Percentage living in urban areas (most recent) by country

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

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.

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

Rank

Countries

Amount

= 1

Guadeloupe:

100%

= 1

Gibraltar:

100%

= 1

Monaco:

100%

= 1

Nauru:

100%

= 1

Singapore:

100%

= 1

Bermuda:

100%

= 7

Puerto Rico:

97%

= 7

Belgium:

97%

= 9

Martinique:

96%

= 9

Kuwait:

96%

= 11

Guam:

94%

= 11

Northern Mariana Islands:

94%

= 11

Virgin Islands:

94%

= 11

Western Sahara:

94%

= 15

Uruguay:

93%

= 15

Iceland:

93%

= 17

Luxembourg:

92%

= 17

Israel:

92%

= 17

Andorra:

92%

= 17

Malta:

92%

= 17

Qatar:

92%

# 22

Reunion:

91%

= 23

Bahrain:

90%

= 23

American Samoa:

90%

= 23

Argentina:

90%

= 26

United Kingdom:

89%

= 26

San Marino:

89%

= 26

Bahamas, The:

89%

= 29

Saudi Arabia:

88%

= 29

Venezuela:

88%

= 29

Germany:

88%

= 32

Chile:

87%

= 32

Lebanon:

87%

= 34

New Zealand:

86%

= 34

Libya:

86%

= 36

United Arab Emirates:

85%

= 36

Denmark:

85%

= 38

Gabon:

84%

= 38

Djibouti:

84%

= 40

Sweden:

83%

= 40

Brazil:

83%

= 42

United States:

80%

= 42

Canada:

80%

= 42

Korea, South:

80%

= 45

Jordan:

79%

= 45

Norway:

79%

# 47

Oman:

78%

= 48

France:

76%

= 48

Colombia:

76%

= 48

Cuba:

76%

= 48

Suriname:

76%

= 48

Spain:

76%

= 53

French Guiana:

75%

= 53

Mexico:

75%

= 53

Trinidad and Tobago:

75%

= 56

Czech Republic:

74%

= 56

Peru:

74%

# 58

Russia:

73%

# 59

Dominica:

72%

# 60

Belarus:

71%

= 61

Netherlands Antilles:

70%

= 61

Bulgaria:

70%

= 61

Cook Islands:

70%

= 64

Cyprus:

69%

= 64

Palau:

69%

= 64

Estonia:

69%

# 67

Switzerland:

68%

= 68

Iraq:

67%

= 68

Iran:

67%

= 68

Italy:

67%

= 68

Lithuania:

67%

= 68

Ukraine:

67%

= 73

Austria:

66%

= 73

Turkey:

66%

= 73

Latvia:

66%

= 73

Marshall Islands:

66%

= 73

Netherlands:

66%

= 78

Japan:

65%

= 78

Hungary:

65%

= 80

Armenia:

64%

= 80

Malaysia:

64%

= 80

Tunisia:

64%

# 83

Bolivia:

63%

= 84

Ecuador:

62%

= 84

Mauritania:

62%

= 84

Poland:

62%

= 87

Costa Rica:

61%

= 87

Philippines:

61%

= 87

Finland:

61%

= 87

New Caledonia:

61%

= 87

Greece:

61%

= 92

El Salvador:

60%

= 92

Ireland:

60%

= 94

Croatia:

59%

= 94

Algeria:

59%

= 94

Dominican Republic:

59%

= 94

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:

59%

# 98

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:

58%

= 99

Morocco:

57%

= 99

Paraguay:

57%

= 99

South Africa:

57%

= 99

Nicaragua:

57%

= 99

Slovakia:

57%

= 99

Panama:

57%

= 99

Mongolia:

57%

= 106

Cape Verde:

56%

= 106

Kazakhstan:

56%

= 108

Portugal:

55%

= 108

Romania:

55%

= 108

Tuvalu:

55%

= 111

French Polynesia:

52%

= 111

Jamaica:

52%

= 111

Barbados:

52%

= 111

Fiji:

52%

= 111

Georgia:

52%

= 111

Botswana:

52%

= 111

Serbia and Montenegro:

52%

= 118

Slovenia:

51%

= 118

Cameroon:

51%

= 120

Syria:

50%

= 120

Seychelles:

50%

= 120

Azerbaijan:

50%

= 120

Senegal:

50%

= 124

Belize:

48%

= 124

Equatorial Guinea:

48%

= 126

Kiribati:

47%

= 126

Liberia:

47%

= 126

Nigeria:

47%

= 129

Moldova:

46%

= 129

Honduras:

46%

= 129

Indonesia:

46%

= 129

Guatemala:

46%

= 133

Benin:

45%

= 133

Ghana:

45%

= 133

Turkmenistan:

45%

= 133

Aruba:

45%

= 137

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

44%

= 137

Albania:

44%

= 139

Central African Republic:

43%

= 139

Mauritius:

43%

# 141

Egypt:

42%

# 142

Grenada:

41%

= 143

Sierra Leone:

39%

= 143

Sudan:

39%

= 143

Kenya:

39%

= 146

Sao Tome and Principe:

38%

= 146

Antigua and Barbuda:

38%

= 146

Guyana:

38%

= 149

Haiti:

37%

= 149

Uzbekistan:

37%

= 151

Angola:

36%

= 151

Zambia:

36%

= 151

Mozambique:

36%

= 154

Somalia:

35%

= 154

Guinea:

35%

= 154

Togo:

35%

= 154

Tanzania:

35%

= 154

Zimbabwe:

35%

= 154

Comoros:

35%

= 160

Guinea-Bissau:

34%

= 160

Pakistan:

34%

= 160

Kyrgyzstan:

34%

# 163

Tonga:

33%

= 164

Saint Kitts and Nevis:

32%

= 164

Namibia:

32%

= 164

Mali:

32%

= 164

Thailand:

32%

= 164

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:

32%

# 169

Saint Lucia:

30%

= 170

Burma:

29%

= 170

Maldives:

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

Afghanistan:

23%

= 181

Vanuatu:

23%

= 183

Liechtenstein:

22%

= 183

Niger:

22%

= 183

Samoa:

22%

# 186

Sri Lanka:

21%

# 187

Eritrea:

20%

# 188

Cambodia:

19%

= 189

Lesotho:

18%

= 189

Rwanda:

18%

= 189

Burkina Faso:

18%

= 192

Solomon Islands:

16%

= 192

Ethiopia:

16%

= 192

Malawi:

16%

# 195

Nepal:

15%

# 196

Papua New Guinea:

13%

# 197

Uganda:

12%

# 198

Burundi:

10%

# 199

Bhutan:

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

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

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