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People Statistics > Percentage living in urban areas (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount 
= 1     Guadeloupe: 100% 
= 1     Monaco: 100% 
= 1     Gibraltar: 100% 
= 1     Bermuda: 100% 
= 1     Singapore: 100% 
= 1     Nauru: 100% 
= 7     Belgium: 97% 
= 7     Puerto Rico: 97% 
= 9     Kuwait: 96% 
= 9     Martinique: 96% 
= 11     Northern Mariana Islands: 94% 
= 11     Guam: 94% 
= 11     Virgin Islands: 94% 
= 11     Western Sahara: 94% 
= 15     Uruguay: 93% 
= 15     Iceland: 93% 
= 17     Luxembourg: 92% 
= 17     Malta: 92% 
= 17     Qatar: 92% 
= 17     Israel: 92% 
= 17     Andorra: 92% 
# 22     Reunion: 91% 
= 23     American Samoa: 90% 
= 23     Bahrain: 90% 
= 23     Argentina: 90% 
= 26     United Kingdom: 89% 
= 26     San Marino: 89% 
= 26     Bahamas, The: 89% 
= 29     Germany: 88% 
= 29     Venezuela: 88% 
= 29     Saudi Arabia: 88% 
= 32     Lebanon: 87% 
= 32     Chile: 87% 
= 34     Libya: 86% 
= 34     New Zealand: 86% 
= 36     United Arab Emirates: 85% 
= 36     Denmark: 85% 
= 38     Djibouti: 84% 
= 38     Gabon: 84% 
= 40     Sweden: 83% 
= 40     Brazil: 83% 
= 42     United States: 80% 
= 42     Korea, South: 80% 
= 42     Canada: 80% 
= 45     Norway: 79% 
= 45     Jordan: 79% 
# 47     Oman: 78% 
= 48     Cuba: 76% 
= 48     Suriname: 76% 
= 48     France: 76% 
= 48     Colombia: 76% 
= 48     Spain: 76% 
= 53     Mexico: 75% 
= 53     French Guiana: 75% 
= 53     Trinidad and Tobago: 75% 
= 56     Peru: 74% 
= 56     Czech Republic: 74% 
# 58     Russia: 73% 
# 59     Dominica: 72% 
# 60     Belarus: 71% 
= 61     Bulgaria: 70% 
= 61     Netherlands Antilles: 70% 
= 61     Cook Islands: 70% 
= 64     Palau: 69% 
= 64     Cyprus: 69% 
= 64     Estonia: 69% 
# 67     Switzerland: 68% 
= 68     Italy: 67% 
= 68     Lithuania: 67% 
= 68     Iraq: 67% 
= 68     Iran: 67% 
= 68     Ukraine: 67% 
= 73     Marshall Islands: 66% 
= 73     Turkey: 66% 
= 73     Netherlands: 66% 
= 73     Austria: 66% 
= 73     Latvia: 66% 
= 78     Hungary: 65% 
= 78     Japan: 65% 
= 80     Malaysia: 64% 
= 80     Armenia: 64% 
= 80     Tunisia: 64% 
# 83     Bolivia: 63% 
= 84     Poland: 62% 
= 84     Mauritania: 62% 
= 84     Ecuador: 62% 
= 87     Philippines: 61% 
= 87     Costa Rica: 61% 
= 87     New Caledonia: 61% 
= 87     Finland: 61% 
= 87     Greece: 61% 
= 92     Ireland: 60% 
= 92     El Salvador: 60% 
= 94     Dominican Republic: 59% 
= 94     Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 59% 
= 94     Croatia: 59% 
= 94     Algeria: 59% 
# 98     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 58% 
= 99     Paraguay: 57% 
= 99     Morocco: 57% 
= 99     Slovakia: 57% 
= 99     Nicaragua: 57% 
= 99     South Africa: 57% 
= 99     Mongolia: 57% 
= 99     Panama: 57% 
= 106     Kazakhstan: 56% 
= 106     Cape Verde: 56% 
= 108     Romania: 55% 
= 108     Portugal: 55% 
= 108     Tuvalu: 55% 
= 111     Fiji: 52% 
= 111     Barbados: 52% 
= 111     Jamaica: 52% 
= 111     French Polynesia: 52% 
= 111     Botswana: 52% 
= 111     Georgia: 52% 
= 111     Serbia and Montenegro: 52% 
= 118     Cameroon: 51% 
= 118     Slovenia: 51% 
= 120     Syria: 50% 
= 120     Seychelles: 50% 
= 120     Senegal: 50% 
= 120     Azerbaijan: 50% 
= 124     Equatorial Guinea: 48% 
= 124     Belize: 48% 
= 126     Nigeria: 47% 
= 126     Liberia: 47% 
= 126     Kiribati: 47% 
= 129     Guatemala: 46% 
= 129     Indonesia: 46% 
= 129     Honduras: 46% 
= 129     Moldova: 46% 
= 133     Benin: 45% 
= 133     Aruba: 45% 
= 133     Turkmenistan: 45% 
= 133     Ghana: 45% 
= 137     Albania: 44% 
= 137     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 44% 
= 139     Mauritius: 43% 
= 139     Central African Republic: 43% 
# 141     Egypt: 42% 
# 142     Grenada: 41% 
= 143     Sierra Leone: 39% 
= 143     Sudan: 39% 
= 143     Kenya: 39% 
= 146     Sao Tome and Principe: 38% 
= 146     Guyana: 38% 
= 146     Antigua and Barbuda: 38% 
= 149     Haiti: 37% 
= 149     Uzbekistan: 37% 
= 151     Mozambique: 36% 
= 151     Zambia: 36% 
= 151     Angola: 36% 
= 154     Somalia: 35% 
= 154     Comoros: 35% 
= 154     Togo: 35% 
= 154     Tanzania: 35% 
= 154     Zimbabwe: 35% 
= 154     Guinea: 35% 
= 160     Kyrgyzstan: 34% 
= 160     Pakistan: 34% 
= 160     Guinea-Bissau: 34% 
# 163     Tonga: 33% 
= 164     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 32% 
= 164     Namibia: 32% 
= 164     Mali: 32% 
= 164     Thailand: 32% 
= 164     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 32% 
# 169     Saint Lucia: 30% 
= 170     Maldives: 29% 
= 170     Burma: 29% 
# 172     India: 28% 
# 173     Madagascar: 27% 
= 174     Gambia, The: 26% 
= 174     Vietnam: 26% 
= 174     Yemen: 26% 
= 177     Tajikistan: 25% 
= 177     Chad: 25% 
= 179     Swaziland: 24% 
= 179     Bangladesh: 24% 
= 181     Vanuatu: 23% 
= 181     Afghanistan: 23% 
= 183     Niger: 22% 
= 183     Liechtenstein: 22% 
= 183     Samoa: 22% 
# 186     Sri Lanka: 21% 
# 187     Eritrea: 20% 
# 188     Cambodia: 19% 
= 189     Rwanda: 18% 
= 189     Lesotho: 18% 
= 189     Burkina Faso: 18% 
= 192     Malawi: 16% 
= 192     Ethiopia: 16% 
= 192     Solomon Islands: 16% 
# 195     Nepal: 15% 
# 196     Papua New Guinea: 13% 
# 197     Uganda: 12% 
# 198     Burundi: 10% 
# 199     Bhutan: 9% 
Weighted average: 57.3%  


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.

SOURCE: Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies

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"Percentage living in urban areas by country", Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_per_liv_in_urb_are-people-percentage-living-urban-areas

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Titus Lee
18th October 2011 		China is not included on this list either.
Titus Lee
18th October 2011 		China is not included on this list either
samira
27th May 2011 		nice work!
Jock Re
1st July 2009 		Australia is not included on this list.
Nick Jackalson
6th January 2006 		Just like most statistics on this site, a precise definition of what constitutes an "urban area" is not given. For that matter, not even a rough definition of the term "urban area" is given, so the statistic is pretty much useless.

I believe Nauru is a very rural, agriculture and fishing-based and undeveloped Pacific Ocean country (an island, in fact). So it's probably listed as being the most "urbanized" simply because there is only one town on the island of Nauru, where everybody lives. To say it's the most urbanized country is therefore spurious. In fact, to even consider it to be a "country" at all in the normally accepted sense of the word (when it's no more than a small island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, no offence to Nauruans intended) is also spurious.
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