Population in the largest city (% of urban population) by country
Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.
Countries reporting
153
Highest
100.0%
Hong Kong
Lowest
3.3%
China
Median
29.5%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
12,906
What the numbers show
Population in the largest city (% of urban population) is currently reported for 153 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Hong Kong; the lowest is 3.3% in China.
The median across all reporting countries is 29.5%, and the mean is 32.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 31.
Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 44.3%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 34.3%).
Population in the largest city: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 100.0% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 1 | Macao | 100.0% | 2025 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Eritrea | 92.5% | 2025 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 5 | Puerto Rico | 81.0% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago | 74.0% | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 7 | Paraguay | 73.5% | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 8 | Djibouti | 71.3% | 2025 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 9 | Kuwait | 70.0% | 2025 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 10 | Panama | 67.9% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 11 | Mongolia | 67.9% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 12 | Congo | 67.7% | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 13 | Guinea-Bissau | 67.6% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 14 | Liberia | 55.8% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 15 | Togo | 55.3% | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 16 | Uruguay | 55.2% | 2025 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 17 | North Macedonia | 54.2% | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 18 | Armenia | 54.1% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 50.6% | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 20 | Mauritania | 49.4% | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 21 | Israel | 49.3% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 22 | Latvia | 48.6% | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 23 | Estonia | 47.4% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 24 | Haiti | 47.3% | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 25 | Moldova | 46.9% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 26 | Bahrain | 46.4% | 2025 | up 44.3% | falling |
| 27 | Portugal | 45.6% | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 28 | Egypt | 45.4% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 29 | Georgia | 45.1% | 2025 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan | 45.1% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 31 | Lebanon | 44.7% | 2025 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 43.7% | 2025 | up 14.7% | flat |
| 33 | Afghanistan | 42.9% | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 34 | Bangladesh | 42.2% | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 35 | Azerbaijan | 41.5% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 36 | Central African Republic | 41.4% | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 37 | Chile | 39.5% | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 38 | Madagascar | 39.3% | 2025 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 39 | Mali | 39.2% | 2025 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 40 | Oman | 39.0% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 41 | Peru | 38.9% | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 42 | Albania | 38.7% | 2025 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 43 | Guinea | 38.7% | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 44 | New Zealand | 38.3% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 45 | Greece | 38.2% | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 46 | Gabon | 37.7% | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 47 | Sudan | 37.4% | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 48 | Argentina | 37.2% | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 49 | Equatorial Guinea | 37.0% | 2025 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 50 | Tajikistan | 36.8% | 2025 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 51 | Ireland | 36.7% | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 36.6% | 2025 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 53 | Burundi | 36.5% | 2025 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 54 | Angola | 35.9% | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 55 | Jamaica | 35.8% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 56 | Malawi | 35.6% | 2025 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 57 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 34.9% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 58 | Senegal | 34.7% | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 59 | Myanmar | 34.7% | 2025 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 60 | Zambia | 34.5% | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 61 | Serbia | 34.4% | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 62 | Sierra Leone | 34.3% | 2025 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 63 | Cote d'Ivoire | 33.9% | 2025 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 64 | Cambodia | 33.1% | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 65 | Tanzania | 32.9% | 2025 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 66 | Japan | 32.5% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 67 | Namibia | 32.5% | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 68 | Malaysia | 32.3% | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 69 | Finland | 32.2% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 70 | United Arab Emirates | 31.3% | 2025 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 71 | Austria | 31.2% | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 72 | Kenya | 31.1% | 2025 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 73 | Guatemala | 30.7% | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 74 | Croatia | 30.5% | 2025 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 75 | Niger | 30.4% | 2025 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 76 | Chad | 29.8% | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 77 | Rwanda | 29.5% | 2025 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 78 | Cameroon | 29.2% | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 79 | Tunisia | 29.2% | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 80 | Belarus | 28.7% | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 81 | Qatar | 28.2% | 2025 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 82 | Colombia | 28.0% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 83 | Ecuador | 28.0% | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 84 | Gambia | 27.8% | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 85 | Lithuania | 27.1% | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 86 | Bulgaria | 27.0% | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 87 | Nicaragua | 26.9% | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 88 | Hungary | 26.5% | 2025 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 89 | Somalia | 26.3% | 2025 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 90 | Denmark | 26.2% | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 91 | Turkmenistan | 26.2% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 92 | Uganda | 26.0% | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 93 | Cuba | 25.5% | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 94 | Papua New Guinea | 25.4% | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 95 | Saudi Arabia | 25.4% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 96 | Thailand | 25.3% | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 97 | Honduras | 25.3% | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 98 | Vietnam | 24.9% | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 99 | Iraq | 24.8% | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 100 | South Korea | 23.9% | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 101 | Laos | 23.8% | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 102 | Norway | 23.8% | 2025 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 103 | Zimbabwe | 23.8% | 2025 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 104 | El Salvador | 23.6% | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 105 | Philippines | 23.4% | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 106 | Yemen | 22.8% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 107 | Australia | 22.3% | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 108 | Bolivia | 22.2% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 109 | Mexico | 21.5% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 110 | Jordan | 21.2% | 2025 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 111 | Turkey | 21.1% | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 112 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21.1% | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 113 | France | 20.9% | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 114 | Belgium | 20.5% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 115 | Ghana | 19.5% | 2025 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 116 | South Sudan | 18.9% | 2025 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 117 | North Korea | 18.8% | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 118 | Canada | 18.8% | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 119 | Switzerland | 18.7% | 2025 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 120 | Sweden | 18.4% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 121 | Libya | 18.4% | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 122 | Ethiopia | 18.2% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 123 | Pakistan | 17.9% | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 124 | Romania | 17.7% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 125 | Palestine | 17.4% | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 126 | Benin | 17.4% | 2025 | up 19.8% | falling |
| 127 | Spain | 17.1% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 128 | United Kingdom | 17.0% | 2025 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 129 | Czechia | 16.8% | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 130 | Morocco | 16.5% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 131 | Kazakhstan | 15.7% | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 132 | South Africa | 15.6% | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 133 | Slovakia | 15.4% | 2025 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 134 | Syria | 15.2% | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 135 | Mozambique | 15.0% | 2025 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Sri Lanka | 14.6% | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 137 | Uzbekistan | 14.1% | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 138 | Iran | 13.6% | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 139 | Brazil | 12.3% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 140 | Venezuela | 11.8% | 2025 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 141 | Russia | 11.8% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 142 | Nigeria | 11.3% | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 143 | Ukraine | 11.1% | 2025 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 144 | Italy | 10.6% | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 145 | Nepal | 8.4% | 2025 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Algeria | 8.4% | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 147 | Poland | 8.2% | 2025 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 148 | United States | 7.0% | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 149 | Indonesia | 6.9% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 150 | Netherlands | 6.9% | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 151 | India | 6.6% | 2025 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 152 | Germany | 5.2% | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 153 | China | 3.3% | 2025 | up 10.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Least developed countries: UN classification 32.9%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 32.0%
- IDA only 31.2%
- Low income 29.4%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 28.5%
- Arab World 27.6%
- Pre-demographic dividend 27.1%
- IDA total 25.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 25.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 25.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 25.4%
- Latin America & Caribbean 23.8%
About this data
Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.