Urbanization in 2015 by country. Definition, graph and map.

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People Statistics > Urbanization in 2015 (most recent) by country

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Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Singapore:

100%

# 2

Belgium:

98%

# 3

Kuwait:

96.9%

= 4

Bahrain:

95%

= 4

Qatar:

95%

= 4

Luxembourg:

95%

# 7

Australia:

94.8%

# 8

Uruguay:

94.4%

# 9

Iceland:

94.3%

# 10

Malta:

93.7%

# 11

Israel:

93.5%

# 12

Lebanon:

92.6%

# 13

United Arab Emirates:

91.6%

# 14

Bahamas, The:

91.5%

= 15

Saudi Arabia:

91%

= 15

Netherlands:

91%

# 17

United Kingdom:

90.8%

# 18

Libya:

90.3%

# 19

Argentina:

90.2%

# 20

Venezuela:

90%

# 21

Germany:

89.9%

# 22

Chile:

89.1%

# 23

Gabon:

88.9%

# 24

Korea, South:

88.2%

# 25

Brazil:

87.7%

# 26

New Zealand:

87.5%

# 27

Djibouti:

86.9%

# 28

Denmark:

85.7%

# 29

Sweden:

84.2%

# 30

Oman:

82.6%

# 31

Canada:

81.9%

# 32

Japan:

81.5%

= 33

Colombia:

81.3%

= 33

Suriname:

81.3%

= 35

Spain:

81.1%

= 35

Jordan:

81.1%

# 37

United States:

81%

# 38

Trinidad and Tobago:

79.3%

# 39

Norway:

78.9%

# 40

Cuba:

78.5%

# 41

France:

78.4%

= 42

Mexico:

77.9%

= 42

Peru:

77.9%

# 44

Portugal:

77.5%

# 45

Czech Republic:

76.4%

# 46

Dominica:

76%

# 47

Cyprus:

74.6%

# 48

Russia:

74%

# 49

Mauritania:

73.8%

= 50

Cape Verde:

73.5%

= 50

Tunisia:

73.5%

= 52

El Salvador:

73.2%

= 52

Iran:

73.2%

# 54

Dominican Republic:

73%

= 55

Belarus:

72.6%

= 55

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:

72.6%

# 57

Seychelles:

72.3%

# 58

Turkey:

71.8%

# 59

Lithuania:

71.6%

# 60

Estonia:

71.3%

# 61

Austria:

71%

# 62

Italy:

70.6%

# 63

Ukraine:

70.4%

# 64

Bolivia:

69.9%

# 65

Armenia:

69.8%

# 66

Switzerland:

69.5%

= 67

Ecuador:

69.4%

= 67

Hungary:

69.4%

# 69

Bulgaria:

69.3%

# 70

Philippines:

69%

# 71

South Africa:

67.2%

= 72

Costa Rica:

66.5%

= 72

Poland:

66.5%

# 74

Malaysia:

66.4%

# 75

Algeria:

65.2%

# 76

Greece:

65.1%

# 77

Paraguay:

65%

= 78

Croatia:

64.4%

= 78

Morocco:

64.4%

# 80

Honduras:

64.3%

# 81

Ireland:

64%

# 82

Jamaica:

63.5%

# 83

Nicaragua:

62.6%

# 84

Slovakia:

62%

# 85

Panama:

61.7%

= 86

Equatorial Guinea:

61.4%

= 86

Georgia:

61.4%

# 88

Latvia:

60.4%

# 89

Fiji:

59.9%

# 90

Mongolia:

59.5%

# 91

Romania:

59.3%

# 92

Finland:

59%

# 93

Cameroon:

58.9%

# 94

Barbados:

58.4%

# 95

Kazakhstan:

58.2%

# 96

Syria:

57.9%

# 97

Senegal:

57.4%

# 98

Botswana:

56%

# 99

Nigeria:

55.5%

# 100

Indonesia:

55%

# 101

Azerbaijan:

53.9%

# 102

Benin:

53%

# 103

Albania:

51.9%

# 104

Belize:

51.7%

# 105

Slovenia:

51.6%

# 106

Cote d'Ivoire:

50.9%

# 107

Turkmenistan:

49.9%

# 108

Central African Republic:

49.7%

# 109

Sudan:

48.7%

# 110

Mauritius:

48.6%

# 111

Mozambique:

48.2%

= 112

Kenya:

47.2%

= 112

Grenada:

47.2%

# 114

Sierra Leone:

46.7%

# 115

Guatemala:

46.2%

# 116

Zimbabwe:

45.9%

# 117

Egypt:

45.8%

# 118

Haiti:

45.6%

# 119

Zambia:

45.2%

# 120

Angola:

44.1%

# 121

Guyana:

44%

# 122

Saint Lucia:

43.6%

# 123

Antigua and Barbuda:

43.3%

# 124

Guinea-Bissau:

43%

# 125

Togo:

42.7%

# 126

Comoros:

42.6%

# 127

Ghana:

42.4%

# 128

Mali:

40.7%

# 129

Gambia, The:

40.5%

# 130

Pakistan:

39.5%

= 131

Madagascar:

39.4%

= 131

Namibia:

39.4%

# 133

Saint Kitts and Nevis:

39.3%

# 134

Lesotho:

38.9%

# 135

Uzbekistan:

38.4%

# 136

Burma:

36.7%

# 137

Kyrgyzstan:

36%

# 138

Guinea:

35.5%

# 139

Maldives:

35.2%

# 140

Bangladesh:

34.4%

# 141

India:

33.5%

# 142

Swaziland:

32.7%

# 143

Vietnam:

31.6%

# 144

Yemen:

31.2%

# 145

Chad:

30.9%

# 146

Sri Lanka:

29.9%

# 147

Tajikistan:

29.6%

# 148

Niger:

29.1%

= 149

Vanuatu:

28.6%

= 149

Solomon Islands:

28.6%

# 151

Laos:

27.1%

# 152

Eritrea:

26.2%

# 153

Cambodia:

26.1%

# 154

Thailand:

24.2%

# 155

Burkina Faso:

23.1%

# 156

Papua New Guinea:

22.3%

# 157

Ethiopia:

22%

# 158

Malawi:

21.3%

# 159

Uganda:

20.7%

# 160

China:

19.4%

# 161

Nepal:

17.9%

# 162

Burundi:

14.5%

# 163

Bhutan:

11.6%

# 164

Rwanda:

8.9%

Weighted average:

60.6%

SOURCE: UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York

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