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.
| 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: |
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.
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