Which country has the highest Urban Population?

Hong Kong has the highest Urban Population in 2023, at 100.0%, followed by Singapore (100.0%) and Kuwait (100.0%).

Which country has the lowest Urban Population?

Montserrat has the lowest Urban Population in 2023, at 9.3%.

What is the median Urban Population across countries?

The median is 64.6% across the 223 countries with data in 2023.

Where does this most urbanized countries data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: The World Factbook - Urbanization - CIA.

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Most Urbanized Countries

Name: Most Urbanized Countries
Creator: Rankodex

Hong Kong has the highest Urban Population in 2023 (100.0%), followed by Singapore (100.0%) and Kuwait (100.0%). Montserrat has the lowest (9.3%).

Infrastructure & Energy Population224 countries · 2 metricsUpdated Dec 17, 2024Original page

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The World Factbook - Urbanization - CIA

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Urban Population, 2023

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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

64.6%

Middle half 44.3% – 82.2%

Average

62.9%

223 countries

Highest

100.0%

Hong Kong

Lowest

9.3%

Montserrat

Biggest changes · 2022 → 2023

221 countries have a value in both years.

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Data

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223 countries · # = rank by Urban Population

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1	Hong Kong	100.0%	0.58%
1	Singapore	100.0%	0.74%
1	Kuwait	100.0%	1.35%
1	Macau	100.0%	1.46%
1	Cayman Islands	100.0%	1.13%
1	Bermuda	100.0%	-0.2%
1	Sint Maarten	100.0%	1.16%
1	Gibraltar	100.0%	0.45%
1	Monaco	100.0%	0.5%
1	Anguilla	100.0%	0.47%
1	Nauru	100.0%	0.18%
1	Vatican City	100.0%	—
13	Qatar	99.4%	1.66%
14	Belgium	98.2%	0.38%
15	San Marino	97.8%	0.41%
16	United States Virgin Islands	96.2%	-0.11%
17	Uruguay	95.8%	0.4%
18	Guam	95.2%	0.84%
19	Malta	94.9%	0.28%
20	Turks and Caicos Islands	94.2%	1.46%
21	Iceland	94.0%	0.74%
22	Puerto Rico	93.6%	-0.12%
23	Netherlands	93.2%	0.59%
24	Israel	92.9%	1.51%
25	Argentina	92.5%	0.97%
26	Luxembourg	92.1%	1.43%
26	Northern Mariana Islands	92.1%	0.36%
28	Japan	92.0%	-0.25%
28	Jordan	92.0%	0.98%
30	Gabon	91.0%	2.27%
31	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	90.1%	0.75%
32	Bahrain	89.9%	1.99%
33	Lebanon	89.4%	-1.23%
34	Curacao	89.0%	0.57%
35	Sweden	88.7%	0.89%
36	Denmark	88.5%	0.54%
37	Venezuela	88.4%	1.16%
37	Oman	88.4%	2.32%
39	Chile	88.0%	0.78%
40	Greenland	87.9%	0.41%
41	Brazil	87.8%	0.87%
41	United Arab Emirates	87.8%	1.5%
41	Andorra	87.8%	0.11%
44	American Samoa	87.2%	0.26%
45	New Zealand	87.0%	0.92%
46	Australia	86.6%	1.27%
47	Finland	85.8%	0.42%
48	Saudi Arabia	85.0%	1.69%
49	United Kingdom	84.6%	0.8%
50	Dominican Republic	84.4%	1.64%
51	Norway	84.0%	1.32%
52	Bahamas	83.6%	1.02%
53	United States	83.3%	0.96%
54	Costa Rica	82.6%	1.5%
55	Colombia	82.4%	1.01%
55	Palau	82.4%	1.59%
57	Canada	81.9%	0.95%
58	France	81.8%	0.67%
59	Mexico	81.6%	1.4%
59	Spain	81.6%	0.24%
59	Libya	81.6%	1.45%
62	South Korea	81.5%	0.31%
63	Greece	80.7%	0.11%
63	Belarus	80.7%	0.28%
65	Taiwan	80.1%	0.65%
66	Falkland Islands	79.7%	0.53%
67	Brunei	79.1%	1.44%
68	Peru	78.9%	1.33%
68	Marshall Islands	78.9%	0.61%
70	Malaysia	78.7%	1.87%
71	Djibouti	78.6%	1.56%
72	Germany	77.8%	0.13%
73	Palestine	77.6%	2.85%
74	Turkey	77.5%	1.11%
74	Cuba	77.5%	0.19%
76	Iran	77.3%	1.32%
77	Bulgaria	76.7%	-0.28%
78	Sao Tome and Principe	76.4%	2.96%
79	Cook Islands	76.2%	0.52%
80	El Salvador	75.4%	1.33%
81	Russia	75.3%	0.11%
81	Algeria	75.3%	1.99%
83	Czechia	74.6%	0.2%
84	Equatorial Guinea	74.4%	3.62%
85	Switzerland	74.2%	0.79%
86	Hungary	72.9%	0.05%
86	Botswana	72.9%	2.47%
88	New Caledonia	72.7%	1.72%
89	Italy	72.0%	0.27%
89	Dominica	72.0%	0.84%
91	Iraq	71.6%	2.91%
92	Bolivia	71.2%	1.87%
93	Tunisia	70.5%	1.34%
94	Ukraine	70.1%	-0.27%
95	Estonia	69.8%	-0.03%
96	Panama	69.5%	1.92%
97	Republic of the Congo	69.2%	3.19%
98	Mongolia	69.1%	1.4%
99	South Africa	68.8%	1.72%
100	Angola	68.7%	4.04%
100	Lithuania	68.7%	-0.12%
100	Latvia	68.7%	-0.68%
103	Montenegro	68.5%	0.45%
104	Cape Verde	68.0%	1.83%
105	Portugal	67.9%	0.44%
106	Cyprus	67.0%	0.76%
107	Suriname	66.4%	0.88%
108	Tuvalu	66.2%	2.08%
109	Morocco	65.1%	1.88%
110	Ecuador	64.8%	1.62%
111	China	64.6%	1.78%
111	Albania	64.6%	1.29%
113	Ireland	64.5%	1.15%
113	Gambia	64.5%	3.75%
115	Armenia	63.7%	0.23%
116	North Korea	63.2%	0.85%
117	Paraguay	63.1%	1.64%
118	French Polynesia	62.3%	0.65%
119	Georgia	60.7%	0.35%
120	Poland	60.2%	-0.16%
120	Honduras	60.2%	2.48%
122	Nicaragua	59.8%	1.45%
123	Haiti	59.7%	2.47%
124	Austria	59.5%	0.68%
124	North Macedonia	59.5%	0.61%
126	Cameroon	59.3%	3.43%
127	Ghana	59.2%	3.06%
128	Seychelles	58.8%	0.99%
129	Fiji	58.7%	1.37%
130	Indonesia	58.6%	1.99%
130	Croatia	58.6%	0.05%
132	Kazakhstan	58.2%	1.19%
133	Kiribati	57.8%	2.77%
134	Mauritania	57.7%	3.84%
135	Azerbaijan	57.6%	1.38%
136	Syria	57.4%	5.38%
136	Jamaica	57.4%	0.79%
138	Serbia	57.1%	0.04%
139	Slovenia	56.1%	0.54%
140	Namibia	54.9%	3.64%
141	Romania	54.7%	-0.15%
142	Nigeria	54.3%	3.92%
142	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	54.3%	0.94%
144	Turkmenistan	54.0%	2.23%
144	Slovakia	54.0%	0.17%
146	Thailand	53.6%	1.43%
146	Liberia	53.6%	3.41%
148	Isle of Man	53.5%	0.97%
149	Trinidad and Tobago	53.4%	0.23%
150	Ivory Coast	53.1%	3.38%
150	Guatemala	53.1%	2.59%
152	Uzbekistan	50.5%	1.25%
153	Bosnia and Herzegovina	50.3%	0.61%
154	Benin	50.1%	3.74%
155	British Virgin Islands	49.7%	0.87%
156	Senegal	49.6%	3.59%
157	Philippines	48.3%	2.04%
158	Niue	48.2%	1.43%
159	Somalia	47.9%	4.2%
160	DR Congo	47.4%	4.33%
161	Belize	46.6%	2.3%
162	Zambia	46.3%	4.15%
163	Mali	46.2%	4.57%
164	Guinea-Bissau	45.5%	3.22%
165	Togo	44.5%	3.6%
166	Bhutan	44.4%	2.52%
167	Sierra Leone	44.3%	3.02%
167	Aruba	44.3%	0.77%
169	Central African Republic	43.6%	3.32%
170	Moldova	43.4%	0.09%
171	Eritrea	43.3%	3.67%
172	Egypt	43.1%	1.9%
173	Faroe Islands	43.0%	0.89%
174	Maldives	42.0%	2.34%
175	Liechtenstein	41.6%	1.15%
176	Mauritius	40.9%	0.28%
177	Madagascar	40.6%	4.26%
178	Bangladesh	40.5%	2.88%
179	Yemen	39.8%	3.71%
180	Vietnam	39.5%	2.7%
181	Mozambique	38.8%	4.24%
182	Laos	38.2%	2.99%
183	Guinea	38.1%	3.64%
184	Pakistan	38.0%	2.1%
185	Kyrgyzstan	37.8%	2.05%
186	Tanzania	37.4%	4.89%
187	Grenada	37.1%	0.86%
188	India	36.4%	2.33%
189	Sudan	36.3%	3.43%
190	Burkina Faso	32.5%	4.75%
190	Zimbabwe	32.5%	2.41%
190	Timor-Leste	32.5%	3.31%
193	Myanmar	32.1%	1.85%
194	Barbados	31.4%	0.46%
195	Jersey	31.2%	0.68%
195	Guernsey	31.2%	0.68%
197	Saint Kitts and Nevis	31.1%	1.06%
198	Comoros	30.1%	2.97%
199	Kenya	29.5%	4.09%
200	Tajikistan	28.2%	2.73%
201	Guyana	27.2%	1.01%
202	Afghanistan	26.9%	3.34%
203	Uganda	26.8%	5.41%
204	Solomon Islands	26.0%	3.57%
204	Vanuatu	26.0%	2.55%
206	Cambodia	25.6%	3.06%
207	Eswatini	24.8%	2.42%
208	Chad	24.4%	4.1%
209	Antigua and Barbuda	24.3%	0.87%
210	Micronesia	23.4%	1.52%
211	Ethiopia	23.2%	4.4%
211	Tonga	23.2%	0.99%
213	Nepal	21.9%	3.09%
214	South Sudan	21.2%	4.12%
215	Sri Lanka	19.2%	1.22%
215	Saint Lucia	19.2%	0.98%
217	Malawi	18.3%	4.41%
218	Rwanda	17.9%	3.07%
219	Samoa	17.5%	-0.03%
220	Niger	17.1%	4.72%
221	Burundi	14.8%	5.43%
222	Papua New Guinea	13.7%	2.91%
223	Montserrat	9.3%	0.94%

What correlates with Urban Population (2023)?

Pearson r against 1,304 other country metrics sharing at least 134 countries, 1 near-identical series hidden. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Urban Population tend to score higher on these (or rank better)

Urban Population (%)Development Indicators by Country (World Bank)
r = +0.97 · very strong · n = 213
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LP Living ConditionsLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the best
r = −0.72 · very strong · n = 166
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HealthSocial Progress Index by Country
r = +0.69 · strong · n = 166
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Internet PenetrationInternet Penetration by Country
r = +0.69 · strong · n = 181
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Internet Users (% of People)Development Indicators by Country (World Bank)
r = +0.69 · strong · n = 181
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Life ExpectancyHappy Planet Index by Country
r = +0.67 · strong · n = 148
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Urban Population tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)

Employment in AgricultureEmployment in Agriculture by Country
r = −0.69 · strong · n = 180
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% of Pop. Living on Less Than $10 USD/DayPoverty Rate by Country
r = −0.63 · strong · n = 159
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Brain DrainFailed States
r = −0.62 · strong · n = 177
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% of People With Vision LossBlind Population by Country
r = −0.61 · strong · n = 202
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Individuals Making Under $10kWealth Inequality by Country
r = −0.60 · strong · n = 170
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Gender Inequality Index ScoreGender Inequality Index by Country
r = −0.60 · strong · n = 164
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Urban Population?: Hong Kong has the highest Urban Population in 2023, at 100.0%, followed by Singapore (100.0%) and Kuwait (100.0%).
Which country has the lowest Urban Population?: Montserrat has the lowest Urban Population in 2023, at 9.3%.
What is the median Urban Population across countries?: The median is 64.6% across the 223 countries with data in 2023.
Where does this most urbanized countries data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: The World Factbook - Urbanization - CIA.