Home / Urban population SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS / WORLD BANK Urban population by country The percentage of residents living in areas classified as urban by each national statistical office.
216 with data % of total population Snapshot · Sep 25, 2026
Population GDP GDP per capita Inflation Unemployment Fertility rate Life expectancy Population growth GDP growth GDP per capita, PPP Population ages 65+ Urban population Labor force participation Youth unemployment Internet users Trade FDI net inflows Latest available values are shown for each country. Reference years may differ; this table is not a same-year ranking.
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Follow the trend Country Afghanistan (AFG) Albania (ALB) Algeria (DZA) American Samoa (ASM) Andorra (AND) Angola (AGO) Antigua & Barbuda (ATG) Argentina (ARG) Armenia (ARM) Aruba (ABW) Australia (AUS) Austria (AUT) Azerbaijan (AZE) Bahamas (BHS) Bahrain (BHR) Bangladesh (BGD) Barbados (BRB) Belarus (BLR) Belgium (BEL) Belize (BLZ) Benin (BEN) Bermuda (BMU) Bhutan (BTN) Bolivia (BOL) Bosnia & Herzegovina (BIH) Botswana (BWA) Brazil (BRA) British Virgin Islands (VGB) Brunei (BRN) Bulgaria (BGR) Burkina Faso (BFA) Burundi (BDI) Cambodia (KHM) Cameroon (CMR) Canada (CAN) Cape Verde (CPV) Cayman Islands (CYM) Central African Republic (CAF) Chad (TCD) Chile (CHL) China (CHN) Colombia (COL) Comoros (COM) Congo - Brazzaville (COG) Congo - Kinshasa (COD) Costa Rica (CRI) Côte d’Ivoire (CIV) Croatia (HRV) Cuba (CUB) Curaçao (CUW) Cyprus (CYP) Czechia (CZE) Denmark (DNK) Djibouti (DJI) Dominica (DMA) Dominican Republic (DOM) Ecuador (ECU) Egypt (EGY) El Salvador (SLV) Equatorial Guinea (GNQ) Eritrea (ERI) Estonia (EST) Eswatini (SWZ) Ethiopia (ETH) Faroe Islands (FRO) Fiji (FJI) Finland (FIN) France (FRA) French Polynesia (PYF) Gabon (GAB) Gambia (GMB) Georgia (GEO) Germany (DEU) Ghana (GHA) Gibraltar (GIB) Greece (GRC) Greenland (GRL) Grenada (GRD) Guam (GUM) Guatemala (GTM) Guinea (GIN) Guinea-Bissau (GNB) Guyana (GUY) Haiti (HTI) Honduras (HND) Hong Kong SAR China (HKG) Hungary (HUN) Iceland (ISL) India (IND) Indonesia (IDN) Iran (IRN) Iraq (IRQ) Ireland (IRL) Isle of Man (IMN) Israel (ISR) Italy (ITA) Jamaica (JAM) Japan (JPN) Jordan (JOR) Kazakhstan (KAZ) Kenya (KEN) Kiribati (KIR) Kosovo (XKX) Kuwait (KWT) Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) Laos (LAO) Latvia (LVA) Lebanon (LBN) Lesotho (LSO) Liberia (LBR) Libya (LBY) Liechtenstein (LIE) Lithuania (LTU) Luxembourg (LUX) Macao SAR China (MAC) Madagascar (MDG) Malawi (MWI) Malaysia (MYS) Maldives (MDV) Mali (MLI) Malta (MLT) Marshall Islands (MHL) Mauritania (MRT) Mauritius (MUS) Mexico (MEX) Micronesia (FSM) Moldova (MDA) Monaco (MCO) Mongolia (MNG) Montenegro (MNE) Morocco (MAR) Mozambique (MOZ) Myanmar (Burma) (MMR) Namibia (NAM) Nauru (NRU) Nepal (NPL) Netherlands (NLD) New Caledonia (NCL) New Zealand (NZL) Nicaragua (NIC) Niger (NER) Nigeria (NGA) North Korea (PRK) North Macedonia (MKD) Northern Mariana Islands (MNP) Norway (NOR) Oman (OMN) Pakistan (PAK) Palau (PLW) Palestinian Territories (PSE) Panama (PAN) Papua New Guinea (PNG) Paraguay (PRY) Peru (PER) Philippines (PHL) Poland (POL) Portugal (PRT) Puerto Rico (PRI) Qatar (QAT) Romania (ROU) Russia (RUS) Rwanda (RWA) Samoa (WSM) San Marino (SMR) São Tomé & Príncipe (STP) Saudi Arabia (SAU) Senegal (SEN) Serbia (SRB) Seychelles (SYC) Sierra Leone (SLE) Singapore (SGP) Sint Maarten (SXM) Slovakia (SVK) Slovenia (SVN) Solomon Islands (SLB) Somalia (SOM) South Africa (ZAF) South Korea (KOR) South Sudan (SSD) Spain (ESP) Sri Lanka (LKA) St. Kitts & Nevis (KNA) St. Lucia (LCA) St. Martin (MAF) St. Vincent & Grenadines (VCT) Sudan (SDN) Suriname (SUR) Sweden (SWE) Switzerland (CHE) Syria (SYR) Tajikistan (TJK) Tanzania (TZA) Thailand (THA) Timor-Leste (TLS) Togo (TGO) Tonga (TON) Trinidad & Tobago (TTO) Tunisia (TUN) Türkiye (TUR) Turkmenistan (TKM) Turks & Caicos Islands (TCA) Tuvalu (TUV) U.S. Virgin Islands (VIR) Uganda (UGA) Ukraine (UKR) United Arab Emirates (ARE) United Kingdom (GBR) United States (USA) Uruguay (URY) Uzbekistan (UZB) Vanuatu (VUT) Venezuela (VEN) Vietnam (VNM) Yemen (YEM) Zambia (ZMB) Zimbabwe (ZWE) 2025 81.17
South Korea · Urban population 81.08 81.32 81.57 81.81 82.05 2006 2012 2019 2025 View chart data REFERENCE-YEAR COMPARISON
Urban population in 2025 Reference year: 2025 Coverage: 216 / 216 countries & economies
The most recent year with observations for at least 80% of all 216 countries & economies. Only values from this year are compared; missing observations are excluded.
Lists show up to five countries & economies with observations in this year. Equal values are ordered by country code.
About this indicator What it measures The percentage of residents living in areas classified as urban by each national statistical office.
How to interpret it Use it to examine the urban share of population over time, separately from city size or population density.
Important limitation Urban definitions and boundaries differ across countries, limiting direct comparisons. Estimates may also be smoothed.
Year-on-year change compares consecutive observed years only. Percentage-based indicators show percentage-point differences; other indicators show percentage change. Missing values remain missing.
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