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People > Urban population > Per capita: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Urban population is the midyear population of areas defined as urban in each country and reported to the United Nations. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
=1 Singapore 1 per capita 2005
=1 Macau 1 per capita 2005
=1 Hong Kong 1 per capita 2005
4 Bermuda 0.995 per capita 2005
5 Kuwait 0.983 per capita 2005
6 Puerto Rico 0.976 per capita 2005
7 Belgium 0.972 per capita 2005
8 Bahrain 0.965 per capita 2005
9 Uruguay 0.964 per capita 2005
10 Qatar 0.954 per capita 2005
11 Malta 0.953 per capita 2005
12 Virgin Islands 0.942 per capita 2005
13 Guam 0.94 per capita 2005
14 Venezuela 0.934 per capita 2005
15 Iceland 0.928 per capita 2005
16 Israel 0.916 per capita 2005
17 The Bahamas 0.904 per capita 2005
18 Argentina 0.901 per capita 2005
19 United Kingdom 0.897 per capita 2005
20 Australia 0.882 per capita 2005
21 Chile 0.876 per capita 2005
22 New Zealand 0.862 per capita 2005
23 Djibouti 0.861 per capita 2005
24 Denmark 0.856 per capita 2005
25 Libya 0.848 per capita 2005
=26 Sweden 0.842 per capita 2005
=26 Brazil 0.842 per capita 2005
28 Gabon 0.836 per capita 2005
29 Jordan 0.832 per capita 2005
30 Greenland 0.829 per capita 2005
31 Luxembourg 0.828 per capita 2005
32 Saudi Arabia 0.81 per capita 2005
=33 South Korea 0.808 per capita 2005
=33 United States 0.808 per capita 2005
35 Netherlands 0.802 per capita 2005
36 Canada 0.801 per capita 2005
37 Norway 0.774 per capita 2005
38 Lebanon 0.772 per capita 2005
=39 France 0.767 per capita 2005
=39 Spain 0.767 per capita 2005
=39 United Arab Emirates 0.767 per capita 2005
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 0.766 per capita 2005
42 Mexico 0.76 per capita 2005
OPEC countries average (profile) 0.756 per capita 2005
43 Cuba 0.755 per capita 2005
High income OECD countries average (profile) 0.754 per capita 2005
=44 Switzerland 0.752 per capita 2005
=44 Germany 0.752 per capita 2005
=46 Suriname 0.739 per capita 2005
=46 Iraq 0.739 per capita 2005
48 Colombia 0.738 per capita 2005
=49 Czech Republic 0.735 per capita 2005
=49 Brunei 0.735 per capita 2005
51 Russia 0.73 per capita 2005
52 Dominica 0.729 per capita 2005
53 Peru 0.726 per capita 2005
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) 0.725 per capita 2005
54 Belarus 0.722 per capita 2005
55 Oman 0.715 per capita 2005
56 Panama 0.708 per capita 2005
European Union average (profile) 0.706 per capita 2005
NATO countries average (profile) 0.705 per capita 2005
Eurozone average (profile) 0.705 per capita 2005
57 Netherlands Antilles 0.704 per capita 2005
58 Bulgaria 0.7 per capita 2005
59 Cyprus 0.693 per capita 2005
Non-religious countries average (profile) 0.693 per capita 2005
60 Estonia 0.691 per capita 2005
Europe average (profile) 0.686 per capita 2005
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 0.68 per capita 2005
=61 Ukraine 0.678 per capita 2005
=61 Latvia 0.678 per capita 2005
63 Italy 0.676 per capita 2005
=64 Turkey 0.673 per capita 2005
=64 Malaysia 0.673 per capita 2005
66 Iran 0.669 per capita 2005
67 Marshall Islands 0.667 per capita 2005
68 Lithuania 0.666 per capita 2005
69 Hungary 0.663 per capita 2005
70 Austria 0.66 per capita 2005
71 Japan 0.658 per capita 2005
72 Tunisia 0.653 per capita 2005
Cold countries average (profile) 0.647 per capita 2005
Emerging markets average (profile) 0.646 per capita 2005
73 Bolivia 0.642 per capita 2005
74 Armenia 0.641 per capita 2005
75 New Caledonia 0.637 per capita 2005
76 Algeria 0.633 per capita 2005
77 Ecuador 0.628 per capita 2005
=78 Dominican Republic 0.627 per capita 2005
=78 Philippines 0.627 per capita 2005
80 Poland 0.621 per capita 2005
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) 0.621 per capita 2005
Catholic countries average (profile) 0.621 per capita 2005
81 Costa Rica 0.617 per capita 2005
82 North Korea 0.616 per capita 2005
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) 0.614 per capita 2005
83 Finland 0.611 per capita 2005
84 Ireland 0.605 per capita 2005
85 Congo, Republic of the 0.602 per capita 2005
86 El Salvador 0.598 per capita 2005
Eastern Europe average (profile) 0.595 per capita 2005
87 South Africa 0.593 per capita 2005
=88 Greece 0.59 per capita 2005
=88 Nicaragua 0.59 per capita 2005
90 Morocco 0.587 per capita 2005
91 Paraguay 0.585 per capita 2005
92 Liberia 0.581 per capita 2005
Christian countries average (profile) 0.581 per capita 2005
93 Sao Tome and Principe 0.58 per capita 2005
94 Portugal 0.576 per capita 2005
95 Botswana 0.574 per capita 2005
=96 Cape Verde 0.573 per capita 2005
=96 Kazakhstan 0.573 per capita 2005
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) 0.568 per capita 2005
98 Mongolia 0.567 per capita 2005
99 Croatia 0.565 per capita 2005
100 Slovakia 0.562 per capita 2005
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 0.557 per capita 2005
101 Cameroon 0.546 per capita 2005
Religious countries average (profile) 0.544 per capita 2005
102 The Gambia 0.539 per capita 2005
103 Romania 0.537 per capita 2005
104 Angola 0.533 per capita 2005
105 Jamaica 0.531 per capita 2005
106 Seychelles 0.529 per capita 2005
Muslim countries average (profile) 0.527 per capita 2005
107 Barbados 0.527 per capita 2005
=108 Georgia 0.522 per capita 2005
=108 Serbia and Montenegro 0.522 per capita 2005
110 French Polynesia 0.517 per capita 2005
111 Azerbaijan 0.515 per capita 2005
112 Slovenia 0.51 per capita 2005
113 Fiji 0.508 per capita 2005
114 Moldova 0.507 per capita 2005
115 Syria 0.506 per capita 2005
Hot countries average (profile) 0.495 per capita 2005
Former British colonies average (profile) 0.489 per capita 2005
116 Belize 0.483 per capita 2005
117 Indonesia 0.481 per capita 2005
118 Ghana 0.478 per capita 2005
119 Kiribati 0.474 per capita 2005
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) 0.473 per capita 2005
120 Guatemala 0.472 per capita 2005
121 Honduras 0.465 per capita 2005
122 Turkmenistan 0.462 per capita 2005
123 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.459 per capita 2005
124 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.457 per capita 2005
125 Albania 0.454 per capita 2005
126 Cote d'Ivoire 0.45 per capita 2005
127 Nigeria 0.448 per capita 2005
Former French colonies average (profile) 0.431 per capita 2005
128 Egypt 0.428 per capita 2005
129 Mauritius 0.424 per capita 2005
130 Senegal 0.416 per capita 2005
131 Sudan 0.408 per capita 2005
132 Sierra Leone 0.407 per capita 2005
=133 Mauritania 0.404 per capita 2005
=133 China 0.404 per capita 2005
=135 Benin 0.401 per capita 2005
=135 Togo 0.401 per capita 2005
137 Antigua and Barbuda 0.391 per capita 2005
138 Equatorial Guinea 0.389 per capita 2005
139 Haiti 0.388 per capita 2005
140 Central African Republic 0.38 per capita 2005
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) 0.38 per capita 2005
failed states average (profile) 0.373 per capita 2005
141 Comoros 0.37 per capita 2005
142 Uzbekistan 0.367 per capita 2005
143 Zimbabwe 0.359 per capita 2005
144 Kyrgyzstan 0.358 per capita 2005
145 Somalia 0.352 per capita 2005
146 Namibia 0.351 per capita 2005
147 Zambia 0.35 per capita 2005
148 Pakistan 0.349 per capita 2005
=149 Guinea 0.345 per capita 2005
=149 Mozambique 0.345 per capita 2005
151 Thailand 0.323 per capita 2005
152 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.322 per capita 2005
153 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.321 per capita 2005
=154 Grenada 0.306 per capita 2005
=154 Burma 0.306 per capita 2005
156 Mali 0.305 per capita 2005
=157 Maldives 0.296 per capita 2005
=157 Guinea-Bissau 0.296 per capita 2005
South and Central Asia average (profile) 0.295 per capita 2005
159 India 0.287 per capita 2005
160 Guyana 0.282 per capita 2005
161 Saint Lucia 0.276 per capita 2005
162 Yemen 0.273 per capita 2005
163 Madagascar 0.268 per capita 2005
164 East Timor 0.265 per capita 2005
165 Vietnam 0.264 per capita 2005
166 Chad 0.253 per capita 2005
167 Bangladesh 0.251 per capita 2005
South Asia average (profile) 0.245 per capita 2005
168 Tajikistan 0.245 per capita 2005
=169 Swaziland 0.241 per capita 2005
=169 Tanzania 0.241 per capita 2005
171 Tonga 0.24 per capita 2005
172 Vanuatu 0.235 per capita 2005
173 Afghanistan 0.228 per capita 2005
174 Samoa 0.224 per capita 2005
175 Federated States of Micronesia 0.223 per capita 2005
176 Laos 0.215 per capita 2005
177 Kenya 0.207 per capita 2005
178 Cambodia 0.197 per capita 2005
179 Eritrea 0.194 per capita 2005
180 Rwanda 0.193 per capita 2005
181 Lesotho 0.187 per capita 2005
182 Burkina Faso 0.183 per capita 2005
183 Malawi 0.172 per capita 2005
184 Solomon Islands 0.17 per capita 2005
185 Niger 0.168 per capita 2005
186 Ethiopia 0.16 per capita 2005
187 Nepal 0.158 per capita 2005
188 Sri Lanka 0.151 per capita 2005
189 Papua New Guinea 0.134 per capita 2005
190 Uganda 0.126 per capita 2005
191 Trinidad and Tobago 0.122 per capita 2005
192 Bhutan 0.111 per capita 2005
193 Burundi 0.1 per capita 2005

Citation

People > Urban population > Per capita: Countries Compared Map

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Interesting observations about People > Urban population > Per capita

  • Hong Kong ranked first for urban population > per capita amongst Hot countries in 2005.
  • Kuwait ranked first for urban population > per capita amongst Muslim countries in 2005.
  • Singapore ranked first for urban population > per capita amongst Former British colonies in 2005.
  • Bermuda ranked first for urban population > per capita amongst Christian countries in 2005.
  • Belgium ranked first for urban population > per capita amongst Europe in 2005.
  • Venezuela ranked first for urban population > per capita amongst Catholic countries in 2005.
  • Burundi has ranked last for urban population > per capita since 1993.
  • Iraq ranked first for urban population > per capita amongst Failed states in 2005.
  • Djibouti ranked first for urban population > per capita amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2005.
  • Macau ranked second for urban population > per capita globally in 2005.
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