DEFINITION
Percentage of people living in urban areas. Data for 2003. Urban-rural classification of
population in internationally published statistics follows the national census definition, which differs from one country or area to another. National definitions are usually based on criteria that may include any of the following: size of
population in a locality,
population density, distance between built-up areas, predominant type of economic activity, legal or administrative boundaries and urban characteristics such as specific services and facilities.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
Singapore: |
100% |
|
| #2 |
Gibraltar: |
100% |
|
| #3 |
Monaco: |
100% |
|
| #4 |
Nauru: |
100% |
|
| #5 |
Guadeloupe: |
100% |
|
| #6 |
Bermuda: |
100% |
|
| #7 |
Belgium: |
97% |
|
| #8 |
Puerto Rico: |
97% |
|
| #9 |
Martinique: |
96% |
|
| #10 |
Kuwait: |
96% |
|
| #11 |
Virgin Islands: |
94% |
|
| #12 |
Guam: |
94% |
|
| #13 |
Western Sahara: |
94% |
|
| #14 |
Northern Mariana Islands: |
94% |
|
| #15 |
Iceland: |
93% |
|
| #16 |
Uruguay: |
93% |
|
| #17 |
Luxembourg: |
92% |
|
| #18 |
Malta: |
92% |
|
| #19 |
Israel: |
92% |
|
| #20 |
Andorra: |
92% |
|
| #21 |
Qatar: |
92% |
|
| #22 |
Reunion: |
91% |
|
| #23 |
Argentina: |
90% |
|
| #24 |
American Samoa: |
90% |
|
| #25 |
Bahrain: |
90% |
|
| #26 |
San Marino: |
89% |
|
| #27 |
United Kingdom: |
89% |
|
| #28 |
Bahamas, The: |
89% |
|
| #29 |
Germany: |
88% |
|
| #30 |
Saudi Arabia: |
88% |
|
| #31 |
Venezuela: |
88% |
|
| #32 |
Lebanon: |
87% |
|
| #33 |
Chile: |
87% |
|
| #34 |
New Zealand: |
86% |
|
| #35 |
Libya: |
86% |
|
| #36 |
United Arab Emirates: |
85% |
|
| #37 |
Denmark: |
85% |
|
| #38 |
Djibouti: |
84% |
|
| #39 |
Gabon: |
84% |
|
| #40 |
Sweden: |
83% |
|
| #41 |
Brazil: |
83% |
|
| #42 |
Canada: |
80% |
|
| #43 |
Korea, South: |
80% |
|
| #44 |
United States: |
80% |
|
| #45 |
Norway: |
79% |
|
| #46 |
Jordan: |
79% |
|
| #47 |
Oman: |
78% |
|
| #48 |
France: |
76% |
|
| #49 |
Spain: |
76% |
|
| #50 |
Colombia: |
76% |
|
| #51 |
Cuba: |
76% |
|
| #52 |
Suriname: |
76% |
|
| #53 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
75% |
|
| #54 |
Mexico: |
75% |
|
| #55 |
French Guiana: |
75% |
|
| #56 |
Czech Republic: |
74% |
|
| #57 |
Peru: |
74% |
|
| #58 |
Russia: |
73% |
|
| #59 |
Dominica: |
72% |
|
| #60 |
Belarus: |
71% |
|
| #61 |
Netherlands Antilles: |
70% |
|
| #62 |
Bulgaria: |
70% |
|
| #63 |
Cook Islands: |
70% |
|
| #64 |
Cyprus: |
69% |
|
| #65 |
Estonia: |
69% |
|
| #66 |
Palau: |
69% |
|
| #67 |
Switzerland: |
68% |
|
| #68 |
Iran: |
67% |
|
| #69 |
Lithuania: |
67% |
|
| #70 |
Italy: |
67% |
|
| #71 |
Iraq: |
67% |
|
| #72 |
Ukraine: |
67% |
|
| #73 |
Turkey: |
66% |
|
| #74 |
Netherlands: |
66% |
|
| #75 |
Latvia: |
66% |
|
| #76 |
Marshall Islands: |
66% |
|
| #77 |
Austria: |
66% |
|
| #78 |
Japan: |
65% |
|
| #79 |
Hungary: |
65% |
|
| #80 |
Malaysia: |
64% |
|
| #81 |
Armenia: |
64% |
|
| #82 |
Tunisia: |
64% |
|
| #83 |
Bolivia: |
63% |
|
| #84 |
Mauritania: |
62% |
|
| #85 |
Ecuador: |
62% |
|
| #86 |
Poland: |
62% |
|
| #87 |
New Caledonia: |
61% |
|
| #88 |
Philippines: |
61% |
|
| #89 |
Costa Rica: |
61% |
|
| #90 |
Finland: |
61% |
|
| #91 |
Greece: |
61% |
|
| #92 |
El Salvador: |
60% |
|
| #93 |
Ireland: |
60% |
|
| #94 |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
59% |
|
| #95 |
Algeria: |
59% |
|
| #96 |
Dominican Republic: |
59% |
|
| #97 |
Croatia: |
59% |
|
| #98 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
58% |
|
| #99 |
Morocco: |
57% |
|
| #100 |
Paraguay: |
57% |
|
| #101 |
Slovakia: |
57% |
|
| #102 |
Panama: |
57% |
|
| #103 |
Nicaragua: |
57% |
|
| #104 |
Mongolia: |
57% |
|
| #105 |
South Africa: |
57% |
|
| #106 |
Kazakhstan: |
56% |
|
| #107 |
Cape Verde: |
56% |
|
| #108 |
Romania: |
55% |
|
| #109 |
Tuvalu: |
55% |
|
| #110 |
Portugal: |
55% |
|
| #111 |
Serbia and Montenegro: |
52% |
|
| #112 |
Botswana: |
52% |
|
| #113 |
Georgia: |
52% |
|
| #114 |
Fiji: |
52% |
|
| #115 |
French Polynesia: |
52% |
|
| #116 |
Jamaica: |
52% |
|
| #117 |
Barbados: |
52% |
|
| #118 |
Cameroon: |
51% |
|
| #119 |
Slovenia: |
51% |
|
| #120 |
Azerbaijan: |
50% |
|
| #121 |
Syria: |
50% |
|
| #122 |
Seychelles: |
50% |
|
| #123 |
Senegal: |
50% |
|
| #124 |
Belize: |
48% |
|
| #125 |
Equatorial Guinea: |
48% |
|
| #126 |
Liberia: |
47% |
|
| #127 |
Nigeria: |
47% |
|
| #128 |
Kiribati: |
47% |
|
| #129 |
Moldova: |
46% |
|
| #130 |
Honduras: |
46% |
|
| #131 |
Indonesia: |
46% |
|
| #132 |
Guatemala: |
46% |
|
| #133 |
Ghana: |
45% |
|
| #134 |
Aruba: |
45% |
|
| #135 |
Benin: |
45% |
|
| #136 |
Turkmenistan: |
45% |
|
| #137 |
Albania: |
44% |
|
| #138 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
44% |
|
| #139 |
Central African Republic: |
43% |
|
| #140 |
Mauritius: |
43% |
|
| #141 |
Egypt: |
42% |
|
| #142 |
Grenada: |
41% |
|
| #143 |
Sierra Leone: |
39% |
|
| #144 |
Sudan: |
39% |
|
| #145 |
Kenya: |
39% |
|
| #146 |
Sao Tome and Principe: |
38% |
|
| #147 |
Guyana: |
38% |
|
| #148 |
Antigua and Barbuda: |
38% |
|
| #149 |
Haiti: |
37% |
|
| #150 |
Uzbekistan: |
37% |
|
| #151 |
Angola: |
36% |
|
| #152 |
Mozambique: |
36% |
|
| #153 |
Zambia: |
36% |
|
| #154 |
Comoros: |
35% |
|
| #155 |
Guinea: |
35% |
|
| #156 |
Togo: |
35% |
|
| #157 |
Somalia: |
35% |
|
| #158 |
Zimbabwe: |
35% |
|
| #159 |
Tanzania: |
35% |
|
| #160 |
Guinea-Bissau: |
34% |
|
| #161 |
Pakistan: |
34% |
|
| #162 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
34% |
|
| #163 |
Tonga: |
33% |
|
| #164 |
Mali: |
32% |
|
| #165 |
Thailand: |
32% |
|
| #166 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
32% |
|
| #167 |
Namibia: |
32% |
|
| #168 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
32% |
|
| #169 |
Saint Lucia: |
30% |
|
| #170 |
Maldives: |
29% |
|
| #171 |
Burma: |
29% |
|
| #172 |
India: |
28% |
|
| #173 |
Madagascar: |
27% |
|
| #174 |
Gambia, The: |
26% |
|
| #175 |
Vietnam: |
26% |
|
| #176 |
Yemen: |
26% |
|
| #177 |
Chad: |
25% |
|
| #178 |
Tajikistan: |
25% |
|
| #179 |
Swaziland: |
24% |
|
| #180 |
Bangladesh: |
24% |
