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Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

For 2025, Population in the largest city (% of urban population) is led by Hong Kong SAR, China at 100. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Countries ranked 153
Snapshot year 2025
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0.025.050.075.0100Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 100100Macao SAR, ChinaMacao SAR, China: 100100SingaporeSingapore: 100100EritreaEritrea: 9292.5Puerto Rico (US)Puerto Rico (US): 8181.0Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago: 7474.0ParaguayParaguay: 7373.5DjiboutiDjibouti: 7171.3KuwaitKuwait: 7070.0PanamaPanama: 6867.9MongoliaMongolia: 6867.9Congo, Rep.Congo, Rep.: 6867.7
Rank Country Value
51 Ireland 37
52 Costa Rica 37
53 Burundi 37
54 Angola 36
55 Jamaica 36
56 Malawi 36
57 Congo, Dem. Rep. 35
58 Senegal 35
59 Myanmar 35
60 Zambia 34
61 Serbia 34
62 Sierra Leone 34
63 Cote d'Ivoire 34
64 Cambodia 33
65 Tanzania 33
66 Japan 33
67 Namibia 33
68 Malaysia 32
69 Finland 32
70 United Arab Emirates 31
71 Austria 31
72 Kenya 31
73 Guatemala 31
74 Croatia 31
75 Niger 30
76 Chad 30
77 Rwanda 30
78 Cameroon 29
79 Tunisia 29
80 Belarus 29
81 Qatar 28
82 Colombia 28
83 Ecuador 28
84 Gambia, The 28
85 Lithuania 27
86 Bulgaria 27
87 Nicaragua 27
88 Hungary 26
89 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 26
90 Denmark 26
91 Turkmenistan 26
92 Uganda 26
93 Cuba 26
94 Papua New Guinea 25
95 Saudi Arabia 25
96 Thailand 25
97 Honduras 25
98 Viet Nam 25
99 Iraq 25
100 Korea, Rep. 24
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • Hong Kong SAR, China sits at the top of the Population in the largest city (% of urban population) distribution in 2025 at 100, with a lead of 0 over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Rwanda at 30, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits China (3), and the page currently covers 153 countries.

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