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Total population living in urban areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malta | 1,001.75 | 2005 | ||
| 2 | Cayman Islands | 991.48 | 2010 | ||
| 3 | Bermuda | 986.38 | 2010 | ||
| 4 | Belgium | 985.61 | 2009 | ||
| 5 | Iceland | 985.58 | 2011 | ||
| 6 | Macau | 961.82 | 1970 | ||
| 7 | Guam | 940.28 | 2010 | ||
| 8 | Puerto Rico | 938.74 | 2010 | ||
| 9 | Uruguay | 938.5 | 2012 | ||
| 10 | Israel | 915.5 | 2011 | ||
| 11 | Japan | 911.39 | 2010 | ||
| 12 | Hong Kong | 909.4 | 1986 | ||
| 13 | Argentina | 896.06 | 2013 | ||
| 14 | Chile | 887.63 | 2013 | ||
| 15 | Venezuela | 874.27 | 2011 | ||
| 16 | The Bahamas | 865.89 | 2000 | ||
| 17 | New Zealand | 862.31 | 2012 | ||
| 18 | Greenland | 848.42 | 2012 | ||
| 19 | San Marino | 843.12 | 2000 | ||
| 20 | Denmark | 839.02 | 1981 | ||
| 21 | Sweden | 837.12 | 1990 | ||
| 22 | Jordan | 835.14 | 2012 | ||
| 23 | Brazil | 824.37 | 2010 | ||
| 24 | Australia | 823.76 | 2011 | ||
| 25 | South Korea | 817.79 | 2012 | ||
| 26 | Bahrain | 817.73 | 2001 | ||
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 815.84 | 2005 | ||
| 28 | United States | 805.79 | 2010 | ||
| 29 | Canada | 787.24 | 2011 | ||
| 30 | Colombia | 784.1 | 2013 | ||
| 31 | United Kingdom | 776.96 | 2001 | ||
| 32 | Palau | 773.55 | 2005 | ||
| 33 | Peru | 772.36 | 2013 | ||
| 34 | Norway | 766.26 | 2001 | ||
| 35 | Libya | 760.17 | 1984 | ||
| 36 | France | 756.86 | 1999 | ||
| 37 | Belarus | 754.63 | 2011 | ||
| 38 | Cuba | 750.65 | 2011 | ||
| 39 | Greece | 749.5 | 2001 | ||
| 40 | Oman | 746.16 | 2010 | ||
| 41 | Russia | 738.54 | 2011 | ||
| 42 | Switzerland | 737.05 | 2011 | ||
| 43 | Mexico | 731.95 | 2010 | ||
| 44 | Czech Republic | 730.87 | 2012 | ||
| 45 | Turkey | 729.84 | 2011 | ||
| 46 | Bulgaria | 726.2 | 2011 | ||
| 47 | Gabon | 721.24 | 2002 | ||
| 48 | Isle of Man | 716.96 | 1986 | ||
| 49 | Malaysia | 711.74 | 2010 | ||
| 50 | Brunei | 703.89 | 2001 | ||
| 51 | Hungary | 696.56 | 2011 | ||
| 52 | Iran | 694.61 | 2012 | ||
| 53 | Estonia | 694.39 | 2011 | ||
| 54 | Ukraine | 688.28 | 2012 | ||
| 55 | Bolivia | 687.35 | 2011 | ||
| 56 | Iraq | 687.28 | 2007 | ||
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 686.19 | 2013 | ||
| 58 | Luxembourg | 685.39 | 1970 | ||
| 59 | Latvia | 682.28 | 2011 | ||
| 60 | Finland | 680.54 | 2011 | ||
| 61 | El Salvador | 680.35 | 2013 | ||
| 62 | Cape Verde | 668.99 | 2011 | ||
| 63 | Lithuania | 667.59 | 2011 | ||
| 64 | Austria | 667.56 | 2001 | ||
| 65 | Suriname | 666.67 | 2004 | ||
| 66 | Netherlands | 666.43 | 2011 | ||
| 67 | Spain | 661.7 | 2001 | ||
| 68 | Costa Rica | 660.84 | 2011 | ||
| 69 | Northern Mariana Islands | 648.72 | 1995 | ||
| 70 | Tunisia | 647.32 | 2004 | ||
| 71 | Armenia | 644.81 | 2011 | ||
| 72 | South Africa | 643.63 | 2011 | ||
| 73 | Montenegro | 643.31 | 2011 | ||
| 74 | Mongolia | 640.26 | 2010 | ||
| 75 | Andorra | 631.97 | 1988 | ||
| 76 | Ecuador | 627.32 | 2010 | ||
| 77 | New Caledonia | 626.21 | 2008 | ||
| 78 | Panama | 615.19 | 2010 | ||
| 79 | Ireland | 612.44 | 2011 | ||
| 80 | Portugal | 609.89 | 2011 | ||
| 81 | Poland | 607.38 | 2011 | ||
| 82 | Morocco | 597.65 | 2013 | ||
| 83 | Republic of Macedonia | 597.2 | 1997 | ||
| 84 | North Korea | 590.62 | 1993 | ||
| 85 | Serbia | 590.48 | 2011 | ||
| 86 | Paraguay | 576.91 | 2008 | ||
| 87 | Nicaragua | 567.61 | 2009 | ||
| 88 | Croatia | 556.61 | 2001 | ||
| 89 | Lebanon | 556.29 | 1970 | ||
| 90 | Algeria | 550.51 | 1998 | ||
| 91 | Romania | 548.39 | 2011 | ||
| 92 | Slovakia | 544.25 | 2011 | ||
| 93 | Kazakhstan | 538.26 | 2009 | ||
| 94 | Jamaica | 537.28 | 2011 | ||
| 95 | Georgia | 531.18 | 2011 | ||
| 96 | Azerbaijan | 530.38 | 2010 | ||
| 97 | Sao Tome and Principe | 529.07 | 2001 | ||
| 98 | Botswana | 527.68 | 2006 | ||
| 99 | Honduras | 522.76 | 2007 | ||
| 100 | China | 519.22 | 2012 | ||
| 101 | Fiji | 518.27 | 2010 | ||
| 102 | Ghana | 517.05 | 2010 | ||
| 103 | Syria | 514.4 | 2011 | ||
| 104 | Cyprus | 507.11 | 2011 | ||
| 105 | Haiti | 506.69 | 2012 | ||
| 106 | Slovenia | 498.65 | 2011 | ||
| 107 | Indonesia | 491.62 | 2010 | ||
| 108 | Cameroon | 489.28 | 2010 | ||
| 109 | Albania | 479.03 | 2012 | ||
| 110 | Italy | 478.24 | 1961 | ||
| 111 | Tuvalu | 471.35 | 2002 | ||
| 112 | Senegal | 456.61 | 2011 | ||
| 113 | Belize | 449.77 | 2010 | ||
| 114 | Turkmenistan | 445.63 | 1989 | ||
| 115 | Kiribati | 445.58 | 2005 | ||
| 116 | Liberia | 444.83 | 2008 | ||
| 117 | Egypt | 438.2 | 2012 | ||
| 118 | Philippines | 423.67 | 1990 | ||
| 119 | Benin | 416.43 | 2011 | ||
| 120 | Sierra Leone | 416.33 | 2012 | ||
| 121 | Mauritius | 415.88 | 2011 | ||
| 122 | Moldova | 415.26 | 2010 | ||
| 123 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 407.38 | 1985 | ||
| 124 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 395.73 | 1991 | ||
| 125 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 392.61 | 1975 | ||
| 126 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 385.24 | 2004 | ||
| 127 | Zambia | 383.46 | 2010 | ||
| 128 | Bhutan | 376.18 | 2013 | ||
| 129 | Seychelles | 372.71 | 1977 | ||
| 130 | Uzbekistan | 370.77 | 2001 | ||
| 131 | Togo | 370.2 | 2010 | ||
| 132 | Faeroe Islands | 355.32 | 2008 | ||
| 133 | Burma | 355.23 | 2012 | ||
| 134 | Mauritania | 352.42 | 2000 | ||
| 135 | Thailand | 350.83 | 2012 | ||
| 136 | Maldives | 342.42 | 2006 | ||
| 137 | Equatorial Guinea | 341.16 | 1991 | ||
| 138 | Antigua and Barbuda | 333.71 | 1970 | ||
| 139 | Kyrgyzstan | 332.55 | 2012 | ||
| 140 | American Samoa | 331.58 | 1990 | ||
| 141 | Nigeria | 329.19 | 1991 | ||
| 142 | Pakistan | 322.14 | 2007 | ||
| 143 | Vietnam | 319.42 | 2012 | ||
| 144 | Kenya | 313.56 | 2009 | ||
| 145 | Namibia | 312.54 | 2001 | ||
| 146 | Central African Republic | 312 | 2003 | ||
| 147 | Guyana | 311.01 | 1976 | ||
| 148 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 304.3 | 1960 | ||
| 149 | Yemen | 296.66 | 2012 | ||
| 150 | Somalia | 295.28 | 2002 | ||
| 151 | India | 288.05 | 2008 | ||
| 152 | Comoros | 281.98 | 2003 | ||
| 153 | Mozambique | 277.47 | 2007 | ||
| 154 | East Timor | 276.66 | 2010 | ||
| 155 | Guinea | 276.42 | 2008 | ||
| 156 | Guatemala | 275.97 | 1981 | ||
| 157 | Zimbabwe | 273.4 | 2008 | ||
| 158 | Saint Lucia | 273.03 | 2001 | ||
| 159 | Tanzania | 267.49 | 2013 | ||
| 160 | Laos | 262.86 | 2005 | ||
| 161 | Tajikistan | 261.38 | 2011 | ||
| 162 | Bangladesh | 255.13 | 2011 | ||
| 163 | Vanuatu | 247.78 | 2009 | ||
| 164 | Mali | 241.51 | 2009 | ||
| 165 | Burkina Faso | 240.17 | 2008 | ||
| 166 | Madagascar | 238.29 | 2004 | ||
| 167 | Tonga | 232.82 | 2006 | ||
| 168 | Lesotho | 217.02 | 2006 | ||
| 169 | Cambodia | 216.1 | 2013 | ||
| 170 | Samoa | 205.77 | 2011 | ||
| 171 | Niger | 205.62 | 2012 | ||
| 172 | Afghanistan | 203.66 | 2012 | ||
| 173 | Solomon Islands | 198.13 | 2009 | ||
| 174 | Eritrea | 179.55 | 1990 | ||
| 175 | Swaziland | 178.94 | 2013 | ||
| 176 | Trinidad and Tobago | 170.62 | 1960 | ||
| 177 | Nepal | 166.58 | 2011 | ||
| 178 | Ethiopia | 160.07 | 2008 | ||
| 179 | Grenada | 145.76 | 1960 | ||
| 180 | Rwanda | 140.42 | 2011 | ||
| 181 | Uganda | 137.68 | 2009 | ||
| 182 | Malawi | 132.56 | 2008 | ||
| 183 | Sri Lanka | 131.26 | 2001 | ||
| 184 | Papua New Guinea | 127.58 | 2000 | ||
| 185 | Chad | 123.94 | 1972 | ||
| 186 | Burundi | 94.14 | 2008 | ||
| 187 | Barbados | 49.61 | 1960 | ||
| 188 | Liechtenstein | 0.0 | 2010 |
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Interesting observations about People > Urban and rural > Urban population per thousand people
- Belgium has ranked in the top 2 for urban and rural > urban population per thousand people since 1962.
- Malta has had the highest urban and rural > urban population per thousand people since 1967.
- Hong Kong has ranked in the top 2 for urban and rural > urban population per thousand people since 1981.
- Uruguay has ranked in the top 3 for urban and rural > urban population per thousand people since 2001.
- Iceland has ranked in the top 5 for urban and rural > urban population per thousand people since 1960.
- Israel has ranked in the top 6 for urban and rural > urban population per thousand people since 1961.
- Sweden has ranked in the top 5 for urban and rural > urban population per thousand people since 1960.
- Guam has ranked in the top 3 for urban and rural > urban population per thousand people since 2000.
- Argentina has ranked in the top 7 for urban and rural > urban population per thousand people since 1960.
- Puerto Rico has ranked in the top 4 for urban and rural > urban population per thousand people since 2000.
