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Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Within the “Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan” group, Djibouti leads Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in 2025 at 71, while Algeria sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 8. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.017.835.753.571.3DjiboutiDjibouti: 7171.3KuwaitKuwait: 7070.0IsraelIsrael: 4949.3BahrainBahrain: 4646.4Egypt, Arab Rep.Egypt, Arab Rep.: 4545.4LebanonLebanon: 4544.7AfghanistanAfghanistan: 4342.9OmanOman: 3939.0United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 3131.3TunisiaTunisia: 2929.2QatarQatar: 2828.2Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: 2525.4

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Djibouti 71
2 Kuwait 70
3 Israel 49
4 Bahrain 46
5 Egypt, Arab Rep. 45
6 Lebanon 45
7 Afghanistan 43
8 Oman 39
9 United Arab Emirates 31
10 Tunisia 29
11 Qatar 28
12 Saudi Arabia 25
13 Iraq 25
14 Yemen, Rep. 23
15 Jordan 21
16 Libya 18
17 Pakistan 18
18 West Bank and Gaza 17
19 Morocco 17
20 Syrian Arab Republic 15
21 Iran, Islamic Rep. 14
22 Algeria 8

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan group for Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in 2025, Djibouti leads with a gap of 1 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 22 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Algeria at 8.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.