Urban Population by Country (2026)

The three most urbanized countries are Bahrain (100), Bermuda (100), Cayman Islands (100); the three least urbanized are Liechtenstein (14.6), Papua New Guinea (15.8), Samoa (17.5).

Across all 216 countries the median is 64.4 % of population and the simple (unweighted) average is 63.3; the spread from 14.6 to 100 shows how differently countries fare on this measure.

Over roughly the last decade the biggest increases were in Thailand (+15.8 pts), Rwanda (+12.7 pts), Kiribati (+12.4 pts), while the largest decreases were in American Samoa (-4.2 pts), Syria (-3.7 pts), Vanuatu (-2.5 pts).

By continent, the leaders are Bahrain in Asia (100), Gibraltar in Europe (100), Gabon in Africa (92.1), Bermuda in North America (100), Uruguay in South America (95.7), Nauru in Oceania (100).

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by each national statistical office, compiled by the UN Population Division and published by the World Bank. Definitions of "urban" differ between countries, so small differences should not be over-interpreted.

Source: World Bank Open Data (indicator SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS). Countries without a published value are not ranked. Each country's own page shows the full historical series and its rank on this and every other indicator.