Rank
(total)
CountryUrban Population
(percent)
Date
1Puerto Rico94.4ESDJ 1 VII 2000
2Uruguay93.6ESDF 1 VII 2006
3Guam93.1ESDJ 1 VII 2004
4Iceland92.6ESDJ 1 VII 2006
5Israel91.8ESDJ 1 VII 2006
6Argentina90.6ESDF 1 VII 2006
7Venezuela87.9ESDF 1 VII 2002
8Bahrain87.8CDJC 7 IV 2001
9Chile86.9ESDF 1 VII 2006
10Japan86.3CDJC 1 X 2005
11New Zealand86.1ESDJ 1 VII 2006
12Bahamas84.9CDFC 1 V 2000
13San Marino84.4CDFC 1 VII 2000
14Australia83.2ESDJ 1 VII 2006
15Jordan82.6ESDF 1 VII 2006
16United Arab Emirates82.4CDFC 5 XII 2005
17Greenland82.3ESDJ 1 VII 2003
18Korea (South)81.5CDJC 1 XI 2005
19Brazil81.2CDJC 1 VIII 2000
20Great Britain & Northern Ireland80.0CDFC 29 IV 2001
21Canada79.7CDJC 15 V 2001
22United States of America79.0CDJC 1 IV 2000
23Palau77.4CDFC 1 IV 2005
24Mexico76.9ESDJ 1 VII 2006
25Norway76.5CDJC 3 XI 2001
26Cuba75.5ESDJ 1 VII 2006
27Colombia74.6ESDF 1 VII 2006
28Peru74.4ESDF 1 VII 2006
29Czech Republic73.6ESDJ 1 VII 2006
30Switzerland73.3ESDJ 1 VII 2006
31Russia72.9ESDJ 1 VII 2006
32Belarus72.6ESDF 1 VII 2006
33Brunei71.7CDFC 21 VIII 2001
33Palestinian Territories71.7ESDF 1 VII 2006
35Oman71.5ESDF 1 VII 2006
36Bulgaria70.5ESDF 1 VII 2006
37Estonia69.4ESDF 1 VII 2006
38Cyprus68.8CDJC 1 X 2001
39Latvia68.0ESDF 1 VII 2006
40Hungary67.0ESDF 1 VII 2006
41Ukraine66.9ESDJ 1 VII 2003
42Austria66.8CDJC 15 V 2001
43Iran66.7ESDJ 1 VII 2005
43Iraq66.7ESDJ 1 VII 2006
43Lithuania66.7ESDJ 1 VII 2006
43Suriname66.7CDJC 2 VIII 2004
47Netherlands66.1ESDJ 1 VII 2006
48Bolivia64.7ESDF 1 VII 2006
49Armenia64.1ESDJ 1 VII 2006
50Panama63.8ESDF 1 VII 2006
51Dominican Republic63.7ESDF 1 VII 2006
52Finland63.0ESDJ 1 VII 2006
53Ecuador62.9ESDF 1 VII 2004
54Turkey62.7ESDF 1 VII 2006
55Montenegro62.5ESDJ 1 VII 2005
56Malaysia62.0CDJC 5 VII 2000
57Poland61.4ESDF 1 VII 2006
58Mongolia60.6ESDF 1 VII 2006
59El Salvador60.0ESDF 1 VII 2006
60Ireland59.6CDFC 28 IV 2002
60Macedonia59.6ESDF 1 VII 1997
62Costa Rica59.0ESDJ 1 VII 2006
63Cook Islands58.8CDFC 1 XII 1996
64Algeria58.3CDJC 25 VI 1998
65New Caledonia58.2ESDF 1 VII 2004
66Nicaragua57.9ESDJ 1 VII 2006
67Serbia57.5ESDJ 1 VII 2006
68Kazakhstan57.3ESDF 1 VII 2006
69Paraguay56.7CDFC 28 VIII 2002
70Cape Verde55.8ESDF 1 VII 2003
71Croatia55.7CDJC 31 III 2001
72Slovakia55.5ESDJ 1 VII 2006
73Romania55.2ESDJ 1 VII 2006
74Morocco55.1CDFC 1 IX 2004
75Portugal54.9CDFC 12 III 2001
76Sao Tome and Principe54.5CDJC 25 VIII 2001
77Syria53.5ESDF 1 VII 2006
78Cameroon53.4ESDF 1 VII 2004
79South Africa52.6ESDF 1 VII 2002
80Georgia52.5ESDF 1 VII 2006
81Jamaica52.0ESDJ 1 VII 2006
82Azerbaijan51.5ESDF 1 VII 2004
83Belize50.6ESDF 1 VII 2006
84Honduras49.2ESDF 1 VII 2006
85Albania48.5ESDF 1 VII 2006
86Slovenia47.9ESDJ 1 VII 2006
87Fiji Islands46.4CDFC 25 VIII 1996
88Liberia45.4ESDF 1 VII 1997
89Ghana43.8CDFC 26 III 2000
90Kiribati43.6CDFC 7 XII 2005
91China43.4ESDF 1 VII 2006
92Indonesia43.1SSDF 31 X 2005
93Egypt42.6ESDF 1 VII 2006
94Cote d'Ivoire42.5CDFC 21 XI 1998
95Mauritius42.1ESDJ 1 VII 2006
96Moldova41.6ESDJ 1 VII 2006
97Senegal40.7CDJC 8 XII 2002
98Saint Vincent & the Grenadines40.0ESDF 1 VII 2004
99Benin38.9CDJC 11 II 2002
100Central African Republic37.9CDFC 8 XII 2003
101Uzbekistan37.1ESDF 1 VII 2001
102Sierra Leone36.2ESDF 1 VII 2003
103Zambia35.8CDFC 25 X 2000
104Haiti35.6ESDJ 1 VII 2000
105Kyrgyzstan35.4ESDF 1 VII 2006
106Maldives34.7CDFC 21 III 2006
107Zimbabwe34.6CDFC 17 VIII 2002
108Somalia34.0SSDF 1 VII 2002
109Namibia33.0CDFC 27 VIII 2001
110Pakistan32.6ESDF 1 VII 1998
111Mali32.4ESDF 1 I 2006
112Thailand30.3ESDJ 1 VII 2006
113India29.0ESDF 1 VII 2006
114Mozambique28.6CDFC 1 VIII 1997
114Yemen28.6CDFC 16 XII 2004
116Comoros27.9CDFC 1 IX 2003
117Saint Lucia27.6CDFC 22 V 2001
118Vietnam27.1ESDF 1 VII 2006
119Tajikistan26.3ESDF 1 VII 2006
120Bangladesh24.6ESDF 1 VII 2006
120Madagascar24.6ESDF 1 VII 2004
122Lesotho23.8CDJC 9 IV 2006
123Botswana23.2ESDF 1 VII 2004
124Swaziland23.1CDFC 11 V 1997
125Tonga22.9CDFC 30 XI 1996
126Samoa22.0ESDF 1 VII 2006
127Afghanistan21.5ESDF 1 VII 2006
127Vanuatu21.5CDJC 16 XI 1999
129Burkina Faso20.1CDJC 9 XII 2006
130Kenya17.6ESDF 1 VII 2005
131Laos17.1CDFC 1 III 1995
131Saint Helena17.1CDFC 8 III 1998
133Rwanda16.9CDJC 16 VIII 2002
134Niger16.3ESDJ 1 VII 2005
135Ethiopia15.8ESDF 1 VII 2004
136Cambodia15.0SSDF 1 VII 2004
137Sri Lanka14.6CDFC 17 VII 2001
138Malawi14.4ESDF 1 VII 2005
139Papua New Guinea13.2CDFC 9 VII 2000
140Uganda13.1ESDF 1 VII 2006
141Nepal10.6ESDJ 1 VII 1996
142Burundi7.8ESDF 1 VII 1998
 World... 

For non-listed countries is no information available.

The presented rates are not strictly comparable due to differences of definitions of the term "urban''.
CDFC = Census, de facto, complete tabulation.
CDFS = Census, de facto, sample tabulation.
CDJC = Census, de jure, complete tabulation.
CDJS = Census, de jure, sample tabulation.
SSDF = Sample survey, de facto.
SSDJ =- Sample survey, de jure.
ESDF = Estimates, de facto.
ESDJ = Estimates, de jure.

Source: UN Demographic Yearbook 2006

(c) Thomas Brinkhoff, 2008-07-29