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Lower middle income
Urban population (% of total population)

Within the “Lower middle income” group, Lebanon leads Urban population (% of total population) in 2025 at 91, while Papua New Guinea sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 16. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.022.745.568.291.0LebanonLebanon: 9191.0Venezuela, RBVenezuela, RB: 8989.3West Bank and GazaWest Bank and Gaza: 8787.4DjiboutiDjibouti: 7373.0BoliviaBolivia: 7271.6AngolaAngola: 7171.5TunisiaTunisia: 7170.7Sao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome and Principe: 6969.2NepalNepal: 6767.0Congo, Rep.Congo, Rep.: 6464.1NigeriaNigeria: 6463.8KiribatiKiribati: 6363.4

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Lebanon 91
2 Venezuela, RB 89
3 West Bank and Gaza 87
4 Djibouti 73
5 Bolivia 72
6 Angola 71
7 Tunisia 71
8 Sao Tome and Principe 69
9 Nepal 67
10 Congo, Rep. 64
11 Nigeria 64
12 Kiribati 63
13 Morocco 63
14 Mauritania 61
15 Nicaragua 59
16 Honduras 59
17 Ghana 59
18 Senegal 56
19 Cameroon 56
20 Haiti 56
21 Cote d'Ivoire 55
22 Benin 53
23 Uzbekistan 51
24 Namibia 51
25 Zambia 46
26 Lesotho 45
27 Togo 44
28 Bhutan 43
29 Egypt, Arab Rep. 43
30 Cambodia 41
31 Zimbabwe 40
32 Lao PDR 40
33 Pakistan 40
34 Guinea 39
35 Tanzania 37
36 India 36
37 Kyrgyz Republic 35
38 Comoros 34
39 Bangladesh 33
40 Kenya 32
41 Solomon Islands 31
42 Myanmar 31
43 Timor-Leste 29
44 Eswatini 27
45 Tajikistan 26
46 Vanuatu 22
47 Papua New Guinea 16

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Lower middle income group for Urban population (% of total population) in 2025, Lebanon leads with a gap of 2 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 47 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Papua New Guinea at 16.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.