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DEFINITION:
Urban population is the midyear population of areas defined as urban in each country and reported to the United Nations. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuwait | 1,085.37 | 2005 | ||
| 2 | Hong Kong | 1,019.14 | 2005 | ||
| 3 | Singapore | 1,017.82 | 2005 | ||
| 4 | Guam | 1,006.67 | 2005 | ||
| 5 | Puerto Rico | 999.16 | 2005 | ||
| 6 | Bermuda | 985.83 | 2005 | ||
| 7 | Macau | 982.94 | 2005 | ||
| 8 | Belgium | 972 | 2005 | ||
| 9 | Uruguay | 958.19 | 2005 | ||
| 10 | Malta | 952.2 | 2005 | ||
| 11 | Qatar | 944.34 | 2005 | ||
| 12 | Venezuela | 928.8 | 2005 | ||
| 13 | Iceland | 928.05 | 2005 | ||
| 14 | Israel | 915.14 | 2005 | ||
| 15 | Argentina | 903.31 | 2005 | ||
| 16 | United Kingdom | 897.03 | 2005 | ||
| 17 | The Bahamas | 887.45 | 2005 | ||
| 18 | Libya | 887.26 | 2005 | ||
| 19 | Djibouti | 879.29 | 2005 | ||
| 20 | Australia | 879.15 | 2005 | ||
| 21 | Chile | 873.71 | 2005 | ||
| 22 | Denmark | 855.45 | 2005 | ||
| 23 | New Zealand | 854.7 | 2005 | ||
| 24 | Brazil | 843.19 | 2005 | ||
| 25 | Sweden | 841.48 | 2005 | ||
| 26 | Gabon | 838.65 | 2005 | ||
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 838.04 | 2005 | ||
| 28 | Jordan | 832.43 | 2005 | ||
| 29 | Greenland | 829 | 2005 | ||
| 30 | Luxembourg | 812.96 | 2005 | ||
| 31 | South Korea | 810.62 | 2005 | ||
| 32 | Marshall Islands | 810.61 | 2005 | ||
| 33 | United States | 810.44 | 2005 | ||
| 34 | Netherlands | 802 | 2005 | ||
| 35 | Canada | 800.68 | 2005 | ||
| 36 | Bahrain | 797.22 | 2005 | ||
| 37 | Lebanon | 776.93 | 2005 | ||
| 38 | Norway | 774 | 2005 | ||
| 39 | Colombia | 767.68 | 2005 | ||
| 40 | Spain | 767 | 2005 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 761.89 | 2005 | |||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 761.56 | 2005 | |||
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 758.46 | 2005 | ||
| 42 | Cuba | 753.48 | 2005 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 752.67 | 2005 | |||
| 43 | Germany | 752 | 2005 | ||
| 44 | Switzerland | 752 | 2005 | ||
| 45 | Brunei | 747 | 2005 | ||
| 46 | Dominica | 744.07 | 2005 | ||
| 47 | France | 739.04 | 2005 | ||
| 48 | Czech Republic | 734.88 | 2005 | ||
| 49 | Peru | 732.42 | 2005 | ||
| 50 | Belarus | 730.41 | 2005 | ||
| 51 | Russia | 729.81 | 2005 | ||
| 52 | Oman | 727.66 | 2005 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 723.72 | 2005 | |||
| 53 | Turkey | 715.94 | 2005 | ||
| 54 | Mexico | 707.54 | 2005 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 704.84 | 2005 | |||
| 55 | Iraq | 703.95 | 2005 | ||
| 56 | Bulgaria | 700.01 | 2005 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 698.08 | 2005 | |||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 695.08 | 2005 | |||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 692.51 | 2005 | |||
| 57 | Estonia | 691 | 2005 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 682.84 | 2005 | |||
| 58 | Panama | 679.72 | 2005 | ||
| 59 | Latvia | 678 | 2005 | ||
| 60 | El Salvador | 677.61 | 2005 | ||
| 61 | Ukraine | 677.57 | 2005 | ||
| 62 | Italy | 676 | 2005 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 674.84 | 2005 | |||
| 63 | Lithuania | 666 | 2005 | ||
| 64 | Suriname | 664.61 | 2005 | ||
| 65 | Hungary | 663 | 2005 | ||
| 66 | Austria | 660.44 | 2005 | ||
| 67 | Malaysia | 660.08 | 2005 | ||
| 68 | Japan | 658.01 | 2005 | ||
| 69 | Tunisia | 653 | 2005 | ||
| 70 | Iran | 650.87 | 2005 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 646.56 | 2005 | |||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 644.32 | 2005 | |||
| 71 | Armenia | 641.3 | 2005 | ||
| 72 | New Caledonia | 637.23 | 2005 | ||
| 73 | Dominican Republic | 635.94 | 2005 | ||
| 74 | Bolivia | 630.15 | 2005 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 621.64 | 2005 | |||
| 75 | Poland | 621 | 2005 | ||
| 76 | Costa Rica | 618.01 | 2005 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 615.12 | 2005 | |||
| 77 | Algeria | 612.36 | 2005 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 612.33 | 2005 | |||
| 78 | Finland | 611 | 2005 | ||
| 79 | Philippines | 606.79 | 2005 | ||
| 80 | Cape Verde | 606.71 | 2005 | ||
| 81 | Ireland | 604.88 | 2005 | ||
| 82 | Ecuador | 602.99 | 2005 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 598.44 | 2005 | |||
| 83 | Greece | 590 | 2005 | ||
| 84 | South Africa | 589.1 | 2005 | ||
| 85 | Morocco | 587.83 | 2005 | ||
| 86 | Sao Tome and Principe | 587.16 | 2005 | ||
| 87 | Paraguay | 584.45 | 2005 | ||
| 88 | Liberia | 583.4 | 2005 | ||
| 89 | North Korea | 581.71 | 2005 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 577.49 | 2005 | |||
| 90 | Portugal | 576 | 2005 | ||
| 91 | Mongolia | 573.17 | 2005 | ||
| 92 | Kazakhstan | 572.96 | 2005 | ||
| 93 | The Gambia | 569.22 | 2005 | ||
| Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 567.25 | 2005 | |||
| 94 | Croatia | 565.17 | 2005 | ||
| 95 | Slovakia | 562 | 2005 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 560.92 | 2005 | |||
| 96 | Nicaragua | 556.92 | 2005 | ||
| 97 | Moldova | 546.31 | 2005 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 544.11 | 2005 | |||
| 98 | Botswana | 540.07 | 2005 | ||
| 99 | Seychelles | 539.17 | 2005 | ||
| 100 | Romania | 537 | 2005 | ||
| 101 | Georgia | 535.53 | 2005 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 532.29 | 2005 | |||
| 102 | Jamaica | 531.82 | 2005 | ||
| 103 | Syria | 530.4 | 2005 | ||
| 104 | Fiji | 523.58 | 2005 | ||
| 105 | French Polynesia | 520.49 | 2005 | ||
| 106 | Barbados | 519.27 | 2005 | ||
| 107 | Kiribati | 518.7 | 2005 | ||
| 108 | Belize | 518.31 | 2005 | ||
| 109 | Azerbaijan | 514.76 | 2005 | ||
| 110 | Angola | 513.57 | 2005 | ||
| 111 | Slovenia | 510.01 | 2005 | ||
| 112 | Cyprus | 508.58 | 2005 | ||
| 113 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 502.48 | 2005 | ||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 496.4 | 2005 | |||
| 114 | Ghana | 494.29 | 2005 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 492.74 | 2005 | |||
| 115 | Cameroon | 491.34 | 2005 | ||
| 116 | Honduras | 485.62 | 2005 | ||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 479.11 | 2005 | |||
| 117 | Indonesia | 472.59 | 2005 | ||
| 118 | Turkmenistan | 470.31 | 2005 | ||
| 119 | Cote d'Ivoire | 469.66 | 2005 | ||
| 120 | Guatemala | 469.03 | 2005 | ||
| 121 | Sudan | 468.03 | 2005 | ||
| 122 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 460.21 | 2005 | ||
| 123 | Nigeria | 454.18 | 2005 | ||
| 124 | Togo | 444.77 | 2005 | ||
| 125 | Albania | 444.56 | 2005 | ||
| 126 | Egypt | 441.45 | 2005 | ||
| 127 | Sierra Leone | 439.24 | 2005 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 432.91 | 2005 | |||
| 128 | Senegal | 430.3 | 2005 | ||
| 129 | Mauritius | 424 | 2005 | ||
| 130 | Benin | 413.57 | 2005 | ||
| 131 | China | 404.24 | 2005 | ||
| 132 | Mauritania | 394.06 | 2005 | ||
| 133 | Antigua and Barbuda | 392.05 | 2005 | ||
| 134 | Central African Republic | 387.37 | 2005 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 382.47 | 2005 | |||
| failed states average (profile) | 379.74 | 2005 | |||
| 135 | Comoros | 369.85 | 2005 | ||
| 136 | Zimbabwe | 367.44 | 2005 | ||
| 137 | Uzbekistan | 367.01 | 2005 | ||
| 138 | Haiti | 357.29 | 2005 | ||
| 139 | Kyrgyzstan | 356.68 | 2005 | ||
| 140 | Zambia | 356.06 | 2005 | ||
| 141 | Namibia | 351.73 | 2005 | ||
| 142 | Mali | 345.28 | 2005 | ||
| 143 | Pakistan | 344.14 | 2005 | ||
| 144 | Somalia | 342.06 | 2005 | ||
| 145 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 341.92 | 2005 | ||
| 146 | Guinea-Bissau | 330.32 | 2005 | ||
| 147 | Maldives | 327.45 | 2005 | ||
| 148 | Mozambique | 325 | 2005 | ||
| 149 | Equatorial Guinea | 324.48 | 2005 | ||
| 150 | Guinea | 324 | 2005 | ||
| 151 | Grenada | 316.55 | 2005 | ||
| 152 | Thailand | 316.46 | 2005 | ||
| 153 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 314.54 | 2005 | ||
| 154 | Burma | 308.06 | 2005 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 300.48 | 2005 | |||
| 155 | Yemen | 284.32 | 2005 | ||
| 156 | India | 278.71 | 2005 | ||
| 157 | Guyana | 278.44 | 2005 | ||
| 158 | Afghanistan | 275.08 | 2005 | ||
| 159 | Saint Lucia | 274.97 | 2005 | ||
| 160 | Madagascar | 272.62 | 2005 | ||
| 161 | Vietnam | 266.32 | 2005 | ||
| 162 | East Timor | 262.96 | 2005 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 251.05 | 2005 | |||
| 163 | Bangladesh | 248.7 | 2005 | ||
| 164 | Swaziland | 246.75 | 2005 | ||
| 165 | Chad | 246.29 | 2005 | ||
| 166 | Tonga | 243.21 | 2005 | ||
| 167 | Tanzania | 238.91 | 2005 | ||
| 168 | Vanuatu | 237.24 | 2005 | ||
| 169 | Tajikistan | 236.16 | 2005 | ||
| 170 | Federated States of Micronesia | 232.01 | 2005 | ||
| 171 | Samoa | 230.29 | 2005 | ||
| 172 | Laos | 210.75 | 2005 | ||
| 173 | Cambodia | 207.54 | 2005 | ||
| 174 | Kenya | 198.15 | 2005 | ||
| 175 | Rwanda | 184.98 | 2005 | ||
| 176 | Burkina Faso | 180.35 | 2005 | ||
| 177 | Niger | 177.85 | 2005 | ||
| 178 | Eritrea | 175.91 | 2005 | ||
| 179 | Lesotho | 174.27 | 2005 | ||
| 180 | Solomon Islands | 173.06 | 2005 | ||
| 181 | Malawi | 171.46 | 2005 | ||
| 182 | Nepal | 169.5 | 2005 | ||
| 183 | Sri Lanka | 150.86 | 2005 | ||
| 184 | Ethiopia | 149.68 | 2005 | ||
| 185 | Papua New Guinea | 129.41 | 2005 | ||
| 186 | Uganda | 126.4 | 2005 | ||
| 187 | Trinidad and Tobago | 122.78 | 2005 | ||
| 188 | Bhutan | 108.65 | 2005 | ||
| 189 | Burundi | 97.13 | 2005 |