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Country Comparison :: Urbanization
This entry provides two measures of the degree of urbanization of a population. The first, urban population, describes the percentage of the total population living in urban areas, as defined by the country. The second, rate of urbanization, describes the projected average rate of change of the size of the urban population over the given period of time. Additionally, the World entry includes a list of the ten largest urban agglomerations. An urban agglomeration is defined as comprising the city or town proper and also the suburban fringe or thickly settled territory lying outside of, but adjacent to, the boundaries of the city.
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country (%) Date of Information
1 Anguilla
100.00
NA
2 Bermuda
100.00
NA
3 Cayman Islands
100.00
NA
4 Gibraltar
100.00
NA
5 Singapore
100.00
NA
6 Hong Kong
100.00
NA
7 Macau
100.00
NA
8 Monaco
100.00
NA
9 Nauru
100.00
NA
10 Holy See (Vatican City)
100.00
NA
11 Puerto Rico
99.00
NA
12 Kuwait
98.00
NA
13 Belgium
97.00
NA
14 Qatar
96.00
NA
15 Malta
95.00
NA
16 Virgin Islands
95.00
NA
17 San Marino
94.00
NA
18 Turks and Caicos Islands
93.00
NA
19 Venezuela
93.00
NA
20 American Samoa
93.00
NA
21 Iceland
93.00
NA
22 Guam
93.00
NA
23 Uruguay
92.00
NA
24 Argentina
92.00
NA
25 Israel
92.00
NA
26 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
91.00
NA
27 Northern Mariana Islands
91.00
NA
28 Australia
89.00
NA
29 Chile
89.00
NA
30 Bahrain
89.00
NA
31 Andorra
88.00
NA
32 Lebanon
87.00
NA
33 Denmark
87.00
NA
34 Brazil
87.00
NA
35 Gabon
86.00
NA
36 New Zealand
86.00
NA
37 Sweden
85.00
NA
38 Luxembourg
85.00
NA
39 France
85.00
NA
40 Finland
85.00
NA
41 United Arab Emirates
84.00
NA
42 Bahamas, The
84.00
NA
43 Greenland
84.00
NA
44 Netherlands
83.00
NA
45 Korea, South
83.00
NA
46 Palau
83.00
NA
47 United States
82.00
NA
48 Saudi Arabia
82.00
NA
49 Western Sahara
82.00
NA
50 Canada
81.00
NA
51 United Kingdom
80.00
NA
52 Jordan
79.00
NA
53 Norway
79.00
NA
54 Libya
78.00
NA
55 Mexico
78.00
NA
56 Spain
77.00
NA
57 Peru
77.00
NA
58 Djibouti
76.00
NA
59 Brunei
76.00
NA
60 Panama
75.00
NA
61 Belarus
75.00
NA
62 Cuba
75.00
NA
63 Cook Islands
75.00
NA
64 Colombia
75.00
NA
65 Switzerland
74.00
NA
66 Czech Republic
74.00
NA
67 Germany
74.00
NA
68 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
74.00
NA
69 Russia
73.00
NA
70 Oman
73.00
NA
71 West Bank
72.00
NA
72 Malaysia
72.00
NA
73 Gaza Strip
72.00
NA
74 Marshall Islands
72.00
NA
75 Bulgaria
71.00
NA
76 Iran
71.00
NA
77 Cyprus
70.00
NA
78 Turkey
70.00
NA
79 Ukraine
69.00
NA
80 Dominican Republic
69.00
NA
81 Estonia
69.00
NA
82 Suriname
69.00
NA
83 Hungary
68.00
NA
84 Austria
68.00
NA
85 Latvia
68.00
NA
86 Italy
68.00
NA
87 Tunisia
67.00
NA
88 Japan
67.00
NA
89 Ecuador
67.00
NA
90 Bolivia
67.00
NA
91 Dominica
67.00
NA
92 Lithuania
67.00
NA
93 Algeria
66.00
NA
94 Iraq
66.00
NA
95 Armenia
64.00
NA
96 El Salvador
64.00
NA
97 Costa Rica
64.00
NA
98 Mongolia
62.00
NA
99 Sao Tome and Principe
62.00
NA
100 Congo, Republic of the
62.00
NA
101 Ireland
62.00
NA
102 South Africa
62.00
NA
103 Montenegro
61.00
NA
104 Paraguay
61.00
NA
105 Poland
61.00
NA
106 Cape Verde
61.00
NA
107 Greece
61.00
NA
108 Botswana
61.00
NA
109 Portugal
61.00
NA
110 Korea, North
60.00
NA
111 Kazakhstan
59.00
NA
112 Angola
59.00
NA
113 Macedonia
59.00
NA
114 Morocco
58.00
NA
115 Croatia
58.00
NA
116 Cameroon
58.00
NA
117 Gambia, The
58.00
NA
118 New Caledonia
57.00
NA
119 Romania
57.00
NA
120 Nicaragua
57.00
NA
121 Serbia
56.00
NA
122 Syria
56.00
NA
123 Slovakia
55.00
NA
124 Seychelles
55.00
NA
125 Georgia
53.00
NA
126 Fiji
52.00
NA
127 Haiti
52.00
NA
128 Honduras
52.00
NA
129 Belize
52.00
NA
130 Albania
52.00
NA
131 Azerbaijan
52.00
NA
132 Jamaica
52.00
NA
133 French Polynesia
51.00
NA
134 Cote d'Ivoire
51.00
NA
135 Isle of Man
51.00
NA
136 Ghana
51.00
NA
137 Turkmenistan
50.00
NA
138 Slovenia
50.00
NA
139 Nigeria
50.00
NA
140 Tuvalu
50.00
NA
141 Philippines
49.00
NA
142 Bosnia and Herzegovina
49.00
NA
143 Guatemala
49.00
NA
144 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
49.00
NA
145 Liberia
48.00
NA
146 Moldova
47.00
NA
147 China
47.00
NA
148 Aruba
47.00
NA
149 Indonesia
44.00
NA
150 Barbados
44.00
NA
151 Kiribati
44.00
NA
152 Egypt
43.40
NA
153 Togo
43.00
NA
154 Mauritius
42.00
NA
155 Benin
42.00
NA
156 Senegal
42.00
NA
157 British Virgin Islands
41.00
NA
158 Mauritania
41.00
NA
159 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
40.00
NA
160 Sudan
40.00
NA
161 Equatorial Guinea
40.00
NA
162 Maldives
40.00
NA
163 Faroe Islands
40.00
NA
164 Central African Republic
39.00
NA
165 Grenada
39.00
NA
166 Zimbabwe
38.00
NA
167 Mozambique
38.00
NA
168 Sierra Leone
38.00
NA
169 Niue
38.00
NA
170 Namibia
38.00
NA
171 Somalia
37.00
NA
172 Uzbekistan
36.00
NA
173 Pakistan
36.00
NA
174 Mali
36.00
NA
175 Zambia
36.00
NA
176 Guinea
35.00
NA
177 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
35.00
NA
178 Bhutan
35.00
NA
179 Kyrgyzstan
35.00
NA
180 Burma
34.00
NA
181 Thailand
34.00
NA
182 Laos
33.00
NA
183 Saint Kitts and Nevis
32.00
NA
184 Yemen
32.00
NA
185 Jersey
31.00
NA
186 Guernsey
31.00
NA
187 Vietnam
30.00
NA
188 Guinea-Bissau
30.00
NA
189 India
30.00
NA
190 Madagascar
30.00
NA
191 Antigua and Barbuda
30.00
NA
192 Guyana
29.00
NA
193 Saint Lucia
28.00
NA
194 Chad
28.00
NA
195 Bangladesh
28.00
NA
196 Comoros
28.00
NA
197 Timor-Leste
28.00
NA
198 Lesotho
27.00
NA
199 Tanzania
26.00
NA
200 Tajikistan
26.00
NA
201 Burkina Faso
26.00
NA
202 Vanuatu
26.00
NA
203 Micronesia, Federated States of
23.00
NA
204 Afghanistan
23.00
NA
205 Tonga
23.00
NA
206 South Sudan
22.00
2009 est.
207 Kenya
22.00
NA
208 Eritrea
22.00
NA
209 Swaziland
21.00
NA
210 Cambodia
20.00
NA
211 Malawi
20.00
NA
212 Samoa
20.00
NA
213 Nepal
19.00
NA
214 Solomon Islands
19.00
NA
215 Rwanda
19.00
NA
216 Niger
17.00
NA
217 Ethiopia
17.00
NA
218 Trinidad and Tobago
14.00
NA
219 Liechtenstein
14.00
NA
220 Montserrat
14.00
NA
221 Sri Lanka
14.00
NA
222 Papua New Guinea
13.00
NA
223 Uganda
13.00
NA
224 Burundi
11.00
NA
225 Burkina Faso
6.20
NA
226 Malawi
5.30
NA
227 Eritrea
5.20
NA
228 Timor-Leste
5.00
NA
229 Laos
4.90
NA
230 Burundi
4.90
NA
231 Uganda
4.80
NA
232 Niger
4.70
NA
233 Nepal
4.70
NA
234 Afghanistan
4.70
NA
235 Tanzania
4.70
NA
236 Yemen
4.60
NA
237 Chad
4.60
NA
238 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
4.50
NA
239 Mali
4.40
NA
240 Rwanda
4.40
NA
241 Guinea
4.30
NA
242 Solomon Islands
4.20
NA
243 Vanuatu
4.20
NA
244 Maldives
4.20
NA
245 Kenya
4.20
NA
246 Somalia
4.10
NA
247 Benin
4.00
NA
248 Angola
4.00
NA
249 Mozambique
4.00
NA
250 Madagascar
3.90
NA
251 Haiti
3.90
NA
252 Togo
3.90
NA
253 Ethiopia
3.80
NA
254 Cote d'Ivoire
3.70
NA
255 Gambia, The
3.70
NA
256 Sudan
3.70
NA
257 Bhutan
3.70
NA
258 Nigeria
3.50
NA
259 Western Sahara
3.50
NA
260 Ghana
3.40
NA
261 Liberia
3.40
NA
262 Lesotho
3.40
NA
263 Zimbabwe
3.40
NA
264 Guatemala
3.40
NA
265 Gaza Strip
3.30
NA
266 Senegal
3.30
NA
267 Namibia
3.30
NA
268 Cameroon
3.30
NA
269 West Bank
3.30
NA
270 Sierra Leone
3.30
NA
271 Zambia
3.20
NA
272 Cambodia
3.20
NA
273 Honduras
3.10
NA
274 Bangladesh
3.10
NA
275 Pakistan
3.10
NA
276 Equatorial Guinea
3.10
NA
277 Congo, Republic of the
3.00
NA
278 Trinidad and Tobago
3.00
NA
279 Vietnam
3.00
NA
280 Guinea-Bissau
3.00
NA
281 Mauritania
2.90
NA
282 Burma
2.90
NA
283 Papua New Guinea
2.90
NA
284 Sao Tome and Principe
2.80
NA
285 Comoros
2.80
NA
286 Belize
2.70
NA
287 Iraq
2.60
NA
288 Central African Republic
2.50
NA
289 Syria
2.50
NA
290 Paraguay
2.50
NA
291 Malaysia
2.40
NA
292 Montserrat
2.40
NA
293 Cape Verde
2.40
NA
294 India
2.40
NA
295 Oman
2.30
NA
296 Albania
2.30
NA
297 Philippines
2.30
NA
298 Panama
2.30
NA
299 Algeria
2.30
NA
300 Botswana
2.30
NA
301 Marshall Islands
2.30
NA
302 United Arab Emirates
2.30
NA
303 China
2.30
NA
304 Tajikistan
2.20
NA
305 Saudi Arabia
2.20
NA
306 Bolivia
2.20
NA
307 Turkmenistan
2.20
NA
308 Brunei
2.20
NA
309 Morocco
2.10
NA
310 Libya
2.10
NA
311 Gabon
2.10
NA
312 Kuwait
2.10
NA
313 Egypt
2.10
NA
314 Costa Rica
2.10
NA
315 Dominican Republic
2.10
NA
316 Ecuador
2.00
NA
317 Nicaragua
2.00
NA
318 Kiribati
1.90
NA
319 Iran
1.90
NA
320 Mongolia
1.90
NA
321 Thailand
1.80
NA
322 Saint Kitts and Nevis
1.80
NA
323 American Samoa
1.80
NA
324 Bahrain
1.80
NA
325 Djibouti
1.80
NA
326 Ireland
1.80
NA
327 Venezuela
1.70
NA
328 Indonesia
1.70
NA
329 Colombia
1.70
NA
330 British Virgin Islands
1.70
NA
331 Barbados
1.70
NA
332 Anguilla
1.70
NA
333 Turkey
1.70
NA
334 Northern Mariana Islands
1.70
NA
335 Jordan
1.60
NA
336 Peru
1.60
NA
337 Grenada
1.60
NA
338 Turks and Caicos Islands
1.60
NA
339 Saint Lucia
1.60
NA
340 Qatar
1.60
NA
341 Swaziland
1.50
NA
342 Israel
1.50
NA
343 Suriname
1.50
NA
344 Iceland
1.50
NA
345 Tunisia
1.50
NA
346 Palau
1.40
NA
347 New Caledonia
1.40
NA
348 El Salvador
1.40
NA
349 Cook Islands
1.40
NA
350 Uzbekistan
1.40
NA
351 Azerbaijan
1.40
NA
352 Luxembourg
1.40
NA
353 Tuvalu
1.40
NA
354 Antigua and Barbuda
1.40
NA
355 Micronesia, Federated States of
1.30
NA
356 Kazakhstan
1.30
NA
357 Cyprus
1.30
NA
358 Bahamas, The
1.30
NA
359 French Polynesia
1.30
NA
360 Fiji
1.30
NA
361 Kyrgyzstan
1.30
NA
362 Seychelles
1.30
NA
363 Guam
1.20
NA
364 South Africa
1.20
NA
365 Australia
1.20
NA
366 Mexico
1.20
NA
367 Norway
1.20
NA
368 United States
1.20
NA
369 Chile
1.10
NA
370 Brazil
1.10
NA
371 Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.10
NA
372 Sri Lanka
1.10
NA
373 Argentina
1.10
NA
374 Canada
1.10
NA
375 Andorra
1.10
NA
376 Spain
1.00
NA
377 Portugal
1.00
NA
378 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1.00
NA
379 France
1.00
NA
380 Cayman Islands
0.90
NA
381 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
0.90
NA
382 Hong Kong
0.90
NA
383 Lebanon
0.90
NA
384 Liechtenstein
0.90
NA
385 Singapore
0.90
NA
386 New Zealand
0.90
NA
387 Moldova
0.90
NA
388 Faroe Islands
0.90
NA
389 Jersey
0.80
NA
390 Netherlands
0.80
NA
391 Guernsey
0.80
NA
392 Mauritius
0.80
NA
393 Tonga
0.80
NA
394 United Kingdom
0.70
NA
395 Macau
0.70
NA
396 Sweden
0.60
NA
397 Korea, South
0.60
NA
398 Austria
0.60
NA
399 Aruba
0.60
NA
400 Nauru
0.60
NA
401 Korea, North
0.60
NA
402 Serbia
0.60
NA
403 Romania
0.60
NA
404 Jamaica
0.60
NA
405 Greece
0.60
NA
406 Finland
0.60
NA
407 San Marino
0.60
NA
408 Armenia
0.50
NA
409 Italy
0.50
NA
410 Puerto Rico
0.50
NA
411 Switzerland
0.50
NA
412 Malta
0.50
NA
413 Guyana
0.50
NA
414 Belgium
0.40
NA
415 Denmark
0.40
NA
416 Uruguay
0.40
NA
417 Croatia
0.40
NA
418 Monaco
0.30
NA
419 Macedonia
0.30
NA
420 Czech Republic
0.30
NA
421 Hungary
0.30
NA
422 Dominica
0.30
NA
423 Greenland
0.30
NA
424 Japan
0.20
NA
425 Bermuda
0.20
NA
426 Gibraltar
0.20
NA
427 Slovenia
0.20
NA
428 Estonia
0.10
NA
429 Montenegro
0.10
NA
430 Holy See (Vatican City)
0.10
NA
431 Slovakia
0.10
NA
432 Belarus
0.10
NA
433 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0.10
NA
434 Cuba
0.00
NA
435 Germany
0.00
NA
436 Isle of Man
0.00
NA
437 Pitcairn Islands
0.00
NA
438 Wallis and Futuna
0.00
NA
439 Samoa
0.00
NA
440 Tokelau
0.00
NA
441 Tokelau
0.00
NA
442 Wallis and Futuna
0.00
NA
443 Pitcairn Islands
0.00
NA
444 Poland
-0.10
NA
445 Ukraine
-0.10
NA
446 Virgin Islands
-0.10
NA
447 Russia
-0.20
NA
448 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
-0.30
NA
449 Bulgaria
-0.30
NA
450 Latvia
-0.40
NA
451 Georgia
-0.40
NA
452 Lithuania
-0.50
NA
453 Niue
-1.30
NA
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