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Most Urbanized Countries 2024

  • Global urbanization stood at 57.5% in 2023, on pace for an urbanization rate of 1.75% from 2020-2025.

222 countries

Country
Urban Population 2023
Urban population 2022
Urbanization rate 2020-25
Hong Kong100%100%0.58%
Singapore100%100%0.74%
Kuwait100%100%1.35%
Macau100%100%1.46%
Cayman Islands100%100%1.13%
Bermuda100%100%-0.2%
Sint Maarten100%100%1.16%
Gibraltar100%100%0.45%
Monaco100%100%0.5%
Anguilla100%100%0.47%
Nauru100%100%0.18%
Vatican City100%25.8%-
Qatar99.4%99.3%1.66%
Belgium98.2%98.2%0.38%
San Marino97.8%97.7%0.41%
Uruguay95.8%96.1%0.4%
Guam95.2%95.1%0.84%
Malta94.9%94.9%0.28%
Turks and Caicos Islands94.2%94%1.46%
Iceland94%94%0.74%
Puerto Rico93.6%93.6%-0.12%
Netherlands93.2%92.9%0.59%
Israel92.9%92.8%1.51%
Argentina92.5%92.3%0.97%
Luxembourg92.1%91.9%1.43%
Northern Mariana Islands92.1%92%0.36%
Japan92%92%-0.25%
Jordan92%91.8%0.98%
Gabon91%90.7%2.27%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon90.1%90%0.75%
Bahrain89.9%89.7%1.99%
Lebanon89.4%89.3%-1.23%
Curacao89%89%0.57%
Sweden88.7%88.5%0.89%
Denmark88.5%88.4%0.54%
Venezuela88.4%100%1.16%
Oman88.4%87.8%2.32%
Chile88%87.9%0.78%
Greenland87.9%87.7%0.41%
Brazil87.8%87.6%0.87%
United Arab Emirates87.8%87.5%1.5%
Andorra87.8%87.8%0.11%
American Samoa87.2%87.2%0.26%
New Zealand87%86.9%0.92%
Australia86.6%86.5%1.27%
Finland85.8%85.7%0.42%
Saudi Arabia85%84.7%1.69%
United Kingdom84.6%84.4%0.8%
Dominican Republic84.4%83.8%1.64%
Norway84%83.7%1.32%
Bahamas83.6%83.5%1.02%
United States83.3%83.1%0.96%
Costa Rica82.6%82%1.5%
Colombia82.4%82%1.01%
Palau82.4%82%1.59%
Canada81.9%81.8%0.95%
France81.8%81.5%0.67%
Mexico81.6%81.3%1.4%
Spain81.6%81.3%0.24%
Libya81.6%81.3%1.45%
South Korea81.5%81.4%0.31%
Greece80.7%80.4%0.11%
Belarus80.7%80.3%0.28%
Taiwan80.1%79.7%0.65%
Falkland Islands79.7%79.3%0.53%
Brunei79.1%78.9%1.44%
Peru78.9%78.7%1.33%
Marshall Islands78.9%78.5%0.61%
Malaysia78.7%78.2%1.87%
Djibouti78.6%78.4%1.56%
Germany77.8%77.6%0.13%
Palestine77.6%77.3%2.85%
Turkey77.5%77%1.11%
Cuba77.5%77.4%0.19%
Iran77.3%76.8%1.32%
Bulgaria76.7%76.4%-0.28%
Sao Tome and Principe76.4%75.8%2.96%
Cook Islands76.2%75.9%0.52%
El Salvador75.4%74.8%1.33%
Russia75.3%75.1%0.11%
Algeria75.3%74.8%1.99%
Czech Republic74.6%74.4%0.2%
Equatorial Guinea74.4%74%3.62%
Switzerland74.2%74.1%0.79%
Hungary72.9%72.6%0.05%
Botswana72.9%72.2%2.47%
New Caledonia72.7%72.3%1.72%
Italy72%71.7%0.27%
Dominica72%71.7%0.84%
Iraq71.6%71.4%2.91%
Bolivia71.2%70.8%1.87%
Tunisia70.5%70.2%1.34%
Ukraine70.1%69.9%-0.27%
Estonia69.8%69.6%-0.03%
Panama69.5%69.1%1.92%
Republic of the Congo69.2%68.7%3.19%
Mongolia69.1%68.9%1.4%
South Africa68.8%68.3%1.72%
Angola68.7%68.1%4.04%
Lithuania68.7%68.5%-0.12%
Latvia68.7%68.5%-0.68%
Montenegro68.5%68.2%0.45%
Cape Verde68%67.5%1.83%
Portugal67.9%67.4%0.44%
Cyprus67%66.9%0.76%
Suriname66.4%66.3%0.88%
Tuvalu66.2%65.5%2.08%
Morocco65.1%64.6%1.88%
Ecuador64.8%64.6%1.62%
China64.6%63.6%1.78%
Albania64.6%63.8%1.29%
Ireland64.5%64.2%1.15%
Gambia64.5%63.9%3.75%
Armenia63.7%63.6%0.23%
North Korea63.2%62.9%0.85%
Paraguay63.1%62.8%1.64%
French Polynesia62.3%62.2%0.65%
Georgia60.7%60.3%0.35%
Poland60.2%60.1%-0.16%
Honduras60.2%59.6%2.48%
Nicaragua59.8%59.6%1.45%
Haiti59.7%58.8%2.47%
Austria59.5%59.3%0.68%
North Macedonia59.5%59.1%0.61%
Cameroon59.3%58.7%3.43%
Ghana59.2%58.6%3.06%
Seychelles58.8%58.4%0.99%
Fiji58.7%58.2%1.37%
Indonesia58.6%57.9%1.99%
Croatia58.6%58.2%0.05%
Kazakhstan58.2%58%1.19%
Kiribati57.8%57.1%2.77%
Mauritania57.7%56.9%3.84%
Azerbaijan57.6%57.2%1.38%
Syria57.4%56.8%5.38%
Jamaica57.4%57%0.79%
Serbia57.1%56.9%0.04%
Slovenia56.1%55.8%0.54%
Namibia54.9%54%3.64%
Romania54.7%54.5%-0.15%
Nigeria54.3%53.5%3.92%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines54.3%53.9%0.94%
Turkmenistan54%53.5%2.23%
Slovakia54%53.9%0.17%
Thailand53.6%52.9%1.43%
Liberia53.6%53.1%3.41%
Isle of Man53.5%53.3%0.97%
Trinidad and Tobago53.4%53.3%0.23%
Ivory Coast53.1%52.7%3.38%
Guatemala53.1%52.7%2.59%
Uzbekistan50.5%95.7%1.25%
Bosnia and Herzegovina50.3%49.8%0.61%
Benin50.1%49.5%3.74%
British Virgin Islands49.7%49.3%1.73%
Senegal49.6%49.1%3.59%
Philippines48.3%48%2.04%
Niue48.2%47.6%1.43%
Somalia47.9%47.3%4.2%
DR Congo47.4%46.8%4.33%
Belize46.6%46.4%2.3%
Zambia46.3%45.8%4.15%
Mali46.2%45.4%4.57%
Togo44.5%43.9%3.6%
Bhutan44.4%43.7%2.52%
Sierra Leone44.3%43.8%3.02%
Aruba44.3%44.1%0.77%
Central African Republic43.6%43.1%3.32%
Moldova43.4%43.2%0.09%
Eritrea43.3%42.6%3.67%
Egypt43.1%43%1.9%
Faroe Islands43%42.8%0.89%
Maldives42%41.5%2.34%
Mauritius40.9%40.8%0.28%
Madagascar40.6%39.9%4.26%
Bangladesh40.5%39.7%2.88%
Yemen39.8%39.2%3.71%
Vietnam39.5%88.4%2.7%
Mozambique38.8%38.2%4.24%
Laos38.2%37.6%2.99%
Guinea38.1%37.7%3.64%
Pakistan38%37.7%2.1%
Kyrgyzstan37.8%37.5%2.05%
Tanzania37.4%36.7%4.89%
Grenada37.1%36.9%0.86%
India36.4%35.9%2.33%
Sudan36.3%36%3.43%
Burkina Faso32.5%31.9%4.75%
Zimbabwe32.5%32.4%2.41%
Timor Leste32.5%32.1%3.31%
Myanmar32.1%31.8%1.85%
Barbados31.4%31.3%0.46%
Jersey31.2%31.1%0.68%
Guernsey31.2%31.1%0.68%
Saint Kitts and Nevis31.1%31%1.06%
Lesotho30.4%29.9%2.77%
Comoros30.1%29.9%2.97%
Kenya29.5%29%4.09%
Tajikistan28.2%28%2.73%
Guyana27.2%27%1.01%
Afghanistan26.9%26.6%3.34%
Uganda26.8%26.2%5.41%
Solomon Islands26%25.6%3.57%
Vanuatu26%50.5%2.55%
Cambodia25.6%25.1%3.06%
Eswatini24.8%24.6%2.42%
Chad24.4%24.1%4.1%
Antigua and Barbuda24.3%24.3%0.87%
Micronesia23.4%23.2%1.52%
Ethiopia23.2%22.7%4.4%
Tonga23.2%23.1%0.99%
Nepal21.9%21.5%3.09%
South Sudan21.2%20.8%4.12%
Sri Lanka19.2%19%1.22%
Saint Lucia19.2%19%0.98%
Malawi18.3%18%4.41%
Rwanda17.9%17.7%3.07%
Samoa17.5%17.6%-0.03%
Niger17.1%16.9%4.72%
Burundi14.8%14.4%5.43%
Liechtenstein14.6%14.5%1.15%
Papua New Guinea13.7%13.6%2.91%
Montserrat9.3%9.2%0.94%

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