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Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Urban population (% of total population)

Within the “Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan” group, Bahrain leads Urban population (% of total population) in 2025 at 100, while Afghanistan sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 26. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.025.050.075.0100BahrainBahrain: 100100KuwaitKuwait: 100100QatarQatar: 9999.4MaltaMalta: 9695.7JordanJordan: 9393.2IsraelIsrael: 9291.6LebanonLebanon: 9191.0LibyaLibya: 8887.9West Bank and GazaWest Bank and Gaza: 8787.4United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 8686.0Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: 8584.6OmanOman: 7979.5

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Bahrain 100
2 Kuwait 100
3 Qatar 99
4 Malta 96
5 Jordan 93
6 Israel 92
7 Lebanon 91
8 Libya 88
9 West Bank and Gaza 87
10 United Arab Emirates 86
11 Saudi Arabia 85
12 Oman 79
13 Iran, Islamic Rep. 77
14 Algeria 76
15 Djibouti 73
16 Syrian Arab Republic 72
17 Tunisia 71
18 Iraq 70
19 Morocco 63
20 Egypt, Arab Rep. 43
21 Pakistan 40
22 Yemen, Rep. 37
23 Afghanistan 26

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan group for Urban population (% of total population) in 2025, Bahrain leads with a gap of 0 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 23 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Afghanistan at 26.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.