Urban population - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics

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Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects.

Rank	Country	Value
Urban population - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (2009)
1	Low & middle income	2,552,353,208
2	Middle income	2,309,435,062
3	Lower middle income	1,559,333,886
4	East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)	1,036,278,268
5	OECD members	939,283,779
6	East Asia & Pacific (developing only)	874,817,497
7	High income	845,314,893
8	High income: OECD	789,240,983
9	Upper middle income	750,101,176
10	Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)	619,085,911
11	China	585,842,400
12	South Asia	467,320,130
13	Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)	456,920,012
14	Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)	452,035,942
15	European Union	368,577,523
16	India	344,524,678
17	Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)	310,074,137
18	Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)	309,806,739
19	North America	278,973,779
20	Europe & Central Asia (developing only)	257,665,313
21	United States	251,748,760
22	Least developed countries: UN classification	243,106,300
23	Low income	242,918,146
24	Euro area	240,543,206
25	Middle East & North Africa (all income levels)	229,015,863
26	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	202,247,050
27	Arab World	195,176,347
28	Middle East & North Africa (developing only)	190,707,586
29	Brazil	166,688,557
30	Indonesia	120,915,451
31	Russia	103,258,875
32	Japan	85,039,304
33	Mexico	83,259,199
34	Nigeria	75,940,940
35	Pakistan	62,079,297
36	Germany	60,416,576
37	Philippines	60,396,105
38	High income: nonOECD	56,073,910
39	United Kingdom	55,655,542
40	Turkey	51,727,577
41	Iran	50,289,125
42	France	48,579,242
43	Bangladesh	44,805,374
44	Italy	41,143,660
45	South Korea	39,796,834
46	North Korea	39,796,834
47	Argentina	37,134,819
48	Spain	35,727,104
49	Egypt	35,490,540
50	Colombia	34,153,462
51	Ukraine	31,304,119
52	South Africa	30,194,010
53	Canada	27,160,620
54	Venezuela	26,584,454
55	Vietnam	24,717,626
56	Poland	23,359,025
57	Algeria	22,982,157
58	Democratic Republic of the Congo	22,829,842
59	Thailand	22,809,374
60	Iraq	20,943,701
61	Peru	20,852,891
62	Saudi Arabia	20,683,297
63	Malaysia	19,579,074
64	Australia	19,451,161
65	Sudan	18,735,143
66	Morocco	18,031,025
67	Burma	16,626,573
68	Chile	15,056,019
69	Ethiopia	14,328,679
70	Netherlands	13,597,421
71	Ghana	12,099,794
72	Romania	11,691,392
73	Syria	11,507,938
74	Tanzania	11,354,658
75	Cameroon	11,240,563
76	Angola	10,654,636
77	Belgium	10,509,065
78	Ivory Coast	10,419,485
79	Uzbekistan	10,222,679
80	Kazakhstan	9,216,312
81	Ecuador	9,025,246
82	Kenya	8,716,641
83	Mozambique	8,612,833
84	Cuba	8,479,323
85	Sweden	7,862,672
86	Czech Republic	7,728,745
87	Yemen	7,361,745
88	Afghanistan	7,277,825
89	Belarus	7,139,000
90	Hong Kong	7,059,372
91	Dominican Republic	7,038,889
92	Tunisia	6,979,343
93	Greece	6,904,340
94	Guatemala	6,878,815
95	Israel	6,810,376
96	Hungary	6,804,006
97	Bolivia	6,513,433
98	Portugal	6,390,415
99	Madagascar	5,860,034
100	Switzerland	5,696,017
101	Austria	5,641,877
102	Bulgaria	5,419,104
103	Senegal	5,344,595
104	Nepal	5,197,365
105	Libya	4,989,566
106	Singapore	4,987,600
107	Haiti	4,837,729
108	Denmark	4,804,299
109	Jordan	4,785,556
110	Zimbabwe	4,736,117
111	Zambia	4,599,817
112	Azerbaijan	4,571,441
113	Uganda	4,298,076
114	Mali	4,259,542
115	Puerto Rico	3,919,194
116	Paraguay	3,866,490
117	Serbia	3,822,354
118	El Salvador	3,759,461
119	Norway	3,743,640
120	New Zealand	3,740,935
121	Benin	3,716,954
122	Lebanon	3,677,870
123	Honduras	3,609,063
124	United Arab Emirates	3,584,149
125	Guinea	3,515,998
126	Finland	3,395,091
127	Somalia	3,375,603
128	Cambodia	3,283,828
129	Nicaragua	3,274,545
130	Burkina Faso	3,148,234
131	Uruguay	3,090,723
132	Slovakia	3,069,760
133	Sri Lanka	3,065,825
134	Chad	3,041,350
135	Malawi	2,945,839
136	Costa Rica	2,920,451
137	West Bank and Gaza	2,911,117
138	Togo	2,826,148
139	Ireland	2,770,129
140	Kuwait	2,749,432
141	Panama	2,555,885
142	Croatia	2,550,173
143	Niger	2,541,215
144	Turkmenistan	2,506,908
145	Liberia	2,405,418
146	Republic of the Congo	2,273,260
147	Georgia	2,250,308
148	Lithuania	2,240,943
149	Sierra Leone	2,169,216
150	Oman	2,039,024
151	Laos	2,025,065
152	Armenia	1,966,306
153	Kyrgyzstan	1,939,102
154	Rwanda	1,861,556
155	Tajikistan	1,840,949
156	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,808,711
157	Central African Republic	1,713,237
158	Latvia	1,537,780
159	Mongolia	1,531,532
160	Moldova	1,494,734
161	Albania	1,494,336
162	Jamaica	1,445,335
163	Macedonia	1,376,634
164	Mauritania	1,355,740
165	Qatar	1,349,100
166	Gabon	1,261,066
167	Botswana	1,176,497
168	Eritrea	1,073,506
169	Slovenia	986,448
170	Gambia	976,404
171	Estonia	930,809
172	Burundi	888,456
173	Papua New Guinea	842,866
174	Namibia	812,439
175	Djibouti	757,905
176	Bahrain	700,928
177	Cyprus	610,596
178	Mauritius	542,522
179	Lesotho	541,119
180	Macau	537,972
181	Guinea-Bissau	481,935
182	Fiji	449,066
183	Luxembourg	409,512
184	Malta	391,970
185	Suriname	391,156
186	Montenegro	373,529
187	Timor-Leste	314,006
188	Cape Verde	305,184
189	Brunei Darussalam	300,804
190	Swaziland	298,841
191	Iceland	298,407
192	Bahamas	286,697
193	Equatorial Guinea	267,398
194	Bhutan	248,530
195	Guyana	216,854
196	Comoros	185,470
197	Netherlands Antilles	184,205
198	Trinidad and Tobago	181,512
199	Belize	173,858
200	Guam	165,598
201	New Caledonia	163,062
202	French Polynesia	138,880
203	Maldives	121,235
204	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	104,422
205	Barbados	103,168
206	Sao Tome and Principe	99,899
207	Solomon Islands	95,635
208	Northern Mariana Islands	79,248
209	Andorra	75,610
210	Bermuda	64,400
211	American Samoa	62,258
212	Vanuatu	60,379
213	Cayman Islands	54,977
214	Dominica	54,652
215	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	51,787
216	Aruba	49,895
217	Seychelles	48,226
218	St. Lucia	48,048
219	Greenland	46,991
220	Channel Islands	46,843
221	Marshall Islands	43,597
222	Kiribati	43,061
223	Western Samoa	41,492
224	Isle of Man	40,825
225	Monaco	32,812
226	Grenada	32,135
227	San Marino	29,633
228	Antigua and Barbuda	26,613
229	Tonga	26,033
230	Micronesia	25,047
231	Faroe Islands	20,411
232	Palau	16,640
233	St. Kitts and Nevis	16,048
234	Liechtenstein	5,121

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