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Countries with the highest
Urban population (% of total population)

In 2024, Bahrain leads Urban population (% of total population) with 100. Bermuda follows at 100, and the gap between the top two positions is 0. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Latest available year 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020

Ranking leaders

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

Full table

#CountryValue
101 Panama 66
102 China 66
103 Armenia 66
104 Suriname 66
105 Montenegro 66
106 Tuvalu 65
107 Ireland 64
108 Gambia, The 64
109 Congo, Rep. 64
110 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 64
111 South Africa 64
112 Ecuador 63
113 Nigeria 63
114 Morocco 63
115 North Macedonia 63
116 Kiribati 62
117 Serbia 62
118 Kazakhstan 62
119 Thailand 62
120 Aruba 62
121 French Polynesia 62
122 Portugal 61
123 Georgia 61
124 Mauritania 61
125 Poland 60
126 Barbados 60
127 Nicaragua 59
128 Fiji 59
129 Jamaica 59
130 Honduras 59
131 Indonesia 59
132 Azerbaijan 59
133 Albania 59
134 Ghana 58
135 Croatia 58
136 British Virgin Islands 57
137 Guatemala 56
138 Slovenia 56
139 Liberia 56
140 Philippines 55
141 Cameroon 55
142 Senegal 55
143 Haiti 55
144 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 55
145 Cote d'Ivoire 54
146 Trinidad and Tobago 54
147 Slovak Republic 53
148 Benin 53
149 Romania 52
150 Isle of Man 52

Analytical takeaways

  • Bahrain leads the global ranking for Urban population (% of total population) in 2024, with a lead of 0 over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with St. Martin (French part) at 100.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.