Urban population by country
Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of...
Countries reporting
215
Highest
933.17 million
China
Lowest
6,002
Liechtenstein
Median
4.21 million
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,394
What the numbers show
Urban population is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 933.17 million in China; the lowest is 6,002 in Liechtenstein.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.21 million, and the mean is 22.01 million.
Over the past decade 181 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 128.1%), and the largest decrease in Saint Martin (French part) (down 33.3%).
Urban population: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 933.17 million | 2025 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 522.44 million | 2025 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 3 | United States | 274.08 million | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 187.65 million | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 169.70 million | 2025 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Nigeria | 151.48 million | 2025 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Japan | 113.87 million | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 8 | Russia | 108.00 million | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 9 | Mexico | 105.61 million | 2025 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 10 | Pakistan | 100.88 million | 2025 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Turkey | 76.86 million | 2025 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Iran | 71.51 million | 2025 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Germany | 68.58 million | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 14 | Philippines | 65.14 million | 2025 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 58.40 million | 2025 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 57.90 million | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 17 | France | 54.18 million | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 18 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 50.90 million | 2025 | up 51.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Egypt | 50.78 million | 2025 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 20 | Thailand | 44.98 million | 2025 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Argentina | 42.34 million | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 22 | Colombia | 42.09 million | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 23 | South Korea | 41.95 million | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 24 | South Africa | 41.32 million | 2025 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 25 | Italy | 41.05 million | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 26 | Spain | 39.74 million | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 27 | Vietnam | 39.45 million | 2025 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Algeria | 35.96 million | 2025 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Canada | 34.52 million | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 30 | Iraq | 32.89 million | 2025 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 32.66 million | 2025 | up 61.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 31.28 million | 2025 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Peru | 29.60 million | 2025 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 34 | Angola | 27.90 million | 2025 | up 56.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Malaysia | 27.84 million | 2025 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Ukraine | 27.13 million | 2025 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 37 | Tanzania | 26.02 million | 2025 | up 60.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Venezuela | 25.47 million | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 39 | Morocco | 24.26 million | 2025 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Australia | 24.22 million | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 41 | Poland | 21.89 million | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 42 | Ghana | 20.66 million | 2025 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Nepal | 19.84 million | 2025 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 18.90 million | 2025 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 45 | Kenya | 18.53 million | 2025 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Syria | 18.47 million | 2025 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Sudan | 18.05 million | 2025 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Cote d'Ivoire | 17.84 million | 2025 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Chile | 17.71 million | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 50 | Netherlands | 17.35 million | 2025 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 51 | North Korea | 17.06 million | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 52 | Myanmar | 16.78 million | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 53 | Cameroon | 16.63 million | 2025 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Uganda | 16.41 million | 2025 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Yemen | 15.47 million | 2025 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Mozambique | 13.26 million | 2025 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 13.00 million | 2025 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 58 | Ecuador | 11.59 million | 2025 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Afghanistan | 11.37 million | 2025 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Somalia | 10.84 million | 2025 | up 79.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Madagascar | 10.77 million | 2025 | up 45.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Jordan | 10.74 million | 2025 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Senegal | 10.56 million | 2025 | up 56.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Guatemala | 10.52 million | 2025 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Belgium | 10.47 million | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 66 | Zambia | 10.06 million | 2025 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Romania | 9.92 million | 2025 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 68 | United Arab Emirates | 9.90 million | 2025 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Sweden | 9.44 million | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 70 | Israel | 9.27 million | 2025 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 71 | Bolivia | 9.00 million | 2025 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Tunisia | 8.73 million | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 73 | Cuba | 8.45 million | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 8.35 million | 2025 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Greece | 8.25 million | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 76 | Mali | 8.12 million | 2025 | up 68.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Czechia | 7.93 million | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 78 | Benin | 7.91 million | 2025 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Switzerland | 7.79 million | 2025 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 80 | Hong Kong | 7.50 million | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 81 | Cambodia | 7.34 million | 2025 | up 56.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Belarus | 7.22 million | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 83 | Burkina Faso | 6.96 million | 2025 | up 44.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Zimbabwe | 6.86 million | 2025 | up 42.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Hungary | 6.73 million | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 86 | Portugal | 6.64 million | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 87 | Haiti | 6.62 million | 2025 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Libya | 6.56 million | 2025 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Honduras | 6.52 million | 2025 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Austria | 6.42 million | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 91 | Singapore | 6.11 million | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 92 | Azerbaijan | 6.01 million | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 93 | Guinea | 5.82 million | 2025 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Chad | 5.79 million | 2025 | up 73.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Denmark | 5.34 million | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 96 | Lebanon | 5.32 million | 2025 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 97 | Niger | 5.13 million | 2025 | up 57.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Paraguay | 4.94 million | 2025 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Kuwait | 4.87 million | 2025 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 100 | El Salvador | 4.81 million | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 4.77 million | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 102 | Palestine | 4.73 million | 2025 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 103 | Norway | 4.69 million | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 104 | Rwanda | 4.50 million | 2025 | up 112.7% | volatile |
| 105 | New Zealand | 4.47 million | 2025 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 106 | Sri Lanka | 4.45 million | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 107 | Oman | 4.37 million | 2025 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Finland | 4.21 million | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 4.17 million | 2025 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 110 | Congo | 4.16 million | 2025 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Costa Rica | 4.11 million | 2025 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Serbia | 4.10 million | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 113 | Sierra Leone | 4.05 million | 2025 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Malawi | 3.91 million | 2025 | up 44.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Togo | 3.81 million | 2025 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Burundi | 3.70 million | 2025 | up 128.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Turkmenistan | 3.59 million | 2025 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 118 | Ireland | 3.54 million | 2025 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 119 | Mauritania | 3.27 million | 2025 | up 59.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Uruguay | 3.24 million | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 121 | Liberia | 3.21 million | 2025 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Laos | 3.17 million | 2025 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Panama | 3.02 million | 2025 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Puerto Rico | 3.00 million | 2025 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 125 | Qatar | 2.95 million | 2025 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Slovakia | 2.88 million | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 127 | Tajikistan | 2.82 million | 2025 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 128 | South Sudan | 2.64 million | 2025 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.55 million | 2025 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 130 | Mongolia | 2.54 million | 2025 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 131 | Central African Republic | 2.46 million | 2025 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 132 | Georgia | 2.41 million | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 133 | Gabon | 2.39 million | 2025 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Croatia | 2.24 million | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 135 | Armenia | 2.04 million | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 136 | Lithuania | 2.00 million | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 137 | Gambia | 1.83 million | 2025 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Botswana | 1.74 million | 2025 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Papua New Guinea | 1.70 million | 2025 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Jamaica | 1.69 million | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 141 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.65 million | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 142 | Bahrain | 1.60 million | 2025 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Namibia | 1.57 million | 2025 | up 45.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.39 million | 2025 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Albania | 1.38 million | 2025 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 146 | Latvia | 1.27 million | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 147 | Eritrea | 1.25 million | 2025 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Slovenia | 1.19 million | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 149 | North Macedonia | 1.15 million | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 150 | Lesotho | 1.06 million | 2025 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.05 million | 2025 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Moldova | 1.03 million | 2025 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 153 | Estonia | 966,383 | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 154 | Cyprus | 914,225 | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 155 | Djibouti | 864,090 | 2025 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Trinidad and Tobago | 738,177 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 157 | Macao | 685,900 | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 158 | Luxembourg | 651,826 | 2025 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 159 | Fiji | 555,641 | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 160 | Malta | 554,664 | 2025 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 161 | Mauritius | 485,519 | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 162 | Suriname | 420,949 | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 163 | Cape Verde | 409,364 | 2025 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 164 | Montenegro | 408,826 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 165 | East Timor | 408,340 | 2025 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Iceland | 369,715 | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 167 | Brunei | 349,799 | 2025 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Bhutan | 346,000 | 2025 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Eswatini | 335,667 | 2025 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Bahamas | 327,790 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 171 | Comoros | 299,652 | 2025 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Solomon Islands | 262,574 | 2025 | up 73.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Maldives | 225,145 | 2025 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Guyana | 221,464 | 2025 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 175 | New Caledonia | 201,334 | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 176 | Belize | 175,776 | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 177 | French Polynesia | 174,446 | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 178 | Barbados | 168,725 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 179 | Sao Tome and Principe | 166,189 | 2025 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Guam | 159,230 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 181 | Curacao | 142,938 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 182 | United States Virgin Islands | 99,006 | 2025 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 183 | Kiribati | 86,513 | 2025 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Cayman Islands | 75,844 | 2025 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Vanuatu | 74,816 | 2025 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Andorra | 73,743 | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 187 | Aruba | 67,173 | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 188 | Bermuda | 64,555 | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 189 | Seychelles | 55,821 | 2025 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 190 | Saint Lucia | 52,417 | 2025 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 191 | Greenland | 50,337 | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 192 | Dominica | 48,735 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 193 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 47,945 | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 194 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 44,229 | 2025 | up 31.5% | volatile |
| 195 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 43,923 | 2025 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 196 | Isle of Man | 43,856 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 197 | Grenada | 43,016 | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 198 | Northern Mariana Islands | 40,135 | 2025 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 199 | Gibraltar | 40,126 | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 200 | Samoa | 38,393 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 201 | Monaco | 38,341 | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 202 | American Samoa | 37,059 | 2025 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 203 | San Marino | 33,150 | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 204 | Marshall Islands | 28,701 | 2025 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 205 | Micronesia (country) | 25,557 | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 206 | Saint Martin (French part) | 24,941 | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 207 | Antigua and Barbuda | 22,924 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 208 | British Virgin Islands | 22,804 | 2025 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 209 | Tonga | 21,948 | 2025 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 210 | Faroe Islands | 21,764 | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 211 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 14,968 | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 212 | Palau | 14,004 | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 213 | Nauru | 12,025 | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 214 | Tuvalu | 6,212 | 2025 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 215 | Liechtenstein | 6,002 | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 4.75 billion
- IDA & IBRD total 3.75 billion
- Low & middle income 3.61 billion
- Middle income 3.34 billion
- IBRD only 2.94 billion
- Upper middle income 2.10 billion
- Early-demographic dividend 1.71 billion
- Late-demographic dividend 1.58 billion
- East Asia & Pacific 1.55 billion
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 1.33 billion
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.31 billion
- Lower middle income 1.24 billion
About this data
Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.