Urban population - Density & urbanization - Environment - World Development Indicators

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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 - Density & urbanization - Environment - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	Burundi	89.60
2	Papua New Guinea	87.46
3	Uganda	87.02
4	Trinidad and Tobago	86.78
5	Liechtenstein	85.68
6	Sri Lanka	84.90
7	Niger	83.46
8	Ethiopia	83
9	Nepal	82.76
10	Solomon Islands	82.04
11	Rwanda	81.66
12	Malawi	81.20
13	Burkina Faso	80.44
14	Eritrea	79.28
15	Cambodia	78.44
16	Kenya	78.40
17	Micronesia	77.46
18	Samoa	77
19	Afghanistan	75.96
20	Vanuatu	75.24
21	Tonga	75.22
22	Swaziland	75.06
23	Lesotho	74.54
24	Tanzania	74.48
25	Tajikistan	73.54
26	Chad	73.32
27	Bangladesh	72.86
28	Timor-Leste	72.70
29	Vietnam	72.16
30	St. Lucia	72.16
31	Comoros	71.92
32	Guyana	71.62
33	Least developed countries: UN classification	71.45
34	Low income	71.28
35	South Asia	70.51
36	Madagascar	70.48
37	India	70.46
38	Guinea-Bissau	70.16
39	Antigua and Barbuda	69.54
40	Yemen	69.36
41	Grenada	69.16
42	Laos	69.12
43	Channel Islands	68.88
44	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	67.97
45	Mali	67.82
46	St. Kitts and Nevis	67.68
47	Burma	67.42
48	Thailand	66.68
49	Democratic Republic of the Congo	66.04
50	Guinea	65.56
51	Bhutan	65.52
52	Zambia	64.58
53	Pakistan	63.84
54	Kyrgyzstan	63.72
55	Sub-Saharan Africa	63.57
56	Somalia	63.48
57	Uzbekistan	63.18
58	Mozambique	63.16
59	Namibia	63.16
60	Zimbabwe	62.66
61	Sierra Leone	62.24
62	Maldives	62.14
63	Central African Republic	61.42
64	Equatorial Guinea	60.62
65	Barbados	60.16
66	Mauritania	59
67	Benin	58.80
68	Lower middle income	58.71
69	Faroe Islands	58.58
70	Moldova	58.24
71	Togo	58
72	Senegal	57.62
73	Mauritius	57.52
74	Egypt	57.28
75	China	56.90
76	Sudan	56.56
77	Kiribati	56.16
78	East Asia & Pacific	55.87
79	Low & middle income	55.24
80	Albania	53.28
81	Aruba	53.22
82	Haiti	53.16
83	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	52.96
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina	52.56
85	Honduras	52.12
86	Middle income	51.87
87	Nigeria	51.64
88	Guatemala	51.42
89	Slovenia	51.40
90	Turkmenistan	51.38
91	Ivory Coast	51.22
92	Ghana	49.98
93	Isle of Man	49.16
94	Indonesia	48.54
95	French Polynesia	48.36
96	Belize	48.30
97	Azerbaijan	48.08
98	Serbia	47.96
99	Fiji	47.64
100	Georgia	47.26
101	Jamaica	46.70
102	Syria	45.78
103	Romania	45.76
104	Seychelles	45.66
105	Morocco	43.98
106	Gambia	43.58
107	Slovakia	43.44
108	Angola	43.30
109	Nicaragua	43.26
110	Cameroon	43.24
111	Mongolia	42.82
112	Croatia	42.72
113	Middle East & North Africa	42.66
114	Kazakhstan	42.06
115	Portugal	40.54
116	Botswana	40.42
117	Cape Verde	40.38
118	Liberia	39.86
119	Montenegro	39.82
120	Paraguay	39.70
121	Sao Tome and Principe	39.44
122	El Salvador	39.30
123	South Africa	39.26
124	Greece	39
125	Poland	38.68
126	Ireland	38.66
127	Republic of the Congo	38.66
128	Costa Rica	36.74
129	Finland	36.70
130	Europe & Central Asia	36.26
131	Armenia	36.14
132	New Caledonia	35.22
133	Philippines	35.08
134	Algeria	34.78
135	Bolivia	34.42
136	Ecuador	34.42
137	Japan	33.52
138	Tunisia	33.50
139	Iraq	33.40
140	Macedonia	33.10
141	Lithuania	33.04
142	Austria	32.84
143	Hungary	32.50
144	Ukraine	32.02
145	Italy	31.92
146	Latvia	31.88
147	Iran	31.54
148	Turkey	31.32
149	Dominican Republic	30.98
150	Estonia	30.54
151	Cyprus	30.10
152	Malaysia	29.64
153	Marshall Islands	28.92
154	Bulgaria	28.90
155	Peru	28.60
156	Oman	28.38
157	West Bank and Gaza	28.10
158	Russia	27.16
159	Euro area	26.80
160	Panama	26.80
161	Belarus	26.54
162	Switzerland	26.52
163	Czech Republic	26.50
164	Germany	26.36
165	Dominica	26.08
166	Colombia	25.50
167	Upper middle income	25.23
168	Brunei Darussalam	25.18
169	Suriname	25.08
170	Cuba	24.34
171	Spain	22.88
172	Mexico	22.80
173	High income: OECD	22.70
174	France	22.64
175	Norway	22.52
176	Libya	22.46
177	High income	22.34
178	United Arab Emirates	22.12
179	Jordan	21.58
180	Latin America & Caribbean	21.39
181	Canada	19.60
182	Palau	19.54
183	North Korea	18.54
184	South Korea	18.54
185	United States	18.30
186	Netherlands	18.18
187	High income: nonOECD	17.59
188	Saudi Arabia	17.58
189	Luxembourg	17.56
190	Greenland	16.48
191	Bahamas	16.30
192	Sweden	15.46
193	Gabon	14.96
194	Brazil	14.42
195	New Zealand	13.44
196	Denmark	13.32
197	Lebanon	13.04
198	Djibouti	12.70
199	Chile	11.56
200	Bahrain	11.48
201	Australia	11.26
202	Andorra	11.08
203	United Kingdom	10.06
204	Northern Mariana Islands	8.90
205	Israel	8.34
206	Argentina	8
207	Iceland	7.74
208	Uruguay	7.70
209	American Samoa	7.68
210	Netherlands Antilles	7.32
211	Guam	6.84
212	Venezuela	6.68
213	San Marino	5.78
214	Malta	5.74
215	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	5.14
216	Qatar	4.36
217	Belgium	2.64
218	Puerto Rico	1.68
219	Kuwait	1.64
220	Hong Kong	0
221	Macau	0
222	Monaco	0
223	Singapore	0
224	Bermuda	0
225	Cayman Islands	0

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