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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
201 Eswatini 27
202 Guyana 26
203 Tajikistan 26
204 Afghanistan 26
205 Burundi 26
206 Antigua and Barbuda 24
207 Ethiopia 24
208 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 22
209 Vanuatu 22
210 South Sudan 22
211 Tonga 21
212 Sri Lanka 20
213 Niger 18
214 Malawi 18
215 Samoa 18
216 Papua New Guinea 16
217 Liechtenstein 15
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.