Countries by Urban Population

Global country ranking by urban population with latest available values, source notes, country links and economic context from World Bank / public data.
INDICATOR: Urban Population
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-10-26 05:07:43

Full ranking · Urban Population

SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
Rank Country Latest value Class Country page
1 Singapore 100 open
2 Hong Kong 100 open
3 Kuwait 100 open
4 Bahrain 100 open
5 Macao 100 open
6 Nauru 100 open
7 Qatar 99.36 open
8 Netherlands 95.94 open
9 Luxembourg 94.88 open
10 Iceland 94.22 open
11 Jordan 93.21 open
12 Argentina 92.35 open
13 Japan 92.3 open
14 Israel 91.58 open
15 Lebanon 90.96 open
16 Turkey 89.49 open
17 Chile 89.18 open
18 Sweden 89.08 open
19 Denmark 88.85 open
20 Brazil 88.18 open
21 Australia 87.72 open
22 Belgium 87.67 open
23 West Bank and Gaza 87.38 open
24 United Arab Emirates 85.96 open
25 Switzerland 85.73 open
26 Peru 85.6 open
27 Saudi Arabia 84.61 open
28 New Zealand 84 open
29 Norway 83.57 open
30 United Kingdom 83.32 open
31 Canada 82.88 open
32 Germany 82.14 open
33 South Korea 81.17 open
34 Spain 80.51 open
35 United States 80.19 open
36 Mexico 80.04 open
37 Oman 79.48 open
38 Palau 79.28 open
39 Greece 79.22 open
40 Marshall Islands 79.11 open
41 France 78.84 open
42 Colombia 78.78 open
43 Malaysia 77.39 open
44 Iran 77.38 open
45 Algeria 75.82 open
46 Russia 75.25 open
47 Brunei 75.01 open
48 Finland 74.52 open
49 Bulgaria 74.17 open
50 Czech Republic 72.88 open
51 Syria 72.08 open
52 Mongolia 71.15 open
53 Estonia 70.72 open
54 Tunisia 70.7 open
55 Hungary 70.69 open
56 Iraq 69.94 open
57 Austria 69.72 open
58 Italy 69.68 open
59 Ukraine 69.6 open
60 Lithuania 69.08 open
61 Latvia 68.63 open
62 Nepal 67 open
63 Cyprus 66.7 open
64 China 66.34 open
65 Armenia 65.93 open
66 Tuvalu 65.45 open
67 Ireland 64.59 open
68 North Korea 64.19 open
69 South Africa 63.82 open
70 Nigeria 63.78 open
71 Kiribati 63.39 open
72 Morocco 63.13 open
73 Thailand 62.8 open
74 Serbia 62.64 open
75 Kazakhstan 62.39 open
76 Portugal 61.5 open
77 Georgia 61.18 open
78 Poland 60.09 open
79 Fiji 59.54 open
80 Indonesia 59.39 open
81 Ghana 58.92 open
82 Azerbaijan 58.64 open
83 Croatia 57.81 open
84 Slovenia 55.99 open
85 Philippines 55.77 open
86 Slovakia 53.19 open
87 Romania 52.17 open
88 Uzbekistan 51.02 open
89 Turkmenistan 47.11 open
90 Bhutan 43.43 open
91 Egypt 42.9 open
92 Maldives 42.51 open
93 Cambodia 41.11 open
94 Laos 40.31 open
95 Pakistan 39.53 open
96 Vietnam 38.83 open
97 Yemen 37.03 open
98 India 35.69 open
99 Kyrgyzstan 34.75 open
100 Bangladesh 33.24 open
101 Kenya 32.21 open
102 Solomon Islands 31.31 open
103 Myanmar 30.58 open
104 Timor-Leste 28.79 open
105 Tajikistan 26.16 open
106 Afghanistan 25.94 open
107 Ethiopia 24.11 open
108 Micronesia 22.48 open
109 Vanuatu 22.32 open
110 Tonga 21.16 open
111 Sri Lanka 20.45 open
112 Samoa 17.51 open
113 Papua New Guinea 15.78 open

Ranking interpretation

context

This ranking uses the latest available value in the local indicator dataset.

Production version: ranking tables should show source timestamp, latest available year and fallback status.

Countries by Urban Population: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Urban Population for Germany. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: urban population by country, global urban population ranking, country ranking urban population, best countries by urban population.