Demographics

Urban population

Share of the population living in urban areas, as defined by national statistical offices.

Year

Highest · 2025

Bahrain

100.0%

Coverage · 2025

199

countries

Method

Sorted from highest to lowest

Ranking 2025

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#	Country	Value
1	Bahrain	100.0%
1	Hong Kong	100.0%
1	Kuwait	100.0%
1	Macao	100.0%
1	Monaco	100.0%
1	Nauru	100.0%
1	Singapore	100.0%
8	Qatar	99.4%
9	San Marino	97.2%
10	Netherlands	95.9%
11	Malta	95.7%
12	Uruguay	95.7%
13	Luxembourg	94.9%
14	Puerto Rico	94.3%
15	Iceland	94.2%
16	Jordan	93.2%
17	Argentina	92.4%
18	Japan	92.3%
19	Gabon	92.1%
20	Israel	91.6%
21	Lebanon	91.0%
22	Turkey	89.5%
23	Venezuela	89.3%
24	Chile	89.2%
25	Sweden	89.1%
26	Andorra	88.9%
27	Denmark	88.8%
28	Brazil	88.2%
29	Libya	87.9%
30	Australia	87.7%
31	Belgium	87.7%
32	West Bank and Gaza	87.4%
33	United Arab Emirates	86.0%
34	Switzerland	85.7%
35	Peru	85.6%
36	Saudi Arabia	84.6%
37	New Zealand	84.0%
38	Norway	83.6%
39	United Kingdom	83.3%
40	Canada	82.9%
41	Germany	82.1%
42	Bahamas	81.3%
43	South Korea	81.2%
44	Spain	80.5%
45	United States	80.2%
46	Mexico	80.0%
47	Costa Rica	79.7%
48	Belarus	79.5%
49	Oman	79.5%
50	Palau	79.3%
51	Greece	79.2%
52	Marshall Islands	79.1%
53	France	78.8%
54	Colombia	78.8%
55	Cabo Verde	77.6%
56	Malaysia	77.4%
57	Iran	77.4%
58	Cuba	77.2%
59	Algeria	75.8%
60	El Salvador	75.5%
61	Russia	75.3%
62	Brunei	75.0%
63	Finland	74.5%
64	Bulgaria	74.2%
65	Dominica	74.0%
66	Djibouti	73.0%
67	Czechia	72.9%
68	Dominican Republic	72.5%
69	Syria	72.1%
70	Equatorial Guinea	71.6%
71	Bolivia	71.6%
72	Angola	71.5%
73	Mongolia	71.1%
74	Estonia	70.7%
75	Tunisia	70.7%
76	Hungary	70.7%
77	Paraguay	70.4%
78	Iraq	69.9%
79	Austria	69.7%
80	Italy	69.7%
81	Ukraine	69.6%
82	São Tomé and Príncipe	69.2%
83	Lithuania	69.1%
84	Latvia	68.6%
85	Botswana	68.0%
86	Nepal	67.0%
87	Cyprus	66.7%
88	China	66.3%
89	Panama	66.2%
90	Armenia	65.9%
91	Suriname	65.8%
92	Montenegro	65.6%
93	Tuvalu	65.4%
94	Gambia	65.0%
95	Ireland	64.6%
96	North Korea	64.2%
97	Congo	64.1%
98	South Africa	63.8%
99	Nigeria	63.8%
100	Ecuador	63.4%
101	Kiribati	63.4%
102	Morocco	63.1%
103	North Macedonia	62.9%
104	Thailand	62.8%
105	Serbia	62.6%
106	Kazakhstan	62.4%
107	Aruba	61.7%
108	Portugal	61.5%
109	Mauritania	61.5%
110	Georgia	61.2%
111	Poland	60.1%
112	Barbados	59.7%
113	Fiji	59.5%
114	Nicaragua	59.4%
115	Jamaica	59.4%
116	Indonesia	59.4%
117	Honduras	59.3%
118	Ghana	58.9%
119	Albania	58.9%
120	Azerbaijan	58.6%
121	Croatia	57.8%
122	Guatemala	56.3%
123	Liberia	56.1%
124	Slovenia	56.0%
125	Philippines	55.8%
126	Senegal	55.8%
127	Cameroon	55.7%
128	Haiti	55.6%
129	Somalia	55.1%
130	Côte d'Ivoire	54.5%
131	Trinidad and Tobago	54.0%
132	Benin	53.4%
133	Slovakia	53.2%
134	Bosnia and Herzegovina	52.7%
135	Romania	52.2%
136	Uzbekistan	51.0%
137	Kosovo	50.9%
138	Namibia	50.9%
139	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	48.0%
140	Turkmenistan	47.1%
141	Guinea-Bissau	46.7%
142	Sierra Leone	45.9%
143	Zambia	45.9%
144	Seychelles	45.5%
145	DR Congo	45.1%
146	Lesotho	44.7%
147	Central African Republic	44.6%
148	Togo	44.4%
149	Moldova	43.7%
150	Bhutan	43.4%
151	Egypt	42.9%
152	Maldives	42.5%
153	Belize	41.6%
154	Cambodia	41.1%
155	Zimbabwe	40.5%
156	Laos	40.3%
157	Pakistan	39.5%
158	Mauritius	39.0%
159	Vietnam	38.8%
160	Guinea	38.5%
161	Mozambique	37.2%
162	Yemen	37.0%
163	Tanzania	36.9%
164	Grenada	36.7%
165	India	35.7%
166	Sudan	34.9%
167	Kyrgyzstan	34.7%
168	Eritrea	34.5%
169	Comoros	33.9%
170	Bangladesh	33.2%
171	Madagascar	32.9%
172	Mali	32.2%
173	Kenya	32.2%
174	Uganda	31.9%
175	Saint Kitts and Nevis	31.9%
176	Solomon Islands	31.3%
177	Rwanda	30.9%
178	Myanmar	30.6%
179	Saint Lucia	29.1%
180	Burkina Faso	28.9%
181	Timor-Leste	28.8%
182	Chad	27.6%
183	Eswatini	26.7%
184	Guyana	26.5%
185	Tajikistan	26.2%
186	Afghanistan	25.9%
187	Burundi	25.7%
188	Antigua and Barbuda	24.3%
189	Ethiopia	24.1%
190	Micronesia	22.5%
191	Vanuatu	22.3%
192	South Sudan	21.7%
193	Tonga	21.2%
194	Sri Lanka	20.5%
195	Niger	18.4%
196	Malawi	17.6%
197	Samoa	17.5%
198	Papua New Guinea	15.8%
199	Liechtenstein	14.6%

Source: World Bank — Urban population · Unit: % of population · Year: 2025 · 199 entries