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Upper middle income
Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Within the “Upper middle income” group, Paraguay leads Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in 2025 at 73, while China sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 3. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.018.436.755.173.5ParaguayParaguay: 7373.5MongoliaMongolia: 6867.9North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia: 5454.2ArmeniaArmenia: 5454.1MoldovaMoldova: 4746.9GeorgiaGeorgia: 4545.1Dominican RepublicDominican Republic: 4443.7AzerbaijanAzerbaijan: 4241.5PeruPeru: 3938.9AlbaniaAlbania: 3938.7GabonGabon: 3837.7ArgentinaArgentina: 3737.2

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Paraguay 73
2 Mongolia 68
3 North Macedonia 54
4 Armenia 54
5 Moldova 47
6 Georgia 45
7 Dominican Republic 44
8 Azerbaijan 42
9 Peru 39
10 Albania 39
11 Gabon 38
12 Argentina 37
13 Equatorial Guinea 37
14 Jamaica 36
15 Serbia 34
16 Malaysia 32
17 Guatemala 31
18 Belarus 29
19 Colombia 28
20 Ecuador 28
21 Turkmenistan 26
22 Cuba 26
23 Thailand 25
24 Viet Nam 25
25 Iraq 25
26 El Salvador 24
27 Philippines 23
28 Mexico 22
29 Jordan 21
30 Turkiye 21
31 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21
32 Libya 18
33 Kazakhstan 16
34 South Africa 16
35 Sri Lanka 15
36 Iran, Islamic Rep. 14
37 Brazil 12
38 Ukraine 11
39 Algeria 8
40 Indonesia 7
41 China 3

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Upper middle income group for Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in 2025, Paraguay leads with a gap of 6 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 41 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with China at 3.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.