202 |
Samoa
|
38,393 | 2025 | 202 | |
| 203 |
Monaco
|
38,341 | 2025 | 203 | |
| 204 |
American Samoa
|
37,059 | 2025 | 204 | |
| 205 |
San Marino
|
33,150 | 2025 | 205 | |
| 206 |
Marshall Islands
|
28,701 | 2025 | 206 | |
| 207 |
Micronesia
|
25,557 | 2025 | 207 | |
| 208 |
Saint Martin
|
24,941 | 2025 | 208 | |
| 209 |
Antigua and Barbuda
|
22,924 | 2025 | 209 | |
| 210 |
British Virgin Islands
|
22,804 | 2025 | 210 | |
| 211 |
Tonga
|
21,948 | 2025 | 211 | |
| 212 |
Faroe Islands
|
21,764 | 2025 | 212 | |
| 213 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
14,968 | 2025 | 213 | |
| 214 |
Palau
|
14,004 | 2025 | 214 | |
| 215 |
Nauru
|
12,025 | 2025 | 215 | |
| 216 |
Tuvalu
|
6,212 | 2025 | 216 | |
| 217 |
Liechtenstein
|
6,002 | 2025 | 217 |
The population living in urban settlements, by national definitions of urban areas. The indicator complements the urban population share: a country with a modest urbanization percentage can hold one of the largest urban populations in the world simply because of its overall size.
What part of a country's residents lives in cities — the level of urbanization.
Environment 1960–2025 Population in cities over 1 millionHow many people live in urban agglomerations larger than a million.
Environment 2000–2022 Population living in slumsWhat share of the urban population lives in slums under the UN definition.
Demography 1960–2025 PopulationResident population of every country as of mid-year — series from 1960 onward.