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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
101 Lao PDR 24
102 Norway 24
103 Zimbabwe 24
104 El Salvador 24
105 Philippines 23
106 Yemen, Rep. 23
107 Australia 22
108 Bolivia 22
109 Mexico 22
110 Jordan 21
111 Turkiye 21
112 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21
113 France 21
114 Belgium 20
115 Ghana 20
116 South Sudan 19
117 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 19
118 Canada 19
119 Switzerland 19
120 Sweden 18
121 Libya 18
122 Ethiopia 18
123 Pakistan 18
124 Romania 18
125 West Bank and Gaza 17
126 Benin 17
127 Spain 17
128 United Kingdom 17
129 Czechia 17
130 Morocco 17
131 Kazakhstan 16
132 South Africa 16
133 Slovak Republic 15
134 Syrian Arab Republic 15
135 Mozambique 15
136 Sri Lanka 15
137 Uzbekistan 14
138 Iran, Islamic Rep. 14
139 Brazil 12
140 Venezuela, RB 12
141 Russian Federation 12
142 Nigeria 11
143 Ukraine 11
144 Italy 11
145 Nepal 8
146 Algeria 8
147 Poland 8
148 United States 7
149 Indonesia 7
150 Netherlands 7
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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