# Urban population by nation — world ranking Urban population ranked across 179 nations, highest to lowest. Kuwait highest at 100.0% (2024). Each figure carries its publisher and observation year. Canonical: https://terralore.co/rankings/urbanisation Updated: 2026-07-29 (the society domain's last refresh) Definition: Share of people living in areas classified as urban. Unit: %. Ordered highest to lowest — a ranking of figures, not a grading of nations. Ties share a rank. ## Ranking (179 nations) | Rank | Nation | Value | Observed | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2024 | | 1 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2024 | | 3 | Qatar | 99.3% | 2024 | | 4 | San Marino | 97.2% | 2024 | | 5 | Malta | 95.7% | 2024 | | 6 | Netherlands | 95.6% | 2024 | | 7 | Uruguay | 95.6% | 2024 | | 8 | Luxembourg | 94.8% | 2024 | | 9 | Puerto Rico | 94.3% | 2024 | | 10 | Iceland | 94.2% | 2024 | | 11 | Jordan | 93.0% | 2024 | | 12 | Argentina | 92.3% | 2024 | | 13 | Japan | 92.2% | 2024 | | 14 | Gabon | 91.9% | 2024 | | 15 | Lebanon | 90.7% | 2024 | | 16 | Türkiye | 89.3% | 2024 | | 17 | Venezuela | 89.3% | 2024 | | 18 | Chile | 89.0% | 2024 | | 19 | Andorra | 88.9% | 2024 | | 20 | Sweden | 88.9% | 2024 | | 21 | Denmark | 88.7% | 2024 | | 22 | Greenland | 88.3% | 2024 | | 23 | Brazil | 87.9% | 2024 | | 24 | Libya | 87.9% | 2024 | | 25 | Belgium | 87.6% | 2024 | | 26 | Australia | 87.6% | 2024 | | 27 | Palestine | 87.1% | 2024 | | 28 | United Arab Emirates | 85.8% | 2024 | | 29 | Switzerland | 85.5% | 2024 | | 30 | Peru | 85.2% | 2024 | | 31 | Saudi Arabia | 84.5% | 2024 | | 32 | New Zealand | 83.9% | 2024 | | 33 | Norway | 83.3% | 2024 | | 34 | United Kingdom | 83.2% | 2024 | | 35 | Canada | 82.7% | 2024 | | 36 | Germany | 82.0% | 2024 | | 37 | Bahamas | 81.3% | 2024 | | 38 | South Korea | 81.2% | 2024 | | 39 | Spain | 80.3% | 2024 | | 40 | United States | 80.1% | 2024 | | 41 | Mexico | 79.8% | 2024 | | 42 | Oman | 79.4% | 2024 | | 43 | Costa Rica | 79.3% | 2024 | | 44 | Belarus | 79.2% | 2024 | | 45 | Greece | 79.0% | 2024 | | 46 | France | 78.8% | 2024 | | 47 | Colombia | 78.5% | 2024 | | 48 | Cuba | 77.2% | 2024 | | 49 | Iran | 77.0% | 2024 | | 50 | Malaysia | 76.9% | 2024 | | 51 | Cape Verde | 76.8% | 2024 | | 52 | Algeria | 75.3% | 2024 | | 53 | Russia | 75.1% | 2024 | | 54 | El Salvador | 75.1% | 2024 | | 55 | Brunei | 74.9% | 2024 | | 56 | Finland | 74.3% | 2024 | | 57 | Bulgaria | 73.9% | 2024 | | 58 | Djibouti | 72.9% | 2024 | | 59 | Czechia | 72.8% | 2024 | | 60 | Dominican Republic | 72.4% | 2024 | | 61 | Syria | 72.1% | 2024 | | 62 | Equatorial Guinea | 71.4% | 2024 | | 63 | Bolivia | 71.2% | 2024 | | 64 | Mongolia | 71.0% | 2024 | | 65 | Estonia | 70.7% | 2024 | | 66 | Angola | 70.7% | 2024 | | 67 | Hungary | 70.5% | 2024 | | 68 | Tunisia | 70.4% | 2024 | | 69 | Iraq | 69.9% | 2024 | | 70 | Paraguay | 69.9% | 2024 | | 71 | Italy | 69.6% | 2024 | | 72 | Ukraine | 69.5% | 2024 | | 73 | Austria | 69.5% | 2024 | | 74 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 68.9% | 2024 | | 75 | Lithuania | 68.8% | 2024 | | 76 | Latvia | 68.5% | 2024 | | 77 | New Caledonia | 68.0% | 2024 | | 78 | Botswana | 67.5% | 2024 | | 79 | Nepal | 66.8% | 2024 | | 80 | Cyprus | 66.7% | 2024 | | 81 | Panama | 66.0% | 2024 | | 82 | China | 65.9% | 2024 | | 83 | Armenia | 65.8% | 2024 | | 84 | Suriname | 65.8% | 2024 | | 85 | Montenegro | 65.5% | 2024 | | 86 | Ireland | 64.3% | 2024 | | 87 | Gambia | 64.3% | 2024 | | 88 | Congo | 63.9% | 2024 | | 89 | North Korea | 63.9% | 2024 | | 90 | South Africa | 63.7% | 2024 | | 91 | Ecuador | 63.2% | 2024 | | 92 | Nigeria | 63.0% | 2024 | | 93 | Morocco | 62.8% | 2024 | | 94 | North Macedonia | 62.6% | 2024 | | 95 | Serbia | 62.4% | 2024 | | 96 | Kazakhstan | 62.1% | 2024 | | 97 | Thailand | 61.9% | 2024 | | 98 | Portugal | 61.3% | 2024 | | 99 | Georgia | 61.1% | 2024 | | 100 | Mauritania | 60.6% | 2024 | | 101 | Poland | 60.0% | 2024 | | 102 | Nicaragua | 59.3% | 2024 | | 103 | Fiji | 59.1% | 2024 | | 104 | Jamaica | 58.9% | 2024 | | 105 | Honduras | 58.8% | 2024 | | 106 | Indonesia | 58.8% | 2024 | | 107 | Azerbaijan | 58.6% | 2024 | | 108 | Albania | 58.5% | 2024 | | 109 | Ghana | 58.4% | 2024 | | 110 | Croatia | 57.5% | 2024 | | 111 | Guatemala | 56.0% | 2024 | | 112 | Slovenia | 55.8% | 2024 | | 113 | Liberia | 55.5% | 2024 | | 114 | Philippines | 55.5% | 2024 | | 115 | Cameroon | 55.4% | 2024 | | 116 | Senegal | 55.2% | 2024 | | 117 | Haiti | 55.0% | 2024 | | 118 | Somalia | 54.6% | 2024 | | 119 | Ivory Coast | 54.0% | 2024 | | 120 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.0% | 2024 | | 121 | Slovakia | 53.2% | 2024 | | 122 | Benin | 52.5% | 2024 | | 123 | Romania | 52.2% | 2024 | | 124 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.1% | 2024 | | 125 | Uzbekistan | 51.0% | 2024 | | 126 | Namibia | 50.4% | 2024 | | 127 | Kosovo | 50.3% | 2024 | | 128 | Turkmenistan | 47.1% | 2024 | | 129 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.1% | 2024 | | 130 | Zambia | 45.5% | 2024 | | 131 | Sierra Leone | 45.4% | 2024 | | 132 | Seychelles | 45.3% | 2024 | | 133 | DR Congo | 44.7% | 2024 | | 134 | Central African Republic | 44.1% | 2024 | | 135 | Togo | 43.8% | 2024 | | 136 | Lesotho | 43.7% | 2024 | | 137 | Moldova | 43.5% | 2024 | | 138 | Egypt | 42.8% | 2024 | | 139 | Bhutan | 42.6% | 2024 | | 140 | Belize | 41.8% | 2024 | | 141 | Cambodia | 40.9% | 2024 | | 142 | Zimbabwe | 39.9% | 2024 | | 143 | Laos | 39.6% | 2024 | | 144 | Pakistan | 39.2% | 2024 | | 145 | Mauritius | 39.0% | 2024 | | 146 | Vietnam | 38.5% | 2024 | | 147 | Guinea | 38.1% | 2024 | | 148 | Yemen | 36.8% | 2024 | | 149 | Mozambique | 36.4% | 2024 | | 150 | Tanzania | 36.2% | 2024 | | 151 | India | 35.4% | 2024 | | 152 | Sudan | 34.9% | 2024 | | 153 | Kyrgyzstan | 34.7% | 2024 | | 154 | Eritrea | 34.5% | 2024 | | 155 | Comoros | 33.5% | 2024 | | 156 | Bangladesh | 32.7% | 2024 | | 157 | Madagascar | 32.4% | 2024 | | 158 | Kenya | 31.9% | 2024 | | 159 | Mali | 31.6% | 2024 | | 160 | Uganda | 31.3% | 2024 | | 161 | Solomon Islands | 30.7% | 2024 | | 162 | Myanmar | 30.4% | 2024 | | 163 | Rwanda | 29.9% | 2024 | | 164 | Timor-Leste | 28.7% | 2024 | | 165 | Burkina Faso | 28.3% | 2024 | | 166 | Chad | 26.9% | 2024 | | 167 | Guyana | 26.5% | 2024 | | 168 | Eswatini | 26.2% | 2024 | | 169 | Tajikistan | 26.2% | 2024 | | 170 | Afghanistan | 25.7% | 2024 | | 171 | Burundi | 24.8% | 2024 | | 172 | Ethiopia | 23.6% | 2024 | | 173 | Vanuatu | 22.3% | 2024 | | 174 | South Sudan | 21.4% | 2024 | | 175 | Sri Lanka | 20.3% | 2024 | | 176 | Niger | 18.0% | 2024 | | 177 | Malawi | 17.3% | 2024 | | 178 | Papua New Guinea | 15.4% | 2024 | | 179 | Liechtenstein | 14.7% | 2024 | ## No data (7 nations) These nations publish no figure for this indicator in the sources below. Absence is a fact about the world's statistical apparatus, not a zero — they are not ranked. - Antarctica — Antarctica has no permanent population and no national government — it is administered under the Antarctic Treaty. No statistical agency compiles national indicators for it, so there is nothing here to report. - Falkland Islands — The Falkland Islands are a British Overseas Territory, administered by the United Kingdom; sovereignty is disputed by Argentina. They are not a separate reporting entity in World Bank datasets. - French Southern and Antarctic Lands — The French Southern and Antarctic Lands have no permanent civilian population. They are administered from Réunion as an overseas territory of France and are not a separate reporting entity in international datasets. - Northern Cyprus — Northern Cyprus is recognised as a state by Türkiye alone. It is not a member of the United Nations or the World Bank, and does not appear as a separate entity in the datasets these indicators are drawn from. - Somaliland — Somaliland declared independence in 1991 and has not been recognised by the United Nations or any member state. Where its figures are collected at all, they are reported within Somalia's. - Taiwan — Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations, and is excluded from the World Bank and UN series that supply most of this dossier. Its own statistical agencies publish extensively. - Vatican City — Vatican City has a resident population of a few hundred and does not compile the economic and social series these indicators are drawn from. ## Sources - World Development Indicators — World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://data.worldbank.org Citation template: Terralore, "Urban population by nation — world ranking", terralore.co/rankings/urbanisation, retrieved .