🏙️ Most Urbanised Countries

Share of the population living in cities.

📅 2025📏 % urban215 entries
Fiji: 59.5% (#127)Tanzania: 36.9% (#179)W. SaharaCanada: 82.9% (#51)United States: 80.2% (#57)Kazakhstan: 62.4% (#119)Uzbekistan: 51.0% (#152)Papua New Guinea: 15.8% (#214)Indonesia: 59.4% (#130)Argentina: 92.4% (#25)Chile: 89.2% (#34)DR Congo: 45.1% (#160)Somalia: 55.1% (#144)Kenya: 32.2% (#189)Sudan: 34.9% (#182)Chad: 27.6% (#198)Haiti: 55.6% (#143)Dominican Republic: 72.5% (#80)Russia: 75.3% (#73)Bahamas: 81.3% (#53)Falkland Is.Norway: 83.6% (#49)Greenland: 88.6% (#38)Fr. S. Antarctic LandsTimor-Leste: 28.8% (#197)South Africa: 63.8% (#111)Lesotho: 44.7% (#161)Mexico: 80.0% (#58)Uruguay: 95.7% (#17)Brazil: 88.2% (#39)Bolivia: 71.6% (#83)Peru: 85.6% (#46)Colombia: 78.8% (#66)Panama: 66.2% (#102)Costa Rica: 79.7% (#59)Nicaragua: 59.4% (#128)Honduras: 59.3% (#131)El Salvador: 75.5% (#72)Guatemala: 56.3% (#137)Belize: 41.6% (#168)Venezuela: 89.3% (#33)Guyana: 26.5% (#200)Suriname: 65.8% (#104)France: 78.8% (#65)Ecuador: 63.4% (#113)Puerto Rico: 94.3% (#21)Jamaica: 59.4% (#129)Cuba: 77.2% (#70)Zimbabwe: 40.5% (#170)Botswana: 68.0% (#98)Namibia: 50.9% (#153)Senegal: 55.8% (#141)Mali: 32.2% (#188)Mauritania: 61.5% (#123)Benin: 53.4% (#147)Niger: 18.4% (#211)Nigeria: 63.8% (#112)Cameroon: 55.7% (#142)Togo: 44.4% (#163)Ghana: 58.9% (#132)Ivory Coast: 54.5% (#145)Guinea: 38.5% (#176)Guinea-Bissau: 46.7% (#156)Liberia: 56.1% (#138)Sierra Leone: 45.9% (#157)Burkina Faso: 28.9% (#196)Central African Republic: 44.6% (#162)Congo: 64.1% (#110)Gabon: 92.1% (#28)Equatorial Guinea: 71.6% (#82)Zambia: 45.9% (#158)Malawi: 17.6% (#212)Mozambique: 37.2% (#177)Eswatini: 26.7% (#199)Angola: 71.5% (#84)Burundi: 25.7% (#203)Israel: 91.6% (#29)Lebanon: 91.0% (#31)Madagascar: 32.9% (#187)Palestine: 87.4% (#43)Gambia: 65.0% (#107)Tunisia: 70.7% (#87)Algeria: 75.8% (#71)Jordan: 93.2% (#24)United Arab Emirates: 86.0% (#44)Qatar: 99.4% (#13)Kuwait: 100.0% (#6)Iraq: 69.9% (#90)Oman: 79.5% (#61)Vanuatu: 22.3% (#207)Cambodia: 41.1% (#169)Thailand: 62.8% (#117)Laos: 40.3% (#171)Myanmar: 30.6% (#194)Vietnam: 38.8% (#175)North Korea: 64.2% (#109)South Korea: 81.2% (#54)Mongolia: 71.1% (#85)India: 35.7% (#181)Bangladesh: 33.2% (#186)Bhutan: 43.4% (#165)Nepal: 67.0% (#99)Pakistan: 39.5% (#173)Afghanistan: 25.9% (#202)Tajikistan: 26.2% (#201)Kyrgyzstan: 34.7% (#183)Turkmenistan: 47.1% (#155)Iran: 77.4% (#69)Syria: 72.1% (#81)Armenia: 65.9% (#103)Sweden: 89.1% (#35)Belarus: 79.5% (#60)Ukraine: 69.6% (#93)Poland: 60.1% (#125)Austria: 69.7% (#91)Hungary: 70.7% (#88)Moldova: 43.7% (#164)Romania: 52.2% (#150)Lithuania: 69.1% (#95)Latvia: 68.6% (#96)Estonia: 70.7% (#86)Germany: 82.1% (#52)Bulgaria: 74.2% (#76)Greece: 79.2% (#63)Türkiye: 89.5% (#32)Albania: 58.9% (#133)Croatia: 57.8% (#135)Switzerland: 85.7% (#45)Luxembourg: 94.9% (#19)Belgium: 87.7% (#42)Netherlands: 95.9% (#15)Portugal: 61.5% (#122)Spain: 80.5% (#55)Ireland: 64.6% (#108)New Caledonia: 68.2% (#97)Solomon Islands: 31.3% (#192)New Zealand: 84.0% (#48)Australia: 87.7% (#41)Sri Lanka: 20.5% (#210)China: 66.3% (#101)TaiwanItaly: 69.7% (#92)Denmark: 88.8% (#37)United Kingdom: 83.3% (#50)Iceland: 94.2% (#23)Azerbaijan: 58.6% (#134)Georgia: 61.2% (#124)Philippines: 55.8% (#140)Malaysia: 77.4% (#68)Brunei: 75.0% (#74)Slovenia: 56.0% (#139)Finland: 74.5% (#75)Slovakia: 53.2% (#148)Czechia: 72.9% (#79)Eritrea: 34.5% (#184)Japan: 92.3% (#26)Paraguay: 70.4% (#89)Yemen: 37.0% (#178)Saudi Arabia: 84.6% (#47)N. CyprusCyprus: 66.7% (#100)Morocco: 63.1% (#115)Egypt: 42.9% (#166)Libya: 87.9% (#40)Ethiopia: 24.1% (#205)Djibouti: 73.0% (#78)SomalilandUganda: 31.9% (#190)Rwanda: 30.9% (#193)Bosnia and Herzegovina: 52.7% (#149)North Macedonia: 62.9% (#116)Serbia: 62.6% (#118)Montenegro: 65.6% (#105)KosovoTrinidad and Tobago: 54.0% (#146)South Sudan: 21.7% (#208)
100.0% – 87.4%86.0% – 70.7%70.7% – 59.4%59.4% – 39.6%39.5% – 14.6%No data
1
🇧🇭Bahrain
100.0%
2
🇧🇲Bermuda
100.0%
3
🇰🇾Cayman Islands
100.0%
4
🇬🇮Gibraltar
100.0%
5
🇭🇰Hong Kong
100.0%
6
🇰🇼Kuwait
100.0%
7
🇲🇴Macau
100.0%
8
🇲🇨Monaco
100.0%
9
🇳🇷Nauru
100.0%
10
🇲🇫Saint Martin
100.0%
11
🇸🇬Singapore
100.0%
12
🇸🇽Sint Maarten
100.0%
13
🇶🇦Qatar
99.4%
14
🇸🇲San Marino
97.2%
15
🇳🇱Netherlands
95.9%
16
🇲🇹Malta
95.7%
17
🇺🇾Uruguay
95.7%
18
🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands
95.4%
19
🇱🇺Luxembourg
94.9%
20
🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands
94.4%
21
🇵🇷Puerto Rico
94.3%
22
🇬🇺Guam
94.2%
23
🇮🇸Iceland
94.2%
24
🇯🇴Jordan
93.2%
25
🇦🇷Argentina
92.4%
26
🇯🇵Japan
92.3%
27
🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands
92.2%
28
🇬🇦Gabon
92.1%
29
🇮🇱Israel
91.6%
30
🇨🇼Curaçao
91.5%
31
🇱🇧Lebanon
91.0%
32
🇹🇷Türkiye
89.5%
33
🇻🇪Venezuela
89.3%
34
🇨🇱Chile
89.2%
35
🇸🇪Sweden
89.1%
36
🇦🇩Andorra
88.9%
37
🇩🇰Denmark
88.8%
38
🇬🇱Greenland
88.6%
39
🇧🇷Brazil
88.2%
40
🇱🇾Libya
87.9%
41
🇦🇺Australia
87.7%
42
🇧🇪Belgium
87.7%
43
🇵🇸Palestine
87.4%
44
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates
86.0%
45
🇨🇭Switzerland
85.7%
46
🇵🇪Peru
85.6%
47
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
84.6%
48
🇳🇿New Zealand
84.0%
49
🇳🇴Norway
83.6%
50
🇬🇧United Kingdom
83.3%

Highlights

As of 2025, Bahrain ranks first with 100.0%, followed by Bermuda (100.0%) and Cayman Islands (100.0%).

The top two are virtually level: Bahrain and Bermuda differ by less than 1%.

Across 215 countries and territories, values run from 100.0% (Bahrain) to 14.6% (Liechtenstein), with a median of 64.6%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 4 from Asia, 3 from the Americas, 2 from Europe and 1 from Oceania.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Urban population (% of total population), 2025. Unit: % urban.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Urban population (% of total population) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 13, 2026