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Urban population (% of total population)

For 2025, Urban population (% of total population) is led by Bahrain at 100. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Countries ranked 217
Snapshot year 2025
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0.025.050.075.0100BahrainBahrain: 100100BermudaBermuda: 100100Cayman IslandsCayman Islands: 100100GibraltarGibraltar: 100100Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 100100KuwaitKuwait: 100100Macao SAR, ChinaMacao SAR, China: 100100MonacoMonaco: 100100NaoeroNaoero: 100100SingaporeSingapore: 100100Sint Maarten (Dutch part)Sint Maarten (Dutch part): 100100St. Martin (French part)St. Martin (French part): 100100
Rank Country Value
101 China 66
102 Panama 66
103 Armenia 66
104 Suriname 66
105 Montenegro 66
106 Tuvalu 65
107 Gambia, The 65
108 Ireland 65
109 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 64
110 Congo, Rep. 64
111 South Africa 64
112 Nigeria 64
113 Ecuador 63
114 Kiribati 63
115 Morocco 63
116 North Macedonia 63
117 Thailand 63
118 Serbia 63
119 Kazakhstan 62
120 French Polynesia 62
121 Aruba 62
122 Portugal 61
123 Mauritania 61
124 Georgia 61
125 Poland 60
126 Barbados 60
127 Fiji 60
128 Nicaragua 59
129 Jamaica 59
130 Indonesia 59
131 Honduras 59
132 Ghana 59
133 Albania 59
134 Azerbaijan 59
135 Croatia 58
136 British Virgin Islands 57
137 Guatemala 56
138 Liberia 56
139 Slovenia 56
140 Philippines 56
141 Senegal 56
142 Cameroon 56
143 Haiti 56
144 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 55
145 Cote d'Ivoire 55
146 Trinidad and Tobago 54
147 Benin 53
148 Slovak Republic 53
149 Bosnia and Herzegovina 53
150 Romania 52
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

  • Bahrain sits at the top of the Urban population (% of total population) distribution in 2025 at 100, with a lead of 0 over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Korea, Dem. People's Rep. at 64, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Liechtenstein (15), and the page currently covers 217 countries.