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Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population by country

The FAOSTAT Population module contains time series data on population, by sex and urban/rural. The series consist of both estimates and projections for different periods as available from the original sources, namely: 1. Population data refers to the World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision from the UN...

Countries reporting
243
Highest
1.12 million 1000 No
China
Lowest
0 1000 No
Wallis and Futuna Islands
Median
5,644 1000 No
Years covered
101
1950–2050
Data points
25,744

What the numbers show

Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population is currently reported for 243 countries. The highest value is 1.12 million 1000 No in China; the lowest is 0 1000 No in Wallis and Futuna Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 5,644 1000 No, and the mean is 31,758 1000 No.

Over the past decade 213 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Pacific Islands Trust Territory (up 75.5%), and the largest decrease in United States Virgin Islands (down 7.3%).

Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 1.12 million 1000 No 2050 up 0.7% volatile
2 China, mainland 1.09 million 1000 No 2050 up 0.8% volatile
3 India 876,613 1000 No 2050 up 17.8% volatile
4 Nigeria 287,130 1000 No 2050 up 32.9% volatile
5 Indonesia 234,105 1000 No 2050 up 10.0% volatile
6 Brazil 215,063 1000 No 2050 up 2.0% volatile
7 USSR 189,602 1000 No 1991 up 12.8% rising
8 Pakistan 160,228 1000 No 2050 up 25.8% volatile
9 Mexico 144,910 1000 No 2050 up 6.8% volatile
10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 125,931 1000 No 2050 up 38.4% volatile
11 Bangladesh 117,837 1000 No 2050 up 15.1% volatile
12 Russian Federation 110,605 1000 No 2050 up 1.4% flat
13 Japan 103,039 1000 No 2050 down 4.6% rising
14 Philippines 93,465 1000 No 2050 up 19.7% volatile
15 Egypt 85,321 1000 No 2050 up 26.0% volatile
16 Türkiye 82,192 1000 No 2050 up 6.0% volatile
17 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 80,441 1000 No 2050 up 4.9% volatile
18 United Republic of Tanzania 76,542 1000 No 2050 up 42.9% volatile
19 Ethiopia 74,537 1000 No 2050 up 37.0% volatile
20 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 68,008 1000 No 2050 up 5.2% rising
21 Germany 66,826 1000 No 2050 up 1.1% rising
22 Viet Nam 65,711 1000 No 2050 up 15.4% volatile
23 Iraq 65,560 1000 No 2050 up 27.6% volatile
24 France 62,374 1000 No 2050 up 3.9% rising
25 Angola 61,132 1000 No 2050 up 34.2% volatile
26 Argentina 52,564 1000 No 2050 up 6.0% rising
27 Colombia 48,629 1000 No 2050 up 2.6% volatile
28 Algeria 48,532 1000 No 2050 up 11.7% volatile
29 Uganda 46,664 1000 No 2050 up 48.2% volatile
30 Thailand 45,410 1000 No 2050 up 3.1% volatile
31 Italy 44,671 1000 No 2050 up 1.0% rising
32 Kenya 44,185 1000 No 2050 up 37.0% volatile
33 Republic of Korea 43,616 1000 No 2050 down 0.9% rising
34 Sudan 42,261 1000 No 2050 up 36.4% rising
35 Saudi Arabia 40,709 1000 No 2050 up 7.5% volatile
36 Caribbean 39,824 1000 No 2050 up 3.9% rising
37 Canada 39,234 1000 No 2050 up 7.4% rising
38 Spain 39,073 1000 No 2050 up 0.0% rising
39 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 38,204 1000 No 2050 up 6.8% volatile
40 Ghana 37,518 1000 No 2050 up 23.7% volatile
41 Mozambique 37,473 1000 No 2050 up 40.2% volatile
42 Malaysia 36,440 1000 No 2050 up 8.1% volatile
43 Cameroon 36,415 1000 No 2050 up 29.8% volatile
44 Peru 35,667 1000 No 2050 up 8.4% volatile
45 Australia and New Zealand 35,386 1000 No 2050 up 9.3% rising
46 Morocco 35,258 1000 No 2050 up 10.1% volatile
47 Côte d'Ivoire 34,646 1000 No 2050 up 33.4% volatile
48 Madagascar 31,158 1000 No 2050 up 36.0% volatile
49 Australia 30,186 1000 No 2050 up 9.9% rising
50 Myanmar 29,392 1000 No 2050 up 17.7% volatile
51 Ukraine 28,634 1000 No 2050 down 1.1% falling
52 Mali 27,825 1000 No 2050 up 37.9% volatile
53 Yemen 27,630 1000 No 2050 up 26.6% volatile
54 Zambia 25,577 1000 No 2050 up 40.0% volatile
55 Afghanistan 25,498 1000 No 2050 up 33.5% volatile
56 Uzbekistan 25,198 1000 No 2050 up 15.0% rising
57 Syrian Arab Republic 24,475 1000 No 2050 up 18.2% volatile
58 Somalia 22,865 1000 No 2050 up 39.8% volatile
59 Poland 22,799 1000 No 2050 up 0.5% rising
60 Senegal 21,943 1000 No 2050 up 34.1% volatile
61 Burkina Faso 21,677 1000 No 2050 up 41.8% volatile
62 China, Taiwan Province of 19,917 1000 No 2050 down 1.8% rising
63 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 19,886 1000 No 2050 up 5.4% rising
64 Niger 19,464 1000 No 2050 up 71.1% volatile
65 Chile 19,028 1000 No 2050 up 3.4% rising
66 Guatemala 18,121 1000 No 2050 up 20.8% volatile
67 Ecuador 17,174 1000 No 2050 up 13.5% volatile
68 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 16,928 1000 No 2050 down 0.4% rising
69 Kazakhstan 15,866 1000 No 2050 up 14.4% rising
70 Benin 15,661 1000 No 2050 up 33.2% volatile
71 Guinea 14,400 1000 No 2050 up 38.1% volatile
72 Zimbabwe 13,627 1000 No 2050 up 35.0% volatile
73 Sudan (former) 13,562 1000 No 2011 up 32.2% volatile
74 Jordan 13,518 1000 No 2050 up 12.9% volatile
75 Nepal 13,496 1000 No 2050 up 24.0% volatile
76 Malawi 13,360 1000 No 2050 up 51.7% volatile
77 Chad 13,220 1000 No 2050 up 47.4% volatile
78 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 12,844 1000 No 2050 up 13.4% volatile
79 Belgium 12,349 1000 No 2050 up 1.8% rising
80 Dominican Republic 12,209 1000 No 2050 up 5.1% volatile
81 United Arab Emirates 12,158 1000 No 2050 up 9.5% volatile
82 Israel 11,997 1000 No 2050 up 12.5% volatile
83 Yugoslav SFR 11,527 1000 No 1991 up 13.9% rising
84 Tunisia 11,138 1000 No 2050 up 8.1% volatile
85 Romania 10,932 1000 No 2050 up 2.1% rising
86 Sweden 10,837 1000 No 2050 up 5.6% rising
87 Czechoslovakia 10,791 1000 No 1992 up 2.8% rising
88 Haiti 10,520 1000 No 2050 up 10.7% volatile
89 Belgium-Luxembourg 10,314 1000 No 1999 up 4.0% rising
90 Honduras 9,793 1000 No 2050 up 14.3% volatile
91 Togo 9,267 1000 No 2050 up 31.8% volatile
92 Congo 9,208 1000 No 2050 up 29.5% volatile
93 South Sudan 9,132 1000 No 2050 up 45.2% rising
94 Cuba 9,101 1000 No 2050 down 0.5% rising
95 Cambodia 9,062 1000 No 2050 up 26.5% volatile
96 Greece 8,753 1000 No 2050 down 2.0% rising
97 Palestine 8,293 1000 No 2050 up 22.1% volatile
98 Czechia 8,262 1000 No 2050 up 1.9% rising
99 China, Hong Kong SAR 8,253 1000 No 2050 up 0.7% rising
100 Switzerland 8,038 1000 No 2050 up 7.4% rising
101 Azerbaijan 7,833 1000 No 2050 up 8.0% rising
102 Sierra Leone 7,725 1000 No 2050 up 26.4% volatile
103 Belarus 7,566 1000 No 2050 down 0.6% rising
104 Ethiopia PDR 7,407 1000 No 1992 up 68.8% volatile
105 Libya 7,184 1000 No 2050 up 6.5% volatile
106 Burundi 7,183 1000 No 2050 up 57.9% volatile
107 Portugal 7,134 1000 No 2050 down 0.6% rising
108 Hungary 6,774 1000 No 2050 down 1.6% rising
109 Liberia 6,689 1000 No 2050 up 31.5% volatile
110 Paraguay 6,607 1000 No 2050 up 11.7% volatile
111 Sri Lanka 6,575 1000 No 2050 up 19.5% rising
112 Singapore 6,575 1000 No 2050 up 0.2% rising
113 Mauritania 6,532 1000 No 2050 up 27.9% volatile
114 Rwanda 6,483 1000 No 2050 up 42.1% volatile
115 Oman 6,410 1000 No 2050 up 7.6% volatile
116 Austria 6,294 1000 No 2050 up 6.2% rising
117 Tajikistan 6,243 1000 No 2050 up 33.1% rising
118 Norway 6,138 1000 No 2050 up 8.3% rising
119 El Salvador 5,984 1000 No 2050 up 3.7% volatile
120 Denmark 5,829 1000 No 2050 up 3.6% rising
121 Eritrea 5,776 1000 No 2050 up 31.1% volatile
122 Kuwait 5,644 1000 No 2050 up 6.0% volatile
123 Turkmenistan 5,433 1000 No 2050 up 16.0% rising
124 Serbia and Montenegro 5,350 1000 No 2005 down 1.6% flat
125 Finland 5,282 1000 No 2050 up 3.0% rising
126 Costa Rica 5,205 1000 No 2050 up 4.2% volatile
127 New Zealand 5,200 1000 No 2050 up 5.7% rising
128 Serbia 5,121 1000 No 2050 up 1.6% flat
129 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5,102 1000 No 2050 up 18.2% volatile
130 Lebanon 5,052 1000 No 2050 up 1.7% volatile
131 Melanesia 4,878 1000 No 2050 up 32.7% volatile
132 Panama 4,652 1000 No 2050 up 13.1% volatile
133 Bulgaria 4,606 1000 No 2050 down 4.9% rising
134 Ireland 4,354 1000 No 2050 up 11.2% rising
135 Kyrgyzstan 4,346 1000 No 2050 up 21.5% rising
136 Nicaragua 3,954 1000 No 2023 up 15.6% volatile
137 Qatar 3,762 1000 No 2050 up 6.8% volatile
138 Uruguay 3,567 1000 No 2050 up 0.8% rising
139 Gambia 3,523 1000 No 2050 up 27.4% volatile
140 Gabon 3,339 1000 No 2050 up 16.3% volatile
141 Papua New Guinea 3,326 1000 No 2050 up 43.6% volatile
142 Slovakia 3,260 1000 No 2050 up 4.3% rising
143 Mongolia 3,167 1000 No 2050 up 12.0% volatile
144 Puerto Rico 3,139 1000 No 2050 down 4.7% rising
145 Namibia 3,116 1000 No 2050 up 22.4% volatile
146 Botswana 2,871 1000 No 2050 up 13.0% volatile
147 Georgia 2,483 1000 No 2050 up 1.2% falling
148 Croatia 2,468 1000 No 2050 up 0.9% flat
149 Equatorial Guinea 2,356 1000 No 2050 up 24.9% volatile
150 Bahrain 2,169 1000 No 2050 up 6.8% volatile
151 Albania 2,083 1000 No 2050 down 1.1% rising
152 Guinea-Bissau 2,062 1000 No 2050 up 28.6% volatile
153 Armenia 2,005 1000 No 2050 up 1.9% flat
154 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,976 1000 No 2050 up 2.9% rising
155 Jamaica 1,904 1000 No 2050 up 1.8% rising
156 Lithuania 1,880 1000 No 2050 down 1.0% falling
157 Republic of Moldova 1,873 1000 No 2050 up 3.1% flat
158 Lesotho 1,485 1000 No 2050 up 28.2% volatile
159 North Macedonia 1,405 1000 No 2050 up 2.6% rising
160 Slovenia 1,335 1000 No 2050 up 4.5% rising
161 Latvia 1,152 1000 No 2050 down 2.4% falling
162 Djibouti 1,107 1000 No 2050 up 8.6% volatile
163 Timor-Leste 1,059 1000 No 2050 up 30.5% volatile
164 Cyprus 1,030 1000 No 2050 up 7.9% rising
165 Western Sahara 890.2 1000 No 2050 up 15.3% volatile
166 Estonia 885.23 1000 No 2050 down 0.5% falling
167 China, Macao SAR 875.54 1000 No 2050 up 7.2% volatile
168 Trinidad and Tobago 812.28 1000 No 2050 up 3.2% rising
169 Luxembourg 756.65 1000 No 2050 up 8.7% rising
170 Eswatini 703.04 1000 No 2050 up 25.3% volatile
171 Fiji 697.67 1000 No 2050 up 6.0% volatile
172 Mauritius 604.35 1000 No 2050 up 5.7% rising
173 Comoros 599.04 1000 No 2050 up 29.6% volatile
174 Bhutan 573.27 1000 No 2050 up 11.4% volatile
175 Cabo Verde 568.71 1000 No 2050 up 10.4% volatile
176 Micronesia 495.45 1000 No 2050 up 7.0% volatile
177 French Guiana 493.37 1000 No 2050 up 19.5% volatile
178 Suriname 480.04 1000 No 2050 up 6.2% rising
179 Brunei Darussalam 459.84 1000 No 2050 up 5.8% volatile
180 Montenegro 454.35 1000 No 2050 up 0.3% rising
181 Guadeloupe 420.76 1000 No 2050 down 3.9% rising
182 Bahamas 419.94 1000 No 2050 up 5.1% volatile
183 Malta 404.95 1000 No 2050 down 2.2% rising
184 Polynesia 400.47 1000 No 2050 up 9.2% rising
185 Solomon Islands 385.39 1000 No 2050 up 28.4% volatile
186 Iceland 373.77 1000 No 2050 up 3.1% rising
187 Belize 338.14 1000 No 2050 up 19.3% volatile
188 Martinique 328.92 1000 No 2050 down 3.7% rising
189 Sao Tome and Principe 323.75 1000 No 2050 up 20.4% volatile
190 Maldives 310.55 1000 No 2050 up 14.8% volatile
191 New Caledonia 306.2 1000 No 2050 up 11.0% volatile
192 Guyana 295.49 1000 No 2050 up 11.0% rising
193 Mayotte 264.49 1000 No 2050 up 28.5% volatile
194 French Polynesia 227.67 1000 No 2050 up 7.4% rising
195 Guam 186.51 1000 No 2050 up 2.4% rising
196 Netherlands Antilles (former) 181.48 1000 No 2010 up 11.7% rising
197 Curaçao 166.56 1000 No 2050 up 3.5% rising
198 Vanuatu 163.02 1000 No 2050 up 29.2% volatile
199 Kiribati 125.67 1000 No 2050 up 17.9% volatile
200 Barbados 114.42 1000 No 2050 up 9.2% rising
201 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 104.31 1000 No 1990 up 75.5% volatile
202 United States Virgin Islands 86.82 1000 No 2050 down 7.3% rising
203 Cayman Islands 81.49 1000 No 2050 up 5.8% volatile
204 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 71.69 1000 No 2050 up 4.1% rising
205 Channel Islands 71.1 1000 No 2050 up 13.2% rising
206 Andorra 69.65 1000 No 2050 down 0.1% volatile
207 Seychelles 67.25 1000 No 2050 up 4.1% rising
208 Isle of Man 61.77 1000 No 2050 up 10.1% rising
209 Dominica 61.38 1000 No 2050 up 2.3% rising
210 Aruba 58.21 1000 No 2050 up 5.9% rising
211 Marshall Islands 56.45 1000 No 2050 up 9.2% rising
212 Bermuda 53.38 1000 No 2050 down 6.1% rising
213 Samoa 52.37 1000 No 2050 up 22.5% rising
214 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 52.24 1000 No 2050 up 5.6% rising
215 Grenada 51.81 1000 No 2050 up 8.0% rising
216 Northern Mariana Islands 49.65 1000 No 2050 down 5.7% flat
217 Greenland 49.56 1000 No 2050 down 2.5% rising
218 Saint Lucia 48.56 1000 No 2050 up 12.2% rising
219 Turks and Caicos Islands 46.27 1000 No 2050 up 6.2% volatile
220 Monaco 45.69 1000 No 2050 up 5.1% rising
221 Tonga 41.65 1000 No 2050 up 20.9% rising
222 Micronesia (Federated States of) 41.23 1000 No 2050 up 17.1% rising
223 Antigua and Barbuda 38.8 1000 No 2050 up 17.4% rising
224 Gibraltar 37.05 1000 No 2050 up 1.4% rising
225 San Marino 34.35 1000 No 2050 down 0.6% rising
226 Faroe Islands 28.99 1000 No 2050 up 11.1% rising
227 Saint Kitts and Nevis 25.56 1000 No 2050 up 13.0% rising
228 Palau 24.6 1000 No 2050 up 6.2% rising
229 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 24.39 1000 No 2050 up 6.0% rising
230 British Virgin Islands 23.06 1000 No 2050 up 9.6% volatile
231 Anguilla 15.65 1000 No 2050 down 1.9% rising
232 Cook Islands 14.86 1000 No 2050 up 3.1% rising
233 Nauru 11.34 1000 No 2050 down 1.6% rising
234 Tuvalu 11.31 1000 No 2050 up 10.4% volatile
235 Liechtenstein 8.94 1000 No 2050 up 18.3% rising
236 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 6.85 1000 No 2050 up 3.6% rising
237 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 2.46 1000 No 2050 up 0.7% rising
238 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 2.15 1000 No 2050 up 6.3% falling
239 Niue 1.1 1000 No 2050 up 10.3% falling
240 Holy See 0.806 1000 No 2050 up 1.0% flat
241 Montserrat 0.73 1000 No 2050 up 16.6% volatile
242 Tokelau 0 1000 No 2050 — flat
242 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 1000 No 2050 — flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population
Unit
1000 No
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
277 places, 25,744 data points, 1950–2050
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT Population module contains time series data on population, by sex and urban/rural. The series consist of both estimates and projections for different periods as available from the original sources, namely: 1. Population data refers to the World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision from the UN Population Division. 2. Urban/rural population data refers to the World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision from the UN Population Division.