All👥 Urban population
Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices.
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1
🇨🇳China
933,170,560
2
🇮🇳India
522,441,248
3
🇺🇸United States
274,084,705
4
🇧🇷Brazil
187,652,232
5
🇮🇩Indonesia
169,698,146
6
🇳🇬Nigeria
151,484,336
7
🇯🇵Japan
113,867,674
8
🇷🇺Russia
107,994,732
9
🇲🇽Mexico
105,611,477
10
🇵🇰Pakistan
100,877,063
11
🇹🇷Türkiye
76,856,206
12
🇮🇷Iran
71,509,246
13
🇩🇪Germany
68,578,227
14
🇵🇭Philippines
65,135,932
15
🇧🇩Bangladesh
58,397,596
16
🇬🇧United Kingdom
57,899,076
17
🇫🇷France
54,182,526
18
🇨🇩DR Congo
50,902,749
19
🇪🇬Egypt
50,784,126
20
🇹🇭Thailand
44,976,800
21
🇦🇷Argentina
42,344,629
22
🇨🇴Colombia
42,090,207
23
🇰🇷South Korea
41,954,442
24
🇿🇦South Africa
41,318,761
25
🇮🇹Italy
41,052,937
26
🇪🇸Spain
39,738,256
27
🇻🇳Vietnam
39,450,623
28
🇩🇿Algeria
35,964,854
29
🇨🇦Canada
34,519,100
30
🇮🇶Iraq
32,886,176
31
🇪🇹Ethiopia
32,661,899
32
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
31,284,180
33
🇵🇪Peru
29,596,363
34
🇦🇴Angola
27,898,633
35
🇲🇾Malaysia
27,845,005
36
🇺🇦Ukraine
27,128,585
37
🇹🇿Tanzania
26,019,651
38
🇻🇪Venezuela
25,471,837
39
🇲🇦Morocco
24,260,523
40
🇦🇺Australia
24,223,159
41
🇵🇱Poland
21,892,608
42
🇬🇭Ghana
20,661,512
43
🇳🇵Nepal
19,843,969
44
🇺🇿Uzbekistan
18,903,677
45
🇰🇪Kenya
18,532,435
46
🇸🇾Syria
18,468,133
47
🇸🇩Sudan
18,048,142
48
🇨🇮Ivory Coast
17,843,805
49
🇨🇱Chile
17,710,538
50
🇳🇱Netherlands
17,353,020
Highlights
As of 2025, China ranks first with 933,170,560, followed by India (522,441,248) and United States (274,084,705).
China is 1.8 times higher than India, the runner-up.
Across 215 countries and territories, values run from 933,170,560 (China) to 6,002 (Liechtenstein), with a median of 4,207,994.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Asia, 3 from the Americas, 1 from Africa and 1 from Europe.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Urban population, 2025. Unit: count.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Urban population · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026