Population in the largest city (% of urban population) - Density & urbanization - Environment - World Development Indicators

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Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Rank	Country	Value
Population in the largest city (% of urban population) - Density & urbanization - Environment - World Development Indicators (2007)
1	Hong Kong	100
2	Singapore	100
3	Kuwait	73.59
4	Puerto Rico	68.77
5	Republic of the Congo	62.57
6	Armenia	56.09
7	Togo	55.75
8	Panama	52.87
9	Senegal	52.12
10	Paraguay	51.08
11	Lebanon	51.05
12	Uruguay	49.15
13	Israel	49.01
14	Afghanistan	48.98
15	Cambodia	48.89
16	Liberia	48.32
17	Georgia	47.94
18	Greece	47.83
19	Costa Rica	45.86
20	Libya	45.83
21	Guinea	45.81
22	Haiti	45.29
23	Portugal	44.98
24	Azerbaijan	43.11
25	Japan	42.04
26	Austria	41.44
27	Angola	40.82
28	Burkina Faso	40.76
29	United Arab Emirates	40.46
30	Ireland	40.40
31	Peru	39.41
32	Ivory Coast	39.28
33	Chile	38.91
34	El Salvador	38.84
35	Mali	38.06
36	Democratic Republic of the Congo	37.48
37	Kenya	37.43
38	Uganda	36.22
39	Argentina	35.27
40	Somalia	34.91
41	Egypt	34.79
42	New Zealand	34.47
43	Zimbabwe	34.38
44	Finland	33.55
45	Least developed countries: UN classification	33.43
46	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	32.33
47	Dominican Republic	32.12
48	Bangladesh	32.04
49	Madagascar	31.23
50	Low income	30.75
51	Zambia	30.56
52	Thailand	30.32
53	Yemen	29.99
54	Ecuador	29.02
55	Tanzania	28.29
56	Sudan	27.62
57	Burma	26.06
58	Cuba	25.63
59	Bolivia	25.62
60	Belarus	25.51
61	Iraq	25.34
62	Syria	25.25
63	North Korea	25
64	South Korea	25
65	Sub-Saharan Africa	24.99
66	Hungary	24.95
67	Middle East & North Africa	23.92
68	Australia	23.49
69	Mexico	23.23
70	Denmark	23.07
71	Colombia	22.50
72	Ethiopia	22.47
73	Vietnam	22.23
74	Bulgaria	21.92
75	Saudi Arabia	21.89
76	Latin America & Caribbean	21.75
77	Uzbekistan	21.69
78	Serbia	21.49
79	France	20.75
80	Pakistan	20.68
81	Switzerland	20.16
82	Turkey	19.93
83	Canada	19.75
84	Philippines	19.48
85	High income	19.22
86	Ghana	18.80
87	Mozambique	18.32
88	Cameroon	18.24
89	Morocco	18.08
90	Upper middle income	18.07
91	Belgium	17.13
92	High income: OECD	17.07
93	Romania	16.75
94	Sweden	16.41
95	Spain	16.33
96	Iran	16.27
97	Guatemala	15.93
98	United Kingdom	15.69
99	Czech Republic	15.52
100	Euro area	15.41
101	Algeria	15.34
102	Europe & Central Asia	14.42
103	Low & middle income	14.31
104	Kazakhstan	13.60
105	Nigeria	13.44
106	Middle income	12.47
107	South Africa	11.73
108	Brazil	11.63
109	Venezuela	11.61
110	South Asia	10.78
111	Russia	10.07
112	Lower middle income	9.83
113	Ukraine	8.63
114	Italy	8.35
115	Indonesia	7.86
116	Malaysia	7.84
117	Netherlands	7.72
118	United States	7.66
119	Poland	7.30
120	East Asia & Pacific	6.93
121	Germany	5.61
122	India	5.54
123	China	2.68

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