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Barbados – Urban Population 2020

Share of total population living in areas classified as urban by national statistical offices. Urbanization tends to rise with economic development. · World Bank
59.30% +0.02% from 2019 Global rank: 95th

Barbados's urban population was 59.30% in 2020, increased +0.02% from 59.28% in 2019. This was the 95th highest globally.

Global Ranking – 2020▾
Urban Population by Country – 2020
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Papua New Guinea 14.17% 1.7%
2nd Liechtenstein 14.67% 0.4%
3rd Malawi 16.30% 1.0%
4th Niger 17.01% 1.2%
5th Samoa 18.05% -2.0%
6th Sri Lanka 19.66% 0.9%
7th Burundi 19.93% 6.1%
8th South Sudan 20.19% 1.4%
9th Tonga 21.88% -2.0%
10th Micronesia, Federated States of 22.38% 0.1%
11th Vanuatu 22.42% -4.6%
12th Rwanda 24.50% 6.7%
13th Antigua and Barbuda 24.64% -0.3%
14th Eswatini 24.67% 1.3%
15th Chad 24.73% 1.9%
16th Afghanistan 25.26% 0.5%
17th St. Lucia 25.75% 6.2%
18th Tajikistan 26.19% 0.2%
19th Burkina Faso 26.36% 0.9%
20th Guyana 26.43% 0.0%
21st Solomon Islands 28.03% 2.8%
22nd Uganda 28.54% 2.5%
23rd Timor-Leste 28.96% -0.5%
24th Mali 29.02% 2.4%
25th Myanmar 30.16% 0.3%
26th Madagascar 30.70% 1.3%
27th Bangladesh 31.12% 1.0%
28th Kenya 31.21% 0.1%
29th St. Kitts and Nevis 31.47% 0.2%
30th Comoros 32.06% 1.1%
31st Channel Islands 32.82% 0.0%
32nd Tanzania 33.85% 1.5%
33rd Mozambique 33.90% 1.5%
34th India 34.13% 0.9%
35th Sudan 34.56% 0.3%
36th Kyrgyz Republic 34.82% -0.2%
37th Eritrea 35.12% -0.3%
38th Viet Nam 35.57% 2.7%
39th Yemen, Republic of 35.70% 2.3%
40th Grenada 36.21% 0.2%
41st Guinea 36.48% 1.0%
42nd Lao PDR 36.62% 2.0%
43rd Zimbabwe 37.01% 2.3%
44th Pakistan 37.51% 1.1%
45th Faroe Islands 38.67% 0.7%
46th Mauritius 39.16% -0.2%
47th Lesotho 39.63% 2.7%
48th Bhutan 39.69% 1.6%
49th Cambodia 39.83% 0.6%
50th Maldives 40.40% 0.9%
51st Moldova 41.34% 1.4%
52nd Togo 41.88% 1.0%
53rd Central African Republic 42.31% 1.3%
54th Egypt, Arab Republic of 42.52% 0.1%
55th Belize 42.65% -0.6%
56th Sierra Leone 43.21% 1.2%
57th Congo, Democratic Republic of 43.25% 0.9%
58th Zambia 43.86% 0.9%
59th Seychelles 44.29% 0.7%
60th Guinea-Bissau 44.30% 1.0%
61st Kosovo 45.23% 2.8%
62nd Turkmenistan 47.05% 0.0%
63rd St. Vincent and the Grenadines 47.33% 0.3%
64th Namibia 48.55% 1.1%
65th Benin 49.45% 1.5%
66th Bosnia and Herzegovina 49.97% 1.0%
67th Uzbekistan 50.77% 0.3%
68th Senegal 51.06% 2.2%
69th Côte d'Ivoire 51.84% 0.9%
70th Isle of Man 52.19% 0.0%
71st Somalia, Fed. Rep. 52.29% 1.2%
72nd Romania 52.61% -0.5%
73rd Haiti 52.63% 1.2%
74th British Virgin Islands 53.17% 1.5%
75th Slovak Republic 53.25% -0.2%
76th Liberia 53.39% 1.0%
77th Trinidad and Tobago 53.94% 0.0%
78th Philippines 54.11% 0.7%
79th Cameroon 54.26% 0.6%
80th Guatemala 54.55% 0.7%
81st Slovenia 55.38% -0.1%
82nd Ghana 56.22% 0.9%
83rd Indonesia 56.28% 1.0%
84th Croatia 56.53% 0.4%
85th Honduras 56.87% 0.9%
86th Mauritania 56.98% 1.6%
87th Jamaica 57.11% 0.7%
88th Albania 57.14% 0.7%
89th Fiji 57.19% 0.8%
90th Thailand 57.24% 2.3%
91st Azerbaijan 58.29% 0.3%
92nd Kiribati 58.41% 3.8%
93rd Nicaragua 58.70% 0.3%
94th Georgia 59.00% 0.6%
95th Barbados 59.30% 0.0%
96th Nigeria 59.77% 1.4%
97th Poland 59.87% -0.1%
98th Kazakhstan 59.99% 1.5%
99th Portugal 61.10% 0.0%
100th North Macedonia 61.16% 0.9%
101st Serbia 61.22% 0.3%
102nd French Polynesia 61.77% 0.0%
103rd Tuvalu 61.92% 1.1%
104th Aruba 62.00% -0.5%
105th Morocco 62.09% 0.4%
106th Gambia, The 62.21% 0.9%
107th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 62.64% 0.5%
108th Ecuador 63.08% 0.0%
109th South Africa 63.44% 0.0%
110th Ireland 63.47% 0.3%
111th China 63.52% 1.3%
112th Congo, Republic of 63.58% 0.1%
113th Armenia 65.17% 0.3%
114th Montenegro 65.25% 0.1%
115th Panama 65.79% 0.1%
116th Suriname 66.01% 0.0%
117th Nepal 66.11% 0.2%
118th Paraguay 66.12% 1.7%
119th Botswana 66.45% 0.2%
120th Cyprus 66.72% -0.1%
121st New Caledonia 67.27% 0.2%
122nd Lithuania 67.43% 0.3%
123rd Angola 67.46% 1.2%
124th São Tomé and Principe 68.04% 0.2%
125th Mongolia 68.09% 0.4%
126th Latvia 68.12% 0.1%
127th Austria 68.54% 0.3%
128th Tunisia 69.10% 0.4%
129th Ukraine 69.38% 0.0%
130th Italy 69.52% 0.0%
131st Iraq 69.87% 0.0%
132nd Estonia 69.88% 0.4%
133rd Bolivia, Plurinational State of 70.04% 0.4%
134th Hungary 70.29% -0.2%
135th Equatorial Guinea 70.39% 0.4%
136th Dominica 71.85% 0.6%
137th Djibouti 72.00% 0.4%
138th Czechia 72.73% -0.1%
139th Cabo Verde 72.88% 1.8%
140th Algeria 73.05% 0.8%
141st El Salvador 73.06% 0.9%
142nd Finland 73.08% 0.5%
143rd Dominican Republic 73.26% -0.4%
144th Bulgaria 73.32% -0.5%
145th Syrian Arab Republic 73.41% -0.6%
146th European Union 74.55% 0.1%
147th Russian Federation 74.69% 0.1%
148th Brunei Darussalam 74.77% 0.0%
149th Malaysia 75.05% 0.3%
150th Iran, Islamic Republic of 75.60% 0.5%
151st Cuba 77.11% 0.0%
152nd Marshall Islands 77.29% 0.4%
153rd Costa Rica 77.52% 0.6%
154th Colombia 77.64% 0.2%
155th Belarus 77.79% 0.4%
156th Greece 78.31% 0.2%
157th Mexico 78.68% 0.4%
158th France 78.71% 0.0%
159th Palau 79.08% -0.3%
160th Spain 79.70% 0.1%
161st United States 80.00% -0.2%
162nd Oman 80.02% 0.6%
163rd Korea 81.18% -0.1%
164th Germany 81.47% 0.2%
165th Bahamas, The 81.66% -0.2%
166th Canada 81.95% 0.3%
167th Switzerland 82.34% 1.9%
168th American Samoa 82.62% -0.5%
169th Norway 82.70% 0.3%
170th United Kingdom 82.90% 0.3%
171st Peru 83.53% 0.5%
172nd Saudi Arabia 83.81% 0.2%
173rd New Zealand 83.81% 0.0%
174th United Arab Emirates 85.20% 0.2%
175th West Bank and Gaza 86.07% 0.3%
176th Brazil 86.91% 0.3%
177th Australia 87.27% 0.0%
178th Greenland 87.28% 0.3%
179th Belgium 87.30% 0.2%
180th Libya 87.83% 0.0%
181st Sweden 87.94% 0.3%
182nd Denmark 88.24% 0.0%
183rd Chile 88.30% 0.2%
184th Andorra 88.59% 0.1%
185th Türkiye 88.93% 0.3%
186th Lebanon 89.73% 0.3%
187th Gabon 90.35% 0.5%
188th Curaçao 91.38% 0.0%
189th Israel 91.58% 0.0%
190th Northern Mariana Islands 91.69% 0.1%
191st Japan 91.78% 0.1%
192nd Jordan 91.82% 0.3%
193rd Argentina 91.94% 0.1%
194th Turks and Caicos Islands 93.20% 0.3%
195th Luxembourg 93.86% 0.6%
196th Puerto Rico (US) 94.01% 0.1%
197th Guam 94.08% 0.0%
198th Iceland 94.14% 0.2%
199th Netherlands 94.25% 0.4%
200th Virgin Islands (US) 95.10% 0.0%
201st Malta 95.18% 0.3%
202nd Uruguay 95.40% 0.1%
203rd San Marino 97.10% 0.0%
204th Qatar 99.16% 0.0%
205th Bahrain 100.00% 0.0%
206th Bermuda 100.00% 0.0%
207th Cayman Islands 100.00% 0.0%
208th Gibraltar 100.00% 0.0%
209th Hong Kong SAR, China 100.00% 0.0%
210th Kuwait 100.00% 0.0%
211th Macao SAR, China 100.00% 0.0%
212th St. Martin (French part) 100.00% 0.0%
213th Monaco 100.00% 0.0%
214th Nauru 100.00% 0.0%
215th Singapore 100.00% 0.0%
216th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 100.00% 0.0%
Source: World Bank (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS)
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