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Percent urban population, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 20 countries was 76.64 percent. The highest value was in Uruguay: 95.77 percent and the lowest value was in Guatemala: 53.1 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: United Nations Population Division
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Countries Percent urban population, 2023 Global rank Available data
Uruguay 95.77 1 1960 - 2023
Puerto Rico 93.63 2 1960 - 2023
Argentina 92.46 3 1960 - 2023
Venezuela 88.44 4 1960 - 2023
Chile 88.01 5 1960 - 2023
Brazil 87.79 6 1960 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 84.45 7 1960 - 2023
Costa Rica 82.62 8 1960 - 2023
Colombia 82.35 9 1960 - 2023
Mexico 81.58 10 1960 - 2023
Peru 78.92 11 1960 - 2023
El Salvador 75.39 12 1960 - 2023
Bolivia 71.19 13 1960 - 2023
Panama 69.51 14 1960 - 2023
Ecuador 64.79 15 1960 - 2023
Paraguay 63.15 16 1960 - 2023
Honduras 60.21 17 1960 - 2023
Nicaragua 59.85 18 1960 - 2023
Haiti 59.66 19 1960 - 2023
Guatemala 53.1 20 1960 - 2023



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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