Country Comparison :: Urbanization
This entry provides 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, rate of urbanization, describes the projected average rate of change of the size of the urban population over the given period of time. Additionally, the World entry includes a list of the ten largest urban agglomerations. An urban agglomeration is defined as comprising the city or town proper and also the suburban fringe or thickly settled territory lying outside of, but adjacent to, the boundaries of the city.
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Rank
country (%) Date of Information
1 Anguilla
100.00
NA
2 Bermuda
100.00
NA
3 Gibraltar
100.00
NA
4 Cayman Islands
100.00
NA
5 Hong Kong
100.00
NA
6 Holy See (Vatican City)
100.00
NA
7 Singapore
100.00
NA
8 Macau
100.00
NA
9 Monaco
100.00
NA
10 Nauru
100.00
NA
11 Kuwait
98.00
NA
12 Puerto Rico
98.00
NA
13 Belgium
97.00
NA
14 Qatar
96.00
NA
15 Virgin Islands
95.00
NA
16 Malta
94.00
NA
17 San Marino
94.00
NA
18 Netherlands Antilles
93.00
NA
19 Venezuela
93.00
NA
20 American Samoa
92.00
NA
21 Argentina
92.00
NA
22 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
92.00
NA
23 Uruguay
92.00
NA
24 Turks and Caicos Islands
92.00
NA
25 Israel
92.00
NA
26 Iceland
92.00
NA
27 Northern Mariana Islands
91.00
NA
28 United Kingdom
90.00
NA
29 Andorra
89.00
NA
30 Bahrain
89.00
NA
31 Australia
89.00
NA
32 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
89.00
NA
33 Chile
88.00
NA
34 Denmark
87.00
NA
35 New Zealand
87.00
NA
36 Lebanon
87.00
NA
37 Djibouti
87.00
NA
38 Brazil
86.00
NA
39 Gabon
85.00
NA
40 Sweden
85.00
NA
41 Bahamas, The
84.00
NA
42 Greenland
84.00
NA
43 Luxembourg
82.00
NA
44 Netherlands
82.00
NA
45 United States
82.00
NA
46 Saudi Arabia
82.00
NA
47 Korea, South
81.00
NA
48 Palau
81.00
NA
49 Western Sahara
81.00
NA
50 Canada
80.00
NA
51 United Arab Emirates
78.00
NA
52 Libya
78.00
NA
53 Jordan
78.00
NA
54 France
77.00
NA
55 Spain
77.00
NA
56 Norway
77.00
NA
57 Mexico
77.00
NA
58 Cuba
76.00
NA
59 Brunei
75.00
NA
60 Suriname
75.00
NA
61 Colombia
74.00
NA
62 Dominica
74.00
NA
63 Cook Islands
74.00
NA
64 Germany
74.00
NA
65 Belarus
73.00
NA
66 Panama
73.00
NA
67 Switzerland
73.00
NA
68 Russia
73.00
NA
69 Czech Republic
73.00
NA
70 Gaza Strip
72.00
NA
71 West Bank
72.00
NA
72 Oman
72.00
NA
73 Bulgaria
71.00
NA
74 Peru
71.00
NA
75 Marshall Islands
71.00
NA
76 Cyprus
70.00
NA
77 Malaysia
70.00
NA
78 Dominican Republic
69.00
NA
79 Estonia
69.00
NA
80 Turkey
69.00
NA
81 Hungary
68.00
NA
82 Italy
68.00
NA
83 Ukraine
68.00
NA
84 Latvia
68.00
NA
85 Iran
68.00
NA
86 Austria
67.00
NA
87 Macedonia
67.00
NA
88 Tunisia
67.00
NA
89 Lithuania
67.00
NA
90 Iraq
67.00
NA
91 Bolivia
66.00
NA
92 Japan
66.00
NA
93 Ecuador
66.00
NA
94 Algeria
65.00
NA
95 Philippines
65.00
NA
96 New Caledonia
65.00
NA
97 Armenia
64.00
NA
98 Costa Rica
63.00
NA
99 Korea, North
63.00
NA
100 Finland
63.00
NA
101 Congo, Republic of the
61.00
NA
102 Sao Tome and Principe
61.00
NA
103 Greece
61.00
NA
104 El Salvador
61.00
NA
105 Poland
61.00
NA
106 South Africa
61.00
NA
107 Ireland
61.00
NA
108 Botswana
60.00
NA
109 Cape Verde
60.00
NA
110 Paraguay
60.00
NA
111 Montenegro
60.00
NA
112 Liberia
60.00
NA
113 Portugal
59.00
NA
114 Kazakhstan
58.00
NA
115 Angola
57.00
NA
116 Cameroon
57.00
NA
117 Gambia, The
57.00
NA
118 Croatia
57.00
NA
119 Nicaragua
57.00
NA
120 Mongolia
57.00
NA
121 Slovakia
56.00
NA
122 Morocco
56.00
NA
123 Romania
54.00
NA
124 Seychelles
54.00
NA
125 Syria
54.00
NA
126 Georgia
53.00
NA
127 Jamaica
53.00
NA
128 Azerbaijan
52.00
NA
129 Fiji
52.00
NA
130 Indonesia
52.00
NA
131 Serbia
52.00
NA
132 French Polynesia
52.00
NA
133 Belize
52.00
NA
134 Isle of Man
51.00
NA
135 Ghana
50.00
NA
136 Guatemala
49.00
NA
137 Tuvalu
49.00
NA
138 Turkmenistan
49.00
NA
139 Cote d'Ivoire
49.00
NA
140 Honduras
48.00
NA
141 Nigeria
48.00
NA
142 Slovenia
48.00
NA
143 Aruba
47.00
NA
144 Bosnia and Herzegovina
47.00
NA
145 Albania
47.00
NA
146 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
47.00
NA
147 Haiti
47.00
NA
148 Kiribati
44.00
NA
149 China
43.00
NA
150 Egypt
43.00
NA
151 Sudan
43.00
NA
152 Moldova
42.00
NA
153 Mauritius
42.00
NA
154 Senegal
42.00
NA
155 Togo
42.00
NA
156 Benin
41.00
NA
157 Faroe Islands
41.00
NA
158 Mauritania
41.00
NA
159 Barbados
40.00
NA
160 British Virgin Islands
40.00
NA
161 Central African Republic
39.00
NA
162 Equatorial Guinea
39.00
NA
163 Niue
39.00
NA
164 Saint Helena
39.00
NA
165 Maldives
38.00
NA
166 Sierra Leone
38.00
NA
167 Mozambique
37.00
NA
168 Somalia
37.00
NA
169 Namibia
37.00
NA
170 Zimbabwe
37.00
NA
171 Uzbekistan
37.00
NA
172 Kyrgyzstan
36.00
NA
173 Pakistan
36.00
NA
174 Bhutan
35.00
NA
175 Zambia
35.00
NA
176 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
34.00
NA
177 Guinea
34.00
NA
178 Burma
33.00
NA
179 Thailand
33.00
NA
180 Mali
32.00
NA
181 Saint Kitts and Nevis
32.00
NA
182 Grenada
31.00
NA
183 Guernsey
31.00
NA
184 Laos
31.00
NA
185 Yemen
31.00
NA
186 Jersey
31.00
NA
187 Antigua and Barbuda
30.00
NA
188 Guinea-Bissau
30.00
NA
189 India
29.00
NA
190 Madagascar
29.00
NA
191 Comoros
28.00
NA
192 Saint Lucia
28.00
NA
193 Vietnam
28.00
NA
194 Guyana
28.00
NA
195 Bangladesh
27.00
NA
196 Timor-Leste
27.00
NA
197 Chad
27.00
NA
198 Tajikistan
26.00
NA
199 Lesotho
25.00
NA
200 Swaziland
25.00
NA
201 Vanuatu
25.00
NA
202 Tonga
25.00
NA
203 Tanzania
25.00
NA
204 Afghanistan
24.00
NA
205 Samoa
23.00
NA
206 Cambodia
22.00
NA
207 Micronesia, Federated States of
22.00
NA
208 Kenya
22.00
NA
209 Eritrea
21.00
NA
210 Burkina Faso
20.00
NA
211 Malawi
19.00
NA
212 Solomon Islands
18.00
NA
213 Rwanda
18.00
NA
214 Ethiopia
17.00
NA
215 Nepal
17.00
NA
216 Niger
16.00
NA
217 Sri Lanka
15.00
NA
218 Liechtenstein
14.00
NA
219 Montserrat
14.00
NA
220 Trinidad and Tobago
13.00
NA
221 Uganda
13.00
NA
222 Papua New Guinea
12.00
NA
223 Burundi
10.00
NA
224 Burundi
6.80
NA
225 Laos
5.60
NA
226 Liberia
5.60
NA
227 Afghanistan
5.40
NA
228 Eritrea
5.40
NA
229 Maldives
5.30
NA
230 Malawi
5.20
NA
231 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
5.10
NA
232 Timor-Leste
5.00
NA
233 Burkina Faso
5.00
NA
234 Bhutan
4.90
NA
235 Nepal
4.90
NA
236 Yemen
4.90
NA
237 Mali
4.80
NA
238 Chad
4.70
NA
239 Cambodia
4.60
NA
240 Haiti
4.50
NA
241 Angola
4.40
NA
242 Uganda
4.40
NA
243 Ethiopia
4.30
NA
244 Sudan
4.30
NA
245 Togo
4.30
NA
246 Gambia, The
4.20
NA
247 Somalia
4.20
NA
248 Tanzania
4.20
NA
249 Rwanda
4.20
NA
250 Solomon Islands
4.10
NA
251 Mozambique
4.10
NA
252 Vanuatu
4.10
NA
253 Benin
4.00
NA
254 Kenya
4.00
NA
255 Western Sahara
4.00
NA
256 Niger
4.00
NA
257 Madagascar
3.80
NA
258 Nigeria
3.80
NA
259 Bangladesh
3.50
NA
260 Lesotho
3.50
NA
261 Guinea
3.50
NA
262 Ghana
3.50
NA
263 Cape Verde
3.50
NA
264 Cameroon
3.50
NA
265 Guatemala
3.40
NA
266 Gaza Strip
3.30
NA
267 Indonesia
3.30
NA
268 West Bank
3.30
NA
269 Cote d'Ivoire
3.20
NA
270 Guinea-Bissau
3.20
NA
271 Belize
3.10
NA
272 Syria
3.10
NA
273 Vietnam
3.10
NA
274 Senegal
3.10
NA
275 Jordan
3.10
NA
276 Mauritania
3.00
NA
277 Philippines
3.00
NA
278 Sao Tome and Principe
3.00
NA
279 Pakistan
3.00
NA
280 Malaysia
3.00
NA
281 United Arab Emirates
2.90
NA
282 Namibia
2.90
NA
283 Trinidad and Tobago
2.90
NA
284 Sierra Leone
2.90
NA
285 Honduras
2.90
NA
286 Burma
2.90
NA
287 Equatorial Guinea
2.80
NA
288 Paraguay
2.80
NA
289 Congo, Republic of the
2.70
NA
290 Comoros
2.70
NA
291 China
2.70
NA
292 Panama
2.70
NA
293 Marshall Islands
2.70
NA
294 Brunei
2.60
NA
295 Dominican Republic
2.60
NA
296 Algeria
2.50
NA
297 Bolivia
2.50
NA
298 Botswana
2.50
NA
299 Saudi Arabia
2.50
NA
300 Kuwait
2.50
NA
301 American Samoa
2.40
NA
302 India
2.40
NA
303 Costa Rica
2.30
NA
304 Zambia
2.30
NA
305 Central African Republic
2.30
NA
306 Djibouti
2.20
NA
307 Zimbabwe
2.20
NA
308 Turkmenistan
2.20
NA
309 Ireland
2.20
NA
310 Libya
2.20
NA
311 Qatar
2.20
NA
312 Turks and Caicos Islands
2.20
NA
313 Montserrat
2.20
NA
314 Northern Mariana Islands
2.10
NA
315 Ecuador
2.10
NA
316 New Caledonia
2.10
NA
317 Iran
2.10
NA
318 Gabon
2.10
NA
319 Faroe Islands
2.00
NA
320 Venezuela
2.00
NA
321 Oman
2.00
NA
322 Albania
1.90
NA
323 El Salvador
1.90
NA
324 Papua New Guinea
1.90
NA
325 Turkey
1.90
NA
326 Bahrain
1.80
NA
327 Egypt
1.80
NA
328 Kiribati
1.80
NA
329 Palau
1.80
NA
330 Nicaragua
1.80
NA
331 Morocco
1.80
NA
332 Brazil
1.80
NA
333 Colombia
1.70
NA
334 Swaziland
1.70
NA
335 Samoa
1.70
NA
336 British Virgin Islands
1.70
NA
337 Tunisia
1.70
NA
338 Thailand
1.70
NA
339 Iraq
1.70
NA
340 Israel
1.70
NA
341 Fiji
1.60
NA
342 Tajikistan
1.60
NA
343 Uzbekistan
1.60
NA
344 Tonga
1.60
NA
345 Netherlands Antilles
1.60
NA
346 Kyrgyzstan
1.60
NA
347 Barbados
1.50
NA
348 Cayman Islands
1.50
NA
349 Mexico
1.50
NA
350 Saint Helena
1.50
NA
351 Anguilla
1.40
NA
352 Bahamas, The
1.40
NA
353 Portugal
1.40
NA
354 Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.40
NA
355 Saint Kitts and Nevis
1.40
NA
356 Saint Lucia
1.40
NA
357 South Africa
1.40
NA
358 Seychelles
1.40
NA
359 Chile
1.30
NA
360 French Polynesia
1.30
NA
361 United States
1.30
NA
362 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1.30
NA
363 Tuvalu
1.30
NA
364 Peru
1.30
NA
365 Cyprus
1.30
NA
366 Argentina
1.20
NA
367 Singapore
1.20
NA
368 Mongolia
1.20
NA
369 Lebanon
1.20
NA
370 Kazakhstan
1.20
NA
371 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
1.20
NA
372 Australia
1.20
NA
373 Azerbaijan
1.00
NA
374 Canada
1.00
NA
375 Luxembourg
1.00
NA
376 New Zealand
1.00
NA
377 Suriname
1.00
NA
378 Hong Kong
1.00
NA
379 Antigua and Barbuda
0.90
NA
380 Greenland
0.90
NA
381 San Marino
0.90
NA
382 Spain
0.90
NA
383 Mauritius
0.90
NA
384 Netherlands
0.90
NA
385 Jamaica
0.90
NA
386 Korea, North
0.90
NA
387 Finland
0.80
NA
388 France
0.80
NA
389 Puerto Rico
0.80
NA
390 Macedonia
0.80
NA
391 Iceland
0.80
NA
392 Micronesia, Federated States of
0.80
NA
393 Austria
0.70
NA
394 Norway
0.70
NA
395 Macau
0.70
NA
396 Guernsey
0.60
NA
397 Greece
0.60
NA
398 Jersey
0.60
NA
399 Malta
0.60
NA
400 Korea, South
0.60
NA
401 Sri Lanka
0.50
NA
402 Liechtenstein
0.50
NA
403 Serbia
0.50
NA
404 Switzerland
0.50
NA
405 United Kingdom
0.50
NA
406 Sweden
0.50
NA
407 Denmark
0.50
NA
408 Croatia
0.40
NA
409 Uruguay
0.40
NA
410 Italy
0.40
NA
411 Bermuda
0.30
NA
412 Belgium
0.30
NA
413 Nauru
0.30
NA
414 Monaco
0.30
NA
415 Hungary
0.30
NA
416 Grenada
0.30
NA
417 Dominica
0.20
NA
418 Japan
0.20
NA
419 Slovakia
0.20
NA
420 Virgin Islands
0.20
NA
421 Aruba
0.10
NA
422 Germany
0.10
NA
423 Gibraltar
0.10
NA
424 Holy See (Vatican City)
0.10
NA
425 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0.10
NA
426 Belarus
0.00
NA
427 Cuba
0.00
NA
428 Guyana
0.00
NA
429 Wallis and Futuna
0.00
NA
430 Wallis and Futuna
0.00
NA
431 Tokelau
0.00
NA
432 Tokelau
0.00
NA
433 Pitcairn Islands
0.00
NA
434 Pitcairn Islands
0.00
NA
435 Czech Republic
0.00
NA
436 Romania
-0.10
NA
437 Andorra
-0.20
NA
438 Isle of Man
-0.20
NA
439 Niue
-0.20
NA
440 Armenia
-0.30
NA
441 Bulgaria
-0.30
NA
442 Poland
-0.30
NA
443 Estonia
-0.30
NA
444 Lithuania
-0.40
NA
445 Latvia
-0.50
NA
446 Russia
-0.50
NA
447 Georgia
-0.60
NA
448 Slovenia
-0.60
NA
449 Cook Islands
-0.70
NA
450 Ukraine
-0.70
NA
451 Montenegro
-0.80
NA
452 Moldova
-1.50
NA