Urban area long term, per capita by country
Urban area long term divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
189
Highest
0.0017 units per person
East Timor
Lowest
0 units per person
Saint Lucia
Median
0.0001 units per person
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
12,474
What the numbers show
Urban area long term, per capita is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 0.0017 units per person in East Timor; the lowest is 0 units per person in Saint Lucia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0001 units per person, and the mean is 0.0002 units per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 171.
Over the past decade 170 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 57.4%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 20.0%).
Urban area long term, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Timor | 0.0017 units per person | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 0.0009 units per person | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 3 | American Samoa | 0.0009 units per person | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 4 | Australia | 0.0008 units per person | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 5 | Botswana | 0.0007 units per person | 2025 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 6 | United States | 0.0007 units per person | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 7 | Andorra | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 8 | Greenland | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 9 | Brunei | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 10 | Luxembourg | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 11 | New Zealand | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 12 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 13 | Denmark | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 14 | Belgium | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 15 | Bahamas | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 16 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 17 | Guyana | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 18 | Finland | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 19 | Norway | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 20 | Germany | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 21 | Barbados | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 22 | Aruba | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 23 | Sweden | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 24 | Estonia | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 25 | New Caledonia | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 26 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 27 | Oman | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 28 | Hungary | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 29 | Cape Verde | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 30 | Netherlands | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 31 | Suriname | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 32 | Italy | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 33 | Latvia | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 34 | Cyprus | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 35 | France | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 36 | Canada | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 37 | Iceland | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 38 | Ireland | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 39 | Liberia | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 40 | Lithuania | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 41 | Costa Rica | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 42 | United Kingdom | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 43 | Slovakia | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 45 | Uruguay | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 46 | Switzerland | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 47 | Portugal | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 48 | Czechia | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 49 | Austria | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 50 | Croatia | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 51 | Malaysia | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 52 | Namibia | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 53 | Panama | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 54 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 55 | Belarus | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 56 | Kuwait | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 57 | Poland | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 58 | Ukraine | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 59 | Brazil | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 60 | Qatar | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 61 | Libya | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 62 | Gabon | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 63 | Slovenia | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 64 | Argentina | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 65 | North Macedonia | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 66 | Kazakhstan | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 67 | Fiji | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 68 | Jamaica | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 69 | Israel | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 70 | Zimbabwe | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 71 | Venezuela | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 72 | Moldova | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 73 | Georgia | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 75 | Bulgaria | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 76 | Gambia | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 77 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 78 | Spain | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 79 | Russia | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 80 | Lebanon | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 81 | Albania | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 82 | Lesotho | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 83 | Ghana | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 84 | Mexico | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 85 | Ecuador | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 86 | Chile | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 87 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 88 | South Africa | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 89 | Eswatini | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 90 | Faroe Islands | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 91 | Mauritius | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 92 | Guatemala | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 93 | Uzbekistan | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 94 | Japan | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 95 | Bolivia | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 96 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 57.4% | rising |
| 97 | Grenada | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 98 | Vanuatu | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 99 | Romania | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 100 | Cuba | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 101 | Armenia | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 102 | Turkmenistan | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 103 | Tunisia | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 104 | Algeria | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 105 | Jordan | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 106 | Cambodia | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 108 | Mongolia | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 109 | Turkey | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 110 | Iran | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 111 | Paraguay | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 112 | Greece | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 113 | Sudan | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 114 | El Salvador | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 115 | Benin | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 116 | Mauritania | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 117 | Central African Republic | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 118 | Comoros | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 119 | Yemen | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 120 | Togo | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 121 | Dominican Republic | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 122 | Congo | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 123 | Dominica | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 124 | Djibouti | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 125 | Thailand | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 126 | Honduras | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 127 | Iraq | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 128 | Singapore | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 129 | Mali | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 131 | Nicaragua | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 132 | Bhutan | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Zambia | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 134 | China | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 135 | Tonga | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 136 | Syria | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 137 | Burkina Faso | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 138 | Haiti | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 139 | Samoa | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 140 | Belize | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 141 | Indonesia | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 20.2% | flat |
| 142 | Peru | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 143 | Angola | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 144 | Morocco | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 145 | Guinea | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 146 | Cameroon | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 147 | South Korea | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 148 | Philippines | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 149 | Colombia | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 150 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 151 | Solomon Islands | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 152 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 153 | Nigeria | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 154 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 155 | Mozambique | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 156 | Tanzania | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 157 | Eritrea | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 158 | Tajikistan | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 159 | Vietnam | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 160 | Myanmar | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 161 | Hong Kong | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 162 | Egypt | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 163 | Chad | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 164 | Uganda | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 165 | North Korea | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 166 | Pakistan | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 167 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 168 | Malawi | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 169 | Somalia | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 170 | Niger | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 171 | Senegal | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 172 | India | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 173 | Bahrain | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 174 | Kenya | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 175 | Burundi | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Laos | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 177 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 178 | Rwanda | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 19.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 180 | Nepal | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 181 | Malta | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 20.0% | flat |
| 182 | Sri Lanka | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 183 | Afghanistan | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 184 | Liechtenstein | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 185 | Ethiopia | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 186 | Papua New Guinea | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 187 | Bangladesh | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 188 | Madagascar | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 189 | Saint Lucia | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 19.7% | rising |
How this figure is calculated
Urban area long term divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Urban area long term ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Urban area over the long-term HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Urban area long term divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.