Urban population (% of total) - 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 (% of total) - Density & urbanization - Environment - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	Singapore	100
2	Cayman Islands	100
3	Hong Kong	100
4	Macau	100
5	Monaco	100
6	Bermuda	100
7	Kuwait	98.36
8	Puerto Rico	98.32
9	Belgium	97.36
10	Qatar	95.64
11	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	94.86
12	Malta	94.26
13	San Marino	94.22
14	Venezuela	93.32
15	Guam	93.16
16	Netherlands Antilles	92.68
17	American Samoa	92.32
18	Uruguay	92.30
19	Iceland	92.26
20	Argentina	92
21	Israel	91.66
22	Northern Mariana Islands	91.10
23	United Kingdom	89.94
24	Andorra	88.92
25	Australia	88.74
26	Bahrain	88.52
27	Chile	88.44
28	Djibouti	87.30
29	Lebanon	86.96
30	Denmark	86.68
31	New Zealand	86.56
32	Brazil	85.58
33	Gabon	85.04
34	Sweden	84.54
35	Bahamas	83.70
36	Greenland	83.52
37	Luxembourg	82.44
38	Saudi Arabia	82.42
39	High income: nonOECD	82.41
40	Netherlands	81.82
41	United States	81.70
42	South Korea	81.46
43	North Korea	81.46
44	Palau	80.46
45	Canada	80.40
46	Latin America & Caribbean	78.61
47	Jordan	78.42
48	United Arab Emirates	77.88
49	High income	77.66
50	Libya	77.54
51	Norway	77.48
52	France	77.36
53	High income: OECD	77.30
54	Mexico	77.20
55	Spain	77.12
56	Cuba	75.66
57	Suriname	74.92
58	Brunei Darussalam	74.82
59	Upper middle income	74.77
60	Colombia	74.50
61	Dominica	73.92
62	Germany	73.64
63	Czech Republic	73.50
64	Switzerland	73.48
65	Belarus	73.46
66	Euro area	73.20
67	Panama	73.20
68	Russia	72.84
69	West Bank and Gaza	71.90
70	Oman	71.62
71	Peru	71.40
72	Bulgaria	71.10
73	Marshall Islands	71.08
74	Malaysia	70.36
75	Cyprus	69.90
76	Estonia	69.46
77	Dominican Republic	69.02
78	Turkey	68.68
79	Iran	68.46
80	Latvia	68.12
81	Italy	68.08
82	Ukraine	67.98
83	Hungary	67.50
84	Austria	67.16
85	Lithuania	66.96
86	Macedonia	66.90
87	Iraq	66.60
88	Tunisia	66.50
89	Japan	66.48
90	Bolivia	65.58
91	Ecuador	65.58
92	Algeria	65.22
93	Philippines	64.92
94	New Caledonia	64.78
95	Armenia	63.86
96	Europe & Central Asia	63.74
97	Finland	63.30
98	Costa Rica	63.26
99	Republic of the Congo	61.34
100	Ireland	61.34
101	Poland	61.32
102	Greece	61
103	South Africa	60.74
104	El Salvador	60.70
105	Sao Tome and Principe	60.56
106	Paraguay	60.30
107	Montenegro	60.18
108	Liberia	60.14
109	Cape Verde	59.62
110	Botswana	59.58
111	Portugal	59.46
112	Kazakhstan	57.94
113	Middle East & North Africa	57.34
114	Croatia	57.28
115	Mongolia	57.18
116	Cameroon	56.76
117	Nicaragua	56.74
118	Angola	56.70
119	Slovakia	56.56
120	Gambia	56.42
121	Morocco	56.02
122	Seychelles	54.34
123	Romania	54.24
124	Syria	54.22
125	Jamaica	53.30
126	Georgia	52.74
127	Fiji	52.36
128	Serbia	52.04
129	Azerbaijan	51.92
130	Belize	51.70
131	French Polynesia	51.64
132	Indonesia	51.46
133	Isle of Man	50.84
134	Ghana	50.02
135	Ivory Coast	48.78
136	Turkmenistan	48.62
137	Slovenia	48.60
138	Guatemala	48.58
139	Nigeria	48.36
140	Middle income	48.13
141	Honduras	47.88
142	Bosnia and Herzegovina	47.44
143	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	47.04
144	Haiti	46.84
145	Aruba	46.78
146	Albania	46.72
147	Low & middle income	44.76
148	East Asia & Pacific	44.13
149	Kiribati	43.84
150	Sudan	43.44
151	China	43.10
152	Egypt	42.72
153	Mauritius	42.48
154	Senegal	42.38
155	Togo	42
156	Moldova	41.76
157	Faroe Islands	41.42
158	Lower middle income	41.29
159	Benin	41.20
160	Mauritania	41
161	Barbados	39.84
162	Equatorial Guinea	39.38
163	Central African Republic	38.58
164	Maldives	37.86
165	Sierra Leone	37.76
166	Zimbabwe	37.34
167	Namibia	36.84
168	Mozambique	36.84
169	Uzbekistan	36.82
170	Somalia	36.52
171	Sub-Saharan Africa	36.43
172	Kyrgyzstan	36.28
173	Pakistan	36.16
174	Zambia	35.42
175	Bhutan	34.48
176	Guinea	34.44
177	Democratic Republic of the Congo	33.96
178	Thailand	33.32
179	Burma	32.58
180	St. Kitts and Nevis	32.32
181	Mali	32.18
182	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	32.03
183	Channel Islands	31.12
184	Laos	30.88
185	Grenada	30.84
186	Yemen	30.64
187	Antigua and Barbuda	30.46
188	Guinea-Bissau	29.84
189	India	29.54
190	Madagascar	29.52
191	South Asia	29.49
192	Low income	28.72
193	Least developed countries: UN classification	28.55
194	Guyana	28.38
195	Comoros	28.08
196	St. Lucia	27.84
197	Vietnam	27.84
198	Timor-Leste	27.30
199	Bangladesh	27.14
200	Chad	26.68
201	Tajikistan	26.46
202	Tanzania	25.52
203	Lesotho	25.46
204	Swaziland	24.94
205	Tonga	24.78
206	Vanuatu	24.76
207	Afghanistan	24.04
208	Samoa	23
209	Micronesia	22.54
210	Kenya	21.60
211	Cambodia	21.56
212	Eritrea	20.72
213	Burkina Faso	19.56
214	Malawi	18.80
215	Rwanda	18.34
216	Solomon Islands	17.96
217	Nepal	17.24
218	Ethiopia	17
219	Niger	16.54
220	Sri Lanka	15.10
221	Liechtenstein	14.32
222	Trinidad and Tobago	13.22
223	Uganda	12.98
224	Papua New Guinea	12.54
225	Burundi	10.40

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