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DEFINITION
Urban population is the midyear population of areas defined as urban in each country and reported to the United Nations. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
People Statistics > Urban population (per capita) (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Singapore :
1
per capita
2005 ...
#2
Hong Kong :
1
per capita
2005 ...
#3
Bermuda :
1
per capita
2005 ...
#4
Macau :
1
per capita
2005 ...
#5
Kuwait :
0.983
per capita
2005 ...
#6
Puerto Rico :
0.976
per capita
2005 ...
#7
Belgium :
0.972
per capita
2005 ...
#8
Bahrain :
0.965
per capita
2005 ...
#9
Qatar :
0.954
per capita
2005 ...
#10
Malta :
0.953
per capita
2005 ...
#11
Virgin Islands :
0.942
per capita
2005 ...
#12
Guam :
0.94
per capita
2005 ...
#13
Venezuela :
0.934
per capita
2005 ...
#14
Iceland :
0.928
per capita
2005 ...
#15
Uruguay :
0.92
per capita
2005 ...
#16
Israel :
0.916
per capita
2005 ...
#17
Bahamas, The :
0.904
per capita
2005 ...
#18
Argentina :
0.901
per capita
2005 ...
#19
United Kingdom :
0.897
per capita
2005 ...
#20
Australia :
0.882
per capita
2005 ...
#21
Chile :
0.876
per capita
2005 ...
#22
Lebanon :
0.866
per capita
2005 ...
#23
New Zealand :
0.862
per capita
2005 ...
#24
Djibouti :
0.861
per capita
2005 ...
#25
Denmark :
0.856
per capita
2005 ...
#26
Libya :
0.848
per capita
2005 ...
#27
Sweden :
0.842
per capita
2005 ...
#28
Brazil :
0.842
per capita
2005 ...
#29
Gabon :
0.836
per capita
2005 ...
#30
Greenland :
0.829
per capita
2005 ...
#31
Luxembourg :
0.828
per capita
2005 ...
#32
Jordan :
0.823
per capita
2005 ...
#33
Saudi Arabia :
0.81
per capita
2005 ...
#34
Korea, South :
0.808
per capita
2005 ...
#35
United States :
0.808
per capita
2005 ...
#36
Netherlands :
0.802
per capita
2005 ...
#37
Canada :
0.801
per capita
2005 ...
#38
Norway :
0.774
per capita
2005 ...
#39
Spain :
0.767
per capita
2005 ...
#40
France :
0.767
per capita
2005 ...
#41
United Arab Emirates :
0.767
per capita
2005 ...
#42
Mexico :
0.76
per capita
2005 ...
#43
Cuba :
0.755
per capita
2005 ...
#44
Germany :
0.752
per capita
2005 ...
#45
Switzerland :
0.752
per capita
2005 ...
#46
Suriname :
0.739
per capita
2005 ...
#47
Brunei :
0.735
per capita
2005 ...
#48
Czech Republic :
0.735
per capita
2005 ...
#49
Russia :
0.73
per capita
2005 ...
#50
Dominica :
0.729
per capita
2005 ...
#51
Colombia :
0.727
per capita
2005 ...
#52
Peru :
0.726
per capita
2005 ...
#53
Belarus :
0.722
per capita
2005 ...
#54
Oman :
0.715
per capita
2005 ...
#55
Panama :
0.708
per capita
2005 ...
#56
Netherlands Antilles :
0.704
per capita
2005 ...
#57
Bulgaria :
0.7
per capita
2005 ...
#58
Cyprus :
0.693
per capita
2005 ...
#59
Estonia :
0.691
per capita
2005 ...
#60
Macedonia, Republic of :
0.689
per capita
2005 ...
#61
Iraq :
0.68
per capita
1999 ...
#62
Latvia :
0.678
per capita
2005 ...
#63
Ukraine :
0.678
per capita
2005 ...
#64
Italy :
0.676
per capita
2005 ...
#65
Malaysia :
0.673
per capita
2005 ...
#66
Turkey :
0.673
per capita
2005 ...
#67
Iran :
0.669
per capita
2005 ...
#68
Dominican Republic :
0.668
per capita
2005 ...
#69
Marshall Islands :
0.667
per capita
2005 ...
#70
Lithuania :
0.666
per capita
2005 ...
#71
Hungary :
0.663
per capita
2005 ...
#72
Austria :
0.66
per capita
2005 ...
#73
Japan :
0.658
per capita
2005 ...
#74
Tunisia :
0.653
per capita
2005 ...
#75
Bolivia :
0.642
per capita
2005 ...
#76
Armenia :
0.641
per capita
2005 ...
#77
New Caledonia :
0.637
per capita
2005 ...
#78
Algeria :
0.633
per capita
2005 ...
#79
Ecuador :
0.628
per capita
2005 ...
#80
Philippines :
0.627
per capita
2005 ...
#81
Poland :
0.621
per capita
2005 ...
#82
Costa Rica :
0.617
per capita
2005 ...
#83
Korea, North :
0.616
per capita
2005 ...
#84
Finland :
0.611
per capita
2005 ...
#85
Ireland :
0.605
per capita
2005 ...
#86
Congo, Republic of the :
0.602
per capita
2005 ...
#87
El Salvador :
0.598
per capita
2005 ...
#88
South Africa :
0.593
per capita
2005 ...
#89
Greece :
0.59
per capita
2005 ...
#90
Nicaragua :
0.59
per capita
2005 ...
#91
Morocco :
0.587
per capita
2005 ...
#92
Paraguay :
0.585
per capita
2005 ...
#93
Liberia :
0.581
per capita
2005 ...
#94
São Tomé and Príncipe :
0.58
per capita
2005 ...
#95
Portugal :
0.576
per capita
2005 ...
#96
Botswana :
0.574
per capita
2005 ...
#97
Cape Verde :
0.573
per capita
2005 ...
#98
Kazakhstan :
0.573
per capita
2005 ...
#99
Mongolia :
0.567
per capita
2005 ...
#100
Croatia :
0.565
per capita
2005 ...
#101
Slovakia :
0.562
per capita
2005 ...
#102
Cameroon :
0.546
per capita
2005 ...
#103
Gambia, The :
0.539
per capita
2005 ...
#104
Romania :
0.537
per capita
2005 ...
#105
Angola :
0.533
per capita
2005 ...
#106
Jamaica :
0.531
per capita
2005 ...
#107
Seychelles :
0.529
per capita
2005 ...
#108
Barbados :
0.527
per capita
2005 ...
#109
Georgia :
0.522
per capita
2005 ...
#110
Serbia and Montenegro :
0.522
per capita
2005 ...
#111
Man, Isle of :
0.518
per capita
2005 ...
#112
French Polynesia :
0.517
per capita
2005 ...
#113
Azerbaijan :
0.515
per capita
2005 ...
#114
Slovenia :
0.51
per capita
2005 ...
#115
Fiji :
0.508
per capita
2005 ...
#116
Syria :
0.506
per capita
2005 ...
#117
Belize :
0.483
per capita
2005 ...
#118
Nigeria :
0.482
per capita
2005 ...
#119
Indonesia :
0.481
per capita
2005 ...
#120
Ghana :
0.478
per capita
2005 ...
#121
Kiribati :
0.474
per capita
2005 ...
#122
Guatemala :
0.472
per capita
2005 ...
#123
Moldova :
0.467
per capita
2005 ...
#124
Honduras :
0.465
per capita
2005 ...
#125
Turkmenistan :
0.462
per capita
2005 ...
#126
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
0.459
per capita
2005 ...
#127
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
0.457
per capita
2005 ...
#128
Albania :
0.454
per capita
2005 ...
#129
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