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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
244
Highest
1.12 million 1000 No
China
Lowest
0.73 1000 No
Montserrat
Median
5,710 1000 No
Years covered
101
1950–2050
Data points
25,744

What the numbers show

Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population is currently reported for 244 countries. The highest value is 1.12 million 1000 No in China; the lowest is 0.73 1000 No in Montserrat.

The median across all reporting countries is 5,710 1000 No, and the mean is 31,891 1000 No.

Over the past decade 215 countries rose and 29 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
4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 125,931 1000 No 2050 up 38.4% volatile
5 Indonesia 234,105 1000 No 2050 up 10.0% volatile
5 Türkiye 82,192 1000 No 2050 up 6.0% volatile
6 Brazil 215,063 1000 No 2050 up 2.0% volatile
6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 80,441 1000 No 2050 up 4.9% volatile
7 USSR 189,602 1000 No 1991 up 12.8% rising
7 United Republic of Tanzania 76,542 1000 No 2050 up 42.9% volatile
8 Pakistan 160,228 1000 No 2050 up 25.8% volatile
8 Viet Nam 65,711 1000 No 2050 up 15.4% volatile
9 Mexico 144,910 1000 No 2050 up 6.8% volatile
10 Bangladesh 117,837 1000 No 2050 up 15.1% volatile
10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 38,204 1000 No 2050 up 6.8% volatile
11 Russian Federation 110,605 1000 No 2050 up 1.4% flat
11 Syrian Arab Republic 24,475 1000 No 2050 up 18.2% volatile
12 Japan 103,039 1000 No 2050 down 4.6% rising
12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 19,886 1000 No 2050 up 5.4% rising
13 Philippines 93,465 1000 No 2050 up 19.7% volatile
13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 12,844 1000 No 2050 up 13.4% volatile
14 Egypt 85,321 1000 No 2050 up 26.0% volatile
14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5,102 1000 No 2050 up 18.2% volatile
15 Ethiopia 74,537 1000 No 2050 up 37.0% volatile
15 Melanesia 4,878 1000 No 2050 up 32.7% volatile
16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 68,008 1000 No 2050 up 5.2% rising
16 Republic of Moldova 1,873 1000 No 2050 up 3.1% flat
17 Germany 66,826 1000 No 2050 up 1.1% rising
17 Timor-Leste 1,059 1000 No 2050 up 30.5% volatile
18 Iraq 65,560 1000 No 2050 up 27.6% volatile
18 Micronesia 495.45 1000 No 2050 up 7.0% volatile
19 France 62,374 1000 No 2050 up 3.9% rising
19 Polynesia 400.47 1000 No 2050 up 9.2% rising
20 Angola 61,132 1000 No 2050 up 34.2% volatile
21 South Africa 58,057 1000 No 2050 up 10.3% volatile
21 Micronesia (Federated States of) 41.23 1000 No 2050 up 17.1% rising
22 Argentina 52,564 1000 No 2050 up 6.0% rising
23 Colombia 48,629 1000 No 2050 up 2.6% volatile
24 Algeria 48,532 1000 No 2050 up 11.7% volatile
25 Uganda 46,664 1000 No 2050 up 48.2% volatile
26 Thailand 45,410 1000 No 2050 up 3.1% volatile
27 Italy 44,671 1000 No 2050 up 1.0% rising
27 Caribbean 39,824 1000 No 2050 up 3.9% rising
28 Kenya 44,185 1000 No 2050 up 37.0% volatile
28 Côte d'Ivoire 34,646 1000 No 2050 up 33.4% volatile
29 Republic of Korea 43,616 1000 No 2050 down 0.9% rising
29 Cabo Verde 568.71 1000 No 2050 up 10.4% volatile
30 Sudan 42,261 1000 No 2050 up 36.4% rising
31 Saudi Arabia 40,709 1000 No 2050 up 7.5% volatile
32 Canada 39,234 1000 No 2050 up 7.4% rising
33 Spain 39,073 1000 No 2050 up 0.0% rising
34 Ghana 37,518 1000 No 2050 up 23.7% volatile
35 Mozambique 37,473 1000 No 2050 up 40.2% volatile
36 Malaysia 36,440 1000 No 2050 up 8.1% volatile
37 Cameroon 36,415 1000 No 2050 up 29.8% volatile
38 Peru 35,667 1000 No 2050 up 8.4% volatile
39 Australia and New Zealand 35,386 1000 No 2050 up 9.3% rising
40 Morocco 35,258 1000 No 2050 up 10.1% volatile
41 Madagascar 31,158 1000 No 2050 up 36.0% volatile
42 Australia 30,186 1000 No 2050 up 9.9% rising
43 Myanmar 29,392 1000 No 2050 up 17.7% volatile
44 Ukraine 28,634 1000 No 2050 down 1.1% falling
45 Mali 27,825 1000 No 2050 up 37.9% volatile
46 Yemen 27,630 1000 No 2050 up 26.6% volatile
47 Zambia 25,577 1000 No 2050 up 40.0% volatile
48 Afghanistan 25,498 1000 No 2050 up 33.5% volatile
49 Uzbekistan 25,198 1000 No 2050 up 15.0% rising
50 Somalia 22,865 1000 No 2050 up 39.8% volatile
51 Poland 22,799 1000 No 2050 up 0.5% rising
52 Senegal 21,943 1000 No 2050 up 34.1% volatile
53 Burkina Faso 21,677 1000 No 2050 up 41.8% volatile
54 China, Taiwan Province of 19,917 1000 No 2050 down 1.8% rising
55 Niger 19,464 1000 No 2050 up 71.1% volatile
56 Chile 19,028 1000 No 2050 up 3.4% rising
57 Guatemala 18,121 1000 No 2050 up 20.8% volatile
58 Ecuador 17,174 1000 No 2050 up 13.5% volatile
59 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 16,928 1000 No 2050 down 0.4% rising
60 Kazakhstan 15,866 1000 No 2050 up 14.4% rising
61 Benin 15,661 1000 No 2050 up 33.2% volatile
62 Guinea 14,400 1000 No 2050 up 38.1% volatile
63 Zimbabwe 13,627 1000 No 2050 up 35.0% volatile
64 Sudan (former) 13,562 1000 No 2011 up 32.2% volatile
65 Jordan 13,518 1000 No 2050 up 12.9% volatile
66 Nepal 13,496 1000 No 2050 up 24.0% volatile
67 Malawi 13,360 1000 No 2050 up 51.7% volatile
68 Chad 13,220 1000 No 2050 up 47.4% volatile
69 Belgium 12,349 1000 No 2050 up 1.8% rising
70 Dominican Republic 12,209 1000 No 2050 up 5.1% volatile
71 United Arab Emirates 12,158 1000 No 2050 up 9.5% volatile
72 Israel 11,997 1000 No 2050 up 12.5% volatile
73 Yugoslav SFR 11,527 1000 No 1991 up 13.9% rising
74 Tunisia 11,138 1000 No 2050 up 8.1% volatile
75 Romania 10,932 1000 No 2050 up 2.1% rising
76 Sweden 10,837 1000 No 2050 up 5.6% rising
77 Czechoslovakia 10,791 1000 No 1992 up 2.8% rising
78 Haiti 10,520 1000 No 2050 up 10.7% volatile
79 Belgium-Luxembourg 10,314 1000 No 1999 up 4.0% rising
80 Honduras 9,793 1000 No 2050 up 14.3% volatile
81 Togo 9,267 1000 No 2050 up 31.8% volatile
82 Congo 9,208 1000 No 2050 up 29.5% volatile
83 South Sudan 9,132 1000 No 2050 up 45.2% rising
84 Cuba 9,101 1000 No 2050 down 0.5% rising
85 Cambodia 9,062 1000 No 2050 up 26.5% volatile
86 Greece 8,753 1000 No 2050 down 2.0% rising
87 Palestine 8,293 1000 No 2050 up 22.1% volatile
88 Czechia 8,262 1000 No 2050 up 1.9% rising
89 China, Hong Kong SAR 8,253 1000 No 2050 up 0.7% rising
90 Switzerland 8,038 1000 No 2050 up 7.4% rising
91 Azerbaijan 7,833 1000 No 2050 up 8.0% rising
92 Sierra Leone 7,725 1000 No 2050 up 26.4% volatile
93 Belarus 7,566 1000 No 2050 down 0.6% rising
94 Ethiopia PDR 7,407 1000 No 1992 up 68.8% volatile
95 Libya 7,184 1000 No 2050 up 6.5% volatile
96 Burundi 7,183 1000 No 2050 up 57.9% volatile
97 Portugal 7,134 1000 No 2050 down 0.6% rising
98 Hungary 6,774 1000 No 2050 down 1.6% rising
99 Liberia 6,689 1000 No 2050 up 31.5% volatile
100 Paraguay 6,607 1000 No 2050 up 11.7% volatile
101 Sri Lanka 6,575 1000 No 2050 up 19.5% rising
102 Singapore 6,575 1000 No 2050 up 0.2% rising
103 Mauritania 6,532 1000 No 2050 up 27.9% volatile
104 Rwanda 6,483 1000 No 2050 up 42.1% volatile
105 Oman 6,410 1000 No 2050 up 7.6% volatile
106 Austria 6,294 1000 No 2050 up 6.2% rising
107 Tajikistan 6,243 1000 No 2050 up 33.1% rising
108 Norway 6,138 1000 No 2050 up 8.3% rising
109 El Salvador 5,984 1000 No 2050 up 3.7% volatile
110 Denmark 5,829 1000 No 2050 up 3.6% rising
111 Eritrea 5,776 1000 No 2050 up 31.1% volatile
112 Kuwait 5,644 1000 No 2050 up 6.0% volatile
113 Turkmenistan 5,433 1000 No 2050 up 16.0% rising
114 Serbia and Montenegro 5,350 1000 No 2005 down 1.6% flat
115 Central African Republic 5,329 1000 No 2050 up 31.9% volatile
116 Finland 5,282 1000 No 2050 up 3.0% rising
117 Costa Rica 5,205 1000 No 2050 up 4.2% volatile
118 New Zealand 5,200 1000 No 2050 up 5.7% rising
119 Serbia 5,121 1000 No 2050 up 1.6% flat
120 Lebanon 5,052 1000 No 2050 up 1.7% volatile
121 Panama 4,652 1000 No 2050 up 13.1% volatile
122 Bulgaria 4,606 1000 No 2050 down 4.9% rising
123 Ireland 4,354 1000 No 2050 up 11.2% rising
124 Kyrgyzstan 4,346 1000 No 2050 up 21.5% rising
125 Nicaragua 3,954 1000 No 2023 up 15.6% volatile
126 Qatar 3,762 1000 No 2050 up 6.8% volatile
127 Uruguay 3,567 1000 No 2050 up 0.8% rising
128 Gambia 3,523 1000 No 2050 up 27.4% volatile
129 Gabon 3,339 1000 No 2050 up 16.3% volatile
130 Papua New Guinea 3,326 1000 No 2050 up 43.6% volatile
131 Slovakia 3,260 1000 No 2050 up 4.3% rising
132 Mongolia 3,167 1000 No 2050 up 12.0% volatile
133 Puerto Rico 3,139 1000 No 2050 down 4.7% rising
134 Namibia 3,116 1000 No 2050 up 22.4% volatile
135 Botswana 2,871 1000 No 2050 up 13.0% volatile
136 Georgia 2,483 1000 No 2050 up 1.2% falling
137 Croatia 2,468 1000 No 2050 up 0.9% flat
138 Equatorial Guinea 2,356 1000 No 2050 up 24.9% volatile
139 Bahrain 2,169 1000 No 2050 up 6.8% volatile
140 Albania 2,083 1000 No 2050 down 1.1% rising
141 Guinea-Bissau 2,062 1000 No 2050 up 28.6% volatile
142 Armenia 2,005 1000 No 2050 up 1.9% flat
143 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,976 1000 No 2050 up 2.9% rising
144 Jamaica 1,904 1000 No 2050 up 1.8% rising
145 Lithuania 1,880 1000 No 2050 down 1.0% falling
146 Lesotho 1,485 1000 No 2050 up 28.2% volatile
147 North Macedonia 1,405 1000 No 2050 up 2.6% rising
148 Slovenia 1,335 1000 No 2050 up 4.5% rising
149 Latvia 1,152 1000 No 2050 down 2.4% falling
150 Djibouti 1,107 1000 No 2050 up 8.6% volatile
151 Cyprus 1,030 1000 No 2050 up 7.9% rising
152 Réunion 1,013 1000 No 2050 up 1.5% volatile
153 Western Sahara 890.2 1000 No 2050 up 15.3% volatile
154 Estonia 885.23 1000 No 2050 down 0.5% falling
155 China, Macao SAR 875.54 1000 No 2050 up 7.2% volatile
156 Trinidad and Tobago 812.28 1000 No 2050 up 3.2% rising
157 Luxembourg 756.65 1000 No 2050 up 8.7% rising
158 Eswatini 703.04 1000 No 2050 up 25.3% volatile
159 Fiji 697.67 1000 No 2050 up 6.0% volatile
160 Mauritius 604.35 1000 No 2050 up 5.7% rising
161 Comoros 599.04 1000 No 2050 up 29.6% volatile
162 Bhutan 573.27 1000 No 2050 up 11.4% volatile
163 French Guiana 493.37 1000 No 2050 up 19.5% volatile
164 Suriname 480.04 1000 No 2050 up 6.2% rising
165 Brunei Darussalam 459.84 1000 No 2050 up 5.8% volatile
166 Montenegro 454.35 1000 No 2050 up 0.3% rising
167 Guadeloupe 420.76 1000 No 2050 down 3.9% rising
168 Bahamas 419.94 1000 No 2050 up 5.1% volatile
169 Malta 404.95 1000 No 2050 down 2.2% rising
170 Solomon Islands 385.39 1000 No 2050 up 28.4% volatile
171 Iceland 373.77 1000 No 2050 up 3.1% rising
172 Belize 338.14 1000 No 2050 up 19.3% volatile
173 Martinique 328.92 1000 No 2050 down 3.7% rising
174 Sao Tome and Principe 323.75 1000 No 2050 up 20.4% volatile
175 Maldives 310.55 1000 No 2050 up 14.8% volatile
176 New Caledonia 306.2 1000 No 2050 up 11.0% volatile
177 Guyana 295.49 1000 No 2050 up 11.0% rising
178 Mayotte 264.49 1000 No 2050 up 28.5% volatile
179 French Polynesia 227.67 1000 No 2050 up 7.4% rising
180 Guam 186.51 1000 No 2050 up 2.4% rising
181 Netherlands Antilles (former) 181.48 1000 No 2010 up 11.7% rising
182 Curaçao 166.56 1000 No 2050 up 3.5% rising
183 Vanuatu 163.02 1000 No 2050 up 29.2% volatile
184 Kiribati 125.67 1000 No 2050 up 17.9% volatile
185 Barbados 114.42 1000 No 2050 up 9.2% rising
186 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 104.31 1000 No 1990 up 75.5% volatile
187 United States Virgin Islands 86.82 1000 No 2050 down 7.3% rising
188 Cayman Islands 81.49 1000 No 2050 up 5.8% volatile
189 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 71.69 1000 No 2050 up 4.1% rising
190 Andorra 69.65 1000 No 2050 down 0.1% volatile
191 Seychelles 67.25 1000 No 2050 up 4.1% rising
192 Isle of Man 61.77 1000 No 2050 up 10.1% rising
193 Dominica 61.38 1000 No 2050 up 2.3% rising
194 Aruba 58.21 1000 No 2050 up 5.9% rising
195 Marshall Islands 56.45 1000 No 2050 up 9.2% rising
196 Bermuda 53.38 1000 No 2050 down 6.1% rising
197 Samoa 52.37 1000 No 2050 up 22.5% rising
198 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 52.24 1000 No 2050 up 5.6% rising
199 Grenada 51.81 1000 No 2050 up 8.0% rising
200 American Samoa 51.52 1000 No 2050 down 0.4% rising
201 Northern Mariana Islands 49.65 1000 No 2050 down 5.7% flat
202 Greenland 49.56 1000 No 2050 down 2.5% rising
203 Saint Lucia 48.56 1000 No 2050 up 12.2% rising
204 Turks and Caicos Islands 46.27 1000 No 2050 up 6.2% volatile
205 Monaco 45.69 1000 No 2050 up 5.1% rising
206 Tonga 41.65 1000 No 2050 up 20.9% rising
207 Antigua and Barbuda 38.8 1000 No 2050 up 17.4% rising
208 Gibraltar 37.05 1000 No 2050 up 1.4% rising
209 San Marino 34.35 1000 No 2050 down 0.6% rising
210 Faroe Islands 28.99 1000 No 2050 up 11.1% rising
211 Saint Kitts and Nevis 25.56 1000 No 2050 up 13.0% rising
212 Palau 24.6 1000 No 2050 up 6.2% rising
213 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 24.39 1000 No 2050 up 6.0% rising
214 British Virgin Islands 23.06 1000 No 2050 up 9.6% volatile
215 Anguilla 15.65 1000 No 2050 down 1.9% rising
216 Cook Islands 14.86 1000 No 2050 up 3.1% rising
217 Nauru 11.34 1000 No 2050 down 1.6% rising
218 Tuvalu 11.31 1000 No 2050 up 10.4% volatile
219 Liechtenstein 8.94 1000 No 2050 up 18.3% rising
220 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 6.85 1000 No 2050 up 3.6% rising
221 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 2.46 1000 No 2050 up 0.7% rising
222 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 2.15 1000 No 2050 up 6.3% falling
223 Niue 1.1 1000 No 2050 up 10.3% falling
224 Holy See 0.806 1000 No 2050 up 1.0% flat
225 Montserrat 0.73 1000 No 2050 up 16.6% volatile

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

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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
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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.