Belgium - Urban Population 2024
87.61%
+0.06% from 2023
Belgium's urban population was 87.61% in 2024, increased +0.06% from 87.55% in 2023. This was the 177th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2024▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Liechtenstein | 14.66% | -0.1% |
| 2nd | Papua New Guinea | 15.41% | 2.3% |
| 3rd | Malawi | 17.27% | 1.7% |
| 4th | Samoa | 17.50% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Niger | 18.05% | 1.7% |
| 6th | Sri Lanka | 20.30% | 0.8% |
| 7th | Tonga | 21.15% | 0.0% |
| 8th | South Sudan | 21.38% | 1.4% |
| 9th | Vanuatu | 22.29% | 0.1% |
| 10th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.46% | 0.1% |
| 11th | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.39% | -0.2% |
| 12th | Burundi | 24.83% | 5.4% |
| 13th | Afghanistan | 25.70% | 0.9% |
| 14th | Tajikistan | 26.18% | 0.0% |
| 15th | Eswatini | 26.25% | 1.7% |
| 16th | Guyana | 26.48% | 0.0% |
| 17th | Chad | 26.93% | 2.3% |
| 18th | Burkina Faso | 28.34% | 2.0% |
| 19th | Timor-Leste | 28.66% | 0.2% |
| 20th | St. Lucia | 29.10% | 0.0% |
| 21st | Rwanda | 29.88% | 3.6% |
| 22nd | Myanmar | 30.45% | 0.2% |
| 23rd | Solomon Islands | 30.66% | 2.2% |
| 24th | Uganda | 31.28% | 2.2% |
| 25th | Mali | 31.61% | 1.9% |
| 26th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 31.80% | 0.3% |
| 27th | Kenya | 31.89% | 0.8% |
| 28th | Madagascar | 32.43% | 1.4% |
| 29th | Bangladesh | 32.68% | 1.6% |
| 30th | Channel Islands | 32.71% | -0.2% |
| 31st | Comoros | 33.54% | 1.2% |
| 32nd | Eritrea | 34.54% | -0.5% |
| 33rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 34.72% | 0.0% |
| 34th | Sudan | 34.87% | 0.2% |
| 35th | India | 35.38% | 0.9% |
| 36th | Tanzania | 36.17% | 2.0% |
| 37th | Mozambique | 36.43% | 2.0% |
| 38th | Grenada | 36.56% | 0.3% |
| 39th | Yemen, Republic of | 36.81% | 0.6% |
| 40th | Guinea | 38.07% | 1.1% |
| 41st | Viet Nam | 38.49% | 0.9% |
| 42nd | Mauritius | 39.02% | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Pakistan | 39.17% | 0.9% |
| 44th | Faroe Islands | 39.41% | 0.6% |
| 45th | Lao PDR | 39.56% | 1.9% |
| 46th | Zimbabwe | 39.89% | 1.5% |
| 47th | Cambodia | 40.87% | 0.6% |
| 48th | Belize | 41.75% | -0.5% |
| 49th | Maldives | 42.00% | 1.2% |
| 50th | Bhutan | 42.56% | 2.0% |
| 51st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 42.80% | 0.2% |
| 52nd | Moldova | 43.52% | 1.2% |
| 53rd | Lesotho | 43.68% | 2.3% |
| 54th | Togo | 43.81% | 1.3% |
| 55th | Central African Republic | 44.12% | 1.0% |
| 56th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 44.75% | 0.8% |
| 57th | Seychelles | 45.29% | 0.4% |
| 58th | Sierra Leone | 45.36% | 1.2% |
| 59th | Zambia | 45.47% | 1.0% |
| 60th | Guinea-Bissau | 46.11% | 1.1% |
| 61st | Turkmenistan | 47.09% | 0.0% |
| 62nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 47.85% | 0.3% |
| 63rd | Kosovo | 50.32% | 2.5% |
| 64th | Namibia | 50.41% | 0.9% |
| 65th | Uzbekistan | 51.00% | 0.0% |
| 66th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.12% | 1.1% |
| 67th | Isle of Man | 52.16% | 0.0% |
| 68th | Romania | 52.17% | 0.0% |
| 69th | Benin | 52.55% | 1.5% |
| 70th | Slovak Republic | 53.19% | 0.0% |
| 71st | Trinidad and Tobago | 53.96% | 0.0% |
| 72nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 53.97% | 1.1% |
| 73rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 54.62% | 1.0% |
| 74th | Haiti | 55.04% | 1.1% |
| 75th | Senegal | 55.24% | 1.0% |
| 76th | Cameroon | 55.40% | 0.5% |
| 77th | Philippines | 55.45% | 0.6% |
| 78th | Liberia | 55.54% | 1.0% |
| 79th | Slovenia | 55.76% | 0.4% |
| 80th | Guatemala | 55.95% | 0.6% |
| 81st | British Virgin Islands | 56.51% | 1.6% |
| 82nd | Croatia | 57.52% | 0.5% |
| 83rd | Ghana | 58.37% | 1.0% |
| 84th | Albania | 58.55% | 0.6% |
| 85th | Azerbaijan | 58.57% | 0.1% |
| 86th | Indonesia | 58.75% | 1.1% |
| 87th | Honduras | 58.79% | 0.8% |
| 88th | Jamaica | 58.93% | 0.8% |
| 89th | Fiji | 59.08% | 0.8% |
| 90th | Nicaragua | 59.26% | 0.2% |
| 91st | Barbados | 59.54% | 0.2% |
| 92nd | Poland | 59.97% | 0.1% |
| 93rd | Mauritania | 60.61% | 1.5% |
| 94th | Georgia | 61.08% | 0.5% |
| 95th | Portugal | 61.33% | 0.2% |
| 96th | French Polynesia | 61.72% | 0.0% |
| 97th | Aruba | 61.79% | -0.1% |
| 98th | Thailand | 61.87% | 1.5% |
| 99th | Kazakhstan | 62.07% | 0.5% |
| 100th | Serbia | 62.38% | 0.4% |
| 101st | Kiribati | 62.46% | 1.5% |
| 102nd | North Macedonia | 62.56% | 0.5% |
| 103rd | Morocco | 62.80% | 0.2% |
| 104th | Nigeria | 62.98% | 1.3% |
| 105th | Ecuador | 63.24% | 0.2% |
| 106th | South Africa | 63.69% | 0.2% |
| 107th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 63.86% | 0.5% |
| 108th | Congo, Republic of | 63.89% | 0.4% |
| 109th | Gambia, The | 64.30% | 0.8% |
| 110th | Ireland | 64.35% | 0.4% |
| 111th | Tuvalu | 64.73% | 1.1% |
| 112th | Montenegro | 65.54% | 0.1% |
| 113th | Suriname | 65.76% | 0.0% |
| 114th | Armenia | 65.81% | 0.2% |
| 115th | China | 65.89% | 0.6% |
| 116th | Panama | 66.00% | 0.2% |
| 117th | Cyprus | 66.68% | 0.0% |
| 118th | Nepal | 66.77% | 0.3% |
| 119th | Botswana | 67.46% | 0.7% |
| 120th | New Caledonia | 67.95% | 0.3% |
| 121st | Latvia | 68.48% | 0.2% |
| 122nd | Lithuania | 68.83% | 0.4% |
| 123rd | São Tomé and Principe | 68.87% | 0.4% |
| 124th | Austria | 69.47% | 0.3% |
| 125th | Ukraine | 69.53% | 0.1% |
| 126th | Italy | 69.60% | 0.1% |
| 127th | Paraguay | 69.86% | 0.7% |
| 128th | Iraq | 69.89% | 0.0% |
| 129th | Tunisia | 70.36% | 0.5% |
| 130th | Hungary | 70.49% | 0.3% |
| 131st | Angola | 70.66% | 1.2% |
| 132nd | Estonia | 70.70% | 0.0% |
| 133rd | Mongolia | 70.96% | 0.7% |
| 134th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 71.24% | 0.5% |
| 135th | Equatorial Guinea | 71.36% | 0.3% |
| 136th | Syrian Arab Republic | 72.08% | -0.1% |
| 137th | Dominican Republic | 72.41% | 0.1% |
| 138th | Czechia | 72.79% | 0.1% |
| 139th | Djibouti | 72.91% | 0.1% |
| 140th | Dominica | 73.54% | 0.6% |
| 141st | Bulgaria | 73.95% | 0.3% |
| 142nd | Finland | 74.26% | 0.3% |
| 143rd | Brunei Darussalam | 74.90% | 0.1% |
| 144th | European Union | 75.03% | 0.2% |
| 145th | El Salvador | 75.07% | 0.6% |
| 146th | Russian Federation | 75.11% | 0.2% |
| 147th | Algeria | 75.28% | 0.7% |
| 148th | Cabo Verde | 76.77% | 1.1% |
| 149th | Malaysia | 76.92% | 0.6% |
| 150th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 77.02% | 0.4% |
| 151st | Cuba | 77.17% | 0.1% |
| 152nd | Colombia | 78.52% | 0.3% |
| 153rd | Marshall Islands | 78.73% | 0.5% |
| 154th | France | 78.80% | 0.0% |
| 155th | Greece | 79.00% | 0.3% |
| 156th | Belarus | 79.16% | 0.4% |
| 157th | Palau | 79.21% | 0.1% |
| 158th | Costa Rica | 79.31% | 0.5% |
| 159th | Oman | 79.44% | -0.2% |
| 160th | Mexico | 79.75% | 0.4% |
| 161st | United States | 80.12% | 0.1% |
| 162nd | Spain | 80.32% | 0.2% |
| 163rd | American Samoa | 80.94% | -0.5% |
| 164th | Korea | 81.17% | 0.0% |
| 165th | Bahamas, The | 81.32% | 0.0% |
| 166th | Germany | 82.02% | 0.1% |
| 167th | Canada | 82.70% | 0.2% |
| 168th | United Kingdom | 83.24% | 0.1% |
| 169th | Norway | 83.33% | 0.3% |
| 170th | New Zealand | 83.94% | 0.1% |
| 171st | Saudi Arabia | 84.46% | 0.2% |
| 172nd | Peru | 85.19% | 0.5% |
| 173rd | Switzerland | 85.46% | 0.3% |
| 174th | United Arab Emirates | 85.82% | 0.2% |
| 175th | West Bank and Gaza | 87.12% | 0.3% |
| 176th | Australia | 87.60% | 0.1% |
| 177th | Belgium | 87.61% | 0.1% |
| 178th | Libya | 87.89% | 0.0% |
| 179th | Brazil | 87.90% | 0.3% |
| 180th | Greenland | 88.32% | 0.3% |
| 181st | Denmark | 88.70% | 0.2% |
| 182nd | Sweden | 88.86% | 0.3% |
| 183rd | Andorra | 88.89% | 0.1% |
| 184th | Chile | 89.00% | 0.2% |
| 185th | Türkiye | 89.34% | 0.4% |
| 186th | Lebanon | 90.70% | 0.3% |
| 187th | Curaçao | 91.43% | 0.0% |
| 188th | Israel | 91.54% | 0.0% |
| 189th | Gabon | 91.86% | 0.2% |
| 190th | Northern Mariana Islands | 92.07% | 0.1% |
| 191st | Japan | 92.19% | 0.1% |
| 192nd | Argentina | 92.27% | 0.1% |
| 193rd | Jordan | 92.95% | 0.3% |
| 194th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 94.17% | 0.2% |
| 195th | Guam | 94.17% | 0.0% |
| 196th | Iceland | 94.18% | 0.0% |
| 197th | Puerto Rico (US) | 94.25% | 0.1% |
| 198th | Luxembourg | 94.84% | 0.0% |
| 199th | Virgin Islands (US) | 95.33% | 0.1% |
| 200th | Uruguay | 95.60% | 0.1% |
| 201st | Netherlands | 95.64% | 0.3% |
| 202nd | Malta | 95.65% | 0.0% |
| 203rd | San Marino | 97.16% | 0.0% |
| 204th | Qatar | 99.32% | 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% |
FAQ
What was Belgium's urban population in 2024?▾
Belgium's urban population in 2024 was 87.61%. This ranked 177th globally.
How did Belgium's urban population change in 2024?▾
Belgium's urban population increased by 0.1% in 2024 compared to 2023.
Which country had the highest urban population in 2024?▾
Bahrain had the highest urban population in 2024 at 100.00%.
What is the urban population of Belgium in 2024?▾
The urban population of Belgium in 2024 was 87.61%. This ranked 177th globally.
How does 2024 compare to 2023 for Belgium's urban population?▾
Belgium's urban population went from 87.55% in 2023 to 87.61% in 2024, a 0.1% increase.
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