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Urban population around the world

Urban population, 2025: highest in Kuwait, at 100%, and lowest in Wallis & Futuna, at 0%, of 229 countries with a value.

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% of people · UN

Urban population around the worldUrban population, 2025: highest in Kuwait, at 100%, and lowest in Wallis & Futuna, at 0%, of 229 countries with a value.
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Every country, by its latest figure

% of people · UN

#CountryLatestYear
1Kuwait1002025
2Bahrain1002025
3Hong Kong SAR China1002025
4Macao SAR China1002025
5Singapore1002025
6Nauru1002025
7Monaco1002025
8Vatican City1002025
9Bermuda1002025
10Anguilla1002025
11St. Martin1002025
12St. Barthélemy1002025
13Cayman Islands1002025
14Sint Maarten1002025
15Qatar99.42025
16San Marino97.22025
17Netherlands95.92025
18Malta95.72025
19Uruguay95.72025
20U.S. Virgin Islands95.42025
21Luxembourg94.92025
22Turks & Caicos Islands94.42025
23Puerto Rico94.32025
24Iceland94.22025
25Guam94.22025
26Jordan93.22025
27Argentina92.42025
28Japan92.32025
29Northern Mariana Islands92.22025
30Gabon92.12025
31Israel91.62025
32Curaçao91.52025
33Lebanon912025
34St. Pierre & Miquelon90.22025
35Türkiye89.52025
36Venezuela89.32025
37Chile89.22025
38Sweden89.12025
39Andorra892025
40Denmark88.92025
41Greenland88.62025
42Brazil88.22025
43Libya87.92025
44Australia87.72025
45Belgium87.72025
46Palestinian Territories87.42025
47Western Sahara86.92025
48United Arab Emirates862025
49Switzerland85.72025
50Peru85.62025
51Saudi Arabia84.62025
52New Zealand842025
53Norway83.62025
54United Kingdom83.32025
55Canada82.92025
56Germany82.12025
57Falkland Islands81.52025
58Bahamas81.32025
59South Korea81.22025
60Spain80.52025
61American Samoa80.52025
62United States80.22025
63Mexico802025
64Costa Rica79.72025
65Belarus79.52025
66Oman79.52025
67Palau79.32025
68Greece79.22025
69Marshall Islands79.12025
70Taiwan78.92025
71France78.82025
72Colombia78.82025
73Cape Verde77.62025
74Malaysia77.42025
75Iran77.42025
76Cuba77.22025
77Cook Islands76.92025
78Algeria75.82025
79El Salvador75.52025
80Russia75.32025
81Brunei752025
82Finland74.52025
83Bulgaria74.22025
84Dominica742025
85Djibouti732025
86Czechia72.92025
87Dominican Republic72.52025
88Syria72.12025
89Equatorial Guinea71.62025
90Bolivia71.62025
91Angola71.52025
92Mongolia71.22025
93Estonia70.72025
94Tunisia70.72025
95Hungary70.72025
96Paraguay70.42025
97Iraq69.92025
98Austria69.72025
99Italy69.72025
100Ukraine69.62025
101São Tomé & Príncipe69.22025
102Lithuania69.12025
103Latvia68.62025
104New Caledonia68.22025
105Botswana682025
106Nepal672025
107Cyprus66.72025
108China66.32025
109Panama66.22025
110Armenia65.92025
111Suriname65.82025
112Montenegro65.62025
113Tuvalu65.52025
114Gambia652025
115Ireland64.62025
116North Korea64.22025
117Congo - Brazzaville64.12025
118South Africa63.82025
119Nigeria63.82025
120Ecuador63.42025
121Kiribati63.42025
122Morocco63.12025
123North Macedonia62.92025
124Thailand62.82025
125Serbia62.62025
126Kazakhstan62.42025
127French Polynesia61.82025
128Aruba61.82025
129Portugal61.52025
130Mauritania61.52025
131Georgia61.22025
132Poland60.12025
133Barbados59.72025
134Fiji59.52025
135Nicaragua59.42025
136Jamaica59.42025
137Indonesia59.42025
138Honduras59.32025
139Ghana58.92025
140Albania58.92025
141Azerbaijan58.62025
142Croatia57.82025
143British Virgin Islands57.42025
144Guatemala56.32025
145Liberia56.12025
146Slovenia562025
147Philippines55.82025
148Senegal55.82025
149Cameroon55.72025
150Haiti55.62025
151Somalia55.12025
152Côte d’Ivoire54.62025
153Trinidad & Tobago542025
154Benin53.42025
155Slovakia53.22025
156Bosnia & Herzegovina52.72025
157Romania52.22025
158Isle of Man52.12025
159Uzbekistan512025
160Kosovo50.92025
161Namibia50.92025
162St. Vincent & Grenadines482025
163Turkmenistan47.12025
164Guinea-Bissau46.72025
165Sierra Leone45.92025
166Zambia45.92025
167Seychelles45.52025
168Congo - Kinshasa45.12025
169Lesotho44.72025
170Central African Republic44.62025
171Togo44.42025
172Moldova43.72025
173Bhutan43.42025
174Egypt42.92025
175Maldives42.52025
176Belize41.62025
177Cambodia41.12025
178Zimbabwe40.52025
179Laos40.32025
180Faroe Islands39.62025
181Pakistan39.52025
182Mauritius392025
183Vietnam38.82025
184Guinea38.52025
185St. Helena37.22025
186Mozambique37.22025
187Niue37.22025
188Yemen372025
189Tanzania36.92025
190Grenada36.72025
191India35.72025
192Sudan34.92025
193Kyrgyzstan34.82025
194Eritrea34.52025
195Jersey34.52025
196Comoros33.92025
197Bangladesh33.22025
198Madagascar32.92025
199Kenya32.22025
200Mali32.22025
201Uganda31.92025
202St. Kitts & Nevis31.92025
203Solomon Islands31.32025
204Rwanda30.92025
205Myanmar (Burma)30.62025
206Guernsey29.62025
207St. Lucia29.12025
208Burkina Faso28.92025
209Timor-Leste28.82025
210Chad27.62025
211Eswatini26.72025
212Guyana26.52025
213Tajikistan26.22025
214Afghanistan25.92025
215Burundi25.72025
216Antigua & Barbuda24.32025
217Ethiopia24.12025
218Micronesia22.52025
219Vanuatu22.32025
220South Sudan21.72025
221Tonga21.22025
222Sri Lanka20.52025
223Niger18.42025
224Malawi17.62025
225Samoa17.52025
226Papua New Guinea15.82025
227Liechtenstein14.62025
228Montserrat92025
229Wallis & Futuna02025

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Good to know

  • The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • The chart shows the 5 most populous countries with figures; the table ranks every country by its own latest year.

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