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Upper middle income
Urban population (% of total population)

Within the “Upper middle income” group, Jordan leads Urban population (% of total population) in 2025 at 93, while Samoa sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 18. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.023.346.669.993.2JordanJordan: 9393.2ArgentinaArgentina: 9292.4GabonGabon: 9292.1TurkiyeTurkiye: 8989.5BrazilBrazil: 8888.2LibyaLibya: 8887.9PeruPeru: 8685.6MexicoMexico: 8080.0BelarusBelarus: 7979.5Marshall IslandsMarshall Islands: 7979.1ColombiaColombia: 7978.8Cabo VerdeCabo Verde: 7877.6

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Jordan 93
2 Argentina 92
3 Gabon 92
4 Turkiye 89
5 Brazil 88
6 Libya 88
7 Peru 86
8 Mexico 80
9 Belarus 79
10 Marshall Islands 79
11 Colombia 79
12 Cabo Verde 78
13 Malaysia 77
14 Iran, Islamic Rep. 77
15 Cuba 77
16 Algeria 76
17 El Salvador 76
18 Dominica 74
19 Dominican Republic 73
20 Equatorial Guinea 72
21 Mongolia 71
22 Paraguay 70
23 Iraq 70
24 Ukraine 70
25 Botswana 68
26 China 66
27 Armenia 66
28 Suriname 66
29 Montenegro 66
30 Tuvalu 65
31 South Africa 64
32 Ecuador 63
33 North Macedonia 63
34 Thailand 63
35 Serbia 63
36 Kazakhstan 62
37 Georgia 61
38 Fiji 60
39 Jamaica 59
40 Indonesia 59
41 Albania 59
42 Azerbaijan 59
43 Guatemala 56
44 Philippines 56
45 Bosnia and Herzegovina 53
46 Kosovo 51
47 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 48
48 Turkmenistan 47
49 Moldova 44
50 Maldives 43

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Upper middle income group for Urban population (% of total population) in 2025, Jordan leads with a gap of 1 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 59 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Samoa at 18.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.