Urbanization statistics - countries compared

SOURCE
Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002)

DEFINITION
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. 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 > Urbanization (most recent) by country

Rank

Countries

Amount

= 1

Monaco:

100

= 1

Gibraltar:

100

= 1

Bermuda:

100

= 1

Guadeloupe:

100

= 1

Nauru:

100

= 1

Singapore:

100

# 7

Belgium:

= 8

Kuwait:

= 8

Western Sahara:

# 10

Martinique:

= 11

Bahrain:

= 11

Iceland:

= 11

Qatar:

= 14

Luxembourg:

= 14

Andorra:

= 14

Israel:

= 14

Uruguay:

= 18

Australia:

= 18

Malta:

= 20

Netherlands:

= 20

United Kingdom:

= 20

San Marino:

= 20

Lebanon:

# 24

Bahamas, The:

= 25

Argentina:

= 25

Germany:

= 25

Libya:

= 28

Saudi Arabia:

= 28

United Arab Emirates:

= 28

Venezuela:

= 31

Chile:

= 31

New Zealand:

# 33

Denmark:

# 34

Djibouti:

= 35

Sweden:

= 35

Korea, South:

= 37

Gabon:

= 37

Brazil:

= 39

Canada:

= 39

Japan:

= 39

Jordan:

= 42

Spain:

= 42

New Caledonia:

= 44

United States:

= 44

Oman:

= 46

Cuba:

= 46

France:

= 46

Puerto Rico:

= 49

Colombia:

= 49

Trinidad and Tobago:

= 49

Czech Republic:

= 49

Mexico:

= 49

French Guiana:

= 49

Suriname:

= 49

Norway:

= 56

Peru:

= 56

Russia:

# 58

Reunion:

# 59

Dominica:

= 60

Cyprus:

= 60

Belarus:

= 62

Estonia:

= 62

Palau:

= 62

Netherlands Antilles:

= 62

Lithuania:

# 66

Ukraine:

= 67

Italy:

= 67

Switzerland:

= 67

Bulgaria:

= 67

Austria:

= 67

Iraq:

= 67

Armenia:

= 73

Marshall Islands:

= 73

Turkey:

= 73

Portugal:

= 73

Dominican Republic:

= 73

Tunisia:

= 78

Hungary:

= 78

Iran:

= 78

Seychelles:

# 81

Cape Verde:

= 82

Bolivia:

= 82

Ecuador:

= 82

Poland:

# 85

El Salvador:

# 86

Korea, North:

= 87

Latvia:

= 87

Greece:

= 87

Costa Rica:

= 90

Philippines:

= 90

Ireland:

= 90

Cook Islands:

= 90

Finland:

= 90

Mauritania:

= 90

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:

= 96

Slovakia:

= 96

Algeria:

= 96

Croatia:

= 96

Malaysia:

= 96

South Africa:

= 101

Nicaragua:

= 101

Panama:

= 101

Georgia:

= 101

Mongolia:

= 101

Paraguay:

= 101

Jamaica:

= 107

Kazakhstan:

= 107

Morocco:

= 107

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:

# 110

Romania:

# 111

Honduras:

= 112

Tuvalu:

= 112

American Samoa:

= 112

French Polynesia:

= 112

Northern Mariana Islands:

= 116

Serbia and Montenegro:

= 116

Azerbaijan:

= 116

Syria:

= 119

Barbados:

= 119

Aruba:

= 121

Cameroon:

= 121

Fiji:

= 123

Botswana:

= 123

Equatorial Guinea:

= 123

Slovenia:

= 126

Sao Tome and Principe:

= 126

Senegal:

= 126

Belize:

# 129

Virgin Islands:

# 130

Liberia:

= 131

Turkmenistan:

= 131

Nigeria:

# 133

Cote d'Ivoire:

= 134

Albania:

= 134

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

= 134

Benin:

= 134

Egypt:

= 138

Mauritius:

= 138

Indonesia:

= 138

Central African Republic:

# 141

Moldova:

= 142

Guam:

= 142

Guatemala:

= 142

Zambia:

# 145

Kiribati:

= 146

Grenada:

= 146

Saint Lucia:

= 148

Uzbekistan:

= 148

China:

= 148

Sierra Leone:

= 148

Antigua and Barbuda:

= 148

Sudan:

= 148

Haiti:

= 154

Ghana:

= 154

Zimbabwe:

= 154

Guyana:

# 157

Angola:

= 158

Kenya:

= 158

Comoros:

= 158

Kyrgyzstan:

= 158

Saint Kitts and Nevis:

= 158

Togo:

= 163

Pakistan:

= 163

Tanzania:

= 163

Tonga:

= 163

Mozambique:

# 167

Guinea-Bissau:

= 168

Gambia, The:

= 168

Namibia:

= 168

Mali:

= 168

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:

# 172

Madagascar:

# 173

Lesotho:

= 174

Somalia:

= 174

India:

= 174

Burma:

= 174

Maldives:

= 174

Guinea:

= 174

Tajikistan:

# 180

Swaziland:

# 181

Bangladesh:

= 182

Vietnam:

= 182

Yemen:

# 184

Chad:

# 185

Sri Lanka:

= 186

Liechtenstein:

= 186

Samoa:

= 186

Vanuatu:

= 186

Afghanistan:

# 190

Niger:

= 191

Solomon Islands:

= 191

Thailand:

= 191

Laos:

# 194

Eritrea:

= 195

Cambodia:

= 195

Papua New Guinea:

# 197

Burkina Faso:

# 198

Ethiopia:

= 199

Uganda:

= 199

Malawi:

# 201

Nepal:

# 202

Burundi:

# 203

Bhutan:

# 204

Rwanda:

Weighted average:

56.2

DEFINITION: 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. 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 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002)

People Statistics > Urbanization (most recent) by country

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