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