Data

Urbanization by Country

Urbanization by country, ranked. All 195 countries ranked by urbanization, with Magna grades and factbook links.

Kuwait tops the urbanization ranking at 100.0%, ahead of Monaco (100.0%). 195 countries carry a published figure; this ranking is compiled and ordered by the Bureau from national sources.

The Magna grade shown alongside is our own 0–100 structural-power composite — our assessment, not a source mirror.

Top 10

#	Country	Urbanization	Grade
1	Kuwait	100.0%	MBA
2	Monaco	100.0%	MCB
3	Nauru	100.0%	MCC
4	Singapore	100.0%	MBA
5	Holy See (Vatican City)	100.0%	MCD
6	Qatar	99.4%	MBA
7	Belgium	98.2%	MBB
8	San Marino	97.8%	MCB
9	Uruguay	95.8%	MBB
10	Malta	94.9%	MCB

All countries ranked by urbanization195 countries

#	Country	Urbanization
1	Kuwait	100.0%
2	Monaco	100.0%
3	Nauru	100.0%
4	Singapore	100.0%
5	Holy See (Vatican City)	100.0%
6	Qatar	99.4%
7	Belgium	98.2%
8	San Marino	97.8%
9	Uruguay	95.8%
10	Malta	94.9%
11	Iceland	94.0%
12	Netherlands	93.2%
13	Israel	92.9%
14	Argentina	92.5%
15	Luxembourg	92.1%
16	Jordan	92.0%
17	Japan	92.0%
18	Gabon	91.0%
19	Bahrain	89.9%
20	Lebanon	89.4%
21	Sweden	88.7%
22	Denmark	88.5%
23	Oman	88.4%
24	Venezuela	88.4%
25	Chile	88.0%
26	Andorra	87.8%
27	AE	87.8%
28	Brazil	87.8%
29	New Zealand	87.0%
30	Australia	86.6%
31	Finland	85.8%
32	Saudi Arabia	85.0%
33	United Kingdom	84.6%
34	The Dominican	84.4%
35	Norway	84.0%
36	The Bahamas	83.6%
37	United States	83.3%
38	Costa Rica	82.6%
39	Colombia	82.4%
40	Palau	82.4%
41	Canada	81.9%
42	France	81.8%
43	Spain	81.6%
44	Libya	81.6%
45	Mexico	81.6%
46	South Korea	81.5%
47	Belarus	80.7%
48	Greece	80.7%
49	Brunei	79.1%
50	Marshall Islands	78.9%
51	Peru	78.9%
52	Malaysia	78.7%
53	Djibouti	78.6%
54	Germany	77.8%
55	Palestine	77.6%
56	Cuba	77.5%
57	Turkey	77.5%
58	Iran	77.3%
59	Bulgaria	76.7%
60	Sao Tome and Principe	76.4%
61	El Salvador	75.4%
62	Algeria	75.3%
63	Russia	75.3%
64	Czechia	74.6%
65	Equatorial Guinea	74.4%
66	Switzerland	74.2%
67	Botswana	72.9%
68	Hungary	72.9%
69	Dominica	72.0%
70	Italy	72.0%
71	Iraq	71.6%
72	Bolivia	71.2%
73	Tunisia	70.5%
74	Ukraine	70.1%
75	Estonia	69.8%
76	Panama	69.5%
77	Congo (Brazzaville)	69.2%
78	Mongolia	69.1%
79	South Africa	68.8%
80	Angola	68.7%
81	Lithuania	68.7%
82	Latvia	68.7%
83	Montenegro	68.5%
84	Cabo Verde	68.0%
85	Portugal	67.9%
86	Cyprus	67.0%
87	Suriname	66.4%
88	Tuvalu	66.2%
89	Morocco	65.1%
90	Ecuador	64.8%
91	Albania	64.6%
92	China	64.6%
93	The Gambia	64.5%
94	Ireland	64.5%
95	Armenia	63.7%
96	North Korea	63.2%
97	Paraguay	63.1%
98	Georgia	60.7%
99	Honduras	60.2%
100	Poland	60.2%
101	Nicaragua	59.8%
102	Haiti	59.7%
103	Austria	59.5%
104	North Macedonia	59.5%
105	Cameroon	59.3%
106	Ghana	59.2%
107	Seychelles	58.8%
108	Fiji	58.7%
109	Croatia	58.6%
110	Indonesia	58.6%
111	Kazakhstan	58.2%
112	Kiribati	57.8%
113	Mauritania	57.7%
114	Azerbaijan	57.6%
115	Jamaica	57.4%
116	Syria	57.4%
117	Serbia	57.1%
118	Slovenia	56.1%
119	Namibia	54.9%
120	Romania	54.7%
121	Nigeria	54.3%
122	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	54.3%
123	Slovakia	54.0%
124	Turkmenistan	54.0%
125	Liberia	53.6%
126	Thailand	53.6%
127	Trinidad and Tobago	53.4%
128	Côte d'Ivoire	53.1%
129	Guatemala	53.1%
130	Uzbekistan	50.5%
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina	50.3%
132	Benin	50.1%
133	Senegal	49.6%
134	Philippines	48.3%
135	Somalia	47.9%
136	DRC	47.4%
137	Belize	46.6%
138	Zambia	46.3%
139	Mali	46.2%
140	Guinea-Bissau	45.5%
141	Togo	44.5%
142	Bhutan	44.4%
143	Sierra Leone	44.3%
144	CT	43.6%
145	Moldova	43.4%
146	Eritrea	43.3%
147	Egypt	43.1%
148	Maldives	42.0%
149	Mauritius	40.9%
150	Madagascar	40.6%
151	Bangladesh	40.5%
152	Yemen	39.8%
153	Vietnam	39.5%
154	Mozambique	38.8%
155	Laos	38.2%
156	Guinea	38.1%
157	Pakistan	38.0%
158	Kyrgyzstan	37.8%
159	Tanzania	37.4%
160	Grenada	37.1%
161	India	36.4%
162	Sudan	36.3%
163	Burkina Faso	32.5%
164	Timor-Leste	32.5%
165	Zimbabwe	32.5%
166	Burma	32.1%
167	Barbados	31.4%
168	Saint Kitts and Nevis	31.1%
169	Lesotho	30.4%
170	Comoros	30.1%
171	Kenya	29.5%
172	Tajikistan	28.2%
173	Guyana	27.2%
174	Afghanistan	26.9%
175	Uganda	26.8%
176	Solomon Islands	26.0%
177	Vanuatu	26.0%
178	Cambodia	25.6%
179	Eswatini	24.8%
180	Chad	24.4%
181	Antigua and Barbuda	24.3%
182	FM	23.4%
183	Ethiopia	23.2%
184	Tonga	23.2%
185	Nepal	21.9%
186	South Sudan	21.2%
187	Saint Lucia	19.2%
188	Sri Lanka	19.2%
189	Malawi	18.3%
190	Rwanda	17.9%
191	Samoa	17.5%
192	Niger	17.1%
193	Burundi	14.8%
194	Liechtenstein	14.6%
195	Papua New Guinea	13.7%

Other indicators

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Across the Bureau

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