Urban population

Urban population compared across major economies by year

Trend over time

Bahrain Hong Kong Kuwait

Rank	Country	Urban population
1	Bahrain	100.0%
2	Hong Kong	100.0%
3	Kuwait	100.0%
4	Singapore	100.0%
5	Qatar	99.3%
6	Netherlands	95.6%
7	Uruguay	95.6%
8	Luxembourg	94.8%
9	Iceland	94.2%
10	Argentina	92.3%
11	Japan	92.2%
12	Israel	91.5%
13	Türkiye	89.3%
14	Chile	89.0%
15	Sweden	88.9%
16	Denmark	88.7%
17	Brazil	87.9%
18	Belgium	87.6%
19	Australia	87.6%
20	United Arab Emirates	85.8%
21	Switzerland	85.5%
22	Peru	85.2%
23	Saudi Arabia	84.5%
24	New Zealand	83.9%
25	Norway	83.3%
26	United Kingdom	83.2%
27	Canada	82.7%
28	Germany	82.0%
29	Korea	81.2%
30	Spain	80.3%
31	United States	80.1%
32	Mexico	79.8%
33	Oman	79.4%
34	Costa Rica	79.3%
35	Greece	79.0%
36	France	78.8%
37	Colombia	78.5%
38	Malaysia	76.9%
39	Algeria	75.3%
40	Russia	75.1%
41	Finland	74.3%
42	Czechia	72.8%
43	Estonia	70.7%
44	Hungary	70.5%
45	Italy	69.6%
46	Ukraine	69.5%
47	Austria	69.5%
48	Lithuania	68.8%
49	Latvia	68.5%
50	Nepal	66.8%
51	China	65.9%
52	Ireland	64.3%
53	South Africa	63.7%
54	Ecuador	63.2%
55	Nigeria	63.0%
56	Morocco	62.8%
57	Kazakhstan	62.1%
58	Thailand	61.9%
59	Portugal	61.3%
60	Poland	60.0%
61	Indonesia	58.8%
62	Slovenia	55.8%
63	Philippines	55.5%
64	Slovakia	53.2%
65	Romania	52.2%
66	Egypt	42.8%
67	Pakistan	39.2%
68	Vietnam	38.5%
69	India	35.4%
70	Bangladesh	32.7%
71	Kenya	31.9%
72	Sri Lanka	20.3%

Source: World Bank · Data 2024 · Source updated 2026-04-08 · Retrieved 2026-05-16