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People > Cities > Rate of urbanization: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Urbanization rate.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 Burundi 6.8% 2011
=2 Liberia 5.6% 2011
=2 Laos 5.6% 2011
=4 Afghanistan 5.4% 2011
=4 Eritrea 5.4% 2011
6 Maldives 5.3% 2011
7 Malawi 5.2% 2011
8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.1% 2011
=9 East Timor 5% 2011
=9 Burkina Faso 5% 2011
=11 Nepal 4.9% 2011
=11 Yemen 4.9% 2011
=11 Bhutan 4.9% 2011
14 Mali 4.8% 2011
15 Chad 4.7% 2011
16 Cambodia 4.6% 2011
17 Haiti 4.5% 2011
=18 Angola 4.4% 2011
=18 Uganda 4.4% 2011
=20 Ethiopia 4.3% 2011
=20 Sudan 4.3% 2011
=20 Togo 4.3% 2011
=23 Tanzania 4.2% 2011
=23 Rwanda 4.2% 2011
=23 Somalia 4.2% 2011
=23 Gambia 4.2% 2011
=27 Vanuatu 4.1% 2011
=27 Solomon Islands 4.1% 2011
=27 Mozambique 4.1% 2011
=30 Kenya 4% 2011
=30 Benin 4% 2011
=30 Western Sahara 4% 2011
=30 Niger 4% 2011
=34 Madagascar 3.8% 2011
=34 Nigeria 3.8% 2011
=36 Cameroon 3.5% 2011
=36 Bangladesh 3.5% 2011
=36 Guinea 3.5% 2011
=36 Ghana 3.5% 2011
=36 Cape Verde 3.5% 2011
=36 Lesotho 3.5% 2011
42 Guatemala 3.4% 2011
43 Indonesia 3.3% 2011
=44 Cote d'Ivoire 3.2% 2011
=44 Guinea-Bissau 3.2% 2011
=46 Belize 3.1% 2011
=46 Senegal 3.1% 2011
=46 Jordan 3.1% 2011
=46 Syria 3.1% 2011
=46 Vietnam 3.1% 2011
=51 Turkmenistan 3% 2011
=51 Malaysia 3% 2011
=51 Mauritania 3% 2011
=51 Sao Tome and Principe 3% 2011
=51 Pakistan 3% 2011
=56 Sierra Leone 2.9% 2011
=56 Trinidad and Tobago 2.9% 2011
=56 United Arab Emirates 2.9% 2011
=56 Burma 2.9% 2011
=56 Honduras 2.9% 2011
=56 Namibia 2.9% 2011
=62 Paraguay 2.8% 2011
=62 Equatorial Guinea 2.8% 2011
=64 Republic of the Congo 2.7% 2011
=64 Panama 2.7% 2011
=64 China 2.7% 2011
=64 Marshall Islands 2.7% 2011
=64 Comoros 2.7% 2011
=69 Brunei 2.6% 2011
=69 Algeria 2.6% 2011
=71 Philippines 2.5% 2011
=71 Botswana 2.5% 2011
=71 Bolivia 2.5% 2011
=71 Saudi Arabia 2.5% 2011
=71 Kuwait 2.5% 2011
=76 American Samoa 2.4% 2011
=76 India 2.4% 2011
=78 Central African Republic 2.3% 2011
=78 Costa Rica 2.3% 2011
=78 Zambia 2.3% 2011
=81 Dominican Republic 2.2% 2011
=81 Libya 2.2% 2011
=81 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.2% 2011
=81 Ireland 2.2% 2011
=81 Qatar 2.2% 2011
=81 Zimbabwe 2.2% 2011
=81 Djibouti 2.2% 2011
=81 Montserrat 2.2% 2011
=89 Ecuador 2.1% 2011
=89 Gabon 2.1% 2011
=89 Northern Mariana Islands 2.1% 2011
=89 Iran 2.1% 2011
=89 New Caledonia 2.1% 2011
=94 Venezuela 2% 2011
=94 Oman 2% 2011
=94 Faroe Islands 2% 2011
=97 Turkey 1.9% 2011
=97 El Salvador 1.9% 2011
=97 Papua New Guinea 1.9% 2011
=97 Albania 1.9% 2011
=101 Bahrain 1.8% 2011
=101 Palau 1.8% 2011
=101 Morocco 1.8% 2011
=101 Brazil 1.8% 2011
=101 Kiribati 1.8% 2011
=101 Egypt 1.8% 2011
=101 Nicaragua 1.8% 2011
=108 Swaziland 1.7% 2011
=108 Thailand 1.7% 2011
=108 Colombia 1.7% 2011
=108 Israel 1.7% 2011
=108 Samoa 1.7% 2011
=108 British Virgin Islands 1.7% 2011
=108 Iraq 1.7% 2011
=108 Tunisia 1.7% 2011
=116 Tajikistan 1.6% 2011
=116 Netherlands Antilles 1.6% 2011
=116 Uzbekistan 1.6% 2011
=116 Fiji 1.6% 2011
=116 Peru 1.6% 2011
=116 Tonga 1.6% 2011
=116 Kyrgyzstan 1.6% 2011
=123 Barbados 1.5% 2011
=123 Mexico 1.5% 2011
=123 Cayman Islands 1.5% 2011
=123 Saint Helena 1.5% 2011
=127 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.4% 2011
=127 Portugal 1.4% 2011
=127 Anguilla 1.4% 2011
=127 The Bahamas 1.4% 2011
=127 Saint Lucia 1.4% 2011
=127 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.4% 2011
=127 South Africa 1.4% 2011
=127 Seychelles 1.4% 2011
=135 Tuvalu 1.3% 2011
=135 Guam 1.3% 2011
=135 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.3% 2011
=135 Cyprus 1.3% 2011
=135 United States 1.3% 2011
=135 Chile 1.3% 2011
=135 French Polynesia 1.3% 2011
=142 Australia 1.2% 2011
=142 Lebanon 1.2% 2011
=142 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1.2% 2011
=142 Argentina 1.2% 2011
=142 Mongolia 1.2% 2011
=142 Kazakhstan 1.2% 2011
=142 Singapore 1.2% 2011
=149 Canada 1% 2011
=149 Luxembourg 1% 2011
=149 Hong Kong 1% 2011
=149 Suriname 1% 2011
=149 New Zealand 1% 2011
=149 Azerbaijan 1% 2011
=155 Netherlands 0.9% 2011
=155 Mauritius 0.9% 2011
=155 Spain 0.9% 2011
=155 Greenland 0.9% 2011
=155 Jamaica 0.9% 2011
=155 San Marino 0.9% 2011
=155 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9% 2011
=155 North Korea 0.9% 2011
=163 France 0.8% 2011
=163 Finland 0.8% 2011
=163 Republic of Macedonia 0.8% 2011
=163 Federated States of Micronesia 0.8% 2011
=163 Puerto Rico 0.8% 2011
=163 Iceland 0.8% 2011
=169 Norway 0.7% 2011
=169 Macau 0.7% 2011
=169 Austria 0.7% 2011
=172 Jersey 0.6% 2011
=172 South Korea 0.6% 2011
=172 Guernsey 0.6% 2011
=172 Greece 0.6% 2011
=172 Malta 0.6% 2011
=177 Liechtenstein 0.5% 2011
=177 Denmark 0.5% 2011
=177 Serbia 0.5% 2011
=177 United Kingdom 0.5% 2011
=177 Sweden 0.5% 2011
=177 Switzerland 0.5% 2011
=177 Sri Lanka 0.5% 2011
=184 Italy 0.4% 2011
=184 Croatia 0.4% 2011
=184 Uruguay 0.4% 2011
=187 Monaco 0.3% 2011
=187 Nauru 0.3% 2011
=187 Hungary 0.3% 2011
=187 Bermuda 0.3% 2011
=187 Belgium 0.3% 2011
=187 Grenada 0.3% 2011
=193 Dominica 0.2% 2011
=193 Slovakia 0.2% 2011
=193 Japan 0.2% 2011
=196 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.1% 2011
=196 Holy See (Vatican City) 0.1% 2011
=196 Gibraltar 0.1% 2011
=196 Aruba 0.1% 2011
=196 Germany 0.1% 2011
201 Romania -0.1% 2011
=202 Isle of Man -0.2% 2011
=202 Andorra -0.2% 2011
=202 Niue -0.2% 2011
=202 Russia -0.2% 2011
=206 Estonia -0.3% 2011
=206 Armenia -0.3% 2011
=206 Bulgaria -0.3% 2011
=206 Poland -0.3% 2011
210 Lithuania -0.4% 2011
211 Latvia -0.5% 2011
=212 Georgia -0.6% 2011
=212 Slovenia -0.6% 2011
=214 Cook Islands -0.7% 2011
=214 Ukraine -0.7% 2011
216 Montenegro -0.8% 2011
=217 Wallis and Futuna 0.0 2011
=217 Pitcairn Islands 0.0 2011
=217 Czech Republic 0.0 2011
=217 Cuba 0.0 2011
=217 Tokelau 0.0 2011
=217 Belarus 0.0 2011
=217 South Sudan 0.0 2011
=217 Guyana 0.0 2011
225 Moldova -1.5% 2011

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