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Country Comparison :: Urbanization
This entry provides two measures of the degree of urbanization of a population. The first, urban population, describes the percentage of the total population living in urban areas, as defined by the country. The second, rate of urbanization, describes the projected average rate of change of the size of the urban population over the given period of time. Additionally, the World entry includes a list of the ten largest urban agglomerations. An urban agglomeration is defined as comprising the city or town proper and also the suburban fringe or thickly settled territory lying outside of, but adjacent to, the boundaries of the city.
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Rank
country (%) Date of Information
1 Singapore
100.00
NA
2 Macau
100.00
NA
3 Monaco
100.00
NA
4 Nauru
100.00
NA
5 Gibraltar
100.00
NA
6 Hong Kong
100.00
NA
7 Anguilla
100.00
NA
8 Bermuda
100.00
NA
9 Cayman Islands
100.00
NA
10 Holy See (Vatican City)
100.00
NA
11 Puerto Rico
99.00
NA
12 Qatar
98.80
NA
13 Kuwait
98.30
NA
14 Belgium
97.00
NA
15 Malta
95.00
NA
16 Virgin Islands
95.00
NA
17 San Marino
94.00
NA
18 Guam
93.00
NA
19 American Samoa
93.00
NA
20 Turks and Caicos Islands
93.00
NA
21 Venezuela
93.00
NA
22 Iceland
93.00
NA
23 Uruguay
92.00
NA
24 Argentina
92.00
NA
25 Israel
91.90
NA
26 Japan
91.30
NA
27 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
91.00
NA
28 Northern Mariana Islands
91.00
NA
29 Chile
89.00
NA
30 Australia
89.00
NA
31 Bahrain
88.70
NA
32 Andorra
88.00
NA
33 Lebanon
87.20
NA
34 Brazil
87.00
NA
35 Denmark
86.90
NA
36 Gabon
86.20
NA
37 New Zealand
86.00
NA
38 Finland
85.00
NA
39 Sweden
85.00
NA
40 Luxembourg
85.00
NA
41 France
85.00
NA
42 United Arab Emirates
84.40
NA
43 Greenland
84.00
NA
44 Bahamas, The
84.00
NA
45 Korea, South
83.20
NA
46 Netherlands
83.00
NA
47 Palau
83.00
NA
48 Jordan
82.70
NA
49 Saudi Arabia
82.30
NA
50 United States
82.00
NA
51 Western Sahara
82.00
NA
52 Canada
81.00
NA
53 United Kingdom
80.00
NA
54 Norway
79.00
NA
55 Mexico
78.00
NA
56 Libya
77.70
NA
57 Djibouti
77.10
NA
58 Spain
77.00
NA
59 Peru
77.00
NA
60 Brunei
76.00
NA
61 Cook Islands
75.00
NA
62 Cuba
75.00
NA
63 Panama
75.00
NA
64 Colombia
75.00
NA
65 Belarus
75.00
NA
66 West Bank
74.30
NA
67 Gaza Strip
74.30
NA
68 Switzerland
74.00
NA
69 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
74.00
NA
70 Germany
74.00
NA
71 Russia
73.80
NA
72 Czech Republic
73.40
NA
73 Oman
73.40
NA
74 Bulgaria
73.10
NA
75 Algeria
73.00
NA
76 Malaysia
72.80
NA
77 Marshall Islands
72.00
NA
78 Turkey
71.50
NA
79 Cyprus
70.50
NA
80 Hungary
69.50
NA
81 Estonia
69.50
NA
82 Iran
69.10
NA
83 Suriname
69.00
NA
84 Dominican Republic
69.00
NA
85 Ukraine
68.90
NA
86 Mongolia
68.50
NA
87 Italy
68.00
NA
88 Austria
68.00
NA
89 Latvia
68.00
NA
90 Dominica
67.00
NA
91 Lithuania
67.00
NA
92 Bolivia
67.00
NA
93 Ecuador
67.00
NA
94 Iraq
66.50
NA
95 Tunisia
66.30
NA
96 Armenia
64.10
NA
97 Costa Rica
64.00
NA
98 El Salvador
64.00
NA
99 Congo, Republic of the
63.70
NA
100 Sao Tome and Principe
62.70
NA
101 Cabo Verde
62.60
NA
102 South Africa
62.00
NA
103 Ireland
62.00
NA
104 Botswana
61.70
NA
105 Montenegro
61.00
NA
106 Portugal
61.00
NA
107 Greece
61.00
NA
108 Paraguay
61.00
NA
109 Poland
60.90
NA
110 Korea, North
60.30
NA
111 Angola
59.20
NA
112 Macedonia
59.00
NA
113 Croatia
58.00
NA
114 Gambia, The
57.30
NA
115 Nicaragua
57.00
NA
116 Morocco
57.00
NA
117 New Caledonia
57.00
NA
118 Syria
56.10
NA
119 Serbia
56.00
NA
120 Slovakia
54.70
NA
121 Azerbaijan
53.60
NA
122 Seychelles
53.60
NA
123 Kazakhstan
53.60
NA
124 Georgia
52.80
NA
125 Romania
52.80
NA
126 Cameroon
52.10
NA
127 Fiji
52.00
NA
128 Albania
52.00
NA
129 Belize
52.00
NA
130 Haiti
52.00
NA
131 Honduras
52.00
NA
132 Jamaica
52.00
NA
133 Ghana
51.90
NA
134 Cote d'Ivoire
51.30
NA
135 Isle of Man
51.00
NA
136 French Polynesia
51.00
NA
137 Indonesia
50.70
NA
138 China
50.60
NA
139 Tuvalu
50.00
NA
140 Slovenia
50.00
NA
141 Nigeria
49.60
NA
142 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
49.00
NA
143 Guatemala
49.00
NA
144 Bosnia and Herzegovina
49.00
NA
145 Philippines
48.80
NA
146 Turkmenistan
48.70
NA
147 Liberia
48.20
NA
148 Moldova
47.70
NA
149 Aruba
47.00
NA
150 Benin
44.90
NA
151 Kiribati
44.00
NA
152 Barbados
44.00
NA
153 Guinea-Bissau
43.90
NA
154 Egypt
43.50
NA
155 Senegal
42.50
NA
156 Mauritius
41.80
NA
157 Mauritania
41.50
NA
158 Maldives
41.20
NA
159 British Virgin Islands
41.00
NA
160 Faroe Islands
40.00
NA
161 Equatorial Guinea
39.50
NA
162 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
39.50
NA
163 Sierra Leone
39.20
NA
164 Zambia
39.20
NA
165 Central African Republic
39.10
NA
166 Grenada
39.00
NA
167 Zimbabwe
38.60
NA
168 Namibia
38.40
NA
169 Togo
38.00
NA
170 Niue
38.00
NA
171 Somalia
37.70
NA
172 Uzbekistan
36.20
NA
173 Pakistan
36.20
NA
174 Bhutan
35.60
NA
175 Guinea
35.40
NA
176 Kyrgyzstan
35.30
NA
177 Mali
34.90
NA
178 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
34.30
NA
179 Laos
34.30
NA
180 Thailand
34.10
NA
181 Sudan
33.20
NA
182 Burma
32.60
NA
183 Madagascar
32.60
NA
184 Yemen
32.30
NA
185 Saint Kitts and Nevis
32.00
NA
186 India
31.30
NA
187 Mozambique
31.20
NA
188 Vietnam
31.00
NA
189 Jersey
31.00
NA
190 Guernsey
31.00
NA
191 Antigua and Barbuda
30.00
NA
192 Guyana
29.00
NA
193 Bangladesh
28.40
NA
194 Timor-Leste
28.30
NA
195 Saint Lucia
28.00
NA
196 Comoros
28.00
NA
197 Lesotho
27.60
NA
198 Tanzania
26.70
NA
199 Burkina Faso
26.50
NA
200 Tajikistan
26.50
NA
201 Vanuatu
26.00
NA
202 Kenya
24.00
NA
203 Afghanistan
23.50
NA
204 Tonga
23.00
NA
205 Micronesia, Federated States of
23.00
NA
206 Chad
21.80
NA
207 Eritrea
21.30
NA
208 Swaziland
21.20
NA
209 Samoa
20.00
NA
210 Cambodia
20.00
NA
211 Rwanda
19.10
NA
212 Solomon Islands
19.00
NA
213 South Sudan
18.00
NA
214 Niger
17.80
NA
215 Ethiopia
17.00
NA
216 Nepal
17.00
NA
217 Malawi
15.70
NA
218 Uganda
15.60
NA
219 Sri Lanka
15.10
NA
220 Liechtenstein
14.00
NA
221 Trinidad and Tobago
14.00
NA
222 Montserrat
14.00
NA
223 Papua New Guinea
13.00
NA
224 Burundi
10.90
NA
225 Burkina Faso
6.02
NA
226 Uganda
5.74
NA
227 Eritrea
5.01
NA
228 Niger
4.91
NA
229 Yemen
4.78
NA
230 Tanzania
4.77
NA
231 Mali
4.77
NA
232 Madagascar
4.73
NA
233 Rwanda
4.50
NA
234 Burundi
4.45
NA
235 Laos
4.41
NA
236 Afghanistan
4.41
NA
237 Kenya
4.36
NA
238 Timor-Leste
4.25
NA
239 South Sudan
4.23
NA
240 Malawi
4.20
NA
241 Solomon Islands
4.20
NA
242 Vanuatu
4.20
NA
243 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
4.19
NA
244 Zambia
4.15
NA
245 Benin
4.12
NA
246 Angola
3.97
NA
247 Maldives
3.91
NA
248 Haiti
3.90
NA
249 Guinea
3.86
NA
250 Somalia
3.79
NA
251 Nigeria
3.75
NA
252 Bhutan
3.65
NA
253 Gambia, The
3.63
NA
254 Nepal
3.62
NA
255 Guinea-Bissau
3.59
NA
256 Lesotho
3.57
NA
257 Ethiopia
3.57
NA
258 Cote d'Ivoire
3.56
NA
259 Ghana
3.50
NA
260 Western Sahara
3.49
NA
261 Liberia
3.43
NA
262 Guatemala
3.40
NA
263 Zimbabwe
3.40
NA
264 Senegal
3.32
NA
265 Togo
3.30
NA
266 Cameroon
3.23
NA
267 Equatorial Guinea
3.16
NA
268 Namibia
3.14
NA
269 Gaza Strip
3.10
NA
270 West Bank
3.10
NA
271 Honduras
3.10
NA
272 Iraq
3.05
NA
273 Mozambique
3.05
NA
274 Sierra Leone
3.04
NA
275 Vietnam
3.03
NA
276 Sao Tome and Principe
3.01
NA
277 Qatar
3.01
NA
278 Chad
3.00
NA
279 Trinidad and Tobago
3.00
NA
280 Bangladesh
2.96
NA
281 Mauritania
2.91
NA
282 Papua New Guinea
2.90
NA
283 China
2.85
NA
284 Congo, Republic of the
2.84
NA
285 Comoros
2.84
NA
286 Mongolia
2.81
NA
287 Belize
2.70
NA
288 Pakistan
2.68
NA
289 Sudan
2.60
NA
290 Central African Republic
2.60
NA
291 United Arab Emirates
2.52
NA
292 Paraguay
2.50
NA
293 Malaysia
2.49
NA
294 Algeria
2.49
NA
295 Burma
2.49
NA
296 India
2.47
NA
297 Indonesia
2.45
NA
298 Kuwait
2.42
NA
299 Turkey
2.40
NA
300 Montserrat
2.40
NA
301 Saudi Arabia
2.38
NA
302 Syria
2.36
NA
303 Panama
2.30
NA
304 Albania
2.30
NA
305 Marshall Islands
2.30
NA
306 Gabon
2.27
NA
307 Oman
2.23
NA
308 Bahrain
2.21
NA
309 Bolivia
2.20
NA
310 Jordan
2.17
NA
311 Philippines
2.16
NA
312 Brunei
2.13
NA
313 Cambodia
2.13
NA
314 Cabo Verde
2.12
NA
315 Costa Rica
2.10
NA
316 Dominican Republic
2.10
NA
317 Botswana
2.07
NA
318 Egypt
2.04
NA
319 Macau
2.01
NA
320 Ecuador
2.00
NA
321 Nicaragua
2.00
NA
322 Djibouti
1.96
NA
323 Turkmenistan
1.91
NA
324 Kiribati
1.90
NA
325 Saint Kitts and Nevis
1.80
NA
326 American Samoa
1.80
NA
327 Ireland
1.80
NA
328 Israel
1.73
NA
329 Northern Mariana Islands
1.70
NA
330 Venezuela
1.70
NA
331 Barbados
1.70
NA
332 British Virgin Islands
1.70
NA
333 Colombia
1.70
NA
334 Anguilla
1.70
NA
335 Tajikistan
1.66
NA
336 Azerbaijan
1.64
NA
337 Morocco
1.62
NA
338 Peru
1.60
NA
339 Turks and Caicos Islands
1.60
NA
340 Thailand
1.60
NA
341 Grenada
1.60
NA
342 Saint Lucia
1.60
NA
343 Suriname
1.50
NA
344 Iceland
1.50
NA
345 Tuvalu
1.40
NA
346 Luxembourg
1.40
NA
347 New Caledonia
1.40
NA
348 Palau
1.40
NA
349 Antigua and Barbuda
1.40
NA
350 Cook Islands
1.40
NA
351 El Salvador
1.40
NA
352 Cyprus
1.36
NA
353 Sri Lanka
1.36
NA
354 Tunisia
1.34
NA
355 Kyrgyzstan
1.31
NA
356 Fiji
1.30
NA
357 Bahamas, The
1.30
NA
358 Micronesia, Federated States of
1.30
NA
359 French Polynesia
1.30
NA
360 Uzbekistan
1.27
NA
361 Iran
1.25
NA
362 South Africa
1.21
NA
363 United States
1.20
NA
364 Guam
1.20
NA
365 Australia
1.20
NA
366 Norway
1.20
NA
367 Mexico
1.20
NA
368 Swaziland
1.19
NA
369 Argentina
1.10
NA
370 Brazil
1.10
NA
371 Canada
1.10
NA
372 Andorra
1.10
NA
373 Singapore
1.10
NA
374 Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.10
NA
375 Chile
1.10
NA
376 Seychelles
1.05
NA
377 Hong Kong
1.04
NA
378 France
1.00
NA
379 Portugal
1.00
NA
380 Libya
1.00
NA
381 Spain
1.00
NA
382 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1.00
NA
383 Cayman Islands
0.90
NA
384 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
0.90
NA
385 New Zealand
0.90
NA
386 Liechtenstein
0.90
NA
387 Faroe Islands
0.90
NA
388 Kazakhstan
0.87
NA
389 Lebanon
0.86
NA
390 Tonga
0.80
NA
391 Guernsey
0.80
NA
392 Jersey
0.80
NA
393 Netherlands
0.80
NA
394 Moldova
0.79
NA
395 Korea, South
0.71
NA
396 United Kingdom
0.70
NA
397 Korea, North
0.63
NA
398 Nauru
0.60
NA
399 Aruba
0.60
NA
400 Austria
0.60
NA
401 Sweden
0.60
NA
402 Finland
0.60
NA
403 Serbia
0.60
NA
404 Greece
0.60
NA
405 San Marino
0.60
NA
406 Jamaica
0.60
NA
407 Mauritius
0.57
NA
408 Japan
0.57
NA
409 Hungary
0.51
NA
410 Puerto Rico
0.50
NA
411 Guyana
0.50
NA
412 Malta
0.50
NA
413 Denmark
0.50
NA
414 Switzerland
0.50
NA
415 Italy
0.50
NA
416 Croatia
0.40
NA
417 Belgium
0.40
NA
418 Uruguay
0.40
NA
419 Armenia
0.34
NA
420 Macedonia
0.30
NA
421 Monaco
0.30
NA
422 Greenland
0.30
NA
423 Dominica
0.30
NA
424 Czech Republic
0.24
NA
425 Belarus
0.21
NA
426 Gibraltar
0.20
NA
427 Slovenia
0.20
NA
428 Bermuda
0.20
NA
429 Russia
0.13
NA
430 Bulgaria
0.10
NA
431 Holy See (Vatican City)
0.10
NA
432 Montenegro
0.10
NA
433 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0.10
NA
434 Slovakia
0.06
NA
435 Estonia
0.02
NA
436 Samoa
0.00
NA
437 Tokelau
0.00
NA
438 Tokelau
0.00
NA
439 Wallis and Futuna
0.00
NA
440 Germany
0.00
NA
441 Pitcairn Islands
0.00
NA
442 Pitcairn Islands
0.00
NA
443 Isle of Man
0.00
NA
444 Cuba
0.00
NA
445 Wallis and Futuna
0.00
NA
446 Poland
-0.04
NA
447 Virgin Islands
-0.10
NA
448 Romania
-0.18
NA
449 Ukraine
-0.26
NA
450 Georgia
-0.37
NA
451 Latvia
-0.40
NA
452 Lithuania
-0.50
NA
453 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
-0.87
NA
454 Niue
-1.30
NA
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