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Urban population by country, 2025 (% of total population)

Share of each country's people who live in cities and towns, for 217 countries and areas, ranked from most to least urban. Source: World Bank, from the UN World Urbanization Prospects.

Key facts

  • World: 57.8% of people live in urban areas (2025).
  • Most urban: Bahrain (100.0%), Bermuda (100.0%) and Cayman Islands (100.0%).
  • Least urban in the list: Liechtenstein (14.6%).
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Urban population by country, 2025 (% of total population). Select a column heading to sort.
1Bahrain100.02025
1Bermuda100.02025
1Cayman Islands100.02025
1Gibraltar100.02025
1Hong Kong SAR China100.02025
1Kuwait100.02025
1Macao SAR China100.02025
1Monaco100.02025
1Nauru100.02025
1Singapore100.02025
1Sint Maarten100.02025
1St. Martin100.02025
13Qatar99.42025
14San Marino97.22025
15Netherlands95.92025
16Malta95.72025
16Uruguay95.72025
18U.S. Virgin Islands95.42025
19Luxembourg94.92025
20Turks & Caicos Islands94.42025
21Puerto Rico94.32025
22Guam94.22025
22Iceland94.22025
24Jordan93.22025
25Argentina92.42025
26Japan92.32025
27Northern Mariana Islands92.22025
28Gabon92.12025
29Israel91.62025
30Curaçao91.52025
31Lebanon91.02025
32Türkiye89.52025
33Venezuela89.32025
34Chile89.22025
35Sweden89.12025
36Andorra88.92025
37Denmark88.82025
38Greenland88.62025
39Brazil88.22025
40Libya87.92025
41Australia87.72025
41Belgium87.72025
43Palestinian Territories87.42025
44United Arab Emirates86.02025
45Switzerland85.72025
46Peru85.62025
47Saudi Arabia84.62025
48New Zealand84.02025
49Norway83.62025
50United Kingdom83.32025
51Canada82.92025
52Germany82.12025
53Bahamas81.32025
54South Korea81.22025
55American Samoa80.52025
55Spain80.52025
57United States80.22025
58Mexico80.02025
59Costa Rica79.72025
60Belarus79.52025
60Oman79.52025
62Palau79.32025
63Greece79.22025
64Marshall Islands79.12025
65Colombia78.82025
65France78.82025
67Cape Verde77.62025
68Iran77.42025
68Malaysia77.42025
70Cuba77.22025
71Algeria75.82025
72El Salvador75.52025
73Russia75.32025
74Brunei75.02025
75Finland74.52025
76Bulgaria74.22025
77Dominica74.02025
78Djibouti73.02025
79Czechia72.92025
80Dominican Republic72.52025
81Syria72.12025
82Bolivia71.62025
82Equatorial Guinea71.62025
84Angola71.52025
85Mongolia71.12025
86Estonia70.72025
86Hungary70.72025
86Tunisia70.72025
89Paraguay70.42025
90Iraq69.92025
91Austria69.72025
91Italy69.72025
93Ukraine69.62025
94São Tomé & Príncipe69.22025
95Lithuania69.12025
96Latvia68.62025
97New Caledonia68.22025
98Botswana68.02025
99Nepal67.02025
100Cyprus66.72025
101China66.32025
102Panama66.22025
103Armenia65.92025
104Suriname65.82025
105Montenegro65.62025
106Tuvalu65.42025
107Gambia65.02025
108Ireland64.62025
109North Korea64.22025
110Congo - Brazzaville64.12025
111Nigeria63.82025
111South Africa63.82025
113Ecuador63.42025
113Kiribati63.42025
115Morocco63.12025
116North Macedonia62.92025
117Thailand62.82025
118Serbia62.62025
119Kazakhstan62.42025
120French Polynesia61.82025
121Aruba61.72025
122Mauritania61.52025
122Portugal61.52025
124Georgia61.22025
125Poland60.12025
126Barbados59.72025
127Fiji59.52025
128Indonesia59.42025
128Jamaica59.42025
128Nicaragua59.42025
131Honduras59.32025
132Albania58.92025
132Ghana58.92025
134Azerbaijan58.62025
135Croatia57.82025
136British Virgin Islands57.42025
137Guatemala56.32025
138Liberia56.12025
139Slovenia56.02025
140Philippines55.82025
140Senegal55.82025
142Cameroon55.72025
143Haiti55.62025
144Somalia55.12025
145Côte d’Ivoire54.52025
146Trinidad & Tobago54.02025
147Benin53.42025
148Slovakia53.22025
149Bosnia & Herzegovina52.72025
150Romania52.22025
151Isle of Man52.12025
152Uzbekistan51.02025
153Kosovo50.92025
153Namibia50.92025
155St. Vincent & Grenadines48.02025
156Turkmenistan47.12025
157Guinea-Bissau46.72025
158Sierra Leone45.92025
158Zambia45.92025
160Seychelles45.52025
161Congo - Kinshasa45.12025
162Lesotho44.72025
163Central African Republic44.62025
164Togo44.42025
165Moldova43.72025
166Bhutan43.42025
167Egypt42.92025
168Maldives42.52025
169Belize41.62025
170Cambodia41.12025
171Zimbabwe40.52025
172Laos40.32025
173Faroe Islands39.62025
174Pakistan39.52025
175Mauritius39.02025
176Vietnam38.82025
177Guinea38.52025
178Mozambique37.22025
179Yemen37.02025
180Tanzania36.92025
181Grenada36.72025
182India35.72025
183Sudan34.92025
184Kyrgyzstan34.72025
185Eritrea34.52025
186Comoros33.92025
187Bangladesh33.22025
188Madagascar32.92025
189Channel Islands32.62025
190Kenya32.22025
190Mali32.22025
192St. Kitts & Nevis31.92025
192Uganda31.92025
194Solomon Islands31.32025
195Rwanda30.92025
196Myanmar (Burma)30.62025
197St. Lucia29.12025
198Burkina Faso28.92025
199Timor-Leste28.82025
200Chad27.62025
201Eswatini26.72025
202Guyana26.52025
203Tajikistan26.22025
204Afghanistan25.92025
205Burundi25.72025
206Antigua & Barbuda24.32025
207Ethiopia24.12025
208Micronesia22.52025
209Vanuatu22.32025
210South Sudan21.72025
211Tonga21.22025
212Sri Lanka20.52025
213Niger18.42025
214Malawi17.62025
215Samoa17.52025
216Papua New Guinea15.82025
217Liechtenstein14.62025

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators · Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 2026-10-31

About this data

Each country uses its own definition of urban, usually a minimum number of people or a density threshold, so a town in one country may count as a village in another.

City-states and small territories are 100% urban by definition. More than half of the world's people have lived in cities since about 2007.

FAQ

Which country is the most urbanized?

Bahrain (100.0%), then Bermuda (100.0%) and Cayman Islands (100.0%). City-states and small territories often count as fully urban.

What share of the world lives in cities?

57.8% in 2025, according to UN estimates.

Which country is the least urbanized?

In this list, Liechtenstein, where 14.6% of people live in urban areas.

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