Urbanization by country

The percentage of urbanized population by country (2018 data).

This is a list of countries by urbanization.

## Contents

* 1 Methodology
* 2 Countries
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Methodology[edit]

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.

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

## Countries[edit]

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

Rank  | Nation  | Urban population (%)  | Date  | Urbanization rate (%)  | Period

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1 |  Kuwait | 100 | 2020 | 1.78 | 2015–20 est.
1 |  Monaco | 100 | 2020 | 0.51 | 2015–20 est.
1 |  Nauru | 100 | 2020 | −0.06[clarification needed] | 2015–20 est.
1 |  Singapore | 100 | 2020 | 1.39 | 2015–20 est.
1 |  Vatican City | 100 | 2020 | 0[2] |
– |  Anguilla (UK) | 100 | 2020 | 0.9 | 2015–20 est.
– |  Bermuda (UK) | 100 | 2020 | −0.44[clarification needed] | 2015–20 est.
– |  Cayman Islands (UK) | 100 | 2020 | 1.27 | 2015–20 est.
– |  Gibraltar (UK) | 100 | 2020 | 0.45 | 2015–20 est.
– |  Hong Kong (China) | 100 | 2020 | 0.82 | 2015–20 est.
– |  Macau (China) | 100 | 2020 | 1.63 | 2015–20 est.
– |  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) | 100 | 2020 | 1.56 | 2015–20 est.
6 |  Qatar | 99.2 | 2020 | 2.41 | 2015–20 est.
7 |  Belgium | 98.1 | 2020 | 0.62 | 2015–20 est.
8 |  San Marino | 97.5 | 2020 | 0.67 | 2015–20 est.
– |  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) | 95.9 | 2020 | 0.1 | 2015–20 est.
9 |  Uruguay | 95.5 | 2020 | 0.46 | 2015–20 est.
– |  Guam (US) | 94.9 | 2020 | 0.92 | 2015–20 est.
10 |  Malta | 94.7 | 2020 | 0.38 | 2015–20 est.
11 |  Iceland | 93.9 | 2020 | 0.81 | 2015–20 est.
– |  Puerto Rico (US) | 93.6 | 2020 | −0.14 | 2015–20 est.
– |  Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) | 93.6 | 2020 | 1.77 | 2015–20 est.
12 |  Israel | 92.6 | 2020 | 1.64 | 2015–20 est.
13 |  Netherlands | 92.2 | 2020 | 0.74 | 2015–20 est.
14 |  Argentina | 92.1 | 2020 | 1.07 | 2015–20 est.
– |  Northern Mariana Islands (US) | 91.8 | 2020 | 0.29 | 2015–20 est.
15 |  Japan | 91.8 | 2020 | −0.14 | 2015–20 est.
16 |  Luxembourg | 91.5 | 2020 | 1.55 | 2015–20 est.
17 |  Jordan | 91.4 | 2020 | 2.43 | 2015–20 est.
– |  Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) | 90 | 2020 | 0.36 | 2015–20 est.
18 |  Gabon | 90.1 | 2020 | 2.61 | 2015–20 est.
19 |  Bahrain | 89.5 | 2020 | 4.38 | 2015–20 est.
– |  Curaçao (Netherlands) | 89.1 | 2020/2018 | 0.62 | 2015–20 est.
20 |  Lebanon | 88.9 | 2020 | 0.75 | 2015–20 est.
21 |  Venezuela | 88.3 | 2020 | 1.28 | 2015–20 est.
22 |  Denmark | 88.1 | 2020 | 0.51 | 2015–20 est.
23 |  Sweden | 88 | 2020 | 1.05 | 2015–20 est.
24 |  Andorra | 87.9 | 2020 | −0.31 | 2015–20 est.
25 |  Chile | 87.7 | 2020 | 0.87 | 2015–20 est.
– |  American Samoa (US) | 87.2 | 2020 | 0.07 | 2015–20 est.
– |  Greenland (Denmark) | 87.3 | 2020 | 0.42 | 2015–20 est.
– |  Western Sahara | 86.8 | 2020 | 2.61 | 2015–20 est.
26 |  Brazil | 87.1 | 2020 | 1.05 | 2015–20 est.
27 |  United Arab Emirates | 87 | 2020 | 1.71 | 2015–20 est.
28 |  New Zealand | 86.7 | 2020 | 1.01 | 2015–20 est.
29 |  Oman | 86.3 | 2020 | 5.25 | 2015–20 est.
30 |  Australia | 86.2 | 2020 | 1.43 | 2015–20 est.
31 |  Finland | 85.5 | 2020 | 0.42 | 2015–20 est.
32 |  Saudi Arabia | 84.3 | 2020 | 2.17 | 2015–20 est.
33 |  United Kingdom | 83.9 | 2020 | 0.89 | 2015–20 est.
34 |  Bahamas | 83.2 | 2020 | 1.13 | 2015–20 est.
35 |  Norway | 83 | 2020 | 1.4 | 2015–20 est.
36 |  United States | 82.7 | 2020 | 0.95 | 2015–20 est.
37 |  Dominican Republic | 82.5 | 2020 | 2.06 | 2015–20 est.
38 |  Canada | 81.6 | 2020 | 0.97 | 2015–20 est.
39 |  South Korea | 81.4 | 2020 | 0.3 | 2015–20 est.
39 |  Colombia | 81.4 | 2020 | 1.22 | 2015–20 est.
41 |  France | 81 | 2020 | 0.72 | 2015–20 est.
41 |  Palau | 81 | 2020 | 1.77 | 2015–20 est.
43 |  Spain | 80.8 | 2020 | 0.33 | 2015–20 est.
43 |  Costa Rica | 80.8 | 2020 | 1.5 | 2015–20 est.
44 |  Mexico | 80.7 | 2020 | 1.59 | 2015–20 est.
44 |  Libya | 80.7 | 2020 | 1.68 | 2015–20 est.
47 |  Greece | 79.7 | 2020 | 0.22 | 2015–20 est.
48 |  Belarus | 79.5 | 2020 | 0.44 | 2015–20 est.
49 |  Taiwan | 78.9 | 2020 | 0.8 | 2015–20 est.
50 |  Peru | 78.3 | 2020 | 1.44 | 2015–20 est.
50 |  Brunei | 78.3 | 2020 | 1.66 | 2015–20 est.
51 |  Djibouti | 78.1 | 2020 | 1.67 | 2015–20 est.
– |  Falkland Islands (UK) | 78.5 | 2020 | 0.76 | 2015–20 est.
52 |  Marshall Islands | 77.8 | 2020 | 0.61 | 2015–20 est.
53 |  Germany | 77.5 | 2020 | 0.27 | 2015–20 est.
54 |  Cuba | 77.2 | 2020 | 0.14 | 2015–20 est.
54 |  Malaysia | 77.2 | 2020 | 2.13 | 2015–20 est.
55 |  Palestine | 76.7 | 2020 | 3 | 2015–20 est.
56 |  Turkey | 76.1 | 2020 | 2.04 | 2015–20 est.
– |  Cook Islands (New Zealand) | 75.5 | 2020 | 0.37 | 2015–20 est.
57 |  Iran | 75.9 | 2020 | 1.71 | 2015–20 est.
58 |  Bulgaria | 75.7 | 2020 | −0.22 | 2015–20 est.
59 |  Russia | 74.8 | 2020 | 0.18 | 2015–20 est.
60 |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 74.4 | 2020 | 3.33 | 2015–20 est.
61 |  Czech Republic | 74.1 | 2020 | 0.21 | 2015–20 est.
62 |  Switzerland | 73.9 | 2020 | 0.88 | 2015–20 est.
63 |  Algeria | 73.7 | 2020 | 2.46 | 2015–20 est.
64 |  El Salvador | 73.4 | 2020 | 1.57 | 2015–20 est.
65 |  Equatorial Guinea | 73.1 | 2020 | 4.28 | 2015–20 est.
66 |  Hungary | 71.9 | 2020 | 0.07 | 2015–20 est.
– |  New Caledonia (France) | 71.5 | 2020 | 1.89 | 2015–20 est.
67 |  Dominica | 71.1 | 2020 | 0.94 | 2015–20 est.
68 |  Italy | 71 | 2020 | 0.29 | 2015–20 est.
69 |  Iraq | 70.9 | 2020 | 3.06 | 2015–20 est.
69 |  Botswana | 70.9 | 2020 | 2.87 | 2015–20 est.
71 |  Bolivia | 70.1 | 2020 | 1.97 | 2015–20 est.
72 |  Ukraine | 69.6 | 2020 | −0.33 | 2015–20 est.
72 |  Tunisia | 69.6 | 2020 | 1.53 | 2015–20 est.
74 |  Estonia | 69.2 | 2020 | 0.01 | 2015–20 est.
75 |  Mongolia | 68.7 | 2020 | 1.63 | 2015–20 est.
76 |  Panama | 68.4 | 2020 | 2.06 | 2015–20 est.
77 |  Latvia | 68.3 | 2020 | −0.93 | 2015–20 est.
78 |  Lithuania | 68 | 2020 | −0.31 | 2015–20 est.
79 |  Congo | 67.8 | 2020 | 3.28 | 2015–20 est.
80 |  Montenegro | 67.5 | 2020 | 0.54 | 2015–20 est.
81 |  South Africa | 67.4 | 2020 | 1.97 | 2015–20 est.
82 |  Cyprus | 66.8 | 2020 | 0.75 | 2015–20 est.
82 |  Angola | 66.8 | 2020 | 4.32 | 2015–20 est.
84 |  Cape Verde | 66.7 | 2020 | 1.97 | 2015–20 est.
85 |  Portugal | 66.3 | 2020 | 0.47 | 2015–20 est.
86 |  Suriname | 66.1 | 2020 | 0.9 | 2015–20 est.
87 |  Ecuador | 64.2 | 2020 | 1.66 | 2015–20 est.
88 |  Tuvalu | 64 | 2020 | 2.27 | 2015–20 est.
89 |  Ireland | 63.7 | 2020 | 1.14 | 2015–20 est.
90 |  Morocco | 63.5 | 2020 | 2.14 | 2015–20 est.
91 |  Armenia | 63.3 | 2020 | 0.22 | 2015–20 est.
92 |  Gambia | 62.6 | 2020 | 4.07 | 2015–20 est.
93 |  North Korea | 62.4 | 2020 | 0.82 | 2015–20 est.
– |  French Polynesia (France) | 62 | 2020 | 1.01 | 2015–20 est.
94 |  Paraguay | 62.2 | 2020 | 1.71 | 2015–20 est.
95 |  Albania | 62.1 | 2020 | 1.69 | 2015–20 est.
96 |  China | 61.4 | 2020 | 2.42 | 2015–20 est.
97 |  Poland | 60 | 2020 | −0.25 | 2015–20 est.
98 |  Georgia | 59.5 | 2020 | 0.42 | 2015–20 est.
99 |  Nicaragua | 59 | 2020 | 1.45 | 2015–20 est.
100 |  Austria | 58.7 | 2020 | 0.59 | 2015–20 est.
101 |  North Macedonia | 58.5 | 2020 | 0.45 | 2015–20 est.
102 |  Honduras | 58.4 | 2020 | 2.75 | 2015–20 est.
103 |  Kazakhstan | 57.7 | 2020 | 1.29 | 2015–20 est.
104 |  Croatia | 57.6 | 2020 | −0.08 | 2015–20 est.
104 |  Cameroon | 57.6 | 2020 | 3.63 | 2015–20 est.
106 |  Seychelles | 57.5 | 2020 | 1.26 | 2015–20 est.
107 |  Ghana | 57.3 | 2020 | 3.34 | 2015–20 est.
108 |  Fiji | 57.2 | 2020 | 1.62 | 2015–20 est.
109 |  Haiti | 57.1 | 2020 | 2.9 | 2015–20 est.
110 |  Indonesia | 56.6 | 2020 | 2.27 | 2015–20 est.
111 |  Romania | 56.4[3] | 2020 | – | –
111 |  Serbia | 56.4 | 2020 | −0.07 | 2015–20 est.
111 |  Azerbaijan | 56.4 | 2020 | 1.58 | 2015–20 est.
114 |  Jamaica | 56.3 | 2020 | 0.82 | 2015–20 est.
— |  World | 56.2 | 2020 | 1.9 | 2015–20 est.
115 |  Kiribati | 55.6 | 2020 | 3.19 | 2015–20 est.
116 |  Syria | 55.5 | 2020 | 1.43 | 2015–20 est.
117 |  Mauritania | 55.3 | 2020 | 4.28 | 2015–20 est.
118 |  Slovenia | 55.1 | 2020 | 0.56 | 2015–20 est.
119 |  Slovakia | 53.8 | 2020 | 0 | 2015–20 est.
120 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 53.2 | 2020 | 0.22 | 2015–20 est.
– |  Isle of Man (UK) | 52.9 | 2020 | 0.89 | 2015–20 est.
121 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 53 | 2020 | 1.03 | 2015–20 est.
122 |  Turkmenistan | 52.5 | 2020 | 2.46 | 2015–20 est.
123 |  Liberia | 52.1 | 2020 | 3.41 | 2015–20 est.
124 |  Nigeria | 52 | 2020 | 4.23 | 2015–20 est.
124 |  Namibia | 52 | 2020 | 4.2 | 2015–20 est.
126 |  Guatemala | 51.8 | 2020 | 2.68 | 2015–20 est.
127 |  Ivory Coast | 51.7 | 2020 | 3.38 | 2015–20 est.
128 |  Thailand | 51.4 | 2020 | 1.73 | 2015–20 est.
129 |  Uzbekistan | 50.4 | 2020 | 1.28 | 2015–20 est.
130 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49 | 2020 | 0.55 | 2015–20 est.
– |  British Virgin Islands (UK) | 48.5 | 2020 | 2.42 | 2015–20 est.
131 |  Benin | 48.4 | 2020 | 3.89 | 2015–20 est.
132 |  Senegal | 48.1 | 2020 | 3.73 | 2015–20 est.
133 |  Philippines | 47.4 | 2020 | 1.99 | 2015–20 est.
134 |  Belize | 46 | 2020 | 2.32 | 2015–20 est.
– |  Niue (New Zealand) | 46.2 | 2020 | 1.69 | 2015–20 est.
135 |  DR Congo | 45.6 | 2020 | 4.53 | 2015–20 est.
136 |  Zambia | 44.6 | 2020 | 4.23 | 2015–20 est.
137 |  Guinea-Bissau | 44.2 | 2020 | 3.41 | 2015–20 est.
138 |  Mali | 43.9 | 2020 | 4.86 | 2015–20 est.
– |  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.
164 |  Barbados | 31.2 | 2020 | 0.2 | 2015–20 est.
165 |  Myanmar | 31.1 | 2020 | 1.74 | 2015–20 est.
– |  Guernsey (UK) | 31 | 2020 | 0.46 | 2015–20 est.
– |  Jersey (UK) | 31 | 2020 | 0.46 | 2015–20 est.
166 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 30.8 | 2020 | 0.92 | 2015–20 est.
167 |  Burkina Faso | 30.6 | 2020 | 4.99 | 2015–20 est.
168 |  Comoros | 29.4 | 2020 | 2.87 | 2015–20 est.
169 |  Lesotho | 29 | 2020 | 2.83 | 2015–20 est.
170 |  Kenya | 28 | 2020 | 4.23 | 2015–20 est.
171 |  Tajikistan | 27.5 | 2020 | 2.62 | 2015–20 est.
172 |  Guyana | 26.8 | 2020 | 0.83 | 2015–20 est.
173 |  Afghanistan | 26 | 2020 | 3.37 | 2015–20 est.
174 |  Vanuatu | 25.5 | 2020 | 2.55 | 2015–20 est.
175 |  Uganda | 25 | 2020 | 5.7 | 2015–20 est.
176 |  Solomon Islands | 24.7 | 2020 | 3.91 | 2015–20 est.
177 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 24.4 | 2020 | 0.55 | 2015–20 est.
178 |  Eswatini | 24.2 | 2020 | 2.46 | 2015–20 est.
178 |  Cambodia | 24.2 | 2020 | 3.25 | 2015–20 est.
180 |  Chad | 23.5 | 2020 | 3.88 | 2015–20 est.
181 |  Tonga | 23.1 | 2020 | 0.71 | 2015–20 est.
182 |  Micronesia | 22.9 | 2020 | 1.05 | 2015–20 est.
183 |  Ethiopia | 21.7 | 2020 | 4.63 | 2015–20 est.
184 |  Nepal | 20.6 | 2020 | 3.15 | 2015–20 est.
185 |  South Sudan | 20.2 | 2020 | 4.1 | 2015–20 est.
186 |  Saint Lucia | 18.8 | 2020 | 0.8 | 2015–20 est.
187 |  Sri Lanka | 18.7 | 2020 | 0.85 | 2015–20 est.
188 |  Samoa | 17.9 | 2020 | −0.47 | 2015–20 est.
189 |  Rwanda | 17.4 | 2020 | 2.86 | 2015–20 est.
189 |  Malawi | 17.4 | 2020 | 4.19 | 2015–20 est.
191 |  Niger | 16.6 | 2020 | 4.27 | 2015–20 est.
192 |  Liechtenstein | 14.4 | 2020 | 0.81 | 2015–20 est.
193 |  Burundi | 13.7 | 2020 | 5.68 | 2015–20 est.
194 |  Papua New Guinea | 13.3 | 2020 | 2.51 | 2015–20 est.
– |  Montserrat (UK) | 9.1 | 2020 | 0.64 | 2015–20 est.
– |  Pitcairn Islands (UK) | 0 | 2012 | NA |
– |  Tokelau (New Zealand) | 0 | 2020 | 0 | 2015–20 est.
– |  Wallis and Futuna (France) | 0 | 2020 | 0 | 2015–20 est.

## See also[edit]

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

## References[edit]

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[edit]

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

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