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

In 2025, 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
51 Canada 83
52 Germany 82
53 Bahamas, The 81
54 Korea, Rep. 81
55 Spain 81
56 American Samoa 81
57 United States 80
58 Mexico 80
59 Costa Rica 80
60 Belarus 79
61 Oman 79
62 Palau 79
63 Greece 79
64 Marshall Islands 79
65 France 79
66 Colombia 79
67 Cabo Verde 78
68 Malaysia 77
69 Iran, Islamic Rep. 77
70 Cuba 77
71 Algeria 76
72 El Salvador 76
73 Russian Federation 75
74 Brunei Darussalam 75
75 Finland 75
76 Bulgaria 74
77 Dominica 74
78 Djibouti 73
79 Czechia 73
80 Dominican Republic 73
81 Syrian Arab Republic 72
82 Equatorial Guinea 72
83 Bolivia 72
84 Angola 71
85 Mongolia 71
86 Estonia 71
87 Tunisia 71
88 Hungary 71
89 Paraguay 70
90 Iraq 70
91 Austria 70
92 Italy 70
93 Ukraine 70
94 Sao Tome and Principe 69
95 Lithuania 69
96 Latvia 69
97 New Caledonia 68
98 Botswana 68
99 Nepal 67
100 Cyprus 67

Analytical takeaways

  • Bahrain leads the global ranking for Urban population (% of total population) in 2025, 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.