Percentage of population by degree of urbanization 2026
Explore the percentage of population by degree of urbanization across countries, highlighting the shift towards urban living and its impact on economic growth and development. Understanding these trends is crucial for addressing urban planning and resource allocation.
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|---|---|---|
1 |  Gibraltar | 100 % |
2 |  Holy See | 100 % |
3 |  Monaco | 100 % |
4 |  China, Macao SAR | 99.888 % |
5 |  Singapore | 99.87 % |
6 |  China, Hong Kong SAR | 99.558 % |
7 |  Bermuda | 98.525 % |
8 |  Bahrain | 98.03 % |
9 |  Bangladesh | 98.023 % |
10 |  Egypt | 97.567 % |
11 |  Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 97.324 % |
12 |  Kuwait | 96.552 % |
13 |  Aruba | 95.59 % |
14 |  Malta | 95.589 % |
15 |  State of Palestine | 94.998 % |
16 |  Mayotte | 94.771 % |
17 |  Curaçao | 94.765 % |
18 |  Taiwan | 94.63 % |
19 |  Rwanda | 94.466 % |
20 |  Israel | 93.897 % |
21 |  Jordan | 93.793 % |
22 |  Qatar | 93.46 % |
23 |  Cayman Islands | 92.686 % |
24 |  Nauru | 92.33 % |
25 |  Congo | 91.922 % |
26 |  United Arab Emirates | 91.501 % |
27 |  Japan | 91.429 % |
28 |  Guernsey | 90.994 % |
29 |  Mauritius | 90.849 % |
30 |  Jersey | 90.76 % |
31 |  South Korea | 90.482 % |
32 |  Equatorial Guinea | 90.222 % |
33 |  Burundi | 90.142 % |
34 |  Lebanon | 90.141 % |
35 |  Pakistan | 89.305 % |
36 |  Djibouti | 89.274 % |
37 |  Western Sahara | 88.838 % |
38 |  Venezuela | 88.662 % |
39 |  Réunion | 88.389 % |
40 |  Comoros | 87.804 % |
41 |  Iraq | 87.7 % |
42 |  Vietnam | 87.653 % |
43 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 87.651 % |
44 |  Uzbekistan | 87.503 % |
45 |  Saint Barthélemy | 86.81 % |
46 |  Uruguay | 86.513 % |
47 |  United Kingdom | 86.484 % |
48 |  North Korea | 86.466 % |
49 |  Barbados | 86.342 % |
50 |  Argentina | 86.329 % |
51 |  Dominican Republic | 86.08 % |
52 |  Indonesia | 86.063 % |
53 |  Saint Martin (French part) | 85.84 % |
54 |  Sri Lanka | 85.464 % |
55 |  Guam | 85.42 % |
56 |  Philippines | 85.305 % |
57 |  Netherlands | 84.907 % |
58 |  Tajikistan | 84.853 % |
59 |  Iran | 84.825 % |
60 |  Saudi Arabia | 84.778 % |
61 |  Yemen | 84.531 % |
62 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 84.318 % |
63 |  India | 84.199 % |
64 |  China | 83.735 % |
65 |  Gabon | 83.694 % |
66 |  Haiti | 83.318 % |
67 |  Malaysia | 83.206 % |
68 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 83.028 % |
69 |  Turkey | 82.871 % |
70 |  Afghanistan | 82.809 % |
71 |  Somalia | 82.635 % |
72 |  Cuba | 82.584 % |
73 |  Brunei Darussalam | 82.572 % |
74 |  Bahamas | 82.541 % |
75 |  Colombia | 82.402 % |
76 |  Syrian Arab Republic | 82.394 % |
77 |  Chile | 82.366 % |
78 |  Nigeria | 82.041 % |
79 |  Montenegro | 81.969 % |
80 |  Australia | 81.691 % |
81 |  Algeria | 81.248 % |
82 |  Puerto Rico | 81.098 % |
83 |  Oman | 80.803 % |
84 |  San Marino | 80.782 % |
85 |  Seychelles | 80.405 % |
86 |  Brazil | 79.797 % |
87 |  South Africa | 79.628 % |
88 |  Spain | 79.416 % |
89 |  Belgium | 79.322 % |
90 |  Russia | 79.314 % |
91 |  Azerbaijan | 79.112 % |
92 |  Ecuador | 78.694 % |
93 |  Turkmenistan | 78.622 % |
94 |  Morocco | 78.279 % |
95 |  Uganda | 78.112 % |
96 |  Ghana | 78.01 % |
97 |  Kazakhstan | 77.765 % |
98 |  Mexico | 77.588 % |
99 |  Armenia | 77.492 % |
100 |  Kenya | 77.405 % |
101 |  Switzerland | 77.264 % |
102 |  Kyrgyzstan | 77.144 % |
103 |  Italy | 76.947 % |
104 |  El Salvador | 76.77 % |
105 |  Saint Lucia | 76.519 % |
106 |  Iceland | 76.395 % |
107 |  Liechtenstein | 76.332 % |
108 |  New Zealand | 76.31 % |
109 |  Canada | 76.274 % |
110 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 76.182 % |
111 |  Cameroon | 76.138 % |
112 |  Angola | 76.116 % |
113 |  Cyprus | 76.104 % |
114 |  Libya | 76 % |
115 |  Gambia | 75.977 % |
116 |  Belarus | 75.384 % |
117 |  Tuvalu | 75.357 % |
118 |  Andorra | 75.257 % |
119 |  American Samoa | 75.152 % |
120 |  Guatemala | 74.99 % |
121 |  Ukraine | 74.839 % |
122 |  Sudan | 74.576 % |
123 |  United States | 74.52 % |
124 |  Benin | 74.462 % |
125 |  Costa Rica | 74.203 % |
126 |  Peru | 74.189 % |
127 |  Guyana | 73.979 % |
128 |  Suriname | 73.907 % |
129 |  Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 73.906 % |
130 |  Togo | 73.826 % |
131 |  United States Virgin Islands | 73.646 % |
132 |  Germany | 73.51 % |
133 |  Nepal | 73.415 % |
134 |  Cabo Verde | 73.246 % |
135 |  French Guiana | 73.121 % |
136 |  Jamaica | 72.886 % |
137 |  Bolivia | 72.652 % |
138 |  Grenada | 72.55 % |
139 |  Luxembourg | 72.126 % |
140 |  Senegal | 71.973 % |
141 |  Kosovo | 71.9 % |
142 |  Martinique | 71.846 % |
143 |  Malawi | 71.819 % |
144 |  Guadeloupe | 71.593 % |
145 |  Tunisia | 71.54 % |
146 |  Portugal | 71.359 % |
147 |  North Macedonia | 71.328 % |
148 |  Mongolia | 71.213 % |
149 |  Botswana | 70.733 % |
150 |  Sweden | 69.581 % |
151 |  Myanmar | 69.403 % |
152 |  Cambodia | 69.382 % |
153 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 69.267 % |
154 |  Albania | 69.258 % |
155 |  Panama | 68.992 % |
156 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 68.946 % |
157 |  Greece | 68.288 % |
158 |  Isle of Man | 67.754 % |
159 |  Ethiopia | 67.291 % |
160 |  Kiribati | 66.097 % |
161 |  New Caledonia | 65.935 % |
162 |  Serbia | 65.917 % |
163 |  Estonia | 65.755 % |
164 |  Norway | 65.695 % |
165 |  South Sudan | 65.41 % |
166 |  Denmark | 65.382 % |
167 |  Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 64.966 % |
168 |  Georgia | 64.921 % |
169 |  Nicaragua | 64.749 % |
170 |  British Virgin Islands | 64.324 % |
171 |  Eritrea | 64.15 % |
172 |  French Polynesia | 64.052 % |
173 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 63.337 % |
174 |  Hungary | 62.969 % |
175 |  Thailand | 62.644 % |
176 |  France | 62.525 % |
177 |  Finland | 61.433 % |
178 |  Mauritania | 61.338 % |
179 |  Honduras | 61.198 % |
180 |  Bulgaria | 61.071 % |
181 |  Paraguay | 60.925 % |
182 |  Tonga | 60.918 % |
183 |  Czech Republic | 60.636 % |
184 |  Poland | 60.501 % |
185 |  Tanzania | 59.839 % |
186 |  Belize | 59.522 % |
187 |  Austria | 59.372 % |
188 |  Lithuania | 59.158 % |
189 |  Liberia | 59.095 % |
190 |  Latvia | 58.52 % |
191 |  Maldives | 58.422 % |
192 |  Samoa | 58.254 % |
193 |  Sierra Leone | 57.754 % |
194 |  Ireland | 55.922 % |
195 |  Guinea | 55.888 % |
196 |  Fiji | 55.565 % |
197 |  Zambia | 55.408 % |
198 |  Central African Republic | 55.332 % |
199 |  Romania | 55.206 % |
200 |  Croatia | 54.986 % |
201 |  Mozambique | 54.373 % |
202 |  Guinea-Bissau | 54.111 % |
203 |  Slovakia | 53.805 % |
204 |  Republic of Moldova | 53.644 % |
205 |  Chad | 52.521 % |
206 |  Niger | 52.303 % |
207 |  Burkina Faso | 52.113 % |
208 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51.781 % |
209 |  Timor-Leste | 51.502 % |
210 |  Slovenia | 50.919 % |
211 |  Mali | 49.776 % |
212 |  Marshall Islands | 49.686 % |
213 |  Papua New Guinea | 48.182 % |
214 |  Madagascar | 45.352 % |
215 |  Namibia | 44.2 % |
216 |  Dominica | 43.725 % |
217 |  Greenland | 42.549 % |
218 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 42.242 % |
219 |  Lesotho | 40.744 % |
220 |  Palau | 39.507 % |
221 |  Faroe Islands | 36.045 % |
222 |  Zimbabwe | 34.87 % |
223 |  Bhutan | 32.874 % |
224 |  Laos | 32.646 % |
225 |  Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 31.139 % |
226 |  Vanuatu | 30.172 % |
227 |  Eswatini | 24.651 % |
228 |  Solomon Islands | 24.496 % |
229 |  Anguilla | 0 % |
230 |  Cook Islands | 0 % |
231 |  Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0 % |
232 |  Montserrat | 0 % |
233 |  Niue | 0 % |
234 |  Saint Helena | 0 % |
235 |  Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 % |
236 |  Tokelau | 0 % |
237 |  Wallis and Futuna Islands | 0 % |
- #1Gibraltar
- #2Holy See
- #3Monaco
- #4China, Macao SAR
- #5Singapore
- #6China, Hong Kong SAR
- #7Bermuda
- #8Bahrain
- #9Bangladesh
- #10Egypt
Analysis: These countries represent the highest values in this dataset, showcasing significant scale and impact on global statistics.
- #237Wallis and Futuna Islands
- #236Tokelau
- #235Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- #234Saint Helena
- #233Niue
- #232Montserrat
- #231Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- #230Cook Islands
- #229Anguilla
- #228Solomon Islands
Context: These countries or territories have the lowest values, often due to geographic size, administrative status, or specific characteristics.
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United Nations Population Division
The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs conducts demographic research, supports intergovernmental processes at the United Nations in the area of population and development, and assists countries in developing their capacity to produce and analyse population data and information. The Division brings population issues to the attention of the international community by highlighting the central role of demographic trends in all aspects of sustainable development. The Division publishes datasets on the world’s population and analyzes global demographic trends.
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