Statizoid

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
245
Highest
1.12 million 1000 No
China
Lowest
0.73 1000 No
Montserrat
Median
5,644 1000 No
Years covered
101
1950–2050
Data points
25,845

What the numbers show

Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population is currently reported for 245 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 5,644 1000 No, and the mean is 31,761 1000 No.

Over the past decade 216 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
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 South Africa 58,057 1000 No 2050 up 10.3% volatile
27 Argentina 52,564 1000 No 2050 up 6.0% rising
28 Colombia 48,629 1000 No 2050 up 2.6% volatile
29 Algeria 48,532 1000 No 2050 up 11.7% volatile
30 Uganda 46,664 1000 No 2050 up 48.2% volatile
31 Thailand 45,410 1000 No 2050 up 3.1% volatile
32 Italy 44,671 1000 No 2050 up 1.0% rising
33 Kenya 44,185 1000 No 2050 up 37.0% volatile
34 Republic of Korea 43,616 1000 No 2050 down 0.9% rising
35 Sudan 42,261 1000 No 2050 up 36.4% rising
36 Saudi Arabia 40,709 1000 No 2050 up 7.5% volatile
37 Caribbean 39,824 1000 No 2050 up 3.9% rising
38 Canada 39,234 1000 No 2050 up 7.4% rising
39 Spain 39,073 1000 No 2050 up 0.0% rising
40 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 38,204 1000 No 2050 up 6.8% volatile
41 Ghana 37,518 1000 No 2050 up 23.7% volatile
42 Mozambique 37,473 1000 No 2050 up 40.2% volatile
43 Malaysia 36,440 1000 No 2050 up 8.1% volatile
44 Cameroon 36,415 1000 No 2050 up 29.8% volatile
45 Peru 35,667 1000 No 2050 up 8.4% volatile
46 Australia and New Zealand 35,386 1000 No 2050 up 9.3% rising
47 Morocco 35,258 1000 No 2050 up 10.1% volatile
48 Côte d'Ivoire 34,646 1000 No 2050 up 33.4% volatile
49 Madagascar 31,158 1000 No 2050 up 36.0% volatile
50 Australia 30,186 1000 No 2050 up 9.9% rising
51 Myanmar 29,392 1000 No 2050 up 17.7% volatile
52 Ukraine 28,634 1000 No 2050 down 1.1% falling
53 Mali 27,825 1000 No 2050 up 37.9% volatile
54 Yemen 27,630 1000 No 2050 up 26.6% volatile
55 Zambia 25,577 1000 No 2050 up 40.0% volatile
56 Afghanistan 25,498 1000 No 2050 up 33.5% volatile
57 Uzbekistan 25,198 1000 No 2050 up 15.0% rising
58 Syrian Arab Republic 24,475 1000 No 2050 up 18.2% volatile
59 Somalia 22,865 1000 No 2050 up 39.8% volatile
60 Poland 22,799 1000 No 2050 up 0.5% rising
61 Senegal 21,943 1000 No 2050 up 34.1% volatile
62 Burkina Faso 21,677 1000 No 2050 up 41.8% volatile
63 China, Taiwan Province of 19,917 1000 No 2050 down 1.8% rising
64 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 19,886 1000 No 2050 up 5.4% rising
65 Niger 19,464 1000 No 2050 up 71.1% volatile
66 Chile 19,028 1000 No 2050 up 3.4% rising
67 Guatemala 18,121 1000 No 2050 up 20.8% volatile
68 Ecuador 17,174 1000 No 2050 up 13.5% volatile
69 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 16,928 1000 No 2050 down 0.4% rising
70 Kazakhstan 15,866 1000 No 2050 up 14.4% rising
71 Benin 15,661 1000 No 2050 up 33.2% volatile
72 Guinea 14,400 1000 No 2050 up 38.1% volatile
73 Zimbabwe 13,627 1000 No 2050 up 35.0% volatile
74 Sudan (former) 13,562 1000 No 2011 up 32.2% volatile
75 Jordan 13,518 1000 No 2050 up 12.9% volatile
76 Nepal 13,496 1000 No 2050 up 24.0% volatile
77 Malawi 13,360 1000 No 2050 up 51.7% volatile
78 Chad 13,220 1000 No 2050 up 47.4% volatile
79 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 12,844 1000 No 2050 up 13.4% volatile
80 Belgium 12,349 1000 No 2050 up 1.8% rising
81 Dominican Republic 12,209 1000 No 2050 up 5.1% volatile
82 United Arab Emirates 12,158 1000 No 2050 up 9.5% volatile
83 Israel 11,997 1000 No 2050 up 12.5% volatile
84 Yugoslav SFR 11,527 1000 No 1991 up 13.9% rising
85 Tunisia 11,138 1000 No 2050 up 8.1% volatile
86 Romania 10,932 1000 No 2050 up 2.1% rising
87 Sweden 10,837 1000 No 2050 up 5.6% rising
88 Czechoslovakia 10,791 1000 No 1992 up 2.8% rising
89 Haiti 10,520 1000 No 2050 up 10.7% volatile
90 Belgium-Luxembourg 10,314 1000 No 1999 up 4.0% rising
91 Honduras 9,793 1000 No 2050 up 14.3% volatile
92 Togo 9,267 1000 No 2050 up 31.8% volatile
93 Congo 9,208 1000 No 2050 up 29.5% volatile
94 South Sudan 9,132 1000 No 2050 up 45.2% rising
95 Cuba 9,101 1000 No 2050 down 0.5% rising
96 Cambodia 9,062 1000 No 2050 up 26.5% volatile
97 Greece 8,753 1000 No 2050 down 2.0% rising
98 Palestine 8,293 1000 No 2050 up 22.1% volatile
99 Czechia 8,262 1000 No 2050 up 1.9% rising
100 China, Hong Kong SAR 8,253 1000 No 2050 up 0.7% rising
101 Switzerland 8,038 1000 No 2050 up 7.4% rising
102 Azerbaijan 7,833 1000 No 2050 up 8.0% rising
103 Sierra Leone 7,725 1000 No 2050 up 26.4% volatile
104 Belarus 7,566 1000 No 2050 down 0.6% rising
105 Ethiopia PDR 7,407 1000 No 1992 up 68.8% volatile
106 Libya 7,184 1000 No 2050 up 6.5% volatile
107 Burundi 7,183 1000 No 2050 up 57.9% volatile
108 Portugal 7,134 1000 No 2050 down 0.6% rising
109 Hungary 6,774 1000 No 2050 down 1.6% rising
110 Liberia 6,689 1000 No 2050 up 31.5% volatile
111 Paraguay 6,607 1000 No 2050 up 11.7% volatile
112 Sri Lanka 6,575 1000 No 2050 up 19.5% rising
113 Singapore 6,575 1000 No 2050 up 0.2% rising
114 Mauritania 6,532 1000 No 2050 up 27.9% volatile
115 Rwanda 6,483 1000 No 2050 up 42.1% volatile
116 Oman 6,410 1000 No 2050 up 7.6% volatile
117 Austria 6,294 1000 No 2050 up 6.2% rising
118 Tajikistan 6,243 1000 No 2050 up 33.1% rising
119 Norway 6,138 1000 No 2050 up 8.3% rising
120 El Salvador 5,984 1000 No 2050 up 3.7% volatile
121 Denmark 5,829 1000 No 2050 up 3.6% rising
122 Eritrea 5,776 1000 No 2050 up 31.1% volatile
123 Kuwait 5,644 1000 No 2050 up 6.0% volatile
124 Turkmenistan 5,433 1000 No 2050 up 16.0% rising
125 Serbia and Montenegro 5,350 1000 No 2005 down 1.6% flat
126 Central African Republic 5,329 1000 No 2050 up 31.9% volatile
127 Finland 5,282 1000 No 2050 up 3.0% rising
128 Costa Rica 5,205 1000 No 2050 up 4.2% volatile
129 New Zealand 5,200 1000 No 2050 up 5.7% rising
130 Serbia 5,121 1000 No 2050 up 1.6% flat
131 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5,102 1000 No 2050 up 18.2% volatile
132 Lebanon 5,052 1000 No 2050 up 1.7% volatile
133 Melanesia 4,878 1000 No 2050 up 32.7% volatile
134 Panama 4,652 1000 No 2050 up 13.1% volatile
135 Bulgaria 4,606 1000 No 2050 down 4.9% rising
136 Ireland 4,354 1000 No 2050 up 11.2% rising
137 Kyrgyzstan 4,346 1000 No 2050 up 21.5% rising
138 Nicaragua 3,954 1000 No 2023 up 15.6% volatile
139 Qatar 3,762 1000 No 2050 up 6.8% volatile
140 Uruguay 3,567 1000 No 2050 up 0.8% rising
141 Gambia 3,523 1000 No 2050 up 27.4% volatile
142 Gabon 3,339 1000 No 2050 up 16.3% volatile
143 Papua New Guinea 3,326 1000 No 2050 up 43.6% volatile
144 Slovakia 3,260 1000 No 2050 up 4.3% rising
145 Mongolia 3,167 1000 No 2050 up 12.0% volatile
146 Puerto Rico 3,139 1000 No 2050 down 4.7% rising
147 Namibia 3,116 1000 No 2050 up 22.4% volatile
148 Botswana 2,871 1000 No 2050 up 13.0% volatile
149 Georgia 2,483 1000 No 2050 up 1.2% falling
150 Croatia 2,468 1000 No 2050 up 0.9% flat
151 Equatorial Guinea 2,356 1000 No 2050 up 24.9% volatile
152 Bahrain 2,169 1000 No 2050 up 6.8% volatile
153 Albania 2,083 1000 No 2050 down 1.1% rising
154 Guinea-Bissau 2,062 1000 No 2050 up 28.6% volatile
155 Armenia 2,005 1000 No 2050 up 1.9% flat
156 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,976 1000 No 2050 up 2.9% rising
157 Jamaica 1,904 1000 No 2050 up 1.8% rising
158 Lithuania 1,880 1000 No 2050 down 1.0% falling
159 Republic of Moldova 1,873 1000 No 2050 up 3.1% flat
160 Lesotho 1,485 1000 No 2050 up 28.2% volatile
161 North Macedonia 1,405 1000 No 2050 up 2.6% rising
162 Slovenia 1,335 1000 No 2050 up 4.5% rising
163 Latvia 1,152 1000 No 2050 down 2.4% falling
164 Djibouti 1,107 1000 No 2050 up 8.6% volatile
165 Timor-Leste 1,059 1000 No 2050 up 30.5% volatile
166 Cyprus 1,030 1000 No 2050 up 7.9% rising
167 Réunion 1,013 1000 No 2050 up 1.5% volatile
168 Western Sahara 890.2 1000 No 2050 up 15.3% volatile
169 Estonia 885.23 1000 No 2050 down 0.5% falling
170 China, Macao SAR 875.54 1000 No 2050 up 7.2% volatile
171 Trinidad and Tobago 812.28 1000 No 2050 up 3.2% rising
172 Luxembourg 756.65 1000 No 2050 up 8.7% rising
173 Eswatini 703.04 1000 No 2050 up 25.3% volatile
174 Fiji 697.67 1000 No 2050 up 6.0% volatile
175 Mauritius 604.35 1000 No 2050 up 5.7% rising
176 Comoros 599.04 1000 No 2050 up 29.6% volatile
177 Bhutan 573.27 1000 No 2050 up 11.4% volatile
178 Cabo Verde 568.71 1000 No 2050 up 10.4% volatile
179 Micronesia 495.45 1000 No 2050 up 7.0% volatile
180 French Guiana 493.37 1000 No 2050 up 19.5% volatile
181 Suriname 480.04 1000 No 2050 up 6.2% rising
182 Brunei Darussalam 459.84 1000 No 2050 up 5.8% volatile
183 Montenegro 454.35 1000 No 2050 up 0.3% rising
184 Guadeloupe 420.76 1000 No 2050 down 3.9% rising
185 Bahamas 419.94 1000 No 2050 up 5.1% volatile
186 Malta 404.95 1000 No 2050 down 2.2% rising
187 Polynesia 400.47 1000 No 2050 up 9.2% rising
188 Solomon Islands 385.39 1000 No 2050 up 28.4% volatile
189 Iceland 373.77 1000 No 2050 up 3.1% rising
190 Belize 338.14 1000 No 2050 up 19.3% volatile
191 Martinique 328.92 1000 No 2050 down 3.7% rising
192 Sao Tome and Principe 323.75 1000 No 2050 up 20.4% volatile
193 Maldives 310.55 1000 No 2050 up 14.8% volatile
194 New Caledonia 306.2 1000 No 2050 up 11.0% volatile
195 Guyana 295.49 1000 No 2050 up 11.0% rising
196 Mayotte 264.49 1000 No 2050 up 28.5% volatile
197 French Polynesia 227.67 1000 No 2050 up 7.4% rising
198 Guam 186.51 1000 No 2050 up 2.4% rising
199 Netherlands Antilles (former) 181.48 1000 No 2010 up 11.7% rising
200 Curaçao 166.56 1000 No 2050 up 3.5% rising
201 Vanuatu 163.02 1000 No 2050 up 29.2% volatile
202 Kiribati 125.67 1000 No 2050 up 17.9% volatile
203 Barbados 114.42 1000 No 2050 up 9.2% rising
204 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 104.31 1000 No 1990 up 75.5% volatile
205 United States Virgin Islands 86.82 1000 No 2050 down 7.3% rising
206 Cayman Islands 81.49 1000 No 2050 up 5.8% volatile
207 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 71.69 1000 No 2050 up 4.1% rising
208 Channel Islands 71.1 1000 No 2050 up 13.2% rising
209 Andorra 69.65 1000 No 2050 down 0.1% volatile
210 Seychelles 67.25 1000 No 2050 up 4.1% rising
211 Isle of Man 61.77 1000 No 2050 up 10.1% rising
212 Dominica 61.38 1000 No 2050 up 2.3% rising
213 Aruba 58.21 1000 No 2050 up 5.9% rising
214 Marshall Islands 56.45 1000 No 2050 up 9.2% rising
215 Bermuda 53.38 1000 No 2050 down 6.1% rising
216 Samoa 52.37 1000 No 2050 up 22.5% rising
217 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 52.24 1000 No 2050 up 5.6% rising
218 Grenada 51.81 1000 No 2050 up 8.0% rising
219 American Samoa 51.52 1000 No 2050 down 0.4% rising
220 Northern Mariana Islands 49.65 1000 No 2050 down 5.7% flat
221 Greenland 49.56 1000 No 2050 down 2.5% rising
222 Saint Lucia 48.56 1000 No 2050 up 12.2% rising
223 Turks and Caicos Islands 46.27 1000 No 2050 up 6.2% volatile
224 Monaco 45.69 1000 No 2050 up 5.1% rising
225 Tonga 41.65 1000 No 2050 up 20.9% rising
226 Micronesia (Federated States of) 41.23 1000 No 2050 up 17.1% rising
227 Antigua and Barbuda 38.8 1000 No 2050 up 17.4% rising
228 Gibraltar 37.05 1000 No 2050 up 1.4% rising
229 San Marino 34.35 1000 No 2050 down 0.6% rising
230 Faroe Islands 28.99 1000 No 2050 up 11.1% rising
231 Saint Kitts and Nevis 25.56 1000 No 2050 up 13.0% rising
232 Palau 24.6 1000 No 2050 up 6.2% rising
233 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 24.39 1000 No 2050 up 6.0% rising
234 British Virgin Islands 23.06 1000 No 2050 up 9.6% volatile
235 Anguilla 15.65 1000 No 2050 down 1.9% rising
236 Cook Islands 14.86 1000 No 2050 up 3.1% rising
237 Nauru 11.34 1000 No 2050 down 1.6% rising
238 Tuvalu 11.31 1000 No 2050 up 10.4% volatile
239 Liechtenstein 8.94 1000 No 2050 up 18.3% rising
240 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 6.85 1000 No 2050 up 3.6% rising
241 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 2.46 1000 No 2050 up 0.7% rising
242 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 2.15 1000 No 2050 up 6.3% falling
243 Niue 1.1 1000 No 2050 up 10.3% falling
244 Holy See 0.806 1000 No 2050 up 1.0% flat
245 Montserrat 0.73 1000 No 2050 up 16.6% volatile

Regions and income groups

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

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population by country. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 14 November 2026, from https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/population-est-and-proj-urban-population/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/population-est-and-proj-urban-population/">Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population by country</a> — Statizoid

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
278 places, 25,845 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.