Over the last 50 years, the population of urban of World grew substantially from 37.45 to 57.49 % rising at an increasing annual rate that reached a maximum of 1.07% in 2002 and then decreased to 0.75% in 2023.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.| WHO/UNICEF Water Supply Statistics | 53.93 % in 2015 | WHO |
| World Development Indicators (WDI) | 4.52B Number in 2022 | WB |
| Rural | 43.1 % in 2022 | WB |
| Macro Region |
| Africa | 45 % in 2023 | UNCTAD |
| Asia | 52.85 % in 2023 | UNCTAD |
| Central America and the Caribbean | 103 timeseries | |
| Europe | 75.61 % in 2023 | UNCTAD |
| Middle East | 80 timeseries | |
| North America | 308,798,139 Number in 2022 | WB |
| Oceania | 70 timeseries | |
| South America | 85.11 % in 2023 | UNCTAD |
| Southeast Asia | 66 timeseries |
| Country (% in 2023) |
Hong Kong is the top country by the population of urban in the world. As of 2023, the population of urban in Hong Kong was 100 %. The top 5 countries also includes Kuwait, Macau, Nauru, and Singapore.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.| Hong Kong | 100 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Kuwait | 100 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Macau | 100 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Nauru | 100 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Singapore | 100 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Qatar | 99.35 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Belgium | 98.19 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| San Marino | 97.84 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Uruguay | 95.77 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Malta | 94.94 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Iceland | 94.04 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Netherlands | 93.18 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Israel | 92.85 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Argentina | 92.46 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Luxembourg | 92.08 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Japan | 92.04 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Jordan | 92.02 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Gabon | 91.03 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Bahrain | 89.87 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Lebanon | 89.43 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Sweden | 88.74 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Denmark | 88.5 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 88.44 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Oman | 88.4 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Chile | 88.01 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Brazil | 87.79 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| United Arab Emirates | 87.78 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Andorra | 87.77 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| New Zealand | 86.98 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Australia | 86.62 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Finland | 85.77 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Saudi Arabia | 84.95 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| United Kingdom | 84.47 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Dominican Republic | 84.45 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Norway | 84 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Bahamas | 83.62 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| United States of America | 83.39 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Costa Rica | 82.62 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Palau | 82.41 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Colombia | 82.35 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| France | 82.03 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Canada | 81.86 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Libya | 81.61 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Mexico | 81.58 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Spain | 81.55 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Republic of Korea | 81.46 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Belarus | 80.73 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Greece | 80.67 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Taiwan Province of China | 80.06 | UNCTAD |
| Falkland Islands | 79.68 | UNCTAD + 1 other |
| Brunei Darussalam | 79.15 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Peru | 78.92 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Marshall Islands | 78.87 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Malaysia | 78.72 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Djibouti | 78.55 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Germany | 77.77 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Palestine | 77.58 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Cuba | 77.52 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Turkey | 77.46 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Iran | 77.26 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Bulgaria | 76.7 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 76.4 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| El Salvador | 75.39 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Russian Federation | 75.33 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Algeria | 75.27 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Czech Republic | 74.55 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Equatorial Guinea | 74.45 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Switzerland | 73.94 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Botswana | 72.87 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Hungary | 72.86 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Dominica | 72.01 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Italy | 71.97 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Iraq | 71.6 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Bolivia | 71.19 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Tunisia | 70.54 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Ukraine | 70.1 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Estonia | 69.81 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Panama | 69.51 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Congo | 69.19 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Mongolia | 69.09 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| South Africa | 68.82 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Lithuania | 68.69 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Angola | 68.69 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Latvia | 68.67 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Montenegro | 68.5 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Cabo Verde | 67.98 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Portugal | 67.91 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Cyprus | 66.99 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Suriname | 66.41 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Tuvalu | 66.24 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Morocco | 65.12 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Ecuador | 64.79 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Albania | 64.6 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| China | 64.57 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Gambia | 64.47 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Ireland | 64.47 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Armenia | 63.74 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 63.2 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Paraguay | 63.15 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Georgia | 60.73 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Poland | 60.22 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Honduras | 60.21 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Nicaragua | 59.85 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Haiti | 59.66 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Austria | 59.53 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| North Macedonia | 59.48 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Cameroon | 59.31 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Ghana | 59.24 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Seychelles | 58.82 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Fiji | 58.71 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Croatia | 58.57 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Indonesia | 58.57 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Kazakhstan | 58.18 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Kiribati | 57.76 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Mauritania | 57.7 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Azerbaijan | 57.58 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 57.41 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Jamaica | 57.38 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Serbia | 57.11 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Slovenia | 56.09 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Namibia | 54.89 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Romania | 54.67 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 54.3 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Nigeria | 54.28 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Slovakia | 54.03 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Turkmenistan | 54 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Thailand | 53.61 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Liberia | 53.57 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 53.44 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 53.15 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Guatemala | 53.1 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Uzbekistan | 50.53 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50.27 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Benin | 50.1 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Senegal | 49.58 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Philippines | 48.29 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Somalia | 47.92 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 47.44 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Belize | 46.61 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Zambia | 46.33 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Mali | 46.19 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Guinea Bissau | 45.47 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Togo | 44.49 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Bhutan | 44.35 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Sierra Leone | 44.3 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Central African Republic | 43.61 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Republic of Moldova | 43.37 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Eritrea | 43.27 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Egypt | 43.1 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Maldives | 41.97 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Mauritius | 40.87 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Madagascar | 40.56 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Bangladesh | 40.47 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Yemen | 39.83 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Viet Nam | 39.48 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Mozambique | 38.75 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 38.25 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Guinea | 38.08 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Pakistan | 38.04 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Kyrgyzstan | 37.8 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 37.41 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Grenada | 37.06 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| India | 36.36 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Sudan | 36.34 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Burkina Faso | 32.52 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Zimbabwe | 32.52 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Timor-Leste | 32.46 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Myanmar | 32.11 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Barbados | 31.42 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31.1 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Lesotho | 30.42 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Comoros | 30.13 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Kenya | 29.52 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Tajikistan | 28.23 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Guyana | 27.16 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Afghanistan | 26.93 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Uganda | 26.77 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Solomon Islands | 26.04 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Vanuatu | 25.98 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Cambodia | 25.57 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Eswatini | 24.79 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Chad | 24.37 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 24.33 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | 23.38 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Tonga | 23.16 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Ethiopia | 23.16 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Nepal | 21.9 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| South Sudan | 21.19 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Sri Lanka | 19.21 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Saint Lucia | 19.17 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Malawi | 18.28 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Rwanda | 17.89 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Samoa | 17.51 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Niger | 17.05 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Burundi | 14.78 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Papua New Guinea | 13.72 | UNCTAD + 2 others |
| Liechtenstein | 5,717 Number in 2022 | WB + 1 other |
| Monaco | 36,469 Number in 2022 | WB + 1 other |
| Puerto Rico | 3,015,917 Number in 2022 | WB |
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