Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per capita by country
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
191
Highest
0.0012 1000 No per person
Northern Mariana Islands
Lowest
0.0001 1000 No per person
Papua New Guinea
Median
0.0006 1000 No per person
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
11,544
What the numbers show
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per capita is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 0.0012 1000 No per person in Northern Mariana Islands; the lowest is 0.0001 1000 No per person in Papua New Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0006 1000 No per person, and the mean is 0.0006 1000 No per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 149 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Tuvalu (up 43.5%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 20.8%).
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0012 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 2 | Marshall Islands | 0.0012 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 3 | Palau | 0.0011 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 4 | American Samoa | 0.0011 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 5 | Puerto Rico | 0.0011 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 6 | Monaco | 0.0011 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 7 | Bahrain | 0.001 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 8 | Qatar | 0.001 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 9 | Singapore | 0.001 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 10 | Uruguay | 0.001 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 11 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.001 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 12 | Guam | 0.001 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 13 | San Marino | 0.001 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 14 | Belgium | 0.001 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 15 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.001 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 16 | Argentina | 0.001 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 17 | Kuwait | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 18 | Nauru | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 19 | Bermuda | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 20 | Japan | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 21 | Brazil | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 22 | Oman | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 23 | Cayman Islands | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 24 | Greenland | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 25 | Gibraltar | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 26 | Bahamas | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 27 | Mexico | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 28 | Sweden | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 29 | Denmark | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 30 | Palestine | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 32 | Luxembourg | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 33 | Finland | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 35 | Norway | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 36 | Tuvalu | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 37 | Lebanon | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 38 | Israel | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 39 | Greece | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 40 | Iceland | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 41 | Costa Rica | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 42 | Jordan | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 43 | Chile | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 44 | Australia | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 45 | Dominica | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 46 | Gabon | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 47 | Belarus | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 48 | Albania | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 49 | New Zealand | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 50 | Andorra | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 51 | Cuba | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 52 | Peru | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 53 | Bulgaria | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 54 | Colombia | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 55 | France | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 56 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 57 | El Salvador | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 58 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 59 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 60 | Libya | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 61 | Malaysia | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 62 | Canada | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 63 | Germany | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 64 | Spain | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 65 | Ukraine | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 66 | New Caledonia | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 67 | Botswana | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Serbia | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 69 | Eritrea | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 70 | Algeria | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 71 | Switzerland | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 72 | Czechia | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 73 | Hungary | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 74 | Iraq | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 75 | Italy | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 76 | Malta | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 77 | Tunisia | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 78 | Djibouti | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 79 | Panama | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 80 | China (People’s Republic of) | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 81 | Congo | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 82 | Montenegro | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 83 | North Macedonia | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 84 | Angola | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 85 | Paraguay | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 86 | Latvia | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 87 | Morocco | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 88 | Lithuania | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 89 | South Africa | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 90 | Mongolia | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 91 | Ecuador | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 92 | French Polynesia | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 93 | Estonia | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 94 | Portugal | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 95 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 96 | Suriname | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 97 | Poland | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 98 | Haiti | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 99 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 100 | Gambia | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 101 | Croatia | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 102 | Cyprus | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 103 | Armenia | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 104 | Fiji | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 105 | Mauritania | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 106 | Jamaica | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 107 | Ireland | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 108 | Georgia | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 109 | Indonesia | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 110 | Azerbaijan | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 111 | Cameroon | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 112 | Ghana | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 113 | Honduras | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 114 | Austria | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 115 | Nicaragua | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 116 | Kiribati | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 117 | Isle of Man | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 118 | Guatemala | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 119 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 120 | Slovenia | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 121 | Kazakhstan | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 122 | Liberia | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 123 | Nigeria | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 124 | Romania | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 125 | Slovak Republic | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 126 | Namibia | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 127 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 128 | Thailand | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 129 | Senegal | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 130 | Bhutan | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Togo | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 132 | Philippines | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 133 | Belize | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 134 | Uzbekistan | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 135 | Benin | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 136 | Seychelles | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 137 | Zambia | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 138 | Somalia | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 139 | Turkmenistan | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 140 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 141 | Sierra Leone | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 142 | Central African Republic | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 143 | Aruba | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 144 | Mali | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 145 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 146 | Bangladesh | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Mauritius | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 148 | Mozambique | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 149 | Egypt | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 150 | Madagascar | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 151 | Faroe Islands | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 152 | Guinea | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 153 | Maldives | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 154 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 155 | Zimbabwe | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 156 | India | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 157 | Grenada | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 158 | Sudan | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 159 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 160 | Pakistan | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 161 | Myanmar | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 162 | Burkina Faso | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Comoros | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 164 | Yemen | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 165 | Lesotho | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Barbados | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 167 | Kenya | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 168 | Channel Islands | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 169 | Eswatini | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 170 | Uganda | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 172 | South Sudan | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 173 | Tajikistan | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 174 | Afghanistan | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 175 | Guyana | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 176 | Cambodia | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 177 | Tonga | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 178 | Vanuatu | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 179 | Nepal | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Solomon Islands | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 181 | Ethiopia | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 182 | Chad | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 183 | Saint Lucia | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 184 | Malawi | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 185 | Sri Lanka | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 186 | Rwanda | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 187 | Niger | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 188 | Samoa | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 189 | Burundi | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 190 | Liechtenstein | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 191 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0006 1000 No per person
How this figure is calculated
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.