Countries by Urban Population

Global country ranking by urban population with latest available values, source notes, country links and economic context from World Bank / public data.
INDICATOR: Urban Population
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-29 05:07:34

Full ranking · Urban Population

SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
Rank Country Latest value Class Country page
1 Singapore 100 open
2 Hong Kong 100 open
3 Kuwait 100 open
4 Bahrain 100 open
5 Qatar 99.32 open
6 Netherlands 95.64 open
7 Luxembourg 94.84 open
8 Iceland 94.18 open
9 Jordan 92.95 open
10 Argentina 92.27 open
11 Japan 92.19 open
12 Israel 91.54 open
13 Turkey 89.34 open
14 Chile 89 open
15 Sweden 88.86 open
16 Denmark 88.7 open
17 Brazil 87.9 open
18 Belgium 87.61 open
19 Australia 87.6 open
20 United Arab Emirates 85.82 open
21 Switzerland 85.46 open
22 Peru 85.19 open
23 Saudi Arabia 84.46 open
24 New Zealand 83.94 open
25 Norway 83.33 open
26 United Kingdom 83.24 open
27 Canada 82.7 open
28 Germany 82.02 open
29 South Korea 81.17 open
30 Spain 80.32 open
31 United States 80.12 open
32 Mexico 79.75 open
33 Oman 79.44 open
34 Greece 79 open
35 France 78.8 open
36 Colombia 78.52 open
37 Malaysia 76.92 open
38 Algeria 75.28 open
39 Russia 75.11 open
40 Finland 74.26 open
41 Bulgaria 73.95 open
42 Czech Republic 72.79 open
43 Estonia 70.7 open
44 Hungary 70.49 open
45 Tunisia 70.36 open
46 Italy 69.6 open
47 Ukraine 69.53 open
48 Austria 69.47 open
49 Lithuania 68.83 open
50 Latvia 68.48 open
51 China 65.89 open
52 Ireland 64.35 open
53 South Africa 63.69 open
54 Nigeria 62.98 open
55 Morocco 62.8 open
56 Serbia 62.38 open
57 Kazakhstan 62.07 open
58 Thailand 61.87 open
59 Portugal 61.33 open
60 Poland 59.97 open
61 Indonesia 58.75 open
62 Ghana 58.37 open
63 Croatia 57.52 open
64 Slovenia 55.76 open
65 Philippines 55.45 open
66 Slovakia 53.19 open
67 Romania 52.17 open
68 Egypt 42.8 open
69 Pakistan 39.17 open
70 Vietnam 38.49 open
71 India 35.38 open
72 Bangladesh 32.68 open
73 Kenya 31.89 open
74 Ethiopia 23.62 open

Ranking interpretation

context

This ranking uses the latest available value in the local indicator dataset.

Production version: ranking tables should show source timestamp, latest available year and fallback status.

Countries by Urban Population: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Urban Population for Germany. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: urban population by country, global urban population ranking, country ranking urban population, best countries by urban population.