Urbanization by country

The percentage of urbanized population by country.

This is a list of countries by urbanization.

Methodology

There are two measures of the degree of urbanization of a population. The first, urban population, describes the percentage of the total population living in urban areas, as defined by the country.

The second measure, rate of urbanization, describes the projected average rate of change of the size of the urban population over the given period of time.

Countries

The data is taken from World Urbanization Prospects, the 2011 Revision and updated with official national statistics.

Rank	Nation	Urban Population (%)	Date	Urbanization Rate (%)	Source of Information
1	Singapore	100	2011	1.2	2005-10 est.
2	Nauru	100	2011	0.3	2005-10 est.
3	Monaco	100	2011	0.3	2005-10 est.
—	Macau	100	2011	0.7	2005-10 est.
4	Hong Kong	100	2011	1	2005-10 est.
5	Vatican City	100	2011	0.1	2005-10 est.
6	Gibraltar	100	2011	0.1	2005-10 est.
—	Cayman Islands	100	2011	1.5	2005-10 est.
7	Bermuda	100	2011	0.3	2005-10 est.
—	Anguilla	100	2011	1.4	2005-10 est.
8	Puerto Rico	98.9	2011	0.8	2005-10 est.
9	Qatar	98.8	2011	2.2	2005-10 est.
10	Kuwait	98.3	2011	2.5	2005-10 est.
11	Belgium	97.8	2015	0.3	2005-10 est.
—	U.S. Virgin Islands	95.5	2011	0.2	2005-10 est.
12	Malta	95.4	2015	0.46	2010-15 est.^[1]
13	Uruguay	95.3	2015	0.53	2010-15 est.^[1]
14	Guam	94.5	2015	1.36	2010-15 est.^[1]
15	San Marino	94.2	2015	0.62	2010-15 est.^[1]
16	Iceland	94.1	2015	1.25	2010-15 est.^[1]
—	Netherlands Antilles	93.4	2011	1.6	2005-10 est.
—	Turks and Caicos Islands	92.2	2015	2.48	2010-15 est.^[1]
17	Israel	92.1	2015	1.37	2010-15 est.^[1]
18	Argentina	91.8	2015	1.04	2010-15 est.^[1]
19	South Korea	91.8	2015	0.3	Government of South Korea^[2]
—	Northern Mariana Islands	91.5	2011	2.1	2005-10 est.
20	Japan	91.3	2011	0.2	2005-10 est.
21	Brazil	90.6	2011	1.8	2011 est.
22	Chile	89.5	2015	1.09	2010-15 est.^[1]
23	Australia	89.4	2015	1.47	2010-15 est.^[1]
24	Venezuela	89	2015	1.54	2010-15 est.^[1]
25	Bahrain	88.8	2015	1.71	2010-15 est.^[1]
26	Lebanon	87.8	2015	3.18	2010-15 est.^[1]
—	American Samoa	87.2	2015	−0.13	2010-15 est.^[1]
27	Denmark	87.7	2015	0.6	2010-15 est.^[1]
28	Gabon	87.2	2015	2.7	2010-15 est.^[1]
29	New Zealand	86.3	2015	1.05	2010-15 est.^[1]
30	Sweden	86	2014	0.5	World Bank^[3]
31	France	85.8	2011	0.8	2005-10 est.
32	Luxembourg	85.4	2011	1	2005-10 est.
33	Andorra	85.1	2015	0.14	2010-15 est.^[1]
34	Greenland	84.7	2011	0.9	2005-10 est.
35	United Arab Emirates	84.4	2011	2.9	2005-10 est.
36	Bahamas	84.3	2011	1.4	2005-10 est.
37	Palau	84.2	2011	1.8	2005-10 est.
38	Finland	83.7	2011	0.8	2005-10 est.
39	Netherlands	83.2	2011	0.9	2005-10 est.
40	Jordan	82.7	2011	3.1	2005-10 est.
—	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	82.4	2011	0.1	2005-10 est.
41	United States	82.4	2011	1.3	2005-10 est.
42	Saudi Arabia	82.3	2011	2.5	2005-10 est.
—	Western Sahara	82.0	2011	4	2005-10 est.
43	Canada	80.7	2011	1	2005-10 est.
44	United Kingdom	79.6	2011	0.5	2005-10 est.
45	Norway	79.4	2011	0.7	2005-10 est.
46	Mexico	78.1	2011	1.5	2005-10 est.
47	Taiwan	78.0	2011	0.6	2005-10 est.
48	Spain	77.4	2011	0.9	2005-10 est.
49	Greece	77.3	2011	0.6	2005-10 est.
50	Peru	77.3	2011	1.6	2005-10 est.
51	Djibouti	77.1	2011	2.2	2005-10 est.
52	Brunei	76.0	2011	2.6	2005-10 est.
53	Cuba	75.5	2011	0	2005-10 est.
54	Colombia	75.3	2011	1.7	2005-10 est.
55	Panama	75.3	2011	2.7	2005-10 est.
56	Belarus	75.0	2011	0	2005-10 est.
—	Falkland Islands	74.1	2011	1.2	2005-10 est.
57	Germany	73.9	2011	0.1	2005-10 est.
58	Russia	73.8	2011	-0.2	2005-10 est.
59	Switzerland	73.7	2011	0.5	2005-10 est.
—	Cook Islands	73.5	2011	-0.7	2005-10 est.
60	Czech Republic	73.4	2011	0	2005-10 est.
61	Oman	73.4	2011	2	2005-10 est.
62	Bulgaria	73.1	2011	-0.3	2005-10 est.
63	Algeria	73.0	2011	2.5	2005-10 est.
64	Malaysia	74	2014	3	World Bank^[3]
65	Turkey	73.4	2015	2.7	2005-10 est.
66	Marshall Islands	71.5	2011	1.9	2005-10 est.
67	Cyprus	70.5	2011	1.3	2005-10 est.
68	Dominican Republic	69.7	2011	2.6	2005-10 est.
69	Suriname	69.7	2011	1	2005-10 est.
70	Estonia	69.5	2011	-0.3	2005-10 est.
71	Hungary	69.5	2011	0.3	2005-10 est.
72	Iran	69.1	2011	2.1	2005-10 est.
73	Ukraine	68.9	2011	-0.7	2005-10 est.
74	Mongolia	68.5	2011	1.2	2005-10 est.
75	Italy	68.4	2011	0.4	2005-10 est.
76	Austria	67.7	2011	0.7	2005-10 est.
77	Latvia	67.7	2011	-0.5	2005-10 est.
78	Ecuador	67.5	2011	2.1	2005-10 est.
79	Dominica	67.1	2011	0.2	2005-10 est.
80	Lithuania	67.1	2011	-0.4	2005-10 est.
81	Bolivia	66.8	2011	2.5	2005-10 est.
82	Tunisia	66.3	2011	1.7	2005-10 est.
83	Iraq	66.5	2011	1.7	2005-10 est.
84	El Salvador	64.8	2011	1.9	2005-10 est.
85	Costa Rica	64.7	2011	2.3	2005-10 est.
86	Armenia	64.1	2011	-0.3	2005-10 est.
87	Republic of the Congo	63.7	2011	2.7	2005-10 est.
88	Montenegro	63.3	2011	-0.8	2005-10 est.
89	Sao Tome and Principe	62.7	2011	3	2005-10 est.
90	Cape Verde	62.6	2011	3.5	2005-10 est.
91	Ireland	62.2	2011	2.2	2005-10 est.
92	South Africa	62.0	2011	1.4	2005-10 est.
93	Paraguay	61.9	2011	2.8	2005-10 est.
94	Botswana	61.7	2011	2.5	2005-10 est.
—	New Caledonia	61.7	2011	2.1	2005-10 est.
95	Portugal	61.1	2011	1.4	2005-10 est.
96	Poland	60.9	2011	-0.3	2005-10 est.
97	North Korea	60.3	2011	0.9	2005-10 est.
98	Macedonia	59.3	2011	0.8	2005-10 est.
99	Angola	59.2	2011	4.4	2005-10 est.
100	Croatia	57.8	2011	0.4	2005-10 est.
101	Nicaragua	57.5	2011	1.8	2005-10 est.
102	Gambia	57.3	2011	4.2	2005-10 est.
103	Morocco	57.0	2011	1.8	2005-10 est.
104	Serbia	56.4	2011	0.5	2005-10 est.
105	China	56.1	2015	2.5	National Bureau of Statistics^[4]
106	Syria	56.1	2011	3.1	2005-10 est.
107	Slovakia	54.7	2011	0.2	2005-10 est.
108	Thailand	54.1	2011	6.7	2005-10 est.
109	Romania	54.0	2011	-1.3	2011 census^[5]
110	Azerbaijan	53.6	2011	1	2005-10 est.
111	Kazakhstan	53.6	2011	1.2	2005-10 est.
112	Seychelles	53.6	2011	1.4	2005-10 est.
113	Albania	53.4	2011	1.9	2005-10 est.
114	Haiti	53.4	2011	4.5	2005-10 est.
115	Georgia	52.8	2011	-0.6	2005-10 est.
116	Fiji	52.2	2011	1.6	2005-10 est.
117	Honduras	52.2	2011	2.9	2005-10 est.
118	Cameroon	52.1	2011	3.5	2005-10 est.
—	World	52.1	2011	1.98	2005-10 est.
119	Jamaica	52.0	2011	0.9	2005-10 est.
120	Ghana	51.9	2011	3.5	2005-10 est.
121	French Polynesia	51.4	2011	1.3	2005-10 est.
122	Cote d'Ivoire	51.3	2011	3.2	2005-10 est.
123	Indonesia	50.7	2011	3.3	2005-10 est.
124	Tuvalu	50.6	2011	1.3	2005-10 est.
—	Isle of Man	50.5	2011	-0.2	2005-10 est.
125	Slovenia	49.9	2011	-0.6	2005-10 est.
126	Guatemala	49.8	2011	3.4	2005-10 est.
127	Nigeria	49.6	2011	3.8	2005-10 est.
128	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	49.3	2011	1.3	2005-10 est.
129	Turkmenistan	48.7	2011	2.2	2005-10 est.
130	Philippines	48.8	2011	3	2005-10 est.
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina	48.3	2011	1.4	2005-10 est.
132	Liberia	48.2	2011	5.6	2005-10 est.
133	Moldova	47.7	2011	-1.5	2005-10 est.
134	Aruba	46.8	2011	0.1	2005-10 est.
135	Benin	44.9	2011	4	2005-10 est.
136	Belize	44.7	2011	3.1	2005-10 est.
137	Barbados	44.4	2011	1.5	2005-10 est.
138	Guinea-Bissau	43.9	2011	3.2	2005-10 est.
139	Kiribati	43.9	2011	1.8	2005-10 est.
140	Egypt	43.5	2011	1.8	2005-10 est.
141	Senegal	42.5	2011	3.1	2005-10 est.
142	Mauritius	41.8	2011	0.9	2005-10 est.
143	Mauritania	41.5	2011	3	2005-10 est.
144	Maldives	41.2	2011	5.3	2005-10 est.
—	Faroe Islands	41.1	2011	2	2005-10 est.
—	British Virgin Islands	40.6	2011	1.7	2005-10 est.
145	Equatorial Guinea	39.5	2011	2.8	2005-10 est.
—	Saint Helena	39.5	2011	1.5	2005-10 est.
146	Sierra Leone	39.2	2011	2.9	2005-10 est.
147	Zambia	39.2	2011	2.3	2005-10 est.
148	Central African Republic	39.1	2011	2.3	2005-10 est.
149	Grenada	39.1	2011	0.3	2005-10 est.
150	Zimbabwe	38.6	2011	2.2	2005-10 est.
151	Namibia	38.4	2011	2.9	2005-10 est.
152	Togo	38.0	2011	4.3	2005-10 est.
153	Niue	37.9	2011	-0.2	2005-10 est.
154	Somalia	37.7	2011	4.2	2005-10 est.
155	Uzbekistan	36.2	2011	1.6	2005-10 est.
156	Pakistan	36.2	2011	3	2005-10 est.
157	Bhutan	35.6	2011	4.9	2005-10 est.
158	Guinea	35.4	2011	3.5	2005-10 est.
159	Kyrgyzstan	35.3	2011	1.6	2005-10 est.
160	Mali	34.9	2011	4.8	2005-10 est.
161	Democratic Republic of the Congo	34.3	2011	5.1	2005-10 est.
162	Laos	34.3	2011	5.6	2005-10 est.
163	Sudan	33.2	2011	4.3	2005-10 est.
164	Burma	32.6	2011	2.9	2005-10 est.
165	Yemen	32.3	2011	4.9	2005-10 est.
166	Saint Kitts and Nevis	32.0	2011	1.4	2005-10 est.
167	India	31.3	2011	2.4	2005-10 est.
168	Mozambique	31.2	2011	4.1	2005-10 est.
—	Jersey	31.2	2011	0.6	2005-10 est.
—	Guernsey	31.2	2011	0.6	2005-10 est.
169	Antigua and Barbuda	29.8	2011	0.9	2005-10 est.
170	Madagascar	32.6	2011	3.8	2005-10 est.
171	Nepal	31.0	2011	4.9	2005-10 est.
172	Vietnam	31.0	2011	3.1	2005-10 est.
173	Bangladesh	28.4	2011	3.5	2005-10 est.
174	Guyana	28.4	2011	0	2005-10 est.
175	Timor-Leste	28.3	2011	5	2005-10 est.
176	Comoros	28.0	2011	2.7	2005-10 est.
177	Lesotho	27.6	2011	3.5	2005-10 est.
178	Tanzania	26.7	2011	4.2	2005-10 est.
179	Burkina Faso	26.5	2011	5	2005-10 est.
180	Tajikistan	26.5	2011	1.6	2005-10 est.
181	Vanuatu	24.9	2011	4.1	2005-10 est.
182	Kenya	24.0	2011	4	2005-10 est.
183	Afghanistan	23.5	2011	5.4	2005-10 est.
184	Tonga	23.4	2011	1.6	2005-10 est.
185	Federated States of Micronesia	22.6	2011	0.8	2005-10 est.
186	Chad	21.8	2011	4.7	2005-10 est.
187	Eritrea	21.3	2011	5.4	2005-10 est.
188	Swaziland	21.2	2011	1.7	2005-10 est.
189	Solomon Islands	20.5	2011	4.1	2005-10 est.
190	Cambodia	20.0	2011	4.6	2005-10 est.
191	Samoa	19.9	2011	1.7	2005-10 est.
192	Rwanda	19.1	2011	4.2	2005-10 est.
193	South Sudan	18.0	2011	0	2005-10 est.
194	Niger	17.8	2011	4	2005-10 est.
195	Saint Lucia	17.5	2011	1.4	2005-10 est.
196	Ethiopia	17.0	2011	4.3	2005-10 est.
197	Malawi	16.2	2015	5.2	2005-10 est.
198	Uganda	16.1	2015	4.4	2005-10 est.
199	Sri Lanka	15.1	2011	0.5	2005-10 est.
200	Liechtenstein	14.4	2011	0.5	2005-10 est.
—	Montserrat	14.2	2011	2.2	2005-10 est.
201	Trinidad and Tobago	13.7	2011	2.9	2005-10 est.
202	Papua New Guinea	12.5	2011	1.9	2005-10 est.
203	Burundi	12.0	2015	6.8	2005-10 est.
—	Wallis and Futuna	0	2011	0	2005-10 est.
—	Tokelau	0	2011	0	2005-10 est.
—	Pitcairn Islands	0	2011	0	2005-10 est.

References

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