List of countries by urbanization
The list of countries by urbanization sorts countries according to the proportion of the population in urban areas ( urbanization rate ). The definition of urban areas comes from the World Urbanization Prospects of the United Nations and is mostly based on national statistics. In general, an agglomeration of more than 10,000 inhabitants is considered urban. In 2018, 55.3% of the world's population lived in cities. The rate of urbanization can be an indicator of a country's industrialization .
list
Countries and territories sorted by urbanization rate. The source is the World Bank .
rank | country | Urbanization rate in % of the total population |
year |
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1 |
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100% | 2018 |
1 |
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100% | 2018 |
1 |
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100% | 2018 |
1 |
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100% | 2018 |
1 |
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100% | 2018 |
1 |
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100% | 2018 |
1 |
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100% | 2018 |
1 |
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100% | 2018 |
1 |
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100% | 2018 |
10 |
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99.1% | 2018 |
11 |
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98.0% | 2018 |
12 |
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97.2% | 2018 |
13 |
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94.5% | 2018 |
14th |
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95.7% | 2018 |
15th |
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95.3% | 2018 |
16 |
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94.8% | 2018 |
17th |
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93.8% | 2018 |
18th |
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93.6% | 2018 |
19th |
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92.4% | 2018 |
20th |
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91.9% | 2018 |
21st |
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91.6% | 2018 |
22nd |
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91.5% | 2018 |
23 |
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91.0% | 2018 |
24 |
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91.0% | 2018 |
25th |
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89.4% | 2018 |
26th |
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89.3% | 2018 |
27 |
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88.6% | 2018 |
28 |
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88.2% | 2018 |
29 |
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88.1% | 2018 |
30th |
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87.6% | 2018 |
31 |
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87.9% | 2018 |
32 |
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87.4% | 2018 |
33 |
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86.8% | 2018 |
34 |
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86.6% | 2018 |
35 |
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86.5% | 2018 |
36 |
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86.5% | 2018 |
37 |
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86.0% | 2018 |
38 |
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85.4% | 2018 |
39 |
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84.5% | 2018 |
40 |
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83.8% | 2018 |
41 |
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83.4% | 2018 |
42 |
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83.0% | 2018 |
43 |
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82.3% | 2018 |
44 |
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82.2% | 2018 |
45 |
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81.5% | 2018 |
46 |
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81.4% | 2018 |
47 |
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81.1% | 2018 |
48 |
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80.8% | 2018 |
49 |
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80.4% | 2018 |
50 |
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80.3% | 2018 |
51 |
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80.2% | 2018 |
52 |
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80.1% | 2018 |
53 |
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79.3% | 2018 |
54 |
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79.1% | 2018 |
55 |
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78.6% | 2018 |
56 |
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77.9% | 2018 |
57 |
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77.8% | 2018 |
58 |
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77.6% | 2018 |
59 |
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77.3% | 2018 |
60 |
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77.0% | 2018 |
61 |
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77.0% | 2018 |
62 |
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76.2% | 2018 |
63 |
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76.0% | 2018 |
64 |
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75.1% | 2018 |
65 |
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75.0% | 2018 |
66 |
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75.0% | 2018 |
67 |
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74.4% | 2018 |
68 |
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73.8% | 2018 |
69 |
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73.8% | 2018 |
70 |
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72.8% | 2018 |
71 |
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72.6% | 2018 |
72 |
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72.1% | 2018 |
73 |
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72.0% | 2018 |
74 |
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71.4% | 2018 |
75 |
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70.5% | 2018 |
76 |
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70.4% | 2018 |
77 |
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69.4% | 2018 |
78 |
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69.4% | 2018 |
79 |
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69.4% | 2018 |
80 |
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68.9% | 2018 |
81 |
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68.9% | 2018 |
82 |
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68.4% | 2018 |
83 |
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68.1% | 2018 |
84 |
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67.8% | 2018 |
85 |
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67.7% | 2018 |
86 |
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66.9% | 2018 |
87 |
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66.8% | 2018 |
88 |
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66.8% | 2018 |
89 |
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66.4% | 2018 |
90 |
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66.1% | 2018 |
91 |
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65.7% | 2018 |
92 |
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65.5% | 2018 |
93 |
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65.2% | 2018 |
94 |
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63.8% | 2018 |
95 |
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63.2% | 2018 |
96 |
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63.1% | 2018 |
97 |
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62.5% | 2018 |
98 |
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61.9% | 2018 |
99 |
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61.6% | 2018 |
100 |
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61.3% | 2018 |
101 |
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60.3% | 2018 |
102 |
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60.1% | 2018 |
103 |
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59.2% | 2018 |
104 |
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58.6% | 2018 |
105 |
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58.5% | 2018 |
106 |
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58.3% | 2018 |
107 |
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58.0% | 2018 |
108 |
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57.4% | 2018 |
109 |
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57.1% | 2018 |
110 |
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56.9% | 2018 |
111 |
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56.7% | 2018 |
112 |
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56.4% | 2018 |
113 |
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56.2% | 2018 |
114 |
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56.1% | 2018 |
115 |
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56.1% | 2018 |
116 |
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55.7% | 2018 |
117 |
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55.7% | 2018 |
118 |
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55.3% | 2018 |
119 |
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55.3% | 2018 |
120 |
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54.5% | 2018 |
121 |
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54.2% | 2018 |
122 |
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54.0% | 2018 |
123 |
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53.7% | 2018 |
124 |
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53.7% | 2018 |
125 |
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52.2% | 2018 |
126 |
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51.6% | 2018 |
127 |
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51.2% | 2018 |
128 |
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51.1% | 2018 |
129 |
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50.8% | 2018 |
130 |
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50.5% | 2018 |
131 |
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50.3% | 2018 |
132 |
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50.0% | 2018 |
133 |
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49.9% | 2018 |
134 |
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48.2% | 2018 |
135 |
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47.3% | 2018 |
136 |
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47.2% | 2018 |
137 |
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46.9% | 2018 |
138 |
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45.7% | 2018 |
139 |
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45.0% | 2018 |
140 |
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44.5% | 2018 |
141 |
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43.5% | 2018 |
142 |
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43.4% | 2018 |
143 |
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42.7% | 2018 |
144 |
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42.6% | 2018 |
145 |
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42.4% | 2018 |
146 |
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42.1% | 2018 |
147 |
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42.1% | 2018 |
148 |
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41.7% | 2018 |
149 |
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41.4% | 2018 |
150 |
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40.9% | 2018 |
151 |
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40.8% | 2018 |
152 |
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39.8% | 2018 |
153 |
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37.2% | 2018 |
154 |
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36.7% | 2018 |
155 |
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36.6% | 2018 |
156 |
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36.6% | 2018 |
157 |
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36.4% | 2018 |
158 |
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36.1% | 2018 |
159 |
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36.0% | 2018 |
160 |
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35.9% | 2018 |
161 |
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35.7% | 2011 |
162 |
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35.0% | 2018 |
163 |
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34.6% | 2018 |
164 |
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34.0% | 2018 |
165 |
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33.8% | 2018 |
166 |
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32.2% | 2018 |
167 |
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31.1% | 2018 |
168 |
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30.8% | 2018 |
169 |
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30.6% | 2018 |
170 |
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30.6% | 2018 |
171 |
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29.4% | 2018 |
172 |
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29.0% | 2018 |
173 |
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28.2% | 2018 |
174 |
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27.1% | 2018 |
175 |
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27.0% | 2018 |
176 |
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26.6% | 2018 |
177 |
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25.5% | 2018 |
178 |
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25.3% | 2018 |
179 |
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23.8% | 2018 |
180 |
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23.8% | 2018 |
181 |
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23.7% | 2018 |
182 |
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23.4% | 2018 |
183 |
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23.1% | 2018 |
184 |
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23.1% | 2018 |
185 |
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22.7% | 2018 |
186 |
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20.8% | 2018 |
187 |
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19.6% | 2018 |
188 |
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19.4% | 2018 |
189 |
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18.5% | 2018 |
190 |
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18.2% | 2018 |
191 |
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17.2% | 2018 |
192 |
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16.9% | 2018 |
193 |
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16.4% | 2018 |
194 |
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14.3% | 2018 |
195 |
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13.2% | 2018 |
196 |
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13.0% | 2018 |
World average | 55.3% | 2018 |
Development of urbanization over time
The following list shows the development of the urbanization rate in various countries since 1960.
country | Urbanization 1960 in% |
Urbanization 1970 in% |
Urbanization 1980 in% |
Urbanization 1990 in% |
Urbanization 2000 in% |
Urbanization 2010 in% |
Urbanization 2018 in% |
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100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
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85.2% | 87.7% | 91.5% | 99.5% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
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85.3% | 88.3% | 89.4% | 92.8% | 96.3% | 98.7% | 99.1% |
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92.5% | 93.8% | 95.4% | 96.4% | 97.1% | 97.6% | 98.0% |
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76.8% | 84.2% | 88.6% | 90.4% | 91.2% | 91.8% | 92.2% |
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72.6% | 78.9% | 82.9% | 87.0% | 89.1% | 91.0% | 91.9% |
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63.3% | 71.9% | 76.2% | 77.3% | 78.6% | 90.8% | 91.6% |
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59.7% | 61.7% | 64.7% | 68.7% | 76.8% | 87.0% | 91.5% |
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61.6% | 71.8% | 79.0% | 84.3% | 88.0% | 88.8% | 88.2% |
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67.8% | 75.2% | 81.2% | 83.3% | 86.1% | 88.6% | 87.6% |
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81.5% | 85.3% | 85.8% | 85.4% | 84.2% | 85.2% | 86.0% |
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73.7% | 79.7% | 83.7% | 84.8% | 85.1% | 86.8% | 87.9% |
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72.5% | 81.0% | 83.1% | 83.1% | 84.0% | 85.1% | 87.4% |
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46.1% | 55.9% | 65.5% | 73.9% | 81.2% | 84.3% | 86.6% |
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76.0% | 81.1% | 83.4% | 84.7% | 85.7% | 86.2% | 86.5% |
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73.5% | 79.8% | 80.7% | 79.0% | 80.2% | 84.1% | 86.5% |
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16.4% | 29.7% | 47.6% | 66.1% | 71.6% | 75.2% | 84.5% |
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31.3% | 48.7% | 65.9% | 76.6% | 79.8% | 82.1% | 83.8% |
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78.4% | 77.1% | 78.5% | 78.1% | 78.7% | 81.3% | 83.4% |
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70.0% | 73.6% | 73.7% | 75.3% | 79.1% | 80.7% | 82.3% |
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49.9% | 65.4% | 70.5% | 72.0% | 76.1% | 79.1% | 82.2% |
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27.7% | 40.7% | 56.7% | 73.8% | 79.6% | 81.9% | 81.5% |
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69.0% | 75.7% | 75.7% | 76.6% | 79.5% | 80.9% | 81.4% |
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45.0% | 54.8% | 62.1% | 68.3% | 72.1% | 75.0% | 80.8% |
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61.9% | 71.1% | 73.3% | 74.1% | 75.9% | 78.3% | 80.4% |
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56.6% | 66.0% | 72.8% | 75.4% | 76.3% | 78.4% | 80.3% |
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50.8% | 59.0% | 66.3% | 71.4% | 74.7% | 77.8% | 80.2% |
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55.9% | 64.2% | 69.3% | 71.5% | 72.7% | 76.3% | 79.1% |
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46.8% | 57.4% | 64.6% | 68.9% | 73.0% | 76.9% | 77.9% |
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71.4% | 72.3% | 72.8% | 73.1% | 75.0% | 77.0% | 77.3% |
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58.4% | 60.3% | 68.1% | 73.4% | 75.3% | 76.6% | 77.0% |
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26.6% | 33.5% | 42.0% | 49.8% | 62.0% | 70.9% | 76.0% |
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31.5% | 38.2% | 43.8% | 59.2% | 64.7% | 70.8% | 75.1% |
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33.7% | 41.2% | 49.7% | 56.3% | 64.0% | 70.6% | 75.0% |
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53.7% | 62.5% | 69.8% | 73.4% | 73.4% | 73.7% | 74.4% |
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51.0% | 57.4% | 57.1% | 73.2% | 73.3% | 73.6% | 73.8% |
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59.5% | 64.4% | 75.2% | 75.2% | 73.9% | 73.3% | 73.8% |
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30.5% | 39.5% | 43.5% | 52.1% | 59.9% | 67.5% | 72.6% |
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42.9% | 56.2% | 65.5% | 69.7% | 68.5% | 69.0% | 70.5% |
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59.4% | 64.3% | 66.6% | 66.7% | 67.2% | 68.3% | 70.4% |
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3.1% | 7.8% | 16.5% | 41.9% | 53.2% | 62.4% | 69.4% |
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46.8% | 54.8% | 61.7% | 66.8% | 67.1% | 68.7% | 69.4% |
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46.6% | 47.8% | 48.4% | 52.0% | 56.9% | 62.2% | 66.4% |
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35.0% | 38.8% | 42.8% | 47.9% | 54.4% | 60.6% | 65.2% |
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45.8% | 51.7% | 55.3% | 56.9% | 59.1% | 61.8% | 63.2% |
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29.4% | 34.5% | 41.2% | 48.4% | 53.3% | 57.7% | 62.5% |
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47.9% | 52.1% | 58.1% | 61.3% | 61.7% | 60.9% | 60.1% |
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16.2% | 17.4% | 19.4% | 26.4% | 35.9% | 49.2% | 59.2% |
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64.7% | 65.3% | 65.4% | 63.0% | 60.2% | 57.4% | 58.3% |
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23.3% | 29.0% | 31.2% | 36.4% | 43.9% | 50.7% | 56.1% |
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14.6% | 17.0% | 22.1% | 30.6% | 42.0% | 49.9% | 55.3% |
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34.2% | 40.3% | 46.1% | 53.2% | 53.0% | 53.8% | 54.0% |
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15.4% | 17.8% | 22.0% | 29.7% | 34.8% | 43.5% | 50.3% |
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19.7% | 20.9% | 26.8% | 29.4% | 31.4% | 44.1% | 49.9% |
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23.0% | 30.0% | 35.8% | 38.9% | 40.3% | 42.2% | 47.2% |
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30.3% | 33.0% | 37.5% | 48.6% | 48.0% | 45.3% | 46.9% |
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22.3% | 24.6% | 27.0% | 30.6% | 35.1% | 39.9% | 44.5% |
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37.9% | 41.5% | 43.9% | 43.5% | 43.8% | 43.0% | 42.7% |
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22.1% | 24.8% | 28.1% | 30.6% | 33.0% | 35.0% | 36.7% |
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5.1% | 7.6% | 14.9% | 19.8% | 23.6% | 30.5% | 36.6% |
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14.7% | 18.3% | 19.2% | 20.3% | 24.4% | 30.4% | 35.9% |
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10.7% | 16.5% | 20.0% | 28.6% | 32.5% | 33.1% | 34.6% |
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17.9% | 19.8% | 23.1% | 25.5% | 27.7% | 30.9% | 34.0% |
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5.2% | 7.9% | 14.6% | 18.9% | 22.3% | 28.1% | 33.8% |
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7.4% | 10.3% | 15.6% | 16.8% | 19.9% | 23.6% | 27.0% |
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8.4% | 11.6% | 16.0% | 18.3% | 22.1% | 23.7% | 25.5% |
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6.4% | 8.6% | 10.4% | 12.6% | 14.7% | 17.3% | 20.8% |
World average | 33.6% | 36.5% | 39.3% | 42.9% | 46.5% | 51.6% | 55.3% |
Top 50 countries by total city population
The first 50 countries by number of urban residents and urban population growth rate.
rank | country | Urban population (2018) |
Growth (2018) |
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1 |
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823,828,000 | + 2.5% |
2 |
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460,296,000 | + 2.3% |
3 |
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269,115,000 | + 0.9% |
4th |
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181,336,000 | +1.1% |
5 |
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148,085,000 | + 2.5% |
6th |
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115,921,000 | −0.1% |
7th |
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107,539,000 | + 0.2% |
8th |
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101,149,000 | +1.5% |
9 |
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98,611,000 | + 4.2% |
10 |
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77,811,000 | + 2.7% |
11 |
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64,113,000 | + 0.4% |
12 |
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61,858,000 | + 2.2% |
13 |
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61,267,000 | + 2.1% |
14th |
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59,108,000 | + 3.2% |
15th |
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55,450,000 | +1.0% |
16 |
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53,887,000 | + 0.5% |
17th |
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50,027,000 | +1.9% |
18th |
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42,567,000 | + 0.2% |
19th |
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42,062,000 | + 0.3% |
20th |
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42,031,000 | + 2.0% |
21st |
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40,877,000 | +1.1% |
22nd |
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40,105,000 | +1.9% |
23 |
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38,340,000 | + 2.1% |
24 |
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37,529,000 | + 0.6% |
25th |
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37,377,000 | + 4.5% |
26th |
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34,679,000 | +1.8% |
27 |
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34,317,000 | + 3.0% |
28 |
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30,947,000 | −0.3% |
29 |
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30,670,000 | + 2.8% |
30th |
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30,170,000 | +1.5% |
31 |
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28,255,000 | + 2.1% |
32 |
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27,085,000 | + 2.6% |
33 |
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25,466,000 | −1.8% |
34 |
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24,922,000 | + 2.0% |
35 |
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23,973,000 | + 2.1% |
36 |
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22,809,000 | −0.1% |
37 |
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22,679,000 | + 4.8% |
38 |
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22,501,000 | + 2.1% |
39 |
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21,496,000 | +1.7% |
40 |
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20,185,000 | + 4.3% |
41 |
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19,022,000 | + 5.1% |
42 |
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16,687,000 | + 3.4% |
43 |
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16,635,000 | +1.6% |
44 |
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16,423,000 | +1.5% |
45 |
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16,400,000 | +1.5% |
46 |
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15,815,000 | + 0.8% |
47 |
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15,765,000 | +1.0% |
48 |
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14,481,000 | + 3.2% |
49 |
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14,215,000 | + 3.7% |
50 |
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13,892,000 | + 4.1% |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Definition of »urbanization« | Gabler Economic Lexicon . ( gabler.de [accessed on July 16, 2017]).
- ↑ Urban population (% of total) | Data. Retrieved July 16, 2017 (American English).
- ↑ Urban population | Data. Retrieved July 18, 2017 (American English).
- ↑ Urban population growth (annual%) | Data. Retrieved July 18, 2017 (American English).