Do more people live in urban or rural areas? by country
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.
Countries reporting
231
Highest
100.0%
Bahrain
Lowest
0.0%
Wallis and Futuna
Median
65.6%
Years covered
1026
1000–2025
Data points
24,444
What the numbers show
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? is currently reported for 231 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Bahrain; the lowest is 0.0% in Wallis and Futuna.
The median across all reporting countries is 65.6%, and the mean is 63.3%.
Over the past decade 184 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 75.1%), and the largest decrease in Vanuatu (down 10.2%).
Do more people live in urban or rural areas?: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Macao | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Saint Martin (French part) | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Nauru | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Anguilla | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Saint Barthelemy | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Vatican | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Qatar | 99.4% | 2025 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Reunion | 97.3% | 2025 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 18 | San Marino | 97.2% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 21 | Netherlands | 95.9% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 23 | Uruguay | 95.7% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 24 | United States Virgin Islands | 95.4% | 2025 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 94.4% | 2025 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Puerto Rico | 94.3% | 2025 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Guam | 94.2% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 30 | Iceland | 94.2% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 31 | Jordan | 93.2% | 2025 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Argentina | 92.4% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 33 | Japan | 92.3% | 2025 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Northern Mariana Islands | 92.2% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 35 | Gabon | 92.1% | 2025 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Israel | 91.6% | 2025 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Curacao | 91.5% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 38 | Lebanon | 91.0% | 2025 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 90.2% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 40 | Turkey | 89.5% | 2025 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Venezuela | 89.3% | 2025 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Chile | 89.2% | 2025 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Sweden | 89.1% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 44 | Andorra | 88.9% | 2025 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Denmark | 88.8% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 46 | Greenland | 88.6% | 2025 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Brazil | 88.2% | 2025 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Libya | 87.9% | 2025 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Australia | 87.7% | 2025 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Belgium | 87.7% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 51 | Palestine | 87.4% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 52 | Western Sahara | 86.9% | 2025 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 53 | French Guiana | 86.6% | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 86.0% | 2025 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Switzerland | 85.7% | 2025 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Peru | 85.6% | 2025 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | 84.6% | 2025 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 58 | New Zealand | 84.0% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 59 | Norway | 83.6% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 60 | United Kingdom | 83.3% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 61 | Canada | 82.9% | 2025 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Germany | 82.1% | 2025 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Falkland Islands | 81.5% | 2025 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Bahamas | 81.3% | 2025 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 65 | South Korea | 81.2% | 2025 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 81.1% | 2025 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 67 | Spain | 80.5% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 68 | American Samoa | 80.5% | 2025 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 69 | United States | 80.2% | 2025 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Mexico | 80.0% | 2025 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 79.7% | 2025 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Belarus | 79.5% | 2025 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Oman | 79.5% | 2025 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 79.3% | 1940 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Palau | 79.3% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 76 | Greece | 79.2% | 2025 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Marshall Islands | 79.1% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 78 | Taiwan | 78.9% | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 79 | France | 78.8% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 80 | Colombia | 78.8% | 2025 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Cape Verde | 77.6% | 2025 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Malaysia | 77.4% | 2025 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Iran | 77.4% | 2025 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Cuba | 77.2% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 85 | Cook Islands | 76.9% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 86 | Algeria | 75.8% | 2025 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 87 | El Salvador | 75.5% | 2025 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Russia | 75.3% | 2025 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Brunei | 75.0% | 2025 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Finland | 74.5% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 91 | Bulgaria | 74.2% | 2025 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Dominica | 74.0% | 2025 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Netherlands Antilles | 73.5% | 1940 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Djibouti | 73.0% | 2025 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Czechia | 72.9% | 2025 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 72.5% | 2025 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Syria | 72.1% | 2025 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Equatorial Guinea | 71.6% | 2025 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Bolivia | 71.6% | 2025 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Angola | 71.5% | 2025 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Mongolia | 71.1% | 2025 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Estonia | 70.7% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 103 | Tunisia | 70.7% | 2025 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Hungary | 70.7% | 2025 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Paraguay | 70.4% | 2025 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Iraq | 69.9% | 2025 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Austria | 69.7% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 108 | Italy | 69.7% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 109 | Ukraine | 69.6% | 2025 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Sao Tome and Principe | 69.2% | 2025 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Lithuania | 69.1% | 2025 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Latvia | 68.6% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 113 | New Caledonia | 68.2% | 2025 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Botswana | 68.0% | 2025 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Nepal | 67.0% | 2025 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Cyprus | 66.7% | 2025 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 117 | China | 66.3% | 2025 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Panama | 66.2% | 2025 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Armenia | 65.9% | 2025 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Suriname | 65.8% | 2025 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Montenegro | 65.6% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 122 | Tuvalu | 65.4% | 2025 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Gambia | 65.0% | 2025 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 125 | North Korea | 64.2% | 2025 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Congo | 64.1% | 2025 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 127 | South Africa | 63.8% | 2025 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Nigeria | 63.8% | 2025 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Ecuador | 63.4% | 2025 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Kiribati | 63.4% | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 131 | Morocco | 63.1% | 2025 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 132 | North Macedonia | 62.9% | 2025 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Thailand | 62.8% | 2025 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Serbia | 62.6% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 135 | Kazakhstan | 62.4% | 2025 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 136 | French Polynesia | 61.8% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 137 | Aruba | 61.7% | 2025 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Portugal | 61.5% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 139 | Mauritania | 61.5% | 2025 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Georgia | 61.2% | 2025 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Poland | 60.1% | 2025 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Barbados | 59.7% | 2025 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Fiji | 59.5% | 2025 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Nicaragua | 59.4% | 2025 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Jamaica | 59.4% | 2025 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Indonesia | 59.4% | 2025 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Honduras | 59.3% | 2025 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Ghana | 58.9% | 2025 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Albania | 58.9% | 2025 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Azerbaijan | 58.6% | 2025 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Croatia | 57.8% | 2025 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 152 | British Virgin Islands | 57.4% | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 153 | Guatemala | 56.3% | 2025 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Liberia | 56.1% | 2025 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Slovenia | 56.0% | 2025 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Philippines | 55.8% | 2025 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Senegal | 55.8% | 2025 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Cameroon | 55.7% | 2025 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Haiti | 55.6% | 2025 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Somalia | 55.1% | 2025 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Cote d'Ivoire | 54.5% | 2025 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.0% | 2025 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Benin | 53.4% | 2025 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Slovakia | 53.2% | 2025 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.7% | 2025 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Romania | 52.2% | 2025 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Isle of Man | 52.1% | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 168 | Uzbekistan | 51.0% | 2025 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Namibia | 50.9% | 2025 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 48.0% | 2025 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Turkmenistan | 47.1% | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.7% | 2025 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Sierra Leone | 45.9% | 2025 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Zambia | 45.9% | 2025 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 175 | Seychelles | 45.5% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 176 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 45.1% | 2025 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Lesotho | 44.7% | 2025 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Central African Republic | 44.6% | 2025 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Togo | 44.4% | 2025 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Moldova | 43.7% | 2025 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Bhutan | 43.4% | 2025 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 182 | Egypt | 42.9% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 183 | Maldives | 42.5% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 184 | Belize | 41.6% | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 185 | Cambodia | 41.1% | 2025 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Zimbabwe | 40.5% | 2025 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 187 | Laos | 40.3% | 2025 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 188 | Faroe Islands | 39.6% | 2025 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 189 | Pakistan | 39.5% | 2025 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 190 | Mauritius | 39.0% | 2025 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 191 | Vietnam | 38.8% | 2025 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 192 | Guinea | 38.5% | 2025 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 193 | Saint Helena | 37.2% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 194 | Mozambique | 37.2% | 2025 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 195 | Niue | 37.2% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 196 | Yemen | 37.0% | 2025 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 197 | Tanzania | 36.9% | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 198 | Grenada | 36.7% | 2025 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 199 | India | 35.7% | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 200 | Sudan | 34.9% | 2025 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 201 | Kyrgyzstan | 34.7% | 2025 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 202 | Eritrea | 34.5% | 2025 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 203 | Jersey | 34.5% | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 204 | Comoros | 33.9% | 2025 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 205 | Bangladesh | 33.2% | 2025 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 206 | Madagascar | 32.9% | 2025 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 207 | Mali | 32.2% | 2025 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 208 | Kenya | 32.2% | 2025 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 209 | Uganda | 31.9% | 2025 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 210 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31.9% | 2025 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 211 | Solomon Islands | 31.3% | 2025 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 212 | Rwanda | 30.9% | 2025 | up 69.9% | volatile |
| 213 | Myanmar | 30.6% | 2025 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 214 | Guernsey | 29.6% | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 215 | Saint Lucia | 29.1% | 2025 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 216 | Burkina Faso | 28.9% | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 217 | East Timor | 28.8% | 2025 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 218 | Chad | 27.6% | 2025 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 219 | Eswatini | 26.7% | 2025 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 220 | Guyana | 26.5% | 2025 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 221 | Tajikistan | 26.2% | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 222 | Afghanistan | 25.9% | 2025 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 223 | Burundi | 25.7% | 2025 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 224 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.3% | 2025 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 225 | Ethiopia | 24.1% | 2025 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 226 | Micronesia (country) | 22.5% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 227 | Vanuatu | 22.3% | 2025 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 228 | South Sudan | 21.7% | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 229 | Tonga | 21.2% | 2025 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 230 | Sri Lanka | 20.5% | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 231 | Niger | 18.4% | 2025 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 232 | Malawi | 17.6% | 2025 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 233 | Samoa | 17.5% | 2025 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 234 | Papua New Guinea | 15.8% | 2025 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 236 | Montserrat | 9.0% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 237 | Tokelau | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 237 | Wallis and Futuna | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- (UN M49) 69.3%
About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.