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 different country coverages.
| Country Name |
2023 |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
| China |
924,440,306 |
920,987,153 |
914,094,603 |
896,379,022 |
882,795,695 |
| India |
504,297,814 |
495,413,925 |
487,087,908 |
478,694,801 |
469,686,125 |
| United States |
269,645,027 |
267,305,585 |
265,704,962 |
265,254,034 |
264,611,859 |
| Brazil |
184,993,000 |
183,701,720 |
182,593,908 |
181,349,681 |
179,821,975 |
| Indonesia |
163,421,861 |
160,309,348 |
157,409,381 |
154,661,763 |
151,880,690 |
| Nigeria |
141,685,483 |
136,953,875 |
132,362,871 |
127,896,884 |
123,515,077 |
| Japan |
114,658,281 |
115,087,029 |
115,468,839 |
115,883,599 |
116,143,255 |
| Russia |
107,841,558 |
107,967,820 |
108,200,642 |
108,488,280 |
108,540,571 |
| Mexico |
103,108,719 |
101,861,181 |
100,755,748 |
99,762,910 |
98,542,822 |
| Pakistan |
96,079,231 |
93,517,801 |
90,841,927 |
88,144,500 |
85,648,282 |
| Turkey |
75,958,748 |
75,664,514 |
75,039,385 |
74,154,256 |
73,216,431 |
| Iran |
69,475,093 |
68,337,636 |
67,219,658 |
66,317,730 |
65,466,224 |
| Germany |
68,215,139 |
68,028,459 |
67,915,111 |
67,751,166 |
67,559,064 |
| Philippines |
63,332,937 |
62,441,328 |
61,583,931 |
60,644,675 |
59,519,606 |
| United Kingdom |
56,986,354 |
56,188,876 |
55,584,133 |
55,327,461 |
55,081,329 |
| Bangladesh |
55,140,091 |
53,650,523 |
52,643,565 |
51,746,778 |
50,830,886 |
| France |
53,863,982 |
53,701,527 |
53,417,028 |
53,210,127 |
53,022,323 |
| Egypt |
48,918,012 |
48,011,990 |
47,232,852 |
46,478,772 |
45,689,875 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo |
46,944,694 |
45,058,032 |
43,257,755 |
41,518,420 |
39,850,945 |
| Thailand |
43,691,300 |
42,856,389 |
41,966,785 |
41,004,632 |
39,999,986 |
| Argentina |
41,983,907 |
41,826,509 |
41,700,565 |
41,551,256 |
41,311,179 |
| South Korea |
41,972,317 |
41,938,746 |
42,017,013 |
42,078,564 |
42,079,679 |
| Italy |
41,016,535 |
41,005,043 |
41,086,468 |
41,321,146 |
41,514,698 |
| Colombia |
40,954,681 |
40,379,635 |
39,841,781 |
39,308,245 |
38,658,502 |
| South Africa |
40,191,932 |
39,595,737 |
39,023,643 |
38,419,145 |
37,786,302 |
| Spain |
38,744,151 |
38,207,320 |
37,852,874 |
37,743,362 |
37,522,807 |
| Vietnam |
38,264,181 |
37,427,944 |
36,263,736 |
34,887,423 |
33,645,364 |
| Algeria |
34,499,817 |
33,734,939 |
32,953,086 |
32,174,559 |
31,380,950 |
| Canada |
33,050,532 |
32,075,469 |
31,424,728 |
31,164,845 |
30,747,991 |
| Iraq |
31,492,462 |
30,791,339 |
30,093,110 |
29,426,163 |
28,780,286 |
| Ethiopia |
29,674,563 |
28,508,335 |
27,000,822 |
25,717,142 |
24,592,655 |
| Peru |
28,694,661 |
28,242,007 |
27,833,704 |
27,428,996 |
26,966,442 |
| Saudi Arabia |
28,410,135 |
27,070,606 |
25,850,150 |
26,443,034 |
25,145,200 |
| Malaysia |
26,851,763 |
26,359,601 |
25,886,250 |
25,434,516 |
25,026,197 |
| Ukraine |
26,215,056 |
28,497,473 |
30,744,454 |
31,000,741 |
31,179,240 |
| Angola |
25,670,362 |
24,606,208 |
23,569,217 |
22,565,072 |
21,582,821 |
| Venezuela |
25,258,407 |
25,169,741 |
25,181,546 |
25,355,023 |
25,784,716 |
| Morocco |
23,635,841 |
23,335,087 |
23,029,021 |
22,716,358 |
22,393,922 |
| Tanzania |
23,632,464 |
22,534,904 |
21,582,254 |
20,642,173 |
19,733,362 |
| Australia |
23,323,885 |
22,723,275 |
22,406,757 |
22,384,444 |
22,117,801 |
| Poland |
21,970,572 |
22,031,023 |
22,118,541 |
22,462,109 |
22,765,093 |
| Nepal |
19,759,774 |
19,701,125 |
19,496,020 |
19,148,379 |
18,749,700 |
| Ghana |
19,531,940 |
18,978,092 |
18,436,540 |
17,926,421 |
17,418,931 |
| Uzbekistan |
18,181,423 |
17,813,536 |
17,439,284 |
17,050,807 |
16,677,505 |
| Kenya |
17,505,406 |
17,051,973 |
16,651,177 |
16,295,124 |
15,969,935 |
| Chile |
17,460,164 |
17,331,720 |
17,212,250 |
17,103,360 |
16,918,467 |
| Sudan |
17,412,893 |
17,146,384 |
16,651,419 |
16,170,098 |
15,701,717 |
| Netherlands |
17,040,856 |
16,813,387 |
16,591,428 |
16,439,177 |
16,285,068 |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
17,027,621 |
16,310,345 |
15,791,756 |
15,452,913 |
15,025,972 |
| North Korea |
16,785,656 |
16,647,054 |
16,507,231 |
16,370,613 |
16,235,563 |
| Myanmar |
16,446,969 |
16,294,271 |
16,142,595 |
15,989,415 |
15,833,402 |
| Cameroon |
15,641,490 |
15,155,435 |
14,683,856 |
14,220,747 |
13,760,230 |
| Uganda |
14,891,808 |
14,158,424 |
13,422,655 |
12,688,060 |
11,969,800 |
| Yemen |
14,405,530 |
13,883,554 |
13,396,665 |
12,901,071 |
12,256,254 |
| Kazakhstan |
12,555,078 |
12,310,097 |
12,049,571 |
11,686,761 |
11,349,629 |
| Mozambique |
12,012,790 |
11,447,211 |
10,923,314 |
10,437,025 |
9,986,680 |
| Ecuador |
11,350,965 |
11,245,129 |
11,155,352 |
11,067,600 |
10,935,088 |
| Jordan |
10,602,118 |
10,401,332 |
10,194,103 |
9,976,634 |
9,766,484 |
| Afghanistan |
10,559,793 |
10,304,561 |
10,139,249 |
9,869,688 |
9,518,439 |
| Belgium |
10,313,519 |
10,218,922 |
10,129,875 |
10,072,797 |
10,006,461 |
| Guatemala |
10,078,902 |
9,862,402 |
9,662,487 |
9,468,129 |
9,268,248 |
| Madagascar |
9,976,442 |
9,599,846 |
9,237,998 |
8,889,306 |
8,551,850 |
| Romania |
9,943,122 |
9,936,362 |
9,987,863 |
10,135,823 |
10,246,281 |
| Somalia |
9,926,768 |
9,524,195 |
9,137,635 |
8,706,295 |
8,278,733 |
| Senegal |
9,888,293 |
9,433,368 |
8,993,775 |
8,571,953 |
8,167,358 |
| Sweden |
9,338,745 |
9,270,860 |
9,184,054 |
9,105,066 |
9,015,493 |
| Zambia |
9,331,708 |
8,987,979 |
8,671,729 |
8,360,299 |
8,051,629 |
| Israel |
9,012,717 |
8,744,920 |
8,578,144 |
8,439,082 |
8,294,858 |
| UAE |
8,981,227 |
8,615,590 |
8,173,081 |
8,009,264 |
8,031,735 |
| Bolivia |
8,682,963 |
8,530,729 |
8,397,341 |
8,276,640 |
8,138,866 |
| Tunisia |
8,543,555 |
8,448,041 |
8,361,714 |
8,274,590 |
8,172,507 |
| Cuba |
8,499,231 |
8,527,741 |
8,575,055 |
8,617,867 |
8,634,350 |
| Dominican Republic |
8,199,054 |
8,133,333 |
8,111,721 |
8,065,163 |
8,011,517 |
| Greece |
8,198,352 |
8,198,919 |
8,285,765 |
8,377,718 |
8,383,077 |
| Czech Republic |
7,901,987 |
7,758,284 |
7,635,706 |
7,780,070 |
7,767,803 |
| Switzerland |
7,571,980 |
7,453,558 |
7,329,284 |
7,112,812 |
6,927,050 |
| Hong Kong |
7,536,100 |
7,346,100 |
7,413,100 |
7,481,000 |
7,507,900 |
| Mali |
7,369,187 |
7,014,445 |
6,650,534 |
6,301,485 |
5,973,329 |
| Benin |
7,301,866 |
7,012,213 |
6,733,023 |
6,462,696 |
6,199,527 |
| Belarus |
7,233,843 |
7,241,570 |
7,268,211 |
7,296,574 |
7,296,081 |
| Cambodia |
7,079,162 |
6,945,130 |
6,808,256 |
6,662,201 |
6,523,799 |
| Hungary |
6,742,568 |
6,738,776 |
6,761,485 |
6,797,505 |
6,830,636 |
| Portugal |
6,474,357 |
6,378,082 |
6,330,574 |
6,291,955 |
6,286,442 |
| Zimbabwe |
6,420,625 |
6,219,612 |
5,982,278 |
5,746,465 |
5,525,756 |
| Libya |
6,419,097 |
6,346,012 |
6,267,288 |
6,187,821 |
6,104,537 |
| Burkina Faso |
6,398,229 |
6,140,271 |
5,897,239 |
5,661,318 |
5,474,995 |
| Haiti |
6,336,526 |
6,194,979 |
6,056,519 |
5,917,721 |
5,775,452 |
| Austria |
6,321,602 |
6,238,704 |
6,159,224 |
6,111,709 |
6,066,549 |
| Honduras |
6,207,357 |
6,051,934 |
5,901,761 |
5,754,955 |
5,606,136 |
| Azerbaijan |
5,940,831 |
5,926,668 |
5,916,999 |
5,883,630 |
5,827,198 |
| Singapore |
5,917,648 |
5,637,022 |
5,453,566 |
5,685,807 |
5,703,569 |
| Guinea |
5,422,997 |
5,233,922 |
5,052,354 |
4,877,837 |
4,709,069 |
| Denmark |
5,266,183 |
5,217,578 |
5,169,249 |
5,145,599 |
5,128,881 |
| Lebanon |
5,222,263 |
5,181,892 |
5,144,329 |
5,116,733 |
5,186,085 |
| Chad |
5,086,814 |
4,754,746 |
4,498,292 |
4,260,385 |
4,050,022 |
| Kuwait |
4,853,420 |
4,589,643 |
4,360,865 |
4,400,267 |
4,442,316 |
| Bulgaria |
4,753,221 |
4,750,548 |
4,772,895 |
4,803,232 |
4,877,601 |
| Paraguay |
4,746,183 |
4,640,359 |
4,498,846 |
4,366,162 |
4,233,780 |
| El Salvador |
4,707,489 |
4,656,637 |
4,609,501 |
4,554,866 |
4,505,885 |
| Niger |
4,643,556 |
4,423,826 |
4,221,619 |
4,033,925 |
3,858,240 |
| Norway |
4,585,235 |
4,527,034 |
4,481,404 |
4,448,987 |
4,411,671 |
| West Bank And Gaza |
4,486,873 |
4,367,573 |
4,250,053 |
4,134,371 |
4,020,631 |
| Sri Lanka |
4,439,472 |
4,433,492 |
4,392,788 |
4,309,755 |
4,250,415 |
| New Zealand |
4,362,275 |
4,261,246 |
4,262,417 |
4,251,376 |
4,165,358 |
| Finland |
4,132,443 |
4,094,670 |
4,065,501 |
4,041,263 |
4,016,589 |
| Serbia |
4,115,875 |
4,125,386 |
4,193,809 |
4,223,866 |
4,240,012 |
| Nicaragua |
4,034,468 |
3,970,779 |
3,911,045 |
3,854,113 |
3,795,570 |
| Costa Rica |
4,027,337 |
3,986,165 |
3,946,127 |
3,902,663 |
3,851,835 |
| Rwanda |
4,026,637 |
3,792,348 |
3,486,379 |
3,201,519 |
2,934,812 |
| Oman |
4,017,718 |
3,784,734 |
3,605,919 |
3,618,795 |
3,653,618 |
| Republic Of Congo |
3,936,190 |
3,840,873 |
3,748,484 |
3,657,400 |
3,567,570 |
| Sierra Leone |
3,791,098 |
3,663,864 |
3,540,137 |
3,419,251 |
3,301,703 |
| Malawi |
3,582,459 |
3,437,981 |
3,305,431 |
3,183,271 |
3,070,447 |
| Togo |
3,556,789 |
3,447,980 |
3,357,843 |
3,261,493 |
3,158,134 |
| Turkmenistan |
3,466,285 |
3,402,472 |
3,337,384 |
3,270,260 |
3,201,219 |
| Ireland |
3,405,504 |
3,330,586 |
3,254,289 |
3,198,795 |
3,148,788 |
| Uruguay |
3,237,107 |
3,238,245 |
3,242,136 |
3,242,607 |
3,239,166 |
| Burundi |
3,224,341 |
2,973,301 |
2,737,128 |
2,514,701 |
2,302,309 |
| Liberia |
3,021,050 |
2,926,248 |
2,835,956 |
2,749,189 |
2,665,872 |
| Puerto Rico |
3,017,251 |
3,030,516 |
3,068,764 |
3,085,077 |
3,102,944 |
| Mauritania |
2,999,113 |
2,867,464 |
2,741,565 |
2,621,323 |
2,504,580 |
| Lao PDR |
2,974,555 |
2,877,581 |
2,782,932 |
2,690,190 |
2,598,839 |
| Panama |
2,936,544 |
2,896,639 |
2,859,678 |
2,824,378 |
2,784,442 |
| Slovak Republic |
2,886,527 |
2,889,164 |
2,897,399 |
2,906,727 |
2,910,696 |
| Tajikistan |
2,720,986 |
2,667,306 |
2,611,245 |
2,553,592 |
2,490,187 |
| Qatar |
2,637,002 |
2,637,243 |
2,484,956 |
2,770,727 |
2,615,415 |
| Kyrgyz Republic |
2,464,070 |
2,420,423 |
2,380,946 |
2,342,028 |
2,298,700 |
| Mongolia |
2,452,343 |
2,396,200 |
2,342,067 |
2,265,476 |
2,216,388 |
| South Sudan |
2,419,980 |
2,289,673 |
2,225,433 |
2,160,176 |
2,074,903 |
| Gabon |
2,277,001 |
2,217,433 |
2,157,783 |
2,098,369 |
2,038,740 |
| Georgia |
2,257,242 |
2,227,878 |
2,204,003 |
2,196,367 |
2,181,146 |
| Central African Republic |
2,251,524 |
2,206,186 |
2,190,779 |
2,126,519 |
2,065,899 |
| Croatia |
2,209,406 |
2,197,629 |
2,202,034 |
2,212,641 |
2,223,635 |
| Lithuania |
1,969,202 |
1,933,631 |
1,915,068 |
1,894,904 |
1,890,337 |
| Armenia |
1,947,417 |
1,946,680 |
1,936,079 |
1,930,134 |
1,925,764 |
| Gambia |
1,721,280 |
1,668,542 |
1,616,577 |
1,564,960 |
1,514,478 |
| Botswana |
1,662,291 |
1,624,699 |
1,597,397 |
1,572,109 |
1,546,805 |
| Jamaica |
1,659,884 |
1,646,363 |
1,632,833 |
1,616,645 |
1,600,676 |
| Bosnia |
1,642,406 |
1,635,139 |
1,638,352 |
1,648,721 |
1,654,869 |
| Bahrain |
1,577,059 |
1,524,693 |
1,504,365 |
1,472,204 |
1,483,756 |
| Papua New Guinea |
1,564,482 |
1,503,525 |
1,445,846 |
1,390,927 |
1,338,326 |
| Namibia |
1,480,202 |
1,431,224 |
1,378,776 |
1,324,743 |
1,272,290 |
| Albania |
1,403,841 |
1,418,623 |
1,431,805 |
1,444,795 |
1,457,584 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
1,314,144 |
1,278,551 |
1,242,461 |
1,208,142 |
1,171,087 |
| Latvia |
1,287,678 |
1,282,811 |
1,284,862 |
1,294,607 |
1,302,668 |
| Eritrea |
1,204,101 |
1,188,088 |
1,172,132 |
1,155,767 |
1,141,690 |
| Slovenia |
1,177,659 |
1,168,776 |
1,165,865 |
1,164,412 |
1,158,058 |
| North Macedonia |
1,137,849 |
1,134,802 |
1,133,209 |
1,135,193 |
1,137,553 |
| Moldova |
1,056,876 |
1,072,273 |
1,085,348 |
1,089,280 |
1,086,265 |
| Lesotho |
986,494 |
952,631 |
919,434 |
886,084 |
852,921 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
981,759 |
950,914 |
920,990 |
891,949 |
863,318 |
| Estonia |
968,477 |
950,787 |
934,018 |
929,091 |
923,239 |
| Cyprus |
896,749 |
887,617 |
878,274 |
868,834 |
859,081 |
| Djibouti |
839,814 |
825,657 |
810,531 |
795,724 |
781,060 |
| Kosovo |
826,368 |
845,153 |
830,519 |
809,629 |
787,116 |
| Trinidad And Tobago |
737,822 |
736,816 |
737,690 |
737,181 |
735,655 |
| Macao |
678,800 |
677,300 |
682,500 |
685,400 |
672,000 |
| Luxembourg |
631,786 |
618,884 |
605,412 |
591,712 |
578,207 |
| Fiji |
541,613 |
534,508 |
528,592 |
523,237 |
518,838 |
| Malta |
528,577 |
507,746 |
494,909 |
490,665 |
478,380 |
| Mauritius |
487,022 |
492,384 |
494,847 |
495,780 |
496,911 |
| Suriname |
413,532 |
410,656 |
407,721 |
404,180 |
400,031 |
| Montenegro |
408,244 |
407,837 |
408,326 |
408,844 |
408,447 |
| Cabo Verde |
396,483 |
389,981 |
383,151 |
375,118 |
368,229 |
| Timor-Leste |
395,843 |
391,423 |
388,742 |
384,050 |
378,769 |
| Iceland |
363,109 |
359,765 |
350,954 |
344,976 |
338,847 |
| Brunei |
343,385 |
340,513 |
337,737 |
334,545 |
331,091 |
| Bhutan |
328,200 |
319,679 |
312,561 |
305,607 |
298,853 |
| Bahamas |
324,830 |
323,278 |
322,958 |
323,279 |
322,946 |
| Eswatini |
317,571 |
309,564 |
301,837 |
294,190 |
287,252 |
| Comoros |
281,905 |
273,402 |
265,190 |
257,204 |
249,571 |
| Solomon Islands |
240,073 |
229,252 |
218,779 |
208,703 |
198,603 |
| Guyana |
218,696 |
217,353 |
215,640 |
213,450 |
213,433 |
| Maldives |
218,338 |
215,220 |
210,280 |
202,848 |
195,333 |
| New Caledonia |
196,391 |
194,015 |
192,272 |
191,179 |
190,463 |
| French Polynesia |
173,441 |
172,969 |
172,744 |
172,460 |
172,394 |
| Belize |
172,442 |
169,701 |
167,591 |
166,681 |
165,551 |
| Barbados |
167,774 |
167,567 |
167,375 |
167,051 |
166,711 |
| Sao Tome And Principe |
158,388 |
154,729 |
151,319 |
147,951 |
144,921 |
| Guam |
156,740 |
155,446 |
154,051 |
152,559 |
152,229 |
| Curacao |
141,366 |
140,137 |
140,696 |
142,083 |
143,856 |
| Virgin Islands (U.S.) |
99,959 |
100,371 |
100,746 |
101,079 |
101,427 |
| Kiribati |
81,538 |
79,030 |
76,560 |
73,657 |
69,749 |
| Cayman Islands |
73,038 |
71,591 |
70,108 |
68,684 |
67,327 |
| Andorra |
71,816 |
70,742 |
69,480 |
68,552 |
67,709 |
| Vanuatu |
71,340 |
69,666 |
68,056 |
67,000 |
68,624 |
| Aruba |
66,386 |
66,405 |
66,696 |
67,327 |
68,021 |
| Bermuda |
64,698 |
64,749 |
64,648 |
64,382 |
64,107 |
| Channel Islands |
54,928 |
54,833 |
54,716 |
54,566 |
54,369 |
| Seychelles |
54,014 |
53,838 |
44,272 |
43,612 |
42,960 |
| St. Lucia |
52,168 |
52,021 |
48,994 |
45,904 |
43,079 |
| Greenland |
50,077 |
49,751 |
49,597 |
49,199 |
48,928 |
| Dominica |
48,626 |
48,571 |
48,561 |
48,549 |
48,492 |
| St. Vincent And The Grenadines |
48,348 |
48,560 |
48,804 |
48,994 |
49,163 |
| Isle Of Man |
43,920 |
43,913 |
43,903 |
43,874 |
43,808 |
| Turks And Caicos Islands |
43,395 |
42,955 |
42,278 |
41,366 |
40,119 |
| Sint Maarten (Dutch Part) |
42,749 |
42,139 |
41,571 |
41,008 |
40,385 |
| Grenada |
42,690 |
42,520 |
42,338 |
42,121 |
41,909 |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
41,520 |
42,336 |
43,119 |
43,579 |
44,094 |
| Monaco |
38,956 |
38,931 |
38,527 |
38,050 |
38,109 |
| American Samoa |
38,669 |
39,541 |
40,469 |
41,115 |
41,701 |
| Gibraltar |
38,471 |
37,609 |
36,858 |
36,173 |
35,494 |
| Samoa |
37,919 |
37,672 |
37,555 |
38,259 |
38,630 |
| San Marino |
32,889 |
32,781 |
33,260 |
33,762 |
33,658 |
| Marshall Islands |
30,425 |
31,254 |
32,108 |
33,006 |
33,860 |
| St. Martin (French Part) |
27,515 |
28,870 |
29,961 |
31,786 |
34,267 |
| Micronesia |
25,267 |
25,127 |
24,996 |
24,818 |
24,658 |
| Antigua And Barbuda |
22,816 |
22,756 |
22,695 |
22,631 |
22,575 |
| Tonga |
22,120 |
22,213 |
22,425 |
23,124 |
23,595 |
| British Virgin Islands |
21,692 |
20,997 |
20,407 |
19,745 |
19,068 |
| Faroe Islands |
21,323 |
21,020 |
20,681 |
20,325 |
19,885 |
| St. Kitts And Nevis |
14,823 |
14,767 |
14,749 |
14,751 |
14,749 |
| Palau |
14,031 |
14,050 |
14,064 |
14,070 |
14,110 |
| Nauru |
11,875 |
11,801 |
11,709 |
11,643 |
11,587 |
| Tuvalu |
6,283 |
6,326 |
6,382 |
6,439 |
6,480 |
| Liechtenstein |
5,849 |
5,802 |
5,759 |
5,705 |
5,633 |