Urbanization by Country and Territory (2026)

Urbanization measures the share of a country's population classified as living in cities, towns, and semi-dense areas. The figures presented here follow the United Nations "Degree of Urbanization" classification, which distinguishes between densely populated areas (cities), towns and semi-dense areas, and rural areas. The urbanization rate shown is the combined share of the population living in cities, towns, and semi-dense areas. Our dataset covers 233 countries and territories, with values from 2021 to 2026. The figures are based on the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects 2025 Revision. The 2025 values are part of the UN's estimation series for the 2025 Revision, while 2026 values are projections from the same UN revision.

Most Urbanized Countries and Territories in 2025

Gibraltar, Monaco, and Vatican City each record an urbanization rate of 100 percent in 2025, the highest values in the dataset. These are followed by Macau with 99.88 percent, Singapore with 99.88 percent, and Hong Kong with 99.55 percent. Bermuda (98.50 percent), Bangladesh (98.01 percent), Bahrain (98.00 percent), and Egypt (97.46 percent) also rank among the most urbanized places in the world.

Rounding out the top of the ranking are Sint Maarten (97.24 percent), Kuwait (96.49 percent), Aruba (95.54 percent), Malta (95.51 percent), and Palestine (94.84 percent). The list is dominated by city-states, small island territories, and countries where the population is heavily concentrated in a small number of densely populated areas.

Among the world's larger economies, Japan records 91.38 percent urbanization, South Korea 90.42 percent, and the United Kingdom 86.41 percent. Vietnam (87.52 percent), Indonesia (86.04 percent), and Iran (84.80 percent) also stand above 80 percent. China's urbanization rate is 83.72 percent in 2025, while India stands at 84.06 percent.

Urbanization by Country and Territory (2026)

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#	Country	2025
1	Gibraltar GI	100
2	Monaco MC	100
3	Vatican City VA	100
4	Macau MO	99.88
5	Singapore SG	99.88
6	Hong Kong HK	99.55
7	Bermuda BM	98.5
8	Bangladesh BD	98.01
9	Bahrain BH	98
10	Egypt EG	97.46
11	Sint Maarten SX	97.24
12	Kuwait KW	96.49
13	Aruba AW	95.54
14	Malta MT	95.51
15	Palestine PS	94.84
16	Curaçao CW	94.73
17	Taiwan TW	94.62
18	Mayotte YT	94.13
19	Rwanda RW	94.06
20	Israel IL	93.84
21	Jordan JO	93.74
22	Qatar QA	93.44
23	Cayman Islands KY	92.62
24	Nauru NR	92.34
25	Congo CG	91.89
26	Japan JP	91.38
27	United Arab Emirates AE	91.29
28	Guernsey GG	90.98
29	Mauritius MU	90.85
30	Jersey JE	90.76
31	South Korea KR	90.42
32	Equatorial Guinea GQ	90.09
33	Lebanon LB	90.05
34	Djibouti DJ	89.38
35	Burundi BI	89.2
36	Pakistan PK	89.08
37	Western Sahara EH	89.05
38	Venezuela VE	88.64
39	Réunion RE	88.37
40	Iraq IQ	87.67
41	Trinidad and Tobago TT	87.62
42	Comoros KM	87.56
43	Vietnam VN	87.52
44	Uzbekistan UZ	87.15
45	Saint Barthélemy BL	86.88
46	North Korea KP	86.48
47	Uruguay UY	86.47
48	Saint Martin MF	86.45
49	United Kingdom GB	86.41
50	Barbados BB	86.34
51	Argentina AR	86.28
52	Indonesia ID	86.04
53	Dominican Republic DO	85.99
54	Sri Lanka LK	85.33
55	Guam GU	85.27
56	Philippines PH	85.22
57	Iran IR	84.8
58	Netherlands NL	84.8
59	Yemen YE	84.73
60	Saudi Arabia SA	84.59
61	Tajikistan TJ	84.5
62	Sao Tome and Principe ST	84.17
63	India IN	84.06
64	China CN	83.72
65	Gabon GA	83.59
66	Haiti HT	83.19
67	Afghanistan AF	83.08
68	Malaysia MY	83.05
69	Türkiye TR	82.78
70	Somalia SO	82.64
71	Bahamas BS	82.51
72	Cuba CU	82.51
73	Brunei BN	82.27
74	Chile CL	82.27
75	Colombia CO	82.24
76	Turks and Caicos Islands TC	81.95
77	Montenegro ME	81.94
78	Syria SY	81.82
79	Nigeria NG	81.79
80	Australia AU	81.78
81	Puerto Rico PR	81.06
82	Algeria DZ	81
83	San Marino SM	80.73
84	Oman OM	80.17
85	Seychelles SC	80.11
86	Brazil BR	79.71
87	South Africa ZA	79.46
88	Spain ES	79.29
89	Russia RU	79.23
90	Belgium BE	79.17
91	Azerbaijan AZ	79.08
92	Ecuador EC	78.49
93	Turkmenistan TM	78.26
94	Morocco MA	78.25
95	Ghana GH	77.81
96	Kazakhstan KZ	77.58
97	Mexico MX	77.54
98	Armenia AM	77.41
99	Kenya KE	77.06
100	Switzerland CH	77.06
101	Italy IT	76.92
102	Kyrgyzstan KG	76.87
103	Uganda UG	76.66
104	El Salvador SV	76.65
105	Iceland IS	76.31
106	New Zealand NZ	76.31
107	Canada CA	76.27
108	Liechtenstein LI	76.2
109	Antigua and Barbuda AG	76.06
110	Cyprus CY	76.03
111	Angola AO	75.97
112	Libya LY	75.9
113	Saint Lucia LC	75.89
114	Cameroon CM	75.81
115	Gambia GM	75.79
116	American Samoa AS	75.73
117	Belarus BY	75.12
118	Andorra AD	74.94
119	Tuvalu TV	74.88
120	Ukraine UA	74.71
121	Guatemala GT	74.64
122	Sudan SD	74.61
123	United States US	74.44
124	Benin BJ	74.14
125	Costa Rica CR	74.11
126	Peru PE	73.99
127	Guyana GY	73.92
128	DR Congo CD	73.73
129	US Virgin Islands VI	73.64
130	Germany DE	73.43
131	Togo TG	73.39
132	Suriname SR	73.38
133	Nepal NP	73.28
134	Cape Verde CV	72.97
135	Jamaica JM	72.8
136	French Guiana GF	72.6
137	Grenada GD	72.54
138	Bolivia BO	72.41
139	Guadeloupe GP	72.15
140	Kosovo XK	71.96
141	Martinique MQ	71.78
142	Senegal SN	71.61
143	Luxembourg LU	71.55
144	Tunisia TN	71.49
145	Portugal PT	71.22
146	North Macedonia MK	71.2
147	Mongolia MN	71.09
148	Malawi MW	70.56
149	Botswana BW	70.47
150	Sweden SE	69.46
151	Myanmar MM	69.4
152	Cambodia KH	69.16
153	Albania AL	69.03
154	Ivory Coast CI	68.93
155	Panama PA	68.88
156	Northern Mariana Islands MP	68.75
157	Greece GR	68.11
158	Isle of Man IM	67.72
159	Ethiopia ET	66.8
160	Kiribati KI	66.17
161	New Caledonia NC	65.88
162	Serbia RS	65.74
163	Estonia EE	65.63
164	Norway NO	65.49
165	South Sudan SS	65.37
166	Denmark DK	65.28
167	Georgia GE	64.82
168	Nicaragua NI	64.69
169	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	64.25
170	British Virgin Islands VG	64.09
171	Eritrea ER	64.06
172	French Polynesia PF	63.64
173	Hungary HU	62.9
174	France FR	62.46
175	Thailand TH	62.31
176	Finland FI	61.34
177	Mauritania MR	60.96
178	Bulgaria BG	60.91
179	Tonga TO	60.86
180	Honduras HN	60.84
181	Paraguay PY	60.66
182	Czech Republic CZ	60.54
183	Poland PL	60.42
184	Austria AT	59.26
185	Liberia LR	59.09
186	Belize BZ	58.95
187	Lithuania LT	58.95
188	Tanzania TZ	58.76
189	Latvia LV	58.29
190	Samoa WS	58.17
191	Maldives MV	58.09
192	Sierra Leone SL	57.74
193	Ireland IE	55.73
194	Fiji FJ	55.56
195	Guinea GN	55.5
196	Central African Republic CF	55.46
197	Romania RO	55.12
198	Zambia ZM	55.03
199	Croatia HR	54.89
200	Guinea-Bissau GW	54.25
201	Slovakia SK	53.76
202	Mozambique MZ	53.63
203	Moldova MD	53.6
204	Chad TD	52.34
205	Niger NE	51.81
206	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	51.68
207	Burkina Faso BF	51.65
208	Marshall Islands MH	51.25
209	Timor-Leste TL	51.14
210	Slovenia SI	50.82
211	Mali ML	49.32
212	Papua New Guinea PG	47.86
213	Madagascar MG	44.93
214	Namibia NA	43.79
215	Dominica DM	43.59
216	Greenland GL	42.55
217	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	42.24
218	Lesotho LS	40.24
219	Palau PW	39.47
220	Faroe Islands FO	36.34
221	Zimbabwe ZW	34.66
222	Bhutan BT	32.47
223	Laos LA	32.31
224	Micronesia FM	30.84
225	Vanuatu VU	30.14
226	Eswatini SZ	24.46
227	Solomon Islands SB	24.05
228	Cook Islands CK	0
229	Falkland Islands FK	0
230	Niue NU	0
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon PM	0
232	Tokelau TK	0
233	Wallis and Futuna WF	0

Least Urbanized Countries in 2025

At the other end of the scale, the Solomon Islands has the lowest urbanization rate among countries with recorded values, at 24.05 percent. Eswatini follows with 24.46 percent, Vanuatu with 30.14 percent, and Micronesia with 30.84 percent. Laos (32.31 percent), Bhutan (32.47 percent), and Zimbabwe (34.66 percent) also record low urbanization levels.

Several small territories report urbanization rates of zero percent in 2025, including Cook Islands, Falkland Islands, Niue, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Tokelau, and Wallis and Futuna. In these cases, the population is classified as living entirely outside cities, towns, and semi-dense areas under the degree of urbanization methodology.

Overall, 85 of the 233 countries and territories in the dataset record urbanization rates of 80 percent or higher, while 149 are above 70 percent and 210 are above 50 percent. The United Nations estimates that 80.4 percent of the world's population lived in cities, towns, and semi-dense areas in 2025.

Urbanization Around the World

Regional patterns vary considerably. In Europe, high urbanization is not universal: the United Kingdom (86.41 percent) ranks well above France (62.46 percent) and Germany (73.43 percent), despite all three being large economies with long urban histories. Türkiye records 82.78 percent, Italy 76.92 percent, and Spain 79.29 percent in 2025.

In the Americas, Argentina (86.28 percent) and the United States (74.44 percent) differ notably from Mexico (77.54 percent) and Brazil (79.71 percent). Canada records 76.27 percent, while Australia reports 81.78 percent. Australia is one of the few countries in the dataset where the urbanization rate declined slightly between 2021 and 2025, falling from 82.11 percent to 81.78 percent.

In Africa, urbanization rates span a wide range. Egypt (97.46 percent) and Nigeria (81.79 percent) are on the higher end, while Zimbabwe (34.66 percent) and Eswatini (24.46 percent) are among the least urbanized countries anywhere. In Asia, Bangladesh (98.01 percent), Pakistan (89.08 percent), and the Philippines (85.22 percent) all record high urbanization, while Laos and Bhutan remain well below 35 percent.

Largest Changes in Urbanization Rates, 2021–2025

Between 2021 and 2025, Uganda recorded the largest increase in its urbanization rate, rising from 71.17 percent to 76.66 percent, a gain of 5.49 percentage points. Malawi followed with an increase of 4.80 percentage points (from 65.76 to 70.56 percent), ahead of Turks and Caicos Islands (77.74 to 81.95 percent, plus 4.21) and Tanzania (54.68 to 58.76 percent, plus 4.08). Burundi (plus 3.58), Mozambique (plus 2.81), and Saint Lucia (plus 2.51) also recorded notable increases.

Decreases are less common but still present. The Marshall Islands recorded the largest decline, falling from 57.95 percent in 2021 to 51.25 percent in 2025, a drop of 6.70 percentage points. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines declined by 3.68 points, Saint Martin by 2.74 points, and American Samoa by 2.39 points. Small declines also appear in Afghanistan, Yemen, and Western Sahara, where urbanization rates fell by roughly one percentage point or less over the period.

Urbanization by Country and Territory (2026)

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#	Country	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
1	Gibraltar	100	100	100	100	100	100
2	Monaco	100	100	100	100	100	100
3	Vatican City	100	100	100	100	100	100
4	Macau	99.84	99.85	99.86	99.87	99.88	99.88
5	Singapore	99.92	99.91	99.9	99.89	99.88	99.89
6	Hong Kong	99.54	99.54	99.55	99.55	99.55	99.56
7	Bermuda	98.42	98.44	98.46	98.48	98.5	98.48
8	Bangladesh	97.97	97.98	97.99	98	98.01	98.02
9	Bahrain	97.89	97.92	97.95	97.97	98	98.02
10	Egypt	97.05	97.16	97.26	97.36	97.46	97.53
11	Sint Maarten	96.9	96.99	97.07	97.16	97.24	97.3
12	Kuwait	96.24	96.31	96.37	96.43	96.49	96.5
13	Aruba	95.36	95.41	95.45	95.5	95.54	95.53
14	Malta	95.19	95.27	95.35	95.43	95.51	95.64
15	Palestine	94.23	94.39	94.55	94.7	94.84	94.91
16	Curaçao	94.61	94.64	94.67	94.7	94.73	94.73
17	Taiwan	94.57	94.58	94.59	94.61	94.62	94.65
18	Mayotte	91.71	92.38	93	93.58	94.13	94.13
19	Rwanda	92.52	92.93	93.32	93.7	94.06	94.38
20	Israel	93.62	93.68	93.73	93.79	93.84	93.94
21	Jordan	93.52	93.58	93.63	93.69	93.74	93.81
22	Qatar	93.34	93.37	93.39	93.41	93.44	93.59
23	Cayman Islands	92.35	92.42	92.49	92.56	92.62	92.75
24	Nauru	92.36	92.35	92.35	92.34	92.34	92.33
25	Congo	91.76	91.8	91.83	91.86	91.89	91.98
26	Japan	91.17	91.22	91.28	91.33	91.38	91.43
27	United Arab Emirates	90.49	90.71	90.92	91.11	91.29	91.38
28	Guernsey	90.91	90.93	90.94	90.96	90.98	90.99
29	Mauritius	90.87	90.87	90.86	90.86	90.85	90.81
30	Jersey	90.76	90.76	90.76	90.76	90.76	90.82
31	South Korea	90.17	90.23	90.3	90.36	90.42	90.48
32	Equatorial Guinea	89.6	89.73	89.86	89.98	90.09	90.17
33	Lebanon	89.71	89.8	89.89	89.97	90.05	90.18
34	Djibouti	89.78	89.68	89.58	89.47	89.38	89.41
35	Burundi	85.62	86.59	87.5	88.37	89.2	89.71
36	Pakistan	88.22	88.45	88.67	88.88	89.08	89.27
37	Western Sahara	89.89	89.67	89.46	89.25	89.05	89.17
38	Venezuela	88.53	88.55	88.58	88.61	88.64	88.7
39	Réunion	88.31	88.33	88.34	88.36	88.37	88.37
40	Iraq	87.54	87.57	87.61	87.64	87.67	87.73
41	Trinidad and Tobago	87.48	87.52	87.55	87.58	87.62	87.7
42	Comoros	86.59	86.85	87.09	87.33	87.56	87.65
43	Vietnam	87	87.14	87.27	87.39	87.52	87.63
44	Uzbekistan	85.8	86.15	86.5	86.83	87.15	87.39
45	Saint Barthélemy	87.14	87.07	87.01	86.94	86.88	86.82
46	North Korea	86.56	86.54	86.52	86.5	86.48	86.45
47	Uruguay	86.29	86.34	86.38	86.42	86.47	86.5
48	Saint Martin	89.19	88.6	87.95	87.24	86.45	86.38
49	United Kingdom	86.12	86.19	86.27	86.34	86.41	86.47
50	Barbados	86.35	86.35	86.35	86.34	86.34	86.34
51	Argentina	86.09	86.14	86.19	86.23	86.28	86.34
52	Indonesia	85.93	85.96	85.98	86.01	86.04	86.06
53	Dominican Republic	85.61	85.71	85.8	85.89	85.99	86.04
54	Sri Lanka	84.81	84.95	85.08	85.21	85.33	85.45
55	Guam	84.69	84.83	84.98	85.13	85.27	85.31
56	Philippines	84.89	84.98	85.06	85.14	85.22	85.3
57	Iran	84.72	84.74	84.76	84.78	84.8	84.81
58	Netherlands	84.4	84.5	84.61	84.71	84.8	84.9
59	Yemen	85.47	85.27	85.08	84.9	84.73	84.96
60	Saudi Arabia	83.85	84.05	84.23	84.41	84.59	84.78
61	Tajikistan	83.15	83.51	83.85	84.18	84.5	84.73
62	Sao Tome and Principe	83.6	83.75	83.9	84.04	84.17	84.88
63	India	83.53	83.67	83.8	83.93	84.06	84.19
64	China	83.66	83.67	83.69	83.7	83.72	83.73
65	Gabon	83.2	83.31	83.41	83.5	83.59	83.76
66	Haiti	82.69	82.81	82.94	83.07	83.19	83.26
67	Afghanistan	84.12	83.84	83.58	83.32	83.08	83.31
68	Malaysia	82.44	82.6	82.75	82.9	83.05	83.18
69	Türkiye	82.42	82.51	82.6	82.69	82.78	82.86
70	Somalia	82.66	82.66	82.65	82.64	82.64	82.69
71	Bahamas	82.38	82.41	82.44	82.48	82.51	82.61
72	Cuba	82.2	82.27	82.35	82.43	82.51	82.6
73	Brunei	81.08	81.39	81.69	81.98	82.27	82.5
74	Chile	81.86	81.97	82.07	82.17	82.27	82.33
75	Colombia	81.63	81.79	81.94	82.09	82.24	82.39
76	Turks and Caicos Islands	77.74	78.83	79.89	80.93	81.95	82.41
77	Montenegro	81.81	81.84	81.87	81.91	81.94	81.95
78	Syria	79.69	80.29	80.84	81.35	81.82	82.25
79	Nigeria	80.84	81.1	81.34	81.57	81.79	81.98
80	Australia	82.11	82.03	81.94	81.86	81.78	81.74
81	Puerto Rico	80.92	80.95	80.99	81.03	81.06	81.01
82	Algeria	80.04	80.29	80.53	80.77	81	81.22
83	San Marino	80.51	80.56	80.62	80.67	80.73	80.78
84	Oman	77.81	78.47	79.08	79.64	80.17	80.56
85	Seychelles	78.99	79.29	79.58	79.85	80.11	80.99
86	Brazil	79.34	79.43	79.53	79.62	79.71	79.79
87	South Africa	78.8	78.97	79.14	79.3	79.46	79.62
88	Spain	78.77	78.9	79.03	79.16	79.29	79.4
89	Russia	78.9	78.98	79.06	79.15	79.23	79.33
90	Belgium	78.57	78.72	78.87	79.02	79.17	79.23
91	Azerbaijan	78.96	78.99	79.02	79.05	79.08	79.1
92	Ecuador	77.69	77.9	78.1	78.3	78.49	78.65
93	Turkmenistan	76.87	77.24	77.59	77.93	78.26	78.51
94	Morocco	78.13	78.16	78.19	78.22	78.25	78.26
95	Ghana	77.05	77.25	77.45	77.63	77.81	78.07
96	Kazakhstan	76.87	77.06	77.24	77.41	77.58	77.73
97	Mexico	77.37	77.42	77.46	77.5	77.54	77.61
98	Armenia	77.07	77.16	77.24	77.33	77.41	77.38
99	Kenya	75.71	76.07	76.41	76.74	77.06	77.48
100	Switzerland	76.23	76.44	76.65	76.86	77.06	77.17
101	Italy	76.78	76.82	76.85	76.88	76.92	76.94
102	Kyrgyzstan	75.8	76.08	76.36	76.62	76.87	77.09
103	Uganda	71.17	72.66	74.07	75.4	76.66	77.76
104	El Salvador	76.19	76.31	76.42	76.54	76.65	76.7
105	Iceland	75.95	76.05	76.14	76.22	76.31	76.49
106	New Zealand	76.29	76.29	76.3	76.3	76.31	76.31
107	Canada	76.25	76.25	76.26	76.26	76.27	76.34
108	Liechtenstein	75.66	75.8	75.93	76.06	76.2	76.18
109	Antigua and Barbuda	75.59	75.71	75.83	75.94	76.06	76.1
110	Cyprus	75.75	75.82	75.89	75.96	76.03	76.25
111	Angola	75.4	75.55	75.7	75.84	75.97	76.11
112	Libya	75.53	75.62	75.72	75.81	75.9	76.07
113	Saint Lucia	73.38	74.01	74.64	75.27	75.89	75.89
114	Cameroon	74.54	74.88	75.21	75.51	75.81	76.16
115	Gambia	75.06	75.25	75.44	75.62	75.79	76.25
116	American Samoa	78.12	77.55	76.96	76.36	75.73	75.63
117	Belarus	74.07	74.33	74.59	74.85	75.12	75.41
118	Andorra	73.71	74.03	74.34	74.65	74.94	75.08
119	Tuvalu	72.87	73.34	73.83	74.34	74.88	75.31
120	Ukraine	74.17	74.29	74.42	74.56	74.71	75.18
121	Guatemala	73.28	73.63	73.98	74.31	74.64	75.03
122	Sudan	74.75	74.71	74.68	74.64	74.61	74.72
123	United States	74.11	74.19	74.28	74.36	74.44	74.53
124	Benin	72.91	73.24	73.56	73.86	74.14	74.56
125	Costa Rica	73.76	73.85	73.94	74.03	74.11	74.22
126	Peru	73.21	73.41	73.61	73.8	73.99	74.18
127	Guyana	73.7	73.76	73.81	73.87	73.92	74.18
128	DR Congo	73.08	73.26	73.43	73.58	73.73	73.89
129	US Virgin Islands	73.63	73.63	73.64	73.64	73.64	73.62
130	Germany	73.11	73.19	73.27	73.35	73.43	73.44
131	Togo	71.72	72.17	72.59	73	73.39	73.81
132	Suriname	71.3	71.83	72.36	72.87	73.38	73.6
133	Nepal	72.74	72.87	73.01	73.14	73.28	73.46
134	Cape Verde	71.87	72.14	72.42	72.7	72.97	73.38
135	Jamaica	72.44	72.53	72.62	72.71	72.8	72.81
136	French Guiana	70.6	71.13	71.64	72.13	72.6	73.16
137	Grenada	72.48	72.5	72.51	72.52	72.54	72.65
138	Bolivia	71.48	71.72	71.96	72.19	72.41	72.72
139	Guadeloupe	74.48	73.92	73.36	72.77	72.15	72.04
140	Kosovo	72.22	72.15	72.09	72.03	71.96	72.05
141	Martinique	71.5	71.57	71.64	71.71	71.78	71.6
142	Senegal	70.24	70.61	70.96	71.3	71.61	71.97
143	Luxembourg	69.32	69.9	70.47	71.02	71.55	71.6
144	Tunisia	71.3	71.35	71.4	71.44	71.49	71.53
145	Portugal	70.66	70.8	70.94	71.08	71.22	71.29
146	North Macedonia	70.67	70.8	70.93	71.06	71.2	71.32
147	Mongolia	70.62	70.74	70.86	70.98	71.09	71.15
148	Malawi	65.76	67.05	68.28	69.45	70.56	71.72
149	Botswana	69.47	69.73	69.99	70.24	70.47	70.63
150	Sweden	68.96	69.09	69.21	69.33	69.46	69.58
151	Myanmar	69.37	69.38	69.38	69.39	69.4	69.39
152	Cambodia	68.29	68.52	68.74	68.95	69.16	69.37
153	Albania	68.12	68.34	68.57	68.8	69.03	69.18
154	Ivory Coast	67.64	67.99	68.32	68.63	68.93	69.24
155	Panama	68.43	68.55	68.66	68.77	68.88	69.03
156	Northern Mariana Islands	67.94	68.13	68.33	68.54	68.75	68.97
157	Greece	67.36	67.53	67.72	67.91	68.11	68.47
158	Isle of Man	67.58	67.62	67.65	67.69	67.72	67.75
159	Ethiopia	64.91	65.42	65.9	66.36	66.8	67.25
160	Kiribati	66.47	66.39	66.32	66.24	66.17	66.11
161	New Caledonia	65.67	65.73	65.78	65.83	65.88	65.91
162	Serbia	65.01	65.19	65.37	65.55	65.74	65.88
163	Estonia	65.14	65.26	65.39	65.51	65.63	65.71
164	Norway	64.68	64.89	65.09	65.29	65.49	65.62
165	South Sudan	65.22	65.26	65.3	65.33	65.37	65.64
166	Denmark	64.89	64.99	65.09	65.19	65.28	65.4
167	Georgia	64.41	64.52	64.62	64.72	64.82	64.86
168	Nicaragua	64.46	64.52	64.58	64.63	64.69	64.81
169	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	67.93	67.03	66.11	65.19	64.25	64.37
170	British Virgin Islands	63.18	63.42	63.65	63.87	64.09	64.5
171	Eritrea	63.72	63.81	63.9	63.98	64.06	64.51
172	French Polynesia	61.99	62.41	62.82	63.23	63.64	63.91
173	Hungary	62.62	62.69	62.76	62.83	62.9	62.9
174	France	62.18	62.25	62.32	62.39	62.46	62.52
175	Thailand	60.98	61.31	61.65	61.98	62.31	62.63
176	Finland	60.97	61.06	61.15	61.25	61.34	61.4
177	Mauritania	59.53	59.92	60.29	60.63	60.96	61.29
178	Bulgaria	60.26	60.42	60.58	60.75	60.91	61.09
179	Tonga	60.63	60.69	60.75	60.8	60.86	60.98
180	Honduras	59.44	59.81	60.16	60.51	60.84	61.15
181	Paraguay	59.65	59.91	60.17	60.42	60.66	60.89
182	Czech Republic	60.16	60.26	60.35	60.45	60.54	60.58
183	Poland	60.12	60.2	60.27	60.35	60.42	60.43
184	Austria	58.83	58.94	59.05	59.16	59.26	59.3
185	Liberia	59.05	59.06	59.07	59.08	59.09	59.09
186	Belize	56.71	57.3	57.86	58.41	58.95	59.14
187	Lithuania	58.13	58.34	58.55	58.75	58.95	58.99
188	Tanzania	54.68	55.79	56.84	57.83	58.76	59.85
189	Latvia	57.36	57.59	57.82	58.05	58.29	58.58
190	Samoa	57.85	57.93	58.01	58.09	58.17	58.17
191	Maldives	56.8	57.13	57.46	57.78	58.09	58.35
192	Sierra Leone	57.69	57.71	57.72	57.73	57.74	57.88
193	Ireland	55.01	55.2	55.38	55.56	55.73	55.86
194	Fiji	55.56	55.56	55.56	55.56	55.56	55.82
195	Guinea	54	54.4	54.78	55.15	55.5	55.89
196	Central African Republic	55.94	55.81	55.69	55.57	55.46	55.66
197	Romania	54.79	54.87	54.96	55.04	55.12	55.17
198	Zambia	53.62	54	54.37	54.71	55.03	55.43
199	Croatia	54.49	54.59	54.68	54.78	54.89	55.05
200	Guinea-Bissau	54.79	54.65	54.51	54.38	54.25	54.38
201	Slovakia	53.57	53.62	53.66	53.71	53.76	53.76
202	Mozambique	50.82	51.58	52.3	52.99	53.63	54.33
203	Moldova	53.41	53.46	53.5	53.55	53.6	53.74
204	Chad	51.67	51.86	52.03	52.19	52.34	52.5
205	Niger	49.95	50.46	50.94	51.39	51.81	52.22
206	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51.29	51.38	51.48	51.58	51.68	51.85
207	Burkina Faso	49.88	50.36	50.81	51.24	51.65	52.17
208	Marshall Islands	57.95	56.44	54.82	53.1	51.25	52.16
209	Timor-Leste	49.74	50.11	50.46	50.81	51.14	51.36
210	Slovenia	50.41	50.52	50.62	50.72	50.82	50.84
211	Mali	47.58	48.05	48.5	48.92	49.32	49.81
212	Papua New Guinea	46.62	46.95	47.26	47.57	47.86	48.2
213	Madagascar	43.33	43.76	44.17	44.56	44.93	45.42
214	Namibia	42.21	42.63	43.04	43.42	43.79	44.24
215	Dominica	43.03	43.17	43.31	43.45	43.59	43.73
216	Greenland	42.54	42.55	42.55	42.55	42.55	42.55
217	Saint Kitts and Nevis	42.24	42.24	42.24	42.24	42.24	42.24
218	Lesotho	38.27	38.78	39.27	39.76	40.24	40.85
219	Palau	39.32	39.36	39.4	39.43	39.47	39.44
220	Faroe Islands	37.51	37.21	36.91	36.63	36.34	37.98
221	Zimbabwe	33.84	34.05	34.26	34.46	34.66	34.99
222	Bhutan	30.9	31.3	31.7	32.09	32.47	32.73
223	Laos	30.98	31.33	31.66	31.99	32.31	32.57
224	Micronesia	29.68	29.97	30.27	30.56	30.84	30.79
225	Vanuatu	29.99	30.03	30.07	30.1	30.14	30.19
226	Eswatini	23.71	23.9	24.09	24.28	24.46	24.78
227	Solomon Islands	22.36	22.81	23.25	23.66	24.05	24.26
228	Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0
229	Falkland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0
230	Niue	0	0	0	0	0	0
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	0	0	0	0	0
232	Tokelau	0	0	0	0	0	0
233	Wallis and Futuna	0	0	0	0	0	0

Methodology

The statistics are based on the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects 2025 Revision, File 2: Percentage of Population by Degree of Urbanization at Mid-Year by Region, Subregion, Country and Area. The urbanization rate is calculated as the combined share of the population classified as living in cities and towns and semi-dense areas. Values are expressed as percentages of the total population. The dataset used for this comparison includes 233 countries and territories for the years 2021 to 2026. The 2025 values are part of the UN's estimation series, while 2026 values are projections. Because the Degree of Urbanization methodology uses standardized population-density, population-size, and spatial-contiguity criteria, the figures may differ from urbanization rates calculated using national definitions of urban areas.