Urban Population
Share of the population living in urban areas. Gapminder, 2017–2024.
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Avg (2024)
62.6%
+0.30pp vs 2023
Improving
31
of 215 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
184
±0.5pp band
Urban population
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Trend over time
Group average by period, 2017–2024.
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Movers
Biggest period-over-period changes.
Top risers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇮 Burundi | 24.8% | +1.2pp |
| Kosovo | 50.3% | +1.2pp |
| 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 62.5% | +1.0pp |
| 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 43.7% | +1.0pp |
| 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 29.9% | +1.0pp |
Top fallers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇸 American Samoa | 80.9% | -0.50pp |
| 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 34.5% | -0.20pp |
| 🇴🇲 Oman | 79.4% | -0.20pp |
| 🇸🇾 Syria | 72.1% | -0.10pp |
| 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda | 24.4% | -0.10pp |
By group
Change by group, latest period.
Africa +0.50pp
Europe +0.20pp
Americas +0.20pp
Asia +0.20pp
| Group | Members | Avg | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | 54 | 71% | +0.20pp |
| Americas | 43 | 69.7% | +0.20pp |
| Asia | 64 | 62.7% | +0.20pp |
| Africa | 54 | 48.3% | +0.50pp |
Urban Population — full ranking
Every entity in this dataset, in HTML. The interactive panel above shows the same numbers; this is the one that survives without JavaScript.
| # | Entity | Urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 100% | 0.00pp |
| 2 | 🇧🇲 Bermuda | 100% | 0.00pp |
| 3 | 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands | 100% | 0.00pp |
| 4 | 🇬🇮 Gibraltar | 100% | 0.00pp |
| 5 | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, China | 100% | 0.00pp |
| 6 | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 100% | 0.00pp |
| 7 | 🇲🇴 Macao, China | 100% | 0.00pp |
| 8 | 🇲🇫 St. Martin (French part) | 100% | 0.00pp |
| 9 | 🇲🇨 Monaco | 100% | 0.00pp |
| 10 | 🇳🇷 Nauru | 100% | 0.00pp |
| 11 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 100% | 0.00pp |
| 12 | 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100% | 0.00pp |
| 13 | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 99.3% | 0.00pp |
| 14 | 🇸🇲 San Marino | 97.2% | +0.10pp |
| 15 | 🇲🇹 Malta | 95.7% | +0.10pp |
| 16 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 95.6% | +0.30pp |
| 17 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 95.6% | +0.10pp |
| 18 | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 94.8% | 0.00pp |
| 19 | 🇬🇺 Guam | 94.2% | +0.10pp |
| 20 | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 94.2% | 0.00pp |
| 21 | 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands | 94.2% | +0.30pp |
| 22 | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 93% | +0.30pp |
| 23 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 92.3% | +0.10pp |
| 24 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 92.2% | +0.10pp |
| 25 | 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands | 92.1% | +0.10pp |
| 26 | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 91.9% | +0.30pp |
| 27 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 91.5% | 0.00pp |
| 28 | 🇨🇼 Curaçao | 91.4% | 0.00pp |
| 29 | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 90.7% | +0.20pp |
| 30 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 89.3% | +0.30pp |
| 31 | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 89.3% | +0.10pp |
| 32 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 89% | +0.20pp |
| 33 | 🇦🇩 Andorra | 88.9% | +0.10pp |
| 34 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 88.9% | +0.30pp |
| 35 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 88.7% | +0.10pp |
| 36 | 🇬🇱 Greenland | 88.3% | +0.20pp |
| 37 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 87.9% | +0.30pp |
| 38 | 🇱🇾 Libya | 87.9% | 0.00pp |
| 39 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 87.6% | +0.10pp |
| 40 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 87.6% | 0.00pp |
| 41 | 🇵🇸 Palestine | 87.1% | +0.20pp |
| 42 | 🇦🇪 UAE | 85.8% | +0.10pp |
| 43 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 85.5% | +0.30pp |
| 44 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 85.2% | +0.40pp |
| 45 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 84.5% | +0.20pp |
| 46 | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 83.9% | 0.00pp |
| 47 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 83.3% | +0.20pp |
| 48 | 🇬🇧 UK | 83.2% | 0.00pp |
| 49 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 82.7% | +0.20pp |
| 50 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 82% | +0.10pp |
| 51 | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 81.3% | 0.00pp |
| 52 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 81.2% | 0.00pp |
| 53 | 🇦🇸 American Samoa | 80.9% | -0.50pp |
| 54 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 80.3% | +0.20pp |
| 55 | 🇺🇸 USA | 80.1% | 0.00pp |
| 56 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 79.8% | +0.30pp |
| 57 | 🇴🇲 Oman | 79.4% | -0.20pp |
| 58 | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 79.3% | +0.40pp |
| 59 | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 79.2% | +0.40pp |
| 60 | 🇵🇼 Palau | 79.2% | 0.00pp |
| 61 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 79% | +0.20pp |
| 62 | 🇫🇷 France | 78.8% | 0.00pp |
| 63 | 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | 78.7% | +0.30pp |
| 64 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 78.5% | +0.20pp |
| 65 | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 77.2% | +0.10pp |
| 66 | 🇮🇷 Iran | 77% | +0.30pp |
| 67 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 76.9% | +0.50pp |
| 68 | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 76.8% | +0.90pp |
| 69 | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 75.3% | +0.60pp |
| 70 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 75.1% | +0.10pp |
| 71 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 75.1% | +0.50pp |
| 72 | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 74.9% | +0.10pp |
| 73 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 74.3% | +0.30pp |
| 74 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 73.9% | +0.20pp |
| 75 | 🇩🇲 Dominica | 73.5% | +0.40pp |
| 76 | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 72.9% | +0.10pp |
| 77 | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 72.8% | +0.10pp |
| 78 | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 72.4% | 0.00pp |
| 79 | 🇸🇾 Syria | 72.1% | -0.10pp |
| 80 | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 71.4% | +0.30pp |
| 81 | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 71.2% | +0.30pp |
| 82 | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 71% | +0.60pp |
| 83 | 🇦🇴 Angola | 70.7% | +0.80pp |
| 84 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 70.7% | 0.00pp |
| 85 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 70.5% | +0.20pp |
| 86 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 70.4% | +0.40pp |
| 87 | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 69.9% | 0.00pp |
| 88 | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 69.9% | +0.60pp |
| 89 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 69.6% | +0.10pp |
| 90 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 69.5% | +0.30pp |
| 91 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 69.5% | 0.00pp |
| 92 | 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe | 68.9% | +0.30pp |
| 93 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 68.8% | +0.20pp |
| 94 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 68.5% | +0.10pp |
| 95 | 🇳🇨 New Caledonia | 68% | +0.20pp |
| 96 | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 67.5% | +0.50pp |
| 97 | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 66.8% | +0.30pp |
| 98 | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 66.7% | 0.00pp |
| 99 | 🇵🇦 Panama | 66% | +0.10pp |
| 100 | 🇨🇳 China | 65.9% | +0.40pp |
| 101 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 65.8% | +0.10pp |
| 102 | 🇸🇷 Suriname | 65.8% | 0.00pp |
| 103 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 65.5% | 0.00pp |
| 104 | 🇹🇻 Tuvalu | 64.7% | +0.70pp |
| 105 | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 64.3% | +0.50pp |
| 106 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 64.3% | +0.20pp |
| 107 | 🇨🇬 Congo, Rep. | 63.9% | +0.20pp |
| 108 | 🇰🇵 North Korea | 63.9% | +0.40pp |
| 109 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 63.7% | +0.10pp |
| 110 | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 63.2% | +0.10pp |
| 111 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 63% | +0.80pp |
| 112 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 62.8% | +0.10pp |
| 113 | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 62.6% | +0.30pp |
| 114 | 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 62.5% | +1.0pp |
| 115 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 62.4% | +0.30pp |
| 116 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 62.1% | +0.30pp |
| 117 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 61.9% | +1.0pp |
| 118 | 🇦🇼 Aruba | 61.8% | 0.00pp |
| 119 | 🇵🇫 French Polynesia | 61.7% | 0.00pp |
| 120 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 61.3% | +0.10pp |
| 121 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 61.1% | +0.30pp |
| 122 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 60.6% | +0.90pp |
| 123 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 60% | +0.10pp |
| 124 | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 59.5% | +0.10pp |
| 125 | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 59.3% | +0.20pp |
| 126 | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 59.1% | +0.50pp |
| 127 | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 58.9% | +0.40pp |
| 128 | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 58.8% | +0.50pp |
| 129 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 58.8% | +0.70pp |
| 130 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 58.6% | +0.10pp |
| 131 | 🇦🇱 Albania | 58.5% | +0.30pp |
| 132 | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 58.4% | +0.60pp |
| 133 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 57.5% | +0.30pp |
| 134 | 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands | 56.5% | +0.90pp |
| 135 | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 56% | +0.40pp |
| 136 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 55.8% | +0.30pp |
| 137 | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 55.5% | +0.50pp |
| 138 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 55.5% | +0.40pp |
| 139 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 55.4% | +0.30pp |
| 140 | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 55.2% | +0.50pp |
| 141 | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 55% | +0.60pp |
| 142 | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 54.6% | +0.50pp |
| 143 | 🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire | 54% | +0.60pp |
| 144 | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 54% | 0.00pp |
| 145 | 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic | 53.2% | 0.00pp |
| 146 | 🇧🇯 Benin | 52.5% | +0.80pp |
| 147 | 🇮🇲 Isle of Man | 52.2% | 0.00pp |
| 148 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 52.2% | 0.00pp |
| 149 | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.1% | +0.50pp |
| 150 | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 51% | 0.00pp |
| 151 | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 50.4% | +0.40pp |
| 152 | Kosovo | 50.3% | +1.2pp |
| 153 | 🇻🇨 St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 47.8% | +0.10pp |
| 154 | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 47.1% | 0.00pp |
| 155 | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 46.1% | +0.50pp |
| 156 | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 45.5% | +0.50pp |
| 157 | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 45.4% | +0.60pp |
| 158 | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 45.3% | +0.20pp |
| 159 | 🇨🇩 Congo, Dem. Rep. | 44.7% | +0.30pp |
| 160 | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 44.1% | +0.40pp |
| 161 | 🇹🇬 Togo | 43.8% | +0.60pp |
| 162 | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 43.7% | +1.0pp |
| 163 | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 43.5% | +0.50pp |
| 164 | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 42.8% | +0.10pp |
| 165 | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 42.6% | +0.90pp |
| 166 | 🇲🇻 Maldives | 42% | +0.50pp |
| 167 | 🇧🇿 Belize | 41.8% | -0.10pp |
| 168 | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 40.9% | +0.30pp |
| 169 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 39.9% | +0.60pp |
| 170 | 🇱🇦 Lao | 39.6% | +0.80pp |
| 171 | 🇫🇴 Faeroe Islands | 39.4% | +0.20pp |
| 172 | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 39.2% | +0.40pp |
| 173 | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 39% | 0.00pp |
| 174 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 38.5% | +0.40pp |
| 175 | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 38.1% | +0.50pp |
| 176 | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 36.8% | +0.20pp |
| 177 | 🇬🇩 Grenada | 36.6% | +0.10pp |
| 178 | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 36.4% | +0.70pp |
| 179 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 36.2% | +0.70pp |
| 180 | 🇮🇳 India | 35.4% | +0.30pp |
| 181 | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 34.9% | +0.10pp |
| 182 | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Republic | 34.7% | 0.00pp |
| 183 | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 34.5% | -0.20pp |
| 184 | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 33.5% | +0.30pp |
| 185 | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 32.7% | +0.50pp |
| 186 | Channel Islands | 32.7% | -0.10pp |
| 187 | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 32.4% | +0.40pp |
| 188 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 31.9% | +0.30pp |
| 189 | 🇰🇳 St. Kitts and Nevis | 31.8% | +0.10pp |
| 190 | 🇲🇱 Mali | 31.6% | +0.60pp |
| 191 | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 31.3% | +0.70pp |
| 192 | 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 30.7% | +0.70pp |
| 193 | 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 30.4% | 0.00pp |
| 194 | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 29.9% | +1.0pp |
| 195 | 🇱🇨 St. Lucia | 29.1% | 0.00pp |
| 196 | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 28.7% | +0.10pp |
| 197 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 28.3% | +0.50pp |
| 198 | 🇹🇩 Chad | 26.9% | +0.60pp |
| 199 | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 26.5% | 0.00pp |
| 200 | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 26.2% | +0.40pp |
| 201 | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 26.2% | 0.00pp |
| 202 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 25.7% | +0.20pp |
| 203 | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 24.8% | +1.2pp |
| 204 | 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda | 24.4% | -0.10pp |
| 205 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 23.6% | +0.50pp |
| 206 | 🇫🇲 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 22.5% | +0.10pp |
| 207 | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 22.3% | 0.00pp |
| 208 | 🇸🇸 South Sudan | 21.4% | +0.30pp |
| 209 | 🇹🇴 Tonga | 21.2% | +0.10pp |
| 210 | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 20.3% | +0.20pp |
| 211 | 🇳🇪 Niger | 18% | +0.20pp |
| 212 | 🇼🇸 Samoa | 17.5% | 0.00pp |
| 213 | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 17.3% | +0.30pp |
| 214 | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 15.4% | +0.30pp |
| 215 | 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein | 14.7% | 0.00pp |
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