List of countries by urban population

Source	UN (World Urbanization Prospects 2018)
Date	03 Feb 2024

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Twelve countries/regions have 100% populations living in an urban area. These are Singapore, Hong Kong, Anguilla, Bermuda, Gibraltar, Cayman Islands, Kuwait, Monaco, Holy See, Macao, Nauru, and Sint Maarten (Dutch part). The population of all these countries/regions have below ten mn.

Among Countries having a urban population above ten mn, Belgium has the highest urbanized population of 98.22%, followed by the Netherlands (93.45%) and Argentina (92.58%). Among Countries having a population above 100 mn, Japan (92.13%) is highly urbanized, and Ethiopia (23.66%) is the least urbanized.

Thirty-four countries/regions have achieved urbanization above 90%, and 71 have above 80%. Out of 233 countries/territories projected by the UN, 71 countries/territories have more than 50% of the population living in a rural area, and 12 have 80% people living in the rural area. Tokelau and 'Wallis and Futuna Islands'have their 100% population in the rural area.

China has the highest urban population of 942 mn people, followed by India (530 mn) and the United States of America (285 mn). Nine countries have an urban population above 100 mn. India has the highest rural population of 908 mn people, followed by China (495 mn), Pakistan (138 mn), Indonesia (115 mn), and Bangladesh (104 mn).

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Urban population (UN)
Country/Region	Urban Popultion (2024)		Rural Popultion (2024)		Urbaniazation (2024)		Continent
Country/Region	Population	Rank	Population	Rank	Urban (%)	Rank	Continent
Burundi	2,035,578	136	11,391,765	52	15.16	228	Africa
Comoros	287,574	177	657,832	142	30.42	205	Africa
Djibouti	831,056	156	224,496	160	78.73	76	Africa
Eritrea	2,603,638	128	3,325,660	91	43.91	177	Africa
Ethiopia	29,204,015	34	94,223,602	7	23.66	217	Africa
Kenya	17,645,362	45	41,076,706	14	30.05	206	Africa
Madagascar	12,663,299	57	18,049,897	32	41.23	182	Africa
Malawi	4,213,135	111	18,440,490	30	18.60	224	Africa
Mauritius	524,857	163	757,025	139	40.94	184	Africa
Mayotte	136,281	187	164,212	169	45.35	171	Africa
Mozambique	14,201,743	54	21,911,568	25	39.33	188	Africa
Réunion	920,201	153	2,078	216	99.78	13	Africa
Rwanda	2,576,901	129	11,674,765	49	18.08	225	Africa
Seychelles	57,593	196	39,624	191	59.24	134	Africa
Somalia	8,795,255	73	9,332,305	62	48.52	165	Africa
South Sudan	3,241,033	120	11,791,407	48	21.56	221	Africa
Uganda	14,635,755	53	38,800,566	15	27.39	208	Africa
United Republic of Tanzania	26,929,194	37	43,684,338	13	38.14	193	Africa
Zambia	9,843,878	65	11,138,886	53	46.91	168	Africa
Zimbabwe	6,269,464	88	12,920,837	44	32.67	199	Africa
Angola	25,811,665	38	11,445,063	51	69.28	105	Africa
Cameroon	17,154,348	48	11,487,886	50	59.89	130	Africa
Central African Republic	2,368,409	132	2,998,540	93	44.13	176	Africa
Chad	4,508,833	107	13,752,234	38	24.69	215	Africa
Congo	4,383,333	108	1,911,162	107	69.64	103	Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo	48,611,843	18	52,547,782	12	48.06	166	Africa
Equatorial Guinea	1,190,713	150	399,566	153	74.87	89	Africa
Gabon	2,124,612	135	202,289	162	91.31	32	Africa
Sao Tome and Principe	182,727	184	54,539	183	77.01	83	Africa
Algeria	34,656,776	28	11,096,219	54	75.75	86	Africa
Egypt	47,497,912	19	62,302,397	8	43.26	179	Africa
Libya	5,703,871	92	1,259,969	120	81.91	64	Africa
Morocco	25,413,883	39	13,301,395	41	65.64	115	Africa
Sudan	17,593,905	47	30,278,525	19	36.75	196	Africa
Tunisia	8,743,444	74	3,592,100	86	70.88	99	Africa
Western Sahara	570,194	161	83,887	177	87.18	48	Africa
Botswana	1,892,771	139	682,785	140	73.49	92	Africa
Lesotho	753,231	157	1,684,609	112	30.90	204	Africa
Namibia	1,626,604	146	1,288,724	119	55.80	146	Africa
South Africa	42,416,701	24	18,792,082	29	69.30	104	Africa
Swaziland	383,335	171	1,149,205	124	25.01	214	Africa
Benin	6,820,688	85	6,640,663	73	50.67	159	Africa
Burkina Faso	7,744,099	78	15,605,163	36	33.17	197	Africa
Cabo Verde	407,063	168	187,953	166	68.41	111	Africa
Côte d'Ivoire	15,492,243	52	13,387,745	39	53.64	155	Africa
Gambia	1,669,536	144	895,810	132	65.08	118	Africa
Ghana	19,940,842	42	13,374,866	40	59.85	132	Africa
Guinea	5,864,528	91	9,361,399	61	38.52	190	Africa
Guinea-Bissau	1,006,379	152	1,186,501	123	45.89	170	Africa
Liberia	3,045,608	123	2,586,331	98	54.08	153	Africa
Mali	10,703,771	62	12,102,417	46	46.93	167	Africa
Mauritania	3,091,176	122	2,196,701	105	58.46	138	Africa
Niger	4,826,099	101	23,181,102	24	17.23	227	Africa
Nigeria	125,447,884	6	102,515,388	6	55.03	147	Africa
Saint Helena	1,722	228	2,489	214	40.88	185	Africa
Senegal	9,559,605	68	9,528,916	59	50.08	162	Africa
Sierra Leone	3,898,920	115	4,808,052	77	44.78	174	Africa
Togo	4,146,103	112	5,054,428	76	45.06	172	Africa
China	941,865,672	1	495,129,422	2	65.54	116	Asia
China, Hong Kong SAR	7,725,859	79	0	233	100.00	6	Asia
China, Macao SAR	691,748	159	0	228	100.00	5	Asia
China, Taiwan Province of China	19,307,854	43	4,701,018	78	80.42	70	Asia
Dem. People's Republic of Korea	16,673,964	50	9,583,099	58	63.50	122	Asia
Japan	114,979,260	7	9,816,656	56	92.13	31	Asia
Mongolia	2,331,884	134	1,034,829	128	69.26	106	Asia
Republic of Korea	42,454,846	23	9,638,207	57	81.50	67	Asia
Kazakhstan	11,360,335	60	8,096,688	68	58.39	140	Asia
Kyrgyzstan	2,520,990	130	4,084,301	82	38.17	192	Asia
Tajikistan	2,905,902	127	7,281,993	69	28.52	207	Asia
Turkmenistan	3,465,717	116	2,890,568	94	54.52	150	Asia
Uzbekistan	17,614,842	46	17,179,442	33	50.63	160	Asia
Afghanistan	11,320,521	61	30,199,465	20	27.27	210	Asia
Bangladesh	72,825,128	11	103,806,001	5	41.23	183	Asia
Bhutan	391,429	170	478,406	151	45.00	173	Asia
India	530,387,142	2	908,248,225	1	36.87	195	Asia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	66,968,458	12	19,222,388	27	77.70	80	Asia
Maldives	205,383	180	278,926	156	42.41	181	Asia
Nepal	7,048,429	82	24,466,205	23	22.37	220	Asia
Pakistan	85,615,064	10	137,543,139	3	38.37	191	Asia
Sri Lanka	4,137,016	113	17,170,471	34	19.42	222	Asia
Brunei Darussalam	368,738	172	95,438	174	79.44	72	Asia
Cambodia	4,581,944	104	13,017,169	42	26.04	213	Asia
Indonesia	167,176,839	5	115,199,738	4	59.20	135	Asia
Lao People's Democratic Republic	2,933,677	126	4,606,818	80	38.91	189	Asia
Malaysia	27,360,379	36	7,185,014	71	79.20	74	Asia
Myanmar	18,372,626	44	38,210,564	16	32.47	200	Asia
Philippines	56,434,179	16	59,651,507	10	48.61	164	Asia
Singapore	6,119,203	89	0	232	100.00	8	Asia
Thailand	37,838,857	27	31,820,766	18	54.32	151	Asia
Timor-Leste	494,012	164	1,010,206	130	32.84	198	Asia
Viet Nam	40,975,863	25	60,967,175	9	40.20	187	Asia
Armenia	1,877,736	140	1,059,501	127	63.93	121	Asia
Azerbaijan	6,022,102	90	4,361,314	81	58.00	142	Asia
Bahrain	1,651,135	145	183,475	167	90.00	34	Asia
Cyprus	831,571	155	408,059	152	67.08	112	Asia
Georgia	2,351,603	133	1,493,250	116	61.16	125	Asia
Iraq	33,073,885	29	12,955,960	43	71.85	97	Asia
Israel	8,571,846	76	650,571	143	92.95	26	Asia
Jordan	9,717,492	67	821,433	137	92.21	29	Asia
Kuwait	4,544,704	106	0	222	100.00	10	Asia
Lebanon	5,098,701	96	591,646	147	89.60	35	Asia
Oman	4,900,404	99	605,818	146	89.00	38	Asia
Qatar	2,965,657	124	18,301	198	99.39	14	Asia
Saudi Arabia	31,350,546	31	5,458,389	75	85.17	53	Asia
State of Palestine	4,579,543	105	1,300,905	118	77.88	79	Asia
Syrian Arab Republic	13,052,654	56	9,434,982	60	58.04	141	Asia
Turkey	66,795,292	13	18,957,122	28	77.89	78	Asia
United Arab Emirates	9,074,536	70	1,236,489	122	88.01	45	Asia
Yemen	13,317,380	55	19,583,506	26	40.48	186	Asia
Belarus	7,573,523	80	1,762,117	109	81.13	68	Europe
Bulgaria	5,195,965	95	1,548,795	115	77.04	82	Europe
Czechia	7,938,734	77	2,683,357	96	74.74	90	Europe
Hungary	6,935,516	83	2,541,956	100	73.18	93	Europe
Poland	22,625,763	41	14,877,859	37	60.33	128	Europe
Republic of Moldova	1,726,637	142	2,233,594	104	43.60	178	Europe
Romania	10,437,471	63	8,581,076	65	54.88	148	Europe
Russian Federation	107,976,212	9	34,948,106	17	75.55	87	Europe
Slovakia	2,948,749	125	2,494,515	101	54.17	152	Europe
Ukraine	30,002,585	33	12,684,796	45	70.28	100	Europe
Channel Islands	53,265	198	117,147	172	31.26	202	Europe
Denmark	5,219,784	94	669,889	141	88.63	40	Europe
Estonia	899,574	154	385,184	155	70.02	101	Europe
Faeroe Islands	21,912	216	28,803	193	43.21	180	Europe
Finland	4,853,952	100	798,583	138	85.87	52	Europe
Iceland	332,066	175	20,844	196	94.09	23	Europe
Ireland	3,257,857	119	1,772,803	108	64.76	120	Europe
Isle of Man	47,219	203	40,698	188	53.71	154	Europe
Latvia	1,257,471	148	569,839	149	68.82	109	Europe
Lithuania	1,930,992	137	870,137	135	68.94	107	Europe
Norway	4,768,820	102	886,934	133	84.32	56	Europe
Sweden	9,231,909	69	1,143,801	125	88.98	39	Europe
United Kingdom	58,353,588	15	10,391,109	55	84.88	55	Europe
Albania	1,927,019	138	1,020,417	129	65.38	117	Europe
Andorra	68,135	192	9,514	202	87.75	46	Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,757,404	141	1,708,306	111	50.71	158	Europe
Croatia	2,372,446	131	1,652,406	113	58.95	137	Europe
Gibraltar	35,417	211	0	225	100.00	1	Europe
Greece	8,890,346	72	2,087,496	106	80.98	69	Europe
Holy See	807	229	0	226	100.00	9	Europe
Italy	42,455,134	22	16,272,376	35	72.29	96	Europe
Malta	416,462	167	21,890	194	95.01	21	Europe
Montenegro	432,688	166	195,850	165	68.84	108	Europe
Portugal	6,897,865	84	3,183,289	92	68.42	110	Europe
San Marino	33,530	212	708	219	97.93	17	Europe
Serbia	4,919,917	98	3,655,676	85	57.37	144	Europe
Slovenia	1,172,906	151	905,315	131	56.44	145	Europe
Spain	37,911,965	26	8,434,021	66	81.80	66	Europe
TFYR Macedonia	1,250,756	149	838,419	136	59.87	131	Europe
Austria	5,300,327	93	3,560,245	87	59.82	133	Europe
Belgium	11,574,575	59	209,284	161	98.22	16	Europe
France	54,661,663	17	11,963,060	47	82.04	62	Europe
Germany	64,268,012	14	18,238,127	31	77.90	77	Europe
Liechtenstein	5,824	226	33,779	192	14.71	229	Europe
Luxembourg	585,372	160	49,065	186	92.27	28	Europe
Monaco	40,086	207	0	229	100.00	4	Europe
Netherlands	16,233,370	51	1,137,312	126	93.45	25	Europe
Switzerland	6,615,850	86	2,285,171	102	74.33	91	Europe
Anguilla	15,581	221	0	230	100.00	3	North America
Antigua and Barbuda	26,559	214	82,567	178	24.34	216	North America
Aruba	47,945	202	59,859	182	44.47	175	North America
Bahamas	352,937	173	68,408	181	83.76	57	North America
Barbados	91,256	189	198,005	164	31.55	201	North America
British Virgin Islands	16,988	220	16,873	199	50.17	161	North America
Caribbean Netherlands	20,387	217	6,617	206	75.50	88	North America
Cayman Islands	66,872	193	0	231	100.00	11	North America
Cuba	8,939,311	71	2,571,940	99	77.66	81	North America
Curaçao	148,991	186	18,352	197	89.03	37	North America
Dominica	55,224	197	21,145	195	72.31	95	North America
Dominican Republic	9,803,213	66	1,728,512	110	85.01	54	North America
Grenada	41,327	206	69,567	180	37.27	194	North America
Guadeloupe	440,911	165	6,454	207	98.56	15	North America
Haiti	7,176,312	81	4,690,927	79	60.47	127	North America
Jamaica	1,693,452	143	1,238,332	121	57.76	143	North America
Martinique	344,082	174	40,690	189	89.43	36	North America
Montserrat	495	231	4,822	208	9.31	231	North America
Puerto Rico	3,399,101	117	229,937	158	93.66	24	North America
Saint Kitts and Nevis	18,274	219	40,255	190	31.22	203	North America
Saint Lucia	35,479	210	148,295	170	19.31	223	North America
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	61,021	194	50,485	185	54.73	149	North America
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	43,347	204	0	223	100.00	7	North America
Trinidad and Tobago	739,778	158	641,383	145	53.56	156	North America
Turks and Caicos Islands	36,697	208	2,163	215	94.43	22	North America
United States Virgin Islands	100,229	188	3,835	213	96.31	18	North America
Belize	200,862	181	227,985	159	46.84	169	North America
Costa Rica	4,332,482	110	876,892	134	83.17	59	North America
El Salvador	5,022,985	97	1,586,550	114	76.00	85	North America
Guatemala	10,302,289	64	8,939,343	64	53.54	157	North America
Honduras	6,270,666	87	4,039,879	83	60.82	126	North America
Mexico	114,397,383	8	25,346,868	22	81.86	65	North America
Nicaragua	4,011,856	114	2,657,292	97	60.16	129	North America
Panama	3,170,174	121	1,365,894	117	69.89	102	North America
Argentina	43,600,665	20	3,495,169	89	92.58	27	South America
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	8,726,746	75	3,470,861	90	71.55	98	South America
Brazil	192,914,763	4	26,267,216	21	88.02	44	South America
Chile	16,724,992	49	2,255,620	103	88.12	43	South America
Colombia	42,612,369	21	8,943,768	63	82.65	61	South America
Ecuador	11,870,894	58	6,383,773	74	65.03	119	South America
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,349	227	585	221	80.06	71	South America
French Guiana	289,079	176	44,155	187	86.75	51	South America
Guyana	220,416	178	586,498	148	27.32	209	South America
Paraguay	4,694,516	103	2,699,653	95	63.49	123	South America
Peru	27,522,690	35	7,254,799	70	79.14	75	South America
Suriname	395,944	169	199,164	163	66.53	114	South America
Uruguay	3,391,963	118	146,793	171	95.85	19	South America
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	30,692,408	32	3,986,366	84	88.51	41	South America
Bermuda	60,154	195	0	227	100.00	2	North America
Canada	31,863,601	30	7,003,746	72	81.98	63	North America
Greenland	50,396	200	6,775	205	88.15	42	North America
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,956	225	653	220	90.12	33	North America
United States of America	284,698,234	3	56,197,111	11	83.52	58	North America
Australia	23,052,351	40	3,520,881	88	86.75	50	Oceania
New Zealand	4,349,435	109	644,683	144	87.09	49	Oceania
Fiji	559,863	162	385,980	154	59.19	136	Oceania
New Caledonia	219,950	179	80,915	179	73.11	94	Oceania
Papua New Guinea	1,310,465	147	8,130,668	67	13.88	230	Oceania
Solomon Islands	184,413	183	511,807	150	26.49	211	Oceania
Vanuatu	83,089	190	234,684	157	26.15	212	Oceania
Guam	165,722	185	8,283	203	95.24	20	Oceania
Kiribati	76,183	191	54,160	184	58.45	139	Oceania
Marshall Islands	42,387	205	11,127	201	79.21	73	Oceania
Micronesia (Fed. States of)	26,216	215	85,085	176	23.56	218	Oceania
Nauru	11,291	223	0	224	100.00	12	Oceania
Northern Mariana Islands	51,536	199	4,377	209	92.17	30	Oceania
Palau	19,390	218	4,017	211	82.84	60	Oceania
American Samoa	49,111	201	7,155	204	87.28	47	Oceania
Cook Islands	13,499	222	4,168	210	76.41	84	Oceania
French Polynesia	184,825	182	111,276	173	62.42	124	Oceania
Niue	800	230	837	218	48.88	163	Oceania
Samoa	35,688	209	169,176	168	17.42	226	Oceania
Tokelau	0	232	1,393	217	0.00	232	Oceania
Tonga	26,647	213	88,163	175	23.21	219	Oceania
Tuvalu	8,006	224	3,956	212	66.93	113	Oceania
Wallis and Futuna Islands	0	233	11,384	200	0.00	233	Oceania
World	4,695,752,643		3,413,780,180		57.90