People > Percentage living in urban areas: Countries Compared

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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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
=1	Monaco	100%	2003
=1	Nauru	100%	2003
=1	Gibraltar	100%	2003
=1	Guadeloupe	100%	2003
=1	Bermuda	100%	2003
=1	Singapore	100%	2003
=7	Puerto Rico	97%	2003
=7	Belgium	97%	2003
=9	Martinique	96%	2003
=9	Kuwait	96%	2003
=11	Virgin Islands	94%	2003
=11	Guam	94%	2003
=11	Western Sahara	94%	2003
=11	Northern Mariana Islands	94%	2003
=15	Uruguay	93%	2003
=15	Iceland	93%	2003
=17	Luxembourg	92%	2003
=17	Andorra	92%	2003
=17	Qatar	92%	2003
=17	Israel	92%	2003
=17	Malta	92%	2003
22	Reunion	91%	2003
=23	Bahrain	90%	2003
=23	American Samoa	90%	2003
=23	Argentina	90%	2003
=26	United Kingdom	89%	2003
=26	The Bahamas	89%	2003
=26	San Marino	89%	2003
=29	Venezuela	88%	2003
=29	Saudi Arabia	88%	2003
=29	Germany	88%	2003
=32	Lebanon	87%	2003
=32	Chile	87%	2003
=34	Libya	86%	2003
=34	New Zealand	86%	2003
=36	Denmark	85%	2003
=36	United Arab Emirates	85%	2003
=38	Gabon	84%	2003
=38	Djibouti	84%	2003
=40	Sweden	83%	2003
=40	Brazil	83%	2003
=42	Canada	80%	2003
=42	South Korea	80%	2003
=42	United States	80%	2003
=45	Norway	79%	2003
=45	Jordan	79%	2003
47	Oman	78%	2003
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	77.86%	2003
=48	France	76%	2003
=48	Colombia	76%	2003
=48	Suriname	76%	2003
=48	Spain	76%	2003
=48	Cuba	76%	2003
=53	Trinidad and Tobago	75%	2003
=53	Mexico	75%	2003
=53	French Guiana	75%	2003
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	74.83%	2003
=56	Czech Republic	74%	2003
=56	Peru	74%	2003
	OPEC countries average (profile)	73.73%	2003
58	Russia	73%	2003
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	72.5%	2003
59	Dominica	72%	2003
60	Belarus	71%	2003
	NATO countries average (profile)	70.7%	2003
	European Union average (profile)	70.64%	2003
	Eurozone average (profile)	70.5%	2003
=61	Netherlands Antilles	70%	2003
=61	Cook Islands	70%	2003
=61	Bulgaria	70%	2003
	Tourist destinations average (profile)	69.95%	2003
=64	Palau	69%	2003
=64	Estonia	69%	2003
=64	Cyprus	69%	2003
	Europe average (profile)	68.63%	2003
67	Switzerland	68%	2003
=68	Italy	67%	2003
=68	Lithuania	67%	2003
=68	Ukraine	67%	2003
=68	Iran	67%	2003
=68	Iraq	67%	2003
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	66.8%	2003
=73	Netherlands	66%	2003
=73	Turkey	66%	2003
=73	Austria	66%	2003
=73	Latvia	66%	2003
=73	Marshall Islands	66%	2003
=78	Hungary	65%	2003
=78	Japan	65%	2003
	Emerging markets average (profile)	64.79%	2003
	Cold countries average (profile)	64.46%	2003
=80	Malaysia	64%	2003
=80	Armenia	64%	2003
=80	Tunisia	64%	2003
	Catholic countries average (profile)	63.24%	2003
83	Bolivia	63%	2003
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	62.66%	2003
=84	Ecuador	62%	2003
=84	Mauritania	62%	2003
=84	Poland	62%	2003
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	61.83%	2003
=87	Finland	61%	2003
=87	Costa Rica	61%	2003
=87	Philippines	61%	2003
=87	Greece	61%	2003
=87	New Caledonia	61%	2003
=92	Ireland	60%	2003
=92	El Salvador	60%	2003
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	59.06%	2003
=94	Dominican Republic	59%	2003
=94	Republic of Macedonia	59%	2003
=94	Algeria	59%	2003
=94	Croatia	59%	2003
	Christian countries average (profile)	59%	2003
98	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	58%	2003
=99	Slovakia	57%	2003
=99	Panama	57%	2003
=99	Morocco	57%	2003
=99	Paraguay	57%	2003
=99	Mongolia	57%	2003
=99	South Africa	57%	2003
=99	Nicaragua	57%	2003
=106	Cape Verde	56%	2003
=106	Kazakhstan	56%	2003
=108	Portugal	55%	2003
=108	Tuvalu	55%	2003
=108	Romania	55%	2003
	Religious countries average (profile)	55%	2003
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	54.8%	2003
=111	Serbia and Montenegro	52%	2003
=111	Barbados	52%	2003
=111	Georgia	52%	2003
=111	Fiji	52%	2003
=111	Botswana	52%	2003
=111	Jamaica	52%	2003
=111	French Polynesia	52%	2003
	Muslim countries average (profile)	51.98%	2003
=118	Cameroon	51%	2003
=118	Slovenia	51%	2003
=120	Senegal	50%	2003
=120	Syria	50%	2003
=120	Azerbaijan	50%	2003
=120	Seychelles	50%	2003
	Hot countries average (profile)	49%	2003
	Former British colonies average (profile)	48.78%	2003
=124	Belize	48%	2003
=124	Equatorial Guinea	48%	2003
=126	Liberia	47%	2003
=126	Nigeria	47%	2003
=126	Kiribati	47%	2003
=129	Indonesia	46%	2003
=129	Moldova	46%	2003
=129	Guatemala	46%	2003
=129	Honduras	46%	2003
	Former French colonies average (profile)	45.57%	2003
=133	Turkmenistan	45%	2003
=133	Aruba	45%	2003
=133	Ghana	45%	2003
=133	Benin	45%	2003
=137	Bosnia and Herzegovina	44%	2003
=137	Albania	44%	2003
=139	Central African Republic	43%	2003
=139	Mauritius	43%	2003
	Landlocked countries average (profile)	42.41%	2003
141	Egypt	42%	2003
142	Grenada	41%	2003
=143	Sierra Leone	39%	2003
=143	Sudan	39%	2003
=143	Kenya	39%	2003
=146	Sao Tome and Principe	38%	2003
=146	Antigua and Barbuda	38%	2003
=146	Guyana	38%	2003
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	37.37%	2003
=149	Uzbekistan	37%	2003
=149	Haiti	37%	2003
	failed states average (profile)	36.57%	2003
=151	Angola	36%	2003
=151	Mozambique	36%	2003
=151	Zambia	36%	2003
=154	Tanzania	35%	2003
=154	Guinea	35%	2003
=154	Zimbabwe	35%	2003
=154	Somalia	35%	2003
=154	Togo	35%	2003
=154	Comoros	35%	2003
=160	Pakistan	34%	2003
=160	Guinea-Bissau	34%	2003
=160	Kyrgyzstan	34%	2003
163	Tonga	33%	2003
=164	Thailand	32%	2003
=164	Saint Kitts and Nevis	32%	2003
=164	Mali	32%	2003
=164	Democratic Republic of the Congo	32%	2003
=164	Namibia	32%	2003
169	Saint Lucia	30%	2003
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	29.23%	2003
=170	Maldives	29%	2003
=170	Burma	29%	2003
172	India	28%	2003
173	Madagascar	27%	2003
=174	The Gambia	26%	2003
=174	Yemen	26%	2003
=174	Vietnam	26%	2003
=177	Tajikistan	25%	2003
=177	Chad	25%	2003
=179	Swaziland	24%	2003
=179	Bangladesh	24%	2003
	South Asia average (profile)	23.6%	2003
=181	Afghanistan	23%	2003
=181	Vanuatu	23%	2003
=183	Liechtenstein	22%	2003
=183	Samoa	22%	2003
=183	Niger	22%	2003
186	Sri Lanka	21%	2003
187	Eritrea	20%	2003
188	Cambodia	19%	2003
=189	Burkina Faso	18%	2003
=189	Rwanda	18%	2003
=189	Lesotho	18%	2003
=192	Ethiopia	16%	2003
=192	Malawi	16%	2003
=192	Solomon Islands	16%	2003
195	Nepal	15%	2003
196	Papua New Guinea	13%	2003
197	Uganda	12%	2003
198	Burundi	10%	2003
199	Bhutan	9%	2003

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