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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
151 Isle of Man 52
152 Uzbekistan 51
153 Kosovo 51
154 Namibia 51
155 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 48
156 Turkmenistan 47
157 Guinea-Bissau 47
158 Sierra Leone 46
159 Zambia 46
160 Seychelles 45
161 Congo, Dem. Rep. 45
162 Lesotho 45
163 Central African Republic 45
164 Togo 44
165 Moldova 44
166 Bhutan 43
167 Egypt, Arab Rep. 43
168 Maldives 43
169 Belize 42
170 Cambodia 41
171 Zimbabwe 40
172 Lao PDR 40
173 Faroe Islands 40
174 Pakistan 40
175 Mauritius 39
176 Viet Nam 39
177 Guinea 39
178 Mozambique 37
179 Yemen, Rep. 37
180 Tanzania 37
181 Grenada 37
182 India 36
183 Sudan 35
184 Kyrgyz Republic 35
185 Eritrea 35
186 Comoros 34
187 Bangladesh 33
188 Madagascar 33
189 Channel Islands 33
190 Mali 32
191 Kenya 32
192 Uganda 32
193 St. Kitts and Nevis 32
194 Solomon Islands 31
195 Rwanda 31
196 Myanmar 31
197 St. Lucia 29
198 Burkina Faso 29
199 Timor-Leste 29
200 Chad 28
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.