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World Urban population Ranking

Compare urban population by country, including the top and bottom results, Japan's position and country details.

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01Population growthCompare population growth by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.02Total fertility rateCompare total fertility rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.03Birth rateCompare birth rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.04Death rateCompare death rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.05Median ageCompare median age by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.06Population aged 65+Compare population aged 65+ by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.07Population aged 0–14Compare population aged 0–14 by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.08Urban populationCompare urban population by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.09Net migrationCompare net migration by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.10Net migration rateCompare net migration rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.11International migrant shareCompare international migrant share by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.

01 / RANKING MAP

Compare urban population across the world.

Compare urban population by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.

Japan92.3%
Fiji: 59.5%Tanzania: 36.9%Western Sahara: No dataCanada: 82.9%United States: 80.2%Kazakhstan: 62.4%Uzbekistan: 51%Papua New Guinea: 15.8%Indonesia: 59.4%Argentina: 92.4%Chile: 89.2%Congo, Dem. Rep.: 45.1%Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 55.1%Kenya: 32.2%Sudan: 34.9%Chad: 27.6%Haiti: 55.6%Dominican Republic: 72.5%Russian Federation: 75.3%Bahamas, The: 81.3%Falkland Islands: No dataNorway: 83.6%Greenland: 88.6%Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No dataTimor-Leste: 28.8%South Africa: 63.8%Lesotho: 44.7%Mexico: 80%Uruguay: 95.7%Brazil: 88.2%Bolivia: 71.6%Peru: 85.6%Colombia: 78.8%Panama: 66.2%Costa Rica: 79.7%Nicaragua: 59.4%Honduras: 59.3%El Salvador: 75.5%Guatemala: 56.3%Belize: 41.6%Venezuela, RB: 89.3%Guyana: 26.5%Suriname: 65.8%France: 78.8%Ecuador: 63.4%Puerto Rico (US): 94.3%Jamaica: 59.4%Cuba: 77.2%Zimbabwe: 40.5%Botswana: 68%Namibia: 50.9%Senegal: 55.8%Mali: 32.2%Mauritania: 61.5%Benin: 53.4%Niger: 18.4%Nigeria: 63.8%Cameroon: 55.7%Togo: 44.4%Ghana: 58.9%Cote d'Ivoire: 54.5%Guinea: 38.5%Guinea-Bissau: 46.7%Liberia: 56.1%Sierra Leone: 45.9%Burkina Faso: 28.9%Central African Republic: 44.6%Congo, Rep.: 64.1%Gabon: 92.1%Equatorial Guinea: 71.6%Zambia: 45.9%Malawi: 17.6%Mozambique: 37.2%Eswatini: 26.7%Angola: 71.5%Burundi: 25.7%Israel: 91.6%Lebanon: 91%Madagascar: 32.9%West Bank and Gaza: 87.4%Gambia, The: 65%Tunisia: 70.7%Algeria: 75.8%Jordan: 93.2%United Arab Emirates: 86%Qatar: 99.4%Kuwait: 100%Iraq: 69.9%Oman: 79.5%Vanuatu: 22.3%Cambodia: 41.1%Thailand: 62.8%Lao PDR: 40.3%Myanmar: 30.6%Viet Nam: 38.8%Korea, Dem. People's Rep.: 64.2%Korea, Rep.: 81.2%Mongolia: 71.1%India: 35.7%Bangladesh: 33.2%Bhutan: 43.4%Nepal: 67%Pakistan: 39.5%Afghanistan: 25.9%Tajikistan: 26.2%Kyrgyz Republic: 34.7%Turkmenistan: 47.1%Iran, Islamic Rep.: 77.4%Syrian Arab Republic: 72.1%Armenia: 65.9%Sweden: 89.1%Belarus: 79.5%Ukraine: 69.6%Poland: 60.1%Austria: 69.7%Hungary: 70.7%Moldova: 43.7%Romania: 52.2%Lithuania: 69.1%Latvia: 68.6%Estonia: 70.7%Germany: 82.1%Bulgaria: 74.2%Greece: 79.2%Turkiye: 89.5%Albania: 58.9%Croatia: 57.8%Switzerland: 85.7%Luxembourg: 94.9%Belgium: 87.7%Netherlands: 95.9%Portugal: 61.5%Spain: 80.5%Ireland: 64.6%New Caledonia: 68.2%Solomon Islands: 31.3%New Zealand: 84%Australia: 87.7%Sri Lanka: 20.5%China: 66.3%Taiwan: No dataItaly: 69.7%Denmark: 88.8%United Kingdom: 83.3%Iceland: 94.2%Azerbaijan: 58.6%Georgia: 61.2%Philippines: 55.8%Malaysia: 77.4%Brunei Darussalam: 75%Slovenia: 56%Finland: 74.5%Slovak Republic: 53.2%Czechia: 72.9%Eritrea: 34.5%Japan: 92.3%Paraguay: 70.4%Yemen, Rep.: 37%Saudi Arabia: 84.6%Antarctica: No dataN. Cyprus: No dataCyprus: 66.7%Morocco: 63.1%Egypt, Arab Rep.: 42.9%Libya: 87.9%Ethiopia: 24.1%Djibouti: 73%Somaliland: No dataUganda: 31.9%Rwanda: 30.9%Bosnia and Herzegovina: 52.7%North Macedonia: 62.9%Serbia: 62.6%Montenegro: 65.6%Kosovo: No dataTrinidad and Tobago: 54%South Sudan: 21.7%
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02 / ABOUT THIS DATA

How to read the World Urban population Ranking

Compare urban population by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. This page orders 215 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.

Top 3
#1 Bahrain (100%), #2 Bermuda (100%), #3 Cayman Islands (100%)
Japan’s position
World #26 (92.3%)
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