Countries by urban population share
Anguilla ranks highest at 100.0%, followed by Bahrain and Bermuda. All 194 countries and 35 territories ranked below.
Mostly 2025 data
Updated August 12, 2026
| Rank | Country | Urban population share | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Anguilla territory | 100.0% | 2023 archive |
| 1 |  Bahrain | 100.0% | 2025 |
| 1 |  Bermuda territory | 100.0% | 2025 |
| 1 |  Cayman Islands territory | 100.0% | 2025 |
| 1 |  Gibraltar territory | 100.0% | 2025 |
| 1 |  Hong Kong territory | 100.0% | 2025 |
| 1 |  Kuwait | 100.0% | 2025 |
| 1 |  Macau territory | 100.0% | 2025 |
| 1 |  Monaco | 100.0% | 2025 |
| 1 |  Nauru | 100.0% | 2025 |
| 1 |  Saint Martin territory | 100.0% | 2025 |
| 1 |  Singapore | 100.0% | 2025 |
| 1 |  Sint Maarten territory | 100.0% | 2025 |
| 1 |  Vatican City | 100.0% | 2023 archive |
| 15 |  Qatar | 99.4% | 2025 |
| 16 |  San Marino | 97.2% | 2025 |
| 17 |  Netherlands | 95.9% | 2025 |
| 18 |  Malta | 95.7% | 2025 |
| 19 |  Uruguay | 95.7% | 2025 |
| 20 |  United States Virgin Islands territory | 95.4% | 2025 |
| 21 |  Luxembourg | 94.9% | 2025 |
| 22 |  Turks and Caicos Islands territory | 94.4% | 2025 |
| 23 |  Puerto Rico territory | 94.3% | 2025 |
| 24 |  Guam territory | 94.2% | 2025 |
| 25 |  Iceland | 94.2% | 2025 |
| 26 |  Jordan | 93.2% | 2025 |
| 27 |  Argentina | 92.4% | 2025 |
| 28 |  Japan | 92.3% | 2025 |
| 29 |  Northern Mariana Islands territory | 92.2% | 2025 |
| 30 |  Gabon | 92.1% | 2025 |
| 31 |  Israel | 91.6% | 2025 |
| 32 |  Curaçao territory | 91.5% | 2025 |
| 33 |  Lebanon | 91.0% | 2025 |
| 34 |  Saint Pierre and Miquelon territory | 90.1% | 2023 archive |
| 35 |  Turkey (Türkiye) | 89.5% | 2025 |
| 36 |  Venezuela | 89.3% | 2025 |
| 37 |  Chile | 89.2% | 2025 |
| 38 |  Sweden | 89.1% | 2025 |
| 39 |  Andorra | 88.9% | 2025 |
| 40 |  Denmark | 88.8% | 2025 |
| 41 |  Greenland territory | 88.6% | 2025 |
| 42 |  Brazil | 88.2% | 2025 |
| 43 |  Libya | 87.9% | 2025 |
| 44 |  Australia | 87.7% | 2025 |
| 45 |  Belgium | 87.7% | 2025 |
| 46 |  Western Sahara territory | 86.8% | 2020 archive |
| 47 |  United Arab Emirates | 86.0% | 2025 |
| 48 |  Switzerland | 85.7% | 2025 |
| 49 |  Peru | 85.6% | 2025 |
| 50 |  Saudi Arabia | 84.6% | 2025 |
| 51 |  New Zealand | 84.0% | 2025 |
| 52 |  Norway | 83.6% | 2025 |
| 53 |  United Kingdom | 83.3% | 2025 |
| 54 |  Canada | 82.9% | 2025 |
| 55 |  Germany | 82.1% | 2025 |
| 56 |  Bahamas | 81.3% | 2025 |
| 57 |  South Korea | 81.2% | 2025 |
| 58 |  Spain | 80.5% | 2025 |
| 59 |  American Samoa territory | 80.5% | 2025 |
| 60 |  United States | 80.2% | 2025 |
| 61 |  Taiwan territory | 80.1% | 2023 archive |
| 62 |  Mexico | 80.0% | 2025 |
| 63 |  Costa Rica | 79.7% | 2025 |
| 64 |  Falkland Islands territory | 79.7% | 2023 archive |
| 65 |  Belarus | 79.5% | 2025 |
| 66 |  Oman | 79.5% | 2025 |
| 67 |  Palau | 79.3% | 2025 |
| 68 |  Greece | 79.2% | 2025 |
| 69 |  Marshall Islands | 79.1% | 2025 |
| 70 |  France | 78.8% | 2025 |
| 71 |  Colombia | 78.8% | 2025 |
| 72 |  Cape Verde | 77.6% | 2025 |
| 73 |  Malaysia | 77.4% | 2025 |
| 74 |  Iran | 77.4% | 2025 |
| 75 |  Cuba | 77.2% | 2025 |
| 76 |  Cook Islands territory | 76.2% | 2023 archive |
| 77 |  Algeria | 75.8% | 2025 |
| 78 |  El Salvador | 75.5% | 2025 |
| 79 |  Russia | 75.3% | 2025 |
| 80 |  Brunei | 75.0% | 2025 |
| 81 |  Finland | 74.5% | 2025 |
| 82 |  Bulgaria | 74.2% | 2025 |
| 83 |  Dominica | 74.0% | 2025 |
| 84 |  Djibouti | 73.0% | 2025 |
| 85 |  Czechia (Czech Republic) | 72.9% | 2025 |
| 86 |  Dominican Republic | 72.5% | 2025 |
| 87 |  Syria | 72.1% | 2025 |
| 88 |  Equatorial Guinea | 71.6% | 2025 |
| 89 |  Bolivia | 71.6% | 2025 |
| 90 |  Angola | 71.5% | 2025 |
| 91 |  Mongolia | 71.1% | 2025 |
| 92 |  Estonia | 70.7% | 2025 |
| 93 |  Tunisia | 70.7% | 2025 |
| 94 |  Hungary | 70.7% | 2025 |
| 95 |  Paraguay | 70.4% | 2025 |
| 96 |  Iraq | 69.9% | 2025 |
| 97 |  Austria | 69.7% | 2025 |
| 98 |  Italy | 69.7% | 2025 |
| 99 |  Ukraine | 69.6% | 2025 |
| 100 |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 69.2% | 2025 |
| 101 |  Lithuania | 69.1% | 2025 |
| 102 |  Latvia | 68.6% | 2025 |
| 103 |  New Caledonia territory | 68.2% | 2025 |
| 104 |  Botswana | 68.0% | 2025 |
| 105 |  Nepal | 67.0% | 2025 |
| 106 |  Cyprus | 66.7% | 2025 |
| 107 |  China | 66.3% | 2025 |
| 108 |  Panama | 66.2% | 2025 |
| 109 |  Armenia | 65.9% | 2025 |
| 110 |  Suriname | 65.8% | 2025 |
| 111 |  Montenegro | 65.6% | 2025 |
| 112 |  Tuvalu | 65.4% | 2025 |
| 113 |  Gambia | 65.0% | 2025 |
| 114 |  Ireland | 64.6% | 2025 |
| 115 |  North Korea | 64.2% | 2025 |
| 116 |  Republic of the Congo | 64.1% | 2025 |
| 117 |  South Africa | 63.8% | 2025 |
| 118 |  Nigeria | 63.8% | 2025 |
| 119 |  Ecuador | 63.4% | 2025 |
| 120 |  Kiribati | 63.4% | 2025 |
| 121 |  Morocco | 63.1% | 2025 |
| 122 |  North Macedonia | 62.9% | 2025 |
| 123 |  Thailand | 62.8% | 2025 |
| 124 |  Serbia | 62.6% | 2025 |
| 125 |  Kazakhstan | 62.4% | 2025 |
| 126 |  French Polynesia territory | 61.8% | 2025 |
| 127 |  Aruba territory | 61.7% | 2025 |
| 128 |  Portugal | 61.5% | 2025 |
| 129 |  Mauritania | 61.5% | 2025 |
| 130 |  Georgia | 61.2% | 2025 |
| 131 |  Poland | 60.1% | 2025 |
| 132 |  Barbados | 59.7% | 2025 |
| 133 |  Fiji | 59.5% | 2025 |
| 134 |  Nicaragua | 59.4% | 2025 |
| 135 |  Jamaica | 59.4% | 2025 |
| 136 |  Indonesia | 59.4% | 2025 |
| 137 |  Honduras | 59.3% | 2025 |
| 138 |  Ghana | 58.9% | 2025 |
| 139 |  Albania | 58.9% | 2025 |
| 140 |  Azerbaijan | 58.6% | 2025 |
| 141 |  Croatia | 57.8% | 2025 |
| 142 |  British Virgin Islands territory | 57.4% | 2025 |
| 143 |  Guatemala | 56.3% | 2025 |
| 144 |  Liberia | 56.1% | 2025 |
| 145 |  Slovenia | 56.0% | 2025 |
| 146 |  Philippines | 55.8% | 2025 |
| 147 |  Senegal | 55.8% | 2025 |
| 148 |  Cameroon | 55.7% | 2025 |
| 149 |  Haiti | 55.6% | 2025 |
| 150 |  Somalia | 55.1% | 2025 |
| 151 |  Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 54.5% | 2025 |
| 152 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 54.0% | 2025 |
| 153 |  Benin | 53.4% | 2025 |
| 154 |  Slovakia | 53.2% | 2025 |
| 155 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.7% | 2025 |
| 156 |  Romania | 52.2% | 2025 |
| 157 |  Isle of Man territory | 52.1% | 2025 |
| 158 |  Uzbekistan | 51.0% | 2025 |
| 159 |  Kosovo territory | 50.9% | 2025 |
| 160 |  Namibia | 50.9% | 2025 |
| 161 |  Niue territory | 48.2% | 2023 archive |
| 162 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 48.0% | 2025 |
| 163 |  Turkmenistan | 47.1% | 2025 |
| 164 |  Guinea-Bissau | 46.7% | 2025 |
| 165 |  Sierra Leone | 45.9% | 2025 |
| 166 |  Zambia | 45.9% | 2025 |
| 167 |  Seychelles | 45.5% | 2025 |
| 168 |  DR Congo | 45.1% | 2025 |
| 169 |  Lesotho | 44.7% | 2025 |
| 170 |  Central African Republic | 44.6% | 2025 |
| 171 |  Togo | 44.4% | 2025 |
| 172 |  Moldova | 43.7% | 2025 |
| 173 |  Bhutan | 43.4% | 2025 |
| 174 |  Egypt | 42.9% | 2025 |
| 175 |  Maldives | 42.5% | 2025 |
| 176 |  Belize | 41.6% | 2025 |
| 177 |  Cambodia | 41.1% | 2025 |
| 178 |  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha territory | 40.7% | 2023 archive |
| 179 |  Zimbabwe | 40.5% | 2025 |
| 180 |  Laos | 40.3% | 2025 |
| 181 |  Faroe Islands territory | 39.6% | 2025 |
| 182 |  Pakistan | 39.5% | 2025 |
| 183 |  Mauritius | 39.0% | 2025 |
| 184 |  Vietnam | 38.8% | 2025 |
| 185 |  Guinea | 38.5% | 2025 |
| 186 |  Mozambique | 37.2% | 2025 |
| 187 |  Yemen | 37.0% | 2025 |
| 188 |  Tanzania | 36.9% | 2025 |
| 189 |  Grenada | 36.7% | 2025 |
| 190 |  India | 35.7% | 2025 |
| 191 |  Sudan | 34.9% | 2025 |
| 192 |  Kyrgyzstan | 34.7% | 2025 |
| 193 |  Eritrea | 34.5% | 2025 |
| 194 |  Comoros | 33.9% | 2025 |
| 195 |  Bangladesh | 33.2% | 2025 |
| 196 |  Madagascar | 32.9% | 2025 |
| 197 |  Mali | 32.2% | 2025 |
| 198 |  Kenya | 32.2% | 2025 |
| 199 |  Uganda | 31.9% | 2025 |
| 200 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31.9% | 2025 |
| 201 |  Solomon Islands | 31.3% | 2025 |
| 202 |  Guernsey territory | 31.2% | 2023 archive |
| 202 |  Jersey territory | 31.2% | 2023 archive |
| 204 |  Rwanda | 30.9% | 2025 |
| 205 |  Myanmar (Burma) | 30.6% | 2025 |
| 206 |  Saint Lucia | 29.1% | 2025 |
| 207 |  Burkina Faso | 28.9% | 2025 |
| 208 |  Timor-Leste | 28.8% | 2025 |
| 209 |  Chad | 27.6% | 2025 |
| 210 |  Eswatini | 26.7% | 2025 |
| 211 |  Guyana | 26.5% | 2025 |
| 212 |  Tajikistan | 26.2% | 2025 |
| 213 |  Afghanistan | 25.9% | 2025 |
| 214 |  Burundi | 25.7% | 2025 |
| 215 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 24.3% | 2025 |
| 216 |  Ethiopia | 24.1% | 2025 |
| 217 |  Micronesia | 22.5% | 2025 |
| 218 |  Vanuatu | 22.3% | 2025 |
| 219 |  South Sudan | 21.7% | 2025 |
| 220 |  Tonga | 21.2% | 2025 |
| 221 |  Sri Lanka | 20.5% | 2025 |
| 222 |  Niger | 18.4% | 2025 |
| 223 |  Malawi | 17.6% | 2025 |
| 224 |  Samoa | 17.5% | 2025 |
| 225 |  Papua New Guinea | 15.8% | 2025 |
| 226 |  Liechtenstein | 14.6% | 2025 |
| 227 |  Montserrat territory | 9.3% | 2023 archive |
| 228 |  Tokelau territory | 0.0% | 2023 archive |
| 228 |  Wallis and Futuna territory | 0.0% | 2023 archive |
How this is measured
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Values are the most recent non-empty observation for each country, so vintages differ; the year column carries each figure's own date rather than implying a single edition year. Territories appear where the source reports them and are labelled. See the methodology for refresh cadence, or the field definition for how the indicator is constructed.
14 of the 229 entries come from the archive rather than a live feed. Current statistical feeds track economies rather than every territory, so entities no live source covers are carried at their final CIA World Factbook value instead of being dropped from the table. Those rows are marked archive. None of them refresh, and each prints its own observation year. The oldest goes back to 2020, against a table otherwise on 2025 data, so read those rank positions as indicative rather than strictly comparable.