People living in cities
% of population · no best or worst — largest to smallest
216 of 216 countries report a figure for people living in cities
World average: 63.3%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| #2 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| #3 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| #4 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| #5 | Hong Kong | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| #6 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| #7 | Macau | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| #8 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| #9 | Nauru | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| #10 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| #11 | Sint Maarten | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| #12 | Saint-Martin | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| #13 | Qatar | 99.4% | 2025 | |
| #14 | San Marino | 97.2% | 2025 | |
| #15 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 95.9% | 2025 | |
| #16 | Malta | 95.7% | 2025 | |
| #17 | Uruguay | 95.7% | 2025 | |
| #18 | United States Virgin Islands | 95.4% | 2025 | |
| #19 | Luxembourg | 94.9% | 2025 | |
| #20 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 94.4% | 2025 | |
| #21 | Puerto Rico | 94.3% | 2025 | |
| #22 | Guam | 94.2% | 2025 | |
| #23 | Iceland | 94.2% | 2025 | |
| #24 | Jordan | 93.2% | 2025 | |
| #25 | Argentina | 92.4% | 2025 | |
| #26 | Japan | 92.3% | 2025 | |
| #27 | Northern Mariana Islands | 92.2% | 2025 | |
| #28 | Gabon | 92.1% | 2025 | |
| #29 | Israel | 91.6% | 2025 | |
| #30 | Curaçao | 91.5% | 2025 | |
| #31 | Lebanon | 91.0% | 2025 | |
| #32 | Turkey | 89.5% | 2025 | |
| #33 | Venezuela | 89.3% | 2025 | |
| #34 | Chile | 89.2% | 2025 | |
| #35 | Sweden | 89.1% | 2025 | |
| #36 | Andorra | 88.9% | 2025 | |
| #37 | Denmark | 88.8% | 2025 | |
| #38 | Greenland | 88.6% | 2025 | |
| #39 | Brazil | 88.2% | 2025 | |
| #40 | Libya | 87.9% | 2025 | |
| #41 | Australia | 87.7% | 2025 | |
| #42 | Belgium | 87.7% | 2025 | |
| #43 | Palestine | 87.4% | 2025 | |
| #44 | United Arab Emirates | 86.0% | 2025 | |
| #45 | Switzerland | 85.7% | 2025 | |
| #46 | Peru | 85.6% | 2025 | |
| #47 | Saudi Arabia | 84.6% | 2025 | |
| #48 | New Zealand | 84.0% | 2025 | |
| #49 | Norway | 83.6% | 2025 | |
| #50 | United Kingdom | 83.3% | 2025 | |
| #51 | Canada | 82.9% | 2025 | |
| #52 | Germany | 82.1% | 2025 | |
| #53 | The Bahamas | 81.3% | 2025 | |
| #54 | South Korea | 81.2% | 2025 | |
| #55 | Spain | 80.5% | 2025 | |
| #56 | American Samoa | 80.5% | 2025 | |
| #57 | United States | 80.2% | 2025 | |
| #58 | Mexico | 80.0% | 2025 | |
| #59 | Costa Rica | 79.7% | 2025 | |
| #60 | Belarus | 79.5% | 2025 | |
| #61 | Oman | 79.5% | 2025 | |
| #62 | Palau | 79.3% | 2025 | |
| #63 | Greece | 79.2% | 2025 | |
| #64 | Marshall Islands | 79.1% | 2025 | |
| #65 | France | 78.8% | 2025 | |
| #66 | Colombia | 78.8% | 2025 | |
| #67 | Cape Verde | 77.6% | 2025 | |
| #68 | Malaysia | 77.4% | 2025 | |
| #69 | Iran | 77.4% | 2025 | |
| #70 | Cuba | 77.2% | 2025 | |
| #71 | Algeria | 75.8% | 2025 | |
| #72 | El Salvador | 75.5% | 2025 | |
| #73 | Russia | 75.3% | 2025 | |
| #74 | Brunei | 75.0% | 2025 | |
| #75 | Finland | 74.5% | 2025 | |
| #76 | Bulgaria | 74.2% | 2025 | |
| #77 | Dominica | 74.0% | 2025 | |
| #78 | Djibouti | 73.0% | 2025 | |
| #79 | Czech Republic | 72.9% | 2025 | |
| #80 | Dominican Republic | 72.5% | 2025 | |
| #81 | Syria | 72.1% | 2025 | |
| #82 | Equatorial Guinea | 71.6% | 2025 | |
| #83 | Bolivia | 71.6% | 2025 | |
| #84 | Angola | 71.5% | 2025 | |
| #85 | Mongolia | 71.1% | 2025 | |
| #86 | Estonia | 70.7% | 2025 | |
| #87 | Tunisia | 70.7% | 2025 | |
| #88 | Hungary | 70.7% | 2025 | |
| #89 | Paraguay | 70.4% | 2025 | |
| #90 | Iraq | 69.9% | 2025 | |
| #91 | Austria | 69.7% | 2025 | |
| #92 | Italy | 69.7% | 2025 | |
| #93 | Ukraine | 69.6% | 2025 | |
| #94 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 69.2% | 2025 | |
| #95 | Lithuania | 69.1% | 2025 | |
| #96 | Latvia | 68.6% | 2025 | |
| #97 | New Caledonia | 68.2% | 2025 | |
| #98 | Botswana | 68.0% | 2025 | |
| #99 | Nepal | 67.0% | 2025 | |
| #100 | Cyprus | 66.7% | 2025 | |
| #101 | People's Republic of China | 66.3% | 2025 | |
| #102 | Panama | 66.2% | 2025 | |
| #103 | Armenia | 65.9% | 2025 | |
| #104 | Suriname | 65.8% | 2025 | |
| #105 | Montenegro | 65.6% | 2025 | |
| #106 | Tuvalu | 65.4% | 2025 | |
| #107 | The Gambia | 65.0% | 2025 | |
| #108 | Ireland | 64.6% | 2025 | |
| #109 | North Korea | 64.2% | 2025 | |
| #110 | Republic of the Congo | 64.1% | 2025 | |
| #111 | South Africa | 63.8% | 2025 | |
| #112 | Nigeria | 63.8% | 2025 | |
| #113 | Ecuador | 63.4% | 2025 | |
| #114 | Kiribati | 63.4% | 2025 | |
| #115 | Morocco | 63.1% | 2025 | |
| #116 | North Macedonia | 62.9% | 2025 | |
| #117 | Thailand | 62.8% | 2025 | |
| #118 | Serbia | 62.6% | 2025 | |
| #119 | Kazakhstan | 62.4% | 2025 | |
| #120 | French Polynesia | 61.8% | 2025 | |
| #121 | Aruba | 61.7% | 2025 | |
| #122 | Portugal | 61.5% | 2025 | |
| #123 | Mauritania | 61.5% | 2025 | |
| #124 | Georgia | 61.2% | 2025 | |
| #125 | Poland | 60.1% | 2025 | |
| #126 | Barbados | 59.7% | 2025 | |
| #127 | Fiji | 59.5% | 2025 | |
| #128 | Nicaragua | 59.4% | 2025 | |
| #129 | Jamaica | 59.4% | 2025 | |
| #130 | Indonesia | 59.4% | 2025 | |
| #131 | Honduras | 59.3% | 2025 | |
| #132 | Ghana | 58.9% | 2025 | |
| #133 | Albania | 58.9% | 2025 | |
| #134 | Azerbaijan | 58.6% | 2025 | |
| #135 | Croatia | 57.8% | 2025 | |
| #136 | British Virgin Islands | 57.4% | 2025 | |
| #137 | Guatemala | 56.3% | 2025 | |
| #138 | Liberia | 56.1% | 2025 | |
| #139 | Slovenia | 56.0% | 2025 | |
| #140 | Philippines | 55.8% | 2025 | |
| #141 | Senegal | 55.8% | 2025 | |
| #142 | Cameroon | 55.7% | 2025 | |
| #143 | Haiti | 55.6% | 2025 | |
| #144 | Somalia | 55.1% | 2025 | |
| #145 | Ivory Coast | 54.5% | 2025 | |
| #146 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.0% | 2025 | |
| #147 | Benin | 53.4% | 2025 | |
| #148 | Slovakia | 53.2% | 2025 | |
| #149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.7% | 2025 | |
| #150 | Romania | 52.2% | 2025 | |
| #151 | Isle of Man | 52.1% | 2025 | |
| #152 | Uzbekistan | 51.0% | 2025 | |
| #153 | Kosovo | 50.9% | 2025 | |
| #154 | Namibia | 50.9% | 2025 | |
| #155 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 48.0% | 2025 | |
| #156 | Turkmenistan | 47.1% | 2025 | |
| #157 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.7% | 2025 | |
| #158 | Sierra Leone | 45.9% | 2025 | |
| #159 | Zambia | 45.9% | 2025 | |
| #160 | Seychelles | 45.5% | 2025 | |
| #161 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 45.1% | 2025 | |
| #162 | Lesotho | 44.7% | 2025 | |
| #163 | Central African Republic | 44.6% | 2025 | |
| #164 | Togo | 44.4% | 2025 | |
| #165 | Moldova | 43.7% | 2025 | |
| #166 | Bhutan | 43.4% | 2025 | |
| #167 | Egypt | 42.9% | 2025 | |
| #168 | Maldives | 42.5% | 2025 | |
| #169 | Belize | 41.6% | 2025 | |
| #170 | Cambodia | 41.1% | 2025 | |
| #171 | Zimbabwe | 40.5% | 2025 | |
| #172 | Laos | 40.3% | 2025 | |
| #173 | Faroe Islands | 39.6% | 2025 | |
| #174 | Pakistan | 39.5% | 2025 | |
| #175 | Mauritius | 39.0% | 2025 | |
| #176 | Vietnam | 38.8% | 2025 | |
| #177 | Guinea | 38.5% | 2025 | |
| #178 | Mozambique | 37.2% | 2025 | |
| #179 | Yemen | 37.0% | 2025 | |
| #180 | Tanzania | 36.9% | 2025 | |
| #181 | Grenada | 36.7% | 2025 | |
| #182 | India | 35.7% | 2025 | |
| #183 | Sudan | 34.9% | 2025 | |
| #184 | Kyrgyzstan | 34.7% | 2025 | |
| #185 | Eritrea | 34.5% | 2025 | |
| #186 | Comoros | 33.9% | 2025 | |
| #187 | Bangladesh | 33.2% | 2025 | |
| #188 | Madagascar | 32.9% | 2025 | |
| #189 | Mali | 32.2% | 2025 | |
| #190 | Kenya | 32.2% | 2025 | |
| #191 | Uganda | 31.9% | 2025 | |
| #192 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31.9% | 2025 | |
| #193 | Solomon Islands | 31.3% | 2025 | |
| #194 | Rwanda | 30.9% | 2025 | |
| #195 | Myanmar | 30.6% | 2025 | |
| #196 | Saint Lucia | 29.1% | 2025 | |
| #197 | Burkina Faso | 28.9% | 2025 | |
| #198 | Timor-Leste | 28.8% | 2025 | |
| #199 | Chad | 27.6% | 2025 | |
| #200 | Eswatini | 26.7% | 2025 | |
| #201 | Guyana | 26.5% | 2025 | |
| #202 | Tajikistan | 26.2% | 2025 | |
| #203 | Afghanistan | 25.9% | 2025 | |
| #204 | Burundi | 25.7% | 2025 | |
| #205 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.3% | 2025 | |
| #206 | Ethiopia | 24.1% | 2025 | |
| #207 | Federated States of Micronesia | 22.5% | 2025 | |
| #208 | Vanuatu | 22.3% | 2025 | |
| #209 | South Sudan | 21.7% | 2025 | |
| #210 | Tonga | 21.2% | 2025 | |
| #211 | Sri Lanka | 20.5% | 2025 | |
| #212 | Niger | 18.4% | 2025 | |
| #213 | Malawi | 17.6% | 2025 | |
| #214 | Samoa | 17.5% | 2025 | |
| #215 | Papua New Guinea | 15.8% | 2025 | |
| #216 | Liechtenstein | 14.6% | 2025 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)