Urban population (% of total) - 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.
Urban population (% of total) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (2009)

Rank

Country

Value

1Gibraltar100
2Singapore100
3Bermuda100
4Cayman Islands100
5Macau100
6Hong Kong100
7Monaco100
8Puerto Rico98.56
9Kuwait98.38
10Belgium97.38
11Qatar95.72
12Virgin Islands (U.S.)95.08
13Malta94.48
14San Marino94.26
15Venezuela93.66
16Guam93.18
17Netherlands Antilles92.94
18American Samoa92.66
19Turks and Caicos Islands92.58
20Uruguay92.40
21Iceland92.28
22Argentina92.20
23Israel91.68
24Northern Mariana Islands91.20
25United Kingdom90.02
26Australia88.92
27Chile88.72
28Bahrain88.56
29Andorra88.46
30Djibouti87.70
31Lebanon87.08
32Denmark86.94
33New Zealand86.68
34Brazil86.04
35Gabon85.52
36Sweden84.62
37Bahamas83.90
38Greenland83.76
39Netherlands82.36
40Luxembourg82.32
41Saudi Arabia82.26
42High income: nonOECD82.09
43United States82
44North America81.85
45South Korea81.68
46North Korea81.68
47Palau81.58
48Canada80.50
49Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)78.96
50Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)78.94
51Jordan78.46
52United Arab Emirates77.94
53Libya77.72
54France77.58
55Norway77.54
56Mexico77.50
57High income77.29
58Spain77.26
59High income: OECD76.97
60OECD members76.70
61Cuba75.68
62Suriname75.26
63Brunei Darussalam75.26
64Upper middle income74.90
65Colombia74.80
66Dominica74.26
67Panama74
68Belarus73.88
69European Union73.85
70Germany73.72
71Switzerland73.54
72Czech Republic73.50
73Euro area73.39
74Russia72.82
75West Bank and Gaza72
76Oman71.66
77Peru71.50
78Marshall Islands71.44
79Bulgaria71.40
80Malaysia71.28
81Cyprus70.10
82Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)69.84
83Dominican Republic69.76
84Estonia69.48
85Turkey69.14
86Iran68.98
87Italy68.24
88Latvia68.16
89Ukraine68.04
90Hungary67.90
91Macedonia67.40
92Austria67.38
93Lithuania67.08
94Tunisia66.90
95Japan66.64
96Iraq66.50
97Ecuador66.24
98Bolivia66.04
99Algeria65.86
100Philippines65.66
101New Caledonia65.14
102Europe & Central Asia (developing only)64.05
103Armenia63.78
104Costa Rica63.78
105Finland63.60
106Republic of the Congo61.72
107Ireland61.62
108Sao Tome and Principe61.38
109Poland61.26
110South Africa61.22
111Greece61.20
112El Salvador61
113Paraguay60.90
114Middle East & North Africa (all income levels)60.84
115Liberia60.82
116Cape Verde60.36
117Botswana60.34
118Portugal60.08
119Montenegro59.84
120Kazakhstan58.22
121Angola57.60
122Middle East & North Africa (developing only)57.60
123Cameroon57.58
124Croatia57.54
125Mongolia57.34
126Gambia57.26
127Nicaragua57.02
128Slovakia56.68
129Morocco56.36
130Arab World55.60
131Seychelles54.82
132Syria54.56
133Romania54.42
134Jamaica53.50
135Fiji52.88
136Georgia52.82
137Indonesia52.58
138Serbia52.22
139Belize52.20
140Azerbaijan52.06
141French Polynesia51.62
142Ghana50.76
143Isle of Man50.72
144Tuvalu49.94
145Ivory Coast49.44
146Nigeria49.08
147Turkmenistan49.06
148Guatemala49.04
149Honduras48.34
150Slovenia48.30
151Haiti48.22
152Bosnia and Herzegovina48.02
153Middle income48.01
154East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)47.97
155St. Vincent and the Grenadines47.42
156Albania47.36
157Aruba46.84
158Low & middle income45.12
159East Asia & Pacific (developing only)45.01
160Sudan44.32
161China44
162Kiribati43.92
163Egypt42.76
164Togo42.70
165Senegal42.64
166Mauritius42.54
167Faroe Islands41.96
168Benin41.60
169Moldova41.48
170Mauritania41.20
171Lower middle income40.94
172Barbados40.32
173Equatorial Guinea39.54
174Maldives39.18
175Central African Republic38.74
176Sierra Leone38.08
177Zimbabwe37.82
178Mozambique37.62
179Namibia37.42
180Somalia36.96
181Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)36.91
182Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)36.91
183Uzbekistan36.86
184Pakistan36.58
185Kyrgyzstan36.44
186Bhutan35.64
187Zambia35.56
188Guinea34.92
189Democratic Republic of the Congo34.58
190Thailand33.66
191Burma33.24
192Mali32.74
193Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)32.47
194St. Kitts and Nevis32.36
195Laos32.04
196Channel Islands31.26
197Yemen31.22
198Grenada30.92
199Antigua and Barbuda30.38
200Guinea-Bissau29.92
201Madagascar29.86
202India29.82
203South Asia29.81
204Least developed countries: UN classification29.04
205Low income28.71
206Guyana28.44
207Vietnam28.32
208Comoros28.14
209St. Lucia27.92
210Timor-Leste27.70
211Bangladesh27.62
212Chad27.14
213Tajikistan26.48
214Lesotho26.18
215Tanzania25.96
216Swaziland25.22
217Vanuatu25.18
218Tonga25.04
219Afghanistan24.42
220Western Samoa23.20
221Micronesia22.62
222Cambodia22.18
223Kenya21.90
224Eritrea21.16
225Burkina Faso19.98
226Malawi19.30
227Rwanda18.62
228Solomon Islands18.28
229Nepal17.72
230Ethiopia17.30
231Niger16.62
232Sri Lanka15.10
233Liechtenstein14.26
234Trinidad and Tobago13.56
235Uganda13.14
236Papua New Guinea12.52
237Burundi10.70
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