Percent urban population - Country rankings
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Percent urban population, 2020 - Country rankings:
The average for 2020 based on 196 countries was 60.56 percent.The highest value was in Bermuda: 100 percent and the lowest value was in Papua New Guinea: 13.35 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: United Nations Population Division
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
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100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
99.24
98.08
97.50
95.51
94.74
93.90
93.58
92.59
92.24
92.11
91.78
91.45
91.42
90.09
89.51
88.93
88.28
88.12
87.98
87.92
87.73
87.07
87.05
86.70
86.28
86.24
85.52
84.29
83.90
83.25
82.97
82.66
82.54
81.56
81.43
81.41
80.99
80.97
80.81
80.77
80.73
80.69
79.71
79.48
78.30
78.25
78.06
77.46
77.45
77.16
76.72
76.11
75.87
75.69
74.75
74.35
74.06
73.92
73.73
73.44
73.10
71.94
71.52
71.09
71.04
70.89
70.88
70.12
69.61
69.57
69.23
68.66
68.41
68.32
68.05
67.83
67.49
67.35
66.82
66.82
66.65
66.31
66.15
64.17
64.01
63.65
63.53
63.31
62.58
62.38
62.18
62.11
61.43
60.04
59.45
59.01
58.75
58.48
58.36
57.67
57.56
57.55
57.55
57.35
57.25
57.09
56.64
56.45
56.40
56.31
55.59
55.47
55.33
55.12
54.19
53.76
53.21
53.03
52.52
52.09
52.03
51.96
51.84
51.71
51.43
50.42
49.02
48.42
48.12
47.41
46.14
46.03
45.64
44.63
44.20
43.91
43.70
42.92
42.85
42.80
42.78
42.40
42.32
42.20
40.76
40.67
38.53
38.18
37.91
37.34
37.17
37.07
36.88
36.86
36.54
36.29
35.25
35.23
34.93
32.24
31.19
31.14
30.61
29.38
29.03
28.00
27.51
26.79
26.03
25.52
24.95
24.67
24.43
24.23
24.17
23.52
23.10
22.93
21.69
20.58
18.84
18.71
17.89
17.43
17.43
16.63
14.42
13.71
13.35
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Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.
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