Urbanization by sovereign state

This is a list of countries by urbanization.

The percentage of urbanized population by country (2018 data)

Methodology

There are two measures of the degree of urbanization of a population. The first, urban population, describes the percentage of the total population living in urban areas, as defined by the country.

The second measure, rate of urbanization, describes the projected average rate of change of the size of the urban population over the given period of time.

As of 2020, some countries with more than 80% of people living in urban areas are the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, France, Spain and South Korea.

193 United Nations member states plus the Vatican are given a number, other entries are italicized and unnumbered.^{[original research?]}

Countries

The data is taken from the CIA World Factbook with estimates from 2020.^[1]

Rank	Nation	Urban population (%)	Date	Urbanization rate (%)	Period
1	Kuwait	100	2020	1.78	2015–20 est.
2	Monaco	100	2020	0.51	2015–20 est.
3	Nauru	100	2020	−0.06^[clarification needed]	2015–20 est.
4	Singapore	100	2020	1.39	2015–20 est.
5	Vatican City	100	2020	0^[2]
6	Anguilla (UK)	100	2020	0.9	2015–20 est.
7	Bermuda (UK)	100	2020	−0.44^[clarification needed]	2015–20 est.
8	Cayman Islands (UK)	100	2020	1.27	2015–20 est.
9	Gibraltar (UK)	100	2020	0.45	2015–20 est.
10	Hong Kong (China)	100	2020	0.82	2015–20 est.
11	Macau (China)	100	2020	1.63	2015–20 est.
12	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	100	2020	1.56	2015–20 est.
13	Qatar	99.2	2020	2.41	2015–20 est.
14	Belgium	98.1	2020	0.62	2015–20 est.
15	San Marino	97.5	2020	0.67	2015–20 est.
16	U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	95.9	2020	0.1	2015–20 est.
17	Uruguay	95.5	2020	0.46	2015–20 est.
18	Guam (US)	94.9	2020	0.92	2015–20 est.
19	Malta	94.7	2020	0.38	2015–20 est.
20	Iceland	93.9	2020	0.81	2015–20 est.
22	Puerto Rico (US)	93.6	2020	−0.14	2015–20 est.
23	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	93.6	2020	1.77	2015–20 est.
24	Israel	92.6	2020	1.64	2015–20 est.
25	Netherlands	92.2	2020	0.74	2015–20 est.
26	Argentina	92.1	2020	1.07	2015–20 est.
27	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	91.8	2020	0.29	2015–20 est.
28	Japan	91.8	2020	−0.14	2015–20 est.
29	Luxembourg	91.5	2020	1.55	2015–20 est.
30	Jordan	91.4	2020	2.43	2015–20 est.
31	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	90	2020	0.36	2015–20 est.
32	Gabon	90.1	2020	2.61	2015–20 est.
33	Bahrain	89.5	2020	4.38	2015–20 est.
34	Curaçao (Netherlands)	89.1	2020/2018	0.62	2015–20 est.
35	Lebanon	88.9	2020	0.75	2015–20 est.
36	Venezuela	88.3	2020	1.28	2015–20 est.
37	Denmark	88.1	2020	0.51	2015–20 est.
38	Sweden	88	2020	1.05	2015–20 est.
39	Andorra	87.9	2020	−0.31	2015–20 est.
40	Chile	87.7	2020	0.87	2015–20 est.
41	American Samoa (US)	87.2	2020	0.07	2015–20 est.
42	Greenland (Denmark)	87.3	2020	0.42	2015–20 est.
43	Western Sahara	86.8	2020	2.61	2015–20 est.
44	Brazil	87.1	2020	1.05	2015–20 est.
45	United Arab Emirates	87	2020	1.71	2015–20 est.
46	New Zealand	86.7	2020	1.01	2015–20 est.
47	Oman	86.3	2020	5.25	2015–20 est.
48	Australia	86.2	2020	1.43	2015–20 est.
49	Finland	85.5	2020	0.42	2015–20 est.
50	Saudi Arabia	84.3	2020	2.17	2015–20 est.
51	United Kingdom	83.9	2020	0.89	2015–20 est.
52	Bahamas	83.2	2020	1.13	2015–20 est.
53	Norway	83	2020	1.4	2015–20 est.
54	United States	82.7	2020	0.95	2015–20 est.
55	Dominican Republic	82.5	2020	2.06	2015–20 est.
56	Canada	81.6	2020	0.97	2015–20 est.
57	South Korea	81.4	2020	0.3	2015–20 est.
58	Colombia	81.4	2020	1.22	2015–20 est.
59	France	81	2020	0.72	2015–20 est.
60	Palau	81	2020	1.77	2015–20 est.
61	Spain	80.8	2020	0.33	2015–20 est.
62	Costa Rica	80.8	2020	1.5	2015–20 est.
63	Mexico	80.7	2020	1.59	2015–20 est.
64	Libya	80.7	2020	1.68	2015–20 est.
65	Greece	79.7	2020	0.22	2015–20 est.
66	Belarus	79.5	2020	0.44	2015–20 est.
67	Taiwan	78.9	2020	0.8	2015–20 est.
68	Falkland Islands (UK)	78.5	2020	0.76	2015–20 est.
69	Peru	78.3	2020	1.44	2015–20 est.
70	Brunei	78.3	2020	1.66	2015–20 est.
71	Djibouti	78.1	2020	1.67	2015–20 est.
72	Marshall Islands	77.8	2020	0.61	2015–20 est.
73	Germany	77.5	2020	0.27	2015–20 est.
74	Cuba	77.2	2020	0.14	2015–20 est.
75	Malaysia	77.2	2020	2.13	2015–20 est.
76	Palestine	76.7	2020	3	2015–20 est.
78	Turkey	76.1	2020	2.04	2015–20 est.
79	Iran	75.9	2020	1.71	2015–20 est.
80	Bulgaria	75.7	2020	−0.22	2015–20 est.
81	Cook Islands (New Zealand)	75.5	2020	0.37	2015–20 est.
82	Russia	74.8	2020	0.18	2015–20 est.
83	São Tomé and Príncipe	74.4	2020	3.33	2015–20 est.
84	Czech Republic	74.1	2020	0.21	2015–20 est.
85	Switzerland	73.9	2020	0.88	2015–20 est.
86	Algeria	73.7	2020	2.46	2015–20 est.
87	El Salvador	73.4	2020	1.57	2015–20 est.
88	Equatorial Guinea	73.1	2020	4.28	2015–20 est.
89	Hungary	71.9	2020	0.07	2015–20 est.
90	New Caledonia (France)	71.5	2020	1.89	2015–20 est.
91	Dominica	71.1	2020	0.94	2015–20 est.
92	Italy	71	2020	0.29	2015–20 est.
93	Iraq	70.9	2020	3.06	2015–20 est.
94	Botswana	70.9	2020	2.87	2015–20 est.
95	Bolivia	70.1	2020	1.97	2015–20 est.
96	Tunisia	69.6	2020	1.53	2015–20 est.
97	Ukraine	69.6	2020	−0.33	2015–20 est.
98	Estonia	69.2	2020	0.01	2015–20 est.
99	Mongolia	68.7	2020	1.63	2015–20 est.
100	Panama	68.4	2020	2.06	2015–20 est.
101	Latvia	68.3	2020	−0.93	2015–20 est.
102	Lithuania	68	2020	−0.31	2015–20 est.
103	Congo	67.8	2020	3.28	2015–20 est.
104	Montenegro	67.5	2020	0.54	2015–20 est.
105	South Africa	67.4	2020	1.97	2015–20 est.
106	Cyprus	66.8	2020	0.75	2015–20 est.
107	Angola	66.8	2020	4.32	2015–20 est.
108	Cape Verde	66.7	2020	1.97	2015–20 est.
109	Portugal	66.3	2020	0.47	2015–20 est.
110	Suriname	66.1	2020	0.9	2015–20 est.
111	Ecuador	64.2	2020	1.66	2015–20 est.
112	Tuvalu	64	2020	2.27	2015–20 est.
113	Ireland	63.7	2020	1.14	2015–20 est.
114	Morocco	63.5	2020	2.14	2015–20 est.
115	Armenia	63.3	2020	0.22	2015–20 est.
116	Gambia	62.6	2020	4.07	2015–20 est.
117	North Korea	62.4	2020	0.82	2015–20 est.
118	French Polynesia (France)	62	2020	1.01	2015–20 est.
119	Paraguay	62.2	2020	1.71	2015–20 est.
120	Albania	62.1	2020	1.69	2015–20 est.
121	China	61.4	2020	2.42	2015–20 est.
122	Poland	60	2020	−0.25	2015–20 est.
123	Georgia	59.5	2020	0.42	2015–20 est.
124	Nicaragua	59	2020	1.45	2015–20 est.
125	Austria	58.7	2020	0.59	2015–20 est.
126	North Macedonia	58.5	2020	0.45	2015–20 est.
127	Honduras	58.4	2020	2.75	2015–20 est.
128	Kazakhstan	57.7	2020	1.29	2015–20 est.
129	Cameroon	57.6	2020	3.63	2015–20 est.
130	Croatia	57.6	2020	−0.08	2015–20 est.
131	Seychelles	57.5	2020	1.26	2015–20 est.
132	Ghana	57.3	2020	3.34	2015–20 est.
133	Fiji	57.2	2020	1.62	2015–20 est.
134	Haiti	57.1	2020	2.9	2015–20 est.
135	Indonesia	56.6	2020	2.27	2015–20 est.
136	Romania	56.4^[3]	2020	–	–
137	Serbia	56.4	2020	−0.07	2015–20 est.
138	Azerbaijan	56.4	2020	1.58	2015–20 est.
139	Jamaica	56.3	2020	0.82	2015–20 est.
140	Earth	56.2	2020	1.9	2015–20 est.
141	Kiribati	55.6	2020	3.19	2015–20 est.
142	Syria	55.5	2020	1.43	2015–20 est.
143	Mauritania	55.3	2020	4.28	2015–20 est.
144	Slovenia	55.1	2020	0.56	2015–20 est.
145	Slovakia	53.8	2020	0	2015–20 est.
146	Trinidad and Tobago	53.2	2020	0.22	2015–20 est.
147	Isle of Man (UK)	52.9	2020	0.89	2015–20 est.
148	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	53	2020	1.03	2015–20 est.
149	Turkmenistan	52.5	2020	2.46	2015–20 est.
150	Liberia	52.1	2020	3.41	2015–20 est.
151	Nigeria	52	2020	4.23	2015–20 est.
152	Namibia	52	2020	4.2	2015–20 est.
153	Guatemala	51.8	2020	2.68	2015–20 est.
154	Ivory Coast	51.7	2020	3.38	2015–20 est.
155	Thailand	51.4	2020	1.73	2015–20 est.
156	Uzbekistan	50.4	2020	1.28	2015–20 est.
157	Bosnia and Herzegovina	49	2020	0.55	2015–20 est.
158	British Virgin Islands (UK)	48.5	2020	2.42	2015–20 est.
159	Benin	48.4	2020	3.89	2015–20 est.
160	Senegal	48.1	2020	3.73	2015–20 est.
161	Philippines	47.4	2020	1.99	2015–20 est.
162	Belize	46	2020	2.32	2015–20 est.
163	Niue (New Zealand)	46.2	2020	1.69	2015–20 est.
164	DR Congo	45.6	2020	4.53	2015–20 est.
165	Zambia	44.6	2020	4.23	2015–20 est.
166	Guinea-Bissau	44.2	2020	3.41	2015–20 est.
167	Mali	43.9	2020	4.86	2015–20 est.
168	Aruba (Netherlands)	43.7	2020	0.67	2015–20 est.
139	Sierra Leone	42.9	2020	3.12	2015–20 est.
140	Egypt	42.8	2020	1.86	2015–20 est.
141	Moldova	42.8	2020	−0.07	2015–20 est.
–	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	42.4	2020	0.74	2015–20 est.
142	Togo	42.8	2020	3.76	2015–20 est.
143	Bhutan	42.3	2020	2.98	2015–20 est.
144	Central African Republic	42.2	2020	2.52	2015–20 est.
145	Eritrea	41.3	2020	3.86	2015–20 est.
146	Mauritius	40.8	2020	0.11	2015–20 est.
147	Maldives	40.7	2020	2.93	2015–20 est.
–	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	40.1	2020	0.73	2015–20 est.
148	Madagascar	38.5	2020	4.48	2015–20 est.
149	Bangladesh	38.2	2020	3.17	2015–20 est.
150	Vietnam	37.3	2020	2.98	2015–20 est.
151	Pakistan	37.2	2020	2.53	2015–20 est.
152	Mozambique	37.1	2020	4.35	2015–20 est.
153	Kyrgyzstan	36.9	2020	2.03	2015–20 est.
154	Yemen	36.6	2020	4.06	2015–20 est.
155	Grenada	36.5	2020	0.76	2015–20 est.
156	Guinea	36.5	2020	3.54	2015–20 est.
157	Laos	36.3	2020	3.28	2015–20 est.
158	Sudan	35.3	2020	3.17	2015–20 est.
159	Tanzania	35.2	2020	5.22	2015–20 est.
160	Solomon Islands	34.9	2020	2.37	2015–20 est.
161	India	34.9	2020	3.35	2015–20 est.
162	Zimbabwe	34.3	2020	2.19	2015–20 est.
163	Barbados	31.2	2020	0.2	2015–20 est.
164	Myanmar	31.1	2020	1.74	2015–20 est.
165	Guernsey (UK)	31	2020	0.46	2015–20 est.
166	Jersey (UK)	31	2020	0.46	2015–20 est.
167	Saint Kitts and Nevis	30.8	2020	0.92	2015–20 est.
168	Burkina Faso	30.6	2020	4.99	2015–20 est.
169	Comoros	29.4	2020	2.87	2015–20 est.
170	Lesotho	29	2020	2.83	2015–20 est.
171	Kenya	28	2020	4.23	2015–20 est.
172	Tajikistan	27.5	2020	2.62	2015–20 est.
173	Guyana	26.8	2020	0.83	2015–20 est.
174	Afghanistan	26	2020	3.37	2015–20 est.
175	Vanuatu	25.5	2020	2.55	2015–20 est.
176	Uganda	25	2020	5.7	2015–20 est.
177	Solomon Islands	24.7	2020	3.91	2015–20 est.
178	Antigua and Barbuda	24.4	2020	0.55	2015–20 est.
179	Eswatini	24.2	2020	2.46	2015–20 est.
180	Cambodia	24.2	2020	3.25	2015–20 est.
181	Chad	23.5	2020	3.88	2015–20 est.
182	Tonga	23.1	2020	0.71	2015–20 est.
183	Micronesia	22.9	2020	1.05	2015–20 est.
184	Nepal	22	2020	3.15	2015–20 est.
185	Ethiopia	21.7	2020	4.63	2015–20 est.
186	South Sudan	20.2	2020	4.1	2015–20 est.
187	Saint Lucia	18.8	2020	0.8	2015–20 est.
188	Sri Lanka	18.7	2020	0.85	2015–20 est.
189	Samoa	17.9	2020	−0.47	2015–20 est.
190	Rwanda	17.4	2020	2.86	2015–20 est.
191	Malawi	17.4	2020	4.19	2015–20 est.
192	Niger	16.6	2020	4.27	2015–20 est.
193	Liechtenstein	14.4	2020	0.81	2015–20 est.
194	Burundi	13.7	2020	5.68	2015–20 est.
195	Papua New Guinea	13.3	2020	2.51	2015–20 est.
196	Montserrat (UK)	9.1	2020	0.64	2015–20 est.
-	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	0	2012	NA
197	Tokelau (New Zealand)	0	2020	0	2015–20 est.
198	Wallis and Futuna (France)	0	2020	0	2015–20 est.

See also

• List of countries by urban population
• List of Brazilian federative units by urbanization rate

References

1. "World Factbook Urbanization". Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
2. "Holy See (Vatican City)". 16 February 2022.
3. "Population by domicile on January 1, 2020 (Romanian)" (PDF). INSSE.ro. Retrieved April 1, 2020.

External links

• 2018 Revision of World Urbanization Prospects, Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations