Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per unit of GDP by country
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
187
Highest
0 1000 No per US$ of GDP
Central African Republic
Lowest
0 1000 No per US$ of GDP
Liechtenstein
Median
0 1000 No per US$ of GDP
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
10,242
What the numbers show
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP in Liechtenstein.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,223.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 161 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 154.9%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 82.7%).
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per unit of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 2 | Eritrea | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 3 | Somalia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 4 | Madagascar | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 5 | Gambia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 6 | Mozambique | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 7 | Burundi | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 8 | Afghanistan | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 62.0% | falling |
| 9 | Liberia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Sierra Leone | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 23.6% | falling |
| 11 | Yemen | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 92.8% | falling |
| 12 | Nigeria | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 154.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 36.5% | rising |
| 14 | Mali | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Togo | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 16 | Zambia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 17 | Sudan | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 18 | Cameroon | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Lesotho | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Malawi | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 21 | Burkina Faso | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 22 | Benin | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 23 | Congo | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Mauritania | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 25 | Palestine, State of | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 26 | Senegal | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 27 | Uganda | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Niger | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 30 | Myanmar | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Haiti | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Kiribati | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 33 | Nicaragua | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Angola | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Chad | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Pakistan | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Guinea | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Lebanon | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 91.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 63.7% | falling |
| 40 | Djibouti | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 41 | Ghana | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 42 | Tajikistan | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Bangladesh | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 44 | Comoros | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 45 | Rwanda | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Honduras | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Nepal | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 48 | Jordan | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Tunisia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Tuvalu | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Morocco | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Ukraine | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Marshall Islands | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 54 | El Salvador | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 55 | India | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Kenya | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 57 | Iraq | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Egypt | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 60 | Algeria | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Uzbekistan | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Libya | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Philippines | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Indonesia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Bhutan | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 67 | Namibia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 68 | Solomon Islands | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Gabon | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 70 | South Africa | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Botswana | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Paraguay | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 52.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Colombia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Mongolia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Ecuador | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Cambodia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Fiji | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Suriname | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Guatemala | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Brazil | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Peru | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Cuba | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Belarus | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Dominica | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Eswatini | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Jamaica | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Turkmenistan | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Thailand | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 92 | North Macedonia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Argentina | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Armenia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 63.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Naoero | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Albania | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Mexico | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Vanuatu | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 99 | Georgia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Belize | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Malaysia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Palau | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 103 | American Samoa | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 104 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 105 | China (People’s Republic of) | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Serbia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 58.7% | falling |
| 107 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Chile | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Montenegro | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 110 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 111 | Oman | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Papua New Guinea | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Uruguay | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Tonga | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Bulgaria | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Sri Lanka | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Kazakhstan | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Panama | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Bahrain | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Mauritius | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Greece | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Grenada | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Kuwait | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 125 | French Polynesia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Hungary | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Samoa | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Maldives | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Puerto Rico | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Japan | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 132 | New Caledonia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 49.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Latvia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Saudi Arabia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Seychelles | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Romania | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Guam | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 138 | Sint Maarten | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 139 | Croatia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Bahamas | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Poland | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 142 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 143 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 144 | Czechia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 50.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Cyprus | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Lithuania | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Portugal | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Spain | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Slovak Republic | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Estonia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Italy | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 152 | New Zealand | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 153 | San Marino | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 154 | United Arab Emirates | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 155 | France | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Belgium | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 157 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Finland | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Andorra | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Greenland | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Malta | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 57.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Slovenia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 163 | Israel | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Qatar | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Sweden | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Canada | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Saint Lucia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Australia | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Germany | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Aruba | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 171 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Barbados | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Denmark | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 174 | Singapore | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Austria | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Norway | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Iceland | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 178 | Cayman Islands | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 179 | Guyana | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 82.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Bermuda | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 181 | Switzerland | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Isle of Man | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 183 | Luxembourg | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 184 | Faroe Islands | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Ireland | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Monaco | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 187 | Liechtenstein | 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 18.1% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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 GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.