Countries by Urban Population (%)

Complete ranking of 229 countries • % • Updated 2026

Anguilla leads all 229 countries in Urbanization % with a value of 100, while Wallis and Futuna ranks last at 0. The gap between top and bottom reflects meaningful global variation.

What Urbanization % Measures

Urbanization % is a comparative indicator tracked across countries by the World Bank. It provides a quantitative basis for cross-national comparison, enabling researchers and policymakers to benchmark national performance on this dimension against global peers.

Why This Ranking Matters

Examining Urbanization % across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.

Global Range

Values range from 0 (Wallis and Futuna) to 100 (Anguilla) — an infinitely large difference across 229 countries.

Regional Patterns

The top 20 is globally diverse, with countries from 5 continents represented. No single region dominates, suggesting this metric is driven more by national conditions than by broad continental patterns.

Values are broadly distributed across countries, with the middle 50% ranging from 43.517 to 81.168. The overall spread from 0 to 100 reflects significant global variation.

Notable Outliers

The top of the ranking is competitive: Anguilla and Bahrain are separated by only 0%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data.

Continental Leaders

North America

Anguilla

100

Asia

Bahrain

100

Europe

Gibraltar

100

Oceania

Nauru

100

South America

Uruguay

95.598

Africa

Gabon

91.863

Highest Ranked

The top five countries for Urbanization % are Anguilla (100), Bahrain (100), Bermuda (100), Gibraltar (100), and Hong Kong (100). Together, these nations represent the global leaders in this metric.

Lowest Ranked

At the other end of the spectrum, Wallis and Futuna (0), Tokelau (0), Montserrat (9.30), Liechtenstein (14.658), and Papua New Guinea (15.406) have the lowest values globally.

Data Source & Methodology

Rankings are based on the latest available data from World Bank, covering 229 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.

Top 10 Countries

Full Rankings

Urban Population (%) ranking for 229 countries
				Percentile
1st	Anguilla	100.0%	North America	100%
2nd	Bahrain	100.0%	Asia	100%
3rd	Bermuda	100.0%	North America	99%
4th	Gibraltar	100.0%	Europe	99%
5th	Hong Kong	100.0%	Asia	98%
6th	Kuwait	100.0%	Asia	98%
7th	Cayman Islands	100.0%	North America	97%
8th	Monaco	100.0%	Europe	97%
9th	Saint Martin	100.0%	North America	97%
10th	Macao	100.0%	Asia	96%
11th	Nauru	100.0%	Oceania	96%
12th	Singapore	100.0%	Asia	95%
13th	Sint Maarten	100.0%	North America	95%
14th	Holy See	100.0%	Europe	94%
15th	Qatar	99.3%	Asia	94%
16th	San Marino	97.2%	Europe	93%
17th	Malta	95.7%	Europe	93%
18th	Netherlands	95.6%	Europe	93%
19th	Uruguay	95.6%	South America	92%
20th	U.S. Virgin Islands	95.3%	North America	92%
21st	Luxembourg	94.8%	Europe	91%
22nd	Puerto Rico	94.3%	North America	91%
23rd	Iceland	94.2%	Europe	90%
24th	Guam	94.2%	Oceania	90%
25th	Turks and Caicos Islands	94.2%	North America	90%
26th	Jordan	93.0%	Asia	89%
27th	Argentina	92.3%	South America	89%
28th	Japan	92.2%	Asia	88%
29th	Northern Mariana Islands	92.1%	Oceania	88%
30th	Gabon	91.9%	Africa	87%
31st	Israel	91.5%	Asia	87%
32nd	Curaçao	91.4%	North America	86%
33rd	Lebanon	90.7%	Asia	86%
34th	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	90.1%	North America	86%
35th	Turkey	89.3%	Europe	85%
36th	Venezuela	89.3%	North America	85%
37th	Chile	89.0%	South America	84%
38th	Andorra	88.9%	Europe	84%
39th	Sweden	88.9%	Europe	83%
40th	Denmark	88.7%	Europe	83%
41st	Greenland	88.3%	North America	83%
42nd	Brazil	87.9%	South America	82%
43rd	Libya	87.9%	Africa	82%
44th	Belgium	87.6%	Europe	81%
45th	Australia	87.6%	Oceania	81%
46th	Palestine	87.1%	Asia	80%
47th	Western Sahara	86.8%	Africa	80%
48th	United Arab Emirates	85.8%	Asia	79%
49th	Switzerland	85.5%	Europe	79%
50th	Peru	85.2%	South America	79%
51st	Saudi Arabia	84.5%	Asia	78%
52nd	New Zealand	83.9%	Oceania	78%
53rd	Norway	83.3%	Europe	77%
54th	United Kingdom	83.2%	Europe	77%
55th	Canada	82.7%	North America	76%
56th	Germany	82.0%	Europe	76%
57th	Bahamas	81.3%	North America	76%
58th	South Korea	81.2%	Asia	75%
59th	American Samoa	80.9%	Oceania	75%
60th	Spain	80.3%	Europe	74%
61st	United States	80.1%	North America	74%
62nd	Taiwan	80.1%	Asia	73%
63rd	Mexico	79.8%	North America	73%
64th	Falkland Islands	79.7%	South America	72%
65th	Oman	79.4%	Asia	72%
66th	Costa Rica	79.3%	North America	72%
67th	Palau	79.2%	Oceania	71%
68th	Belarus	79.2%	Europe	71%
69th	Greece	79.0%	Europe	70%
70th	France	78.8%	Europe	70%
71st	Marshall Islands	78.7%	Oceania	69%
72nd	Colombia	78.5%	North America	69%
73rd	Cuba	77.2%	North America	69%
74th	Iran	77.0%	Asia	68%
75th	Malaysia	76.9%	Asia	68%
76th	Cabo Verde	76.8%	Africa	67%
77th	Cook Islands	76.2%	Oceania	67%
78th	Algeria	75.3%	Africa	66%
79th	Russia	75.1%	Europe	66%
80th	El Salvador	75.1%	North America	66%
81st	Brunei	74.9%	Asia	65%
82nd	Finland	74.3%	Europe	65%
83rd	Bulgaria	73.9%	Europe	64%
84th	Dominica	73.5%	North America	64%
85th	Djibouti	72.9%	Africa	63%
86th	Czechia	72.8%	Europe	63%
87th	Dominican Republic	72.4%	North America	62%
88th	Syria	72.1%	Asia	62%
89th	Equatorial Guinea	71.4%	Africa	62%
90th	Bolivia	71.2%	South America	61%
91st	Mongolia	71.0%	Asia	61%
92nd	Estonia	70.7%	Europe	60%
93rd	Angola	70.7%	Africa	60%
94th	Hungary	70.5%	Europe	59%
95th	Tunisia	70.4%	Africa	59%
96th	Iraq	69.9%	Asia	59%
97th	Paraguay	69.9%	South America	58%
98th	Italy	69.6%	Europe	58%
99th	Ukraine	69.5%	Europe	57%
100th	Austria	69.5%	Europe	57%
101st	Sao Tome and Principe	68.9%	Africa	56%
102nd	Lithuania	68.8%	Europe	56%
103rd	Latvia	68.5%	Europe	55%
104th	New Caledonia	68.0%	Oceania	55%
105th	Botswana	67.5%	Africa	55%
106th	Nepal	66.8%	Asia	54%
107th	Cyprus	66.7%	Europe	54%
108th	Panama	66.0%	North America	53%
109th	China	65.9%	Asia	53%
110th	Armenia	65.8%	Europe	52%
111st	Suriname	65.8%	North America	52%
112nd	Montenegro	65.5%	Europe	52%
113rd	Tuvalu	64.7%	Oceania	51%
114th	Ireland	64.3%	Europe	51%
115th	Gambia	64.3%	Africa	50%
116th	Congo	63.9%	Africa	50%
117th	North Korea	63.9%	Asia	49%
118th	South Africa	63.7%	Africa	49%
119th	Ecuador	63.2%	South America	48%
120th	Nigeria	63.0%	Africa	48%
121st	Morocco	62.8%	Africa	48%
122nd	North Macedonia	62.6%	Europe	47%
123rd	Kiribati	62.5%	Oceania	47%
124th	Serbia	62.4%	Europe	46%
125th	Kazakhstan	62.1%	Asia	46%
126th	Thailand	61.9%	Asia	45%
127th	Aruba	61.8%	North America	45%
128th	French Polynesia	61.7%	Oceania	45%
129th	Portugal	61.3%	Europe	44%
130th	Georgia	61.1%	Europe	44%
131st	Mauritania	60.6%	Africa	43%
132nd	Poland	60.0%	Europe	43%
133rd	Barbados	59.5%	North America	42%
134th	Nicaragua	59.3%	North America	42%
135th	Fiji	59.1%	Oceania	41%
136th	Jamaica	58.9%	North America	41%
137th	Honduras	58.8%	North America	41%
138th	Indonesia	58.8%	Asia	40%
139th	Azerbaijan	58.6%	Europe	40%
140th	Albania	58.5%	Europe	39%
141st	Ghana	58.4%	Africa	39%
142nd	Croatia	57.5%	Europe	38%
143rd	British Virgin Islands	56.5%	North America	38%
144th	Guatemala	56.0%	North America	38%
145th	Slovenia	55.8%	Europe	37%
146th	Liberia	55.5%	Africa	37%
147th	Philippines	55.5%	Asia	36%
148th	Cameroon	55.4%	Africa	36%
149th	Senegal	55.2%	Africa	35%
150th	Haiti	55.0%	North America	35%
151st	Somalia	54.6%	Africa	34%
152nd	Côte d'Ivoire	54.0%	Africa	34%
153rd	Trinidad and Tobago	54.0%	North America	34%
154th	Slovakia	53.2%	Europe	33%
155th	Benin	52.5%	Africa	33%
156th	Romania	52.2%	Europe	32%
157th	Isle of Man	52.2%	Europe	32%
158th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	52.1%	Europe	31%
159th	Uzbekistan	51.0%	Asia	31%
160th	Namibia	50.4%	Africa	31%
161st	Niue	48.2%	Oceania	30%
162nd	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	47.8%	North America	30%
163rd	Turkmenistan	47.1%	Asia	29%
164th	Guinea-Bissau	46.1%	Africa	29%
165th	Zambia	45.5%	Africa	28%
166th	Sierra Leone	45.4%	Africa	28%
167th	Seychelles	45.3%	Africa	28%
168th	Congo, Democratic Republic	44.7%	Africa	27%
169th	Central African Republic	44.1%	Africa	27%
170th	Togo	43.8%	Africa	26%
171st	Lesotho	43.7%	Africa	26%
172nd	Moldova	43.5%	Europe	25%
173rd	Egypt	42.8%	Africa	25%
174th	Bhutan	42.6%	Asia	24%
175th	Maldives	42.0%	Asia	24%
176th	Belize	41.8%	North America	24%
177th	Cambodia	40.9%	Asia	23%
178th	Saint Helena	40.7%	Africa	23%
179th	Zimbabwe	39.9%	Africa	22%
180th	Laos	39.6%	Asia	22%
181st	Faroe Islands	39.4%	Europe	21%
182nd	Pakistan	39.2%	Asia	21%
183rd	Mauritius	39.0%	Africa	21%
184th	Vietnam	38.5%	Asia	20%
185th	Guinea	38.1%	Africa	20%
186th	Yemen	36.8%	Asia	19%
187th	Grenada	36.6%	North America	19%
188th	Mozambique	36.4%	Africa	18%
189th	Tanzania	36.2%	Africa	18%
190th	India	35.4%	Asia	17%
191st	Sudan	34.9%	Africa	17%
192nd	Kyrgyzstan	34.7%	Asia	17%
193rd	Eritrea	34.5%	Africa	16%
194th	Comoros	33.5%	Africa	16%
195th	Bangladesh	32.7%	Asia	15%
196th	Madagascar	32.4%	Africa	15%
197th	Kenya	31.9%	Africa	14%
198th	Saint Kitts and Nevis	31.8%	North America	14%
199th	Mali	31.6%	Africa	14%
200th	Uganda	31.3%	Africa	13%
201st	Guernsey	31.2%	Europe	13%
202nd	Jersey	31.2%	Europe	12%
203rd	Solomon Islands	30.7%	Oceania	12%
204th	Myanmar	30.4%	Asia	11%
205th	Rwanda	29.9%	Africa	11%
206th	Saint Lucia	29.1%	North America	10%
207th	Timor-Leste	28.7%	Asia	10%
208th	Burkina Faso	28.3%	Africa	10%
209th	Chad	26.9%	Africa	9%
210th	Guyana	26.5%	North America	9%
211st	Eswatini	26.2%	Africa	8%
212nd	Tajikistan	26.2%	Asia	8%
213rd	Afghanistan	25.7%	Asia	7%
214th	Burundi	24.8%	Africa	7%
215th	Antigua and Barbuda	24.4%	North America	7%
216th	Ethiopia	23.6%	Africa	6%
217th	Micronesia	22.5%	Oceania	6%
218th	Vanuatu	22.3%	Oceania	5%
219th	South Sudan	21.4%	Africa	5%
220th	Tonga	21.2%	Oceania	4%
221st	Sri Lanka	20.3%	Asia	4%
222nd	Niger	18.0%	Africa	3%
223rd	Samoa	17.5%	Oceania	3%
224th	Malawi	17.3%	Africa	3%
225th	Papua New Guinea	15.4%	Oceania	2%
226th	Liechtenstein	14.7%	Europe	2%
227th	Montserrat	9.3%	North America	1%
228th	Tokelau	0.0%	Oceania	1%
229th	Wallis and Futuna	0.0%	Oceania	0%