Bhutan - Urban Population 2003
29.63%
+0.67% from 2002
Bhutan's urban population was 29.63% in 2003, increased +0.67% from 28.96% in 2002. This was the 36th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2003▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burundi | 8.68% | 2.7% |
| 2nd | Uganda | 12.59% | 3.2% |
| 3rd | Papua New Guinea | 13.12% | -0.2% |
| 4th | Sri Lanka | 14.73% | 0.8% |
| 5th | Liechtenstein | 14.73% | -0.5% |
| 6th | Malawi | 14.96% | 0.6% |
| 7th | Niger | 16.27% | 0.0% |
| 8th | South Sudan | 16.62% | 1.0% |
| 9th | Solomon Islands | 16.77% | 2.3% |
| 10th | Rwanda | 16.89% | 0.1% |
| 11th | Cambodia | 18.89% | 0.4% |
| 12th | Afghanistan | 19.16% | 1.2% |
| 13th | Mali | 20.06% | 1.9% |
| 14th | Burkina Faso | 20.56% | 4.2% |
| 15th | Lesotho | 21.12% | 3.1% |
| 16th | Chad | 21.72% | 0.1% |
| 17th | Samoa | 21.78% | -0.7% |
| 18th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.33% | 0.0% |
| 19th | Eswatini | 22.43% | -0.6% |
| 20th | Vanuatu | 22.46% | 1.2% |
| 21st | Tonga | 23.09% | 0.1% |
| 22nd | Tanzania | 23.52% | 2.1% |
| 23rd | Kenya | 23.56% | 7.8% |
| 24th | Bangladesh | 24.55% | 1.8% |
| 25th | Timor-Leste | 25.26% | 1.7% |
| 26th | Lao PDR | 25.59% | 4.4% |
| 27th | Madagascar | 25.90% | 1.1% |
| 28th | St. Lucia | 26.01% | -3.4% |
| 29th | Viet Nam | 26.17% | 2.4% |
| 30th | Tajikistan | 26.53% | 0.0% |
| 31st | Comoros | 27.94% | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Yemen, Republic of | 28.03% | 1.6% |
| 33rd | Myanmar | 28.06% | 0.6% |
| 34th | Guyana | 28.31% | -0.6% |
| 35th | India | 28.47% | 1.0% |
| 36th | Bhutan | 29.63% | 2.3% |
| 37th | Mozambique | 29.71% | 0.5% |
| 38th | Antigua and Barbuda | 30.60% | -2.0% |
| 39th | Channel Islands | 30.71% | 0.5% |
| 40th | Maldives | 31.39% | 5.0% |
| 41st | Guinea | 31.81% | 0.9% |
| 42nd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 32.28% | -0.5% |
| 43rd | Sudan | 32.43% | 0.1% |
| 44th | Zimbabwe | 32.60% | 0.1% |
| 45th | Pakistan | 33.57% | 0.5% |
| 46th | Togo | 34.45% | 1.3% |
| 47th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 34.47% | 1.4% |
| 48th | Namibia | 34.55% | 2.7% |
| 49th | Eritrea | 34.75% | 0.6% |
| 50th | Kyrgyz Republic | 35.31% | 0.0% |
| 51st | Thailand | 35.43% | 4.0% |
| 52nd | Grenada | 35.92% | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Faroe Islands | 36.13% | 0.5% |
| 54th | Sierra Leone | 36.27% | 0.7% |
| 55th | Zambia | 36.39% | 0.9% |
| 56th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 36.47% | 1.5% |
| 57th | Kosovo | 37.56% | 0.1% |
| 58th | Guinea-Bissau | 37.78% | 0.8% |
| 59th | Central African Republic | 37.89% | 0.2% |
| 60th | Nepal | 38.05% | 8.6% |
| 61st | Mauritania | 38.89% | 1.3% |
| 62nd | Benin | 39.42% | 1.1% |
| 63rd | Moldova | 39.59% | -0.1% |
| 64th | Equatorial Guinea | 39.90% | 1.8% |
| 65th | Philippines | 40.39% | 1.1% |
| 66th | China | 40.53% | 3.7% |
| 67th | Haiti | 41.20% | 3.1% |
| 68th | Senegal | 41.36% | 0.6% |
| 69th | Mauritius | 41.51% | -0.4% |
| 70th | British Virgin Islands | 42.85% | 1.0% |
| 71st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 42.88% | 0.1% |
| 72nd | Seychelles | 43.00% | -0.2% |
| 73rd | Kiribati | 43.51% | 0.0% |
| 74th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43.52% | 0.7% |
| 75th | Albania | 44.03% | 2.0% |
| 76th | Côte d'Ivoire | 44.26% | 0.9% |
| 77th | Indonesia | 44.63% | 1.9% |
| 78th | Liberia | 45.00% | 1.0% |
| 79th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 45.24% | 0.3% |
| 80th | Nigeria | 45.84% | 1.9% |
| 81st | Ghana | 46.05% | 1.6% |
| 82nd | Guatemala | 46.59% | 1.8% |
| 83rd | Turkmenistan | 46.70% | 0.2% |
| 84th | Honduras | 46.99% | 1.2% |
| 85th | Belize | 47.28% | -0.4% |
| 86th | Tuvalu | 47.50% | 1.6% |
| 87th | Cameroon | 47.73% | 1.0% |
| 88th | Fiji | 49.13% | 0.7% |
| 89th | Uzbekistan | 49.96% | 1.4% |
| 90th | Gambia, The | 50.60% | 2.1% |
| 91st | Slovenia | 50.76% | 0.0% |
| 92nd | Isle of Man | 51.54% | -0.4% |
| 93rd | Azerbaijan | 51.73% | 1.0% |
| 94th | Jamaica | 52.36% | 0.4% |
| 95th | Georgia | 52.51% | 0.2% |
| 96th | Romania | 52.80% | 0.1% |
| 97th | Syrian Arab Republic | 53.10% | 0.8% |
| 98th | Angola | 54.00% | 2.1% |
| 99th | Morocco | 54.58% | 0.7% |
| 100th | Kazakhstan | 55.21% | -0.5% |
| 101st | Nicaragua | 55.63% | 0.3% |
| 102nd | Croatia | 55.64% | -0.1% |
| 103rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 55.72% | -0.2% |
| 104th | Slovak Republic | 55.74% | -0.2% |
| 105th | French Polynesia | 55.93% | 0.1% |
| 106th | Botswana | 56.10% | 2.0% |
| 107th | Cabo Verde | 56.33% | 1.4% |
| 108th | São Tomé and Principe | 56.41% | 2.4% |
| 109th | Portugal | 56.59% | 1.4% |
| 110th | Serbia | 56.88% | 0.7% |
| 111th | North Macedonia | 57.85% | 0.0% |
| 112th | South Africa | 58.37% | 1.2% |
| 113th | Paraguay | 58.55% | 0.4% |
| 114th | El Salvador | 59.25% | 1.5% |
| 115th | Mongolia | 59.35% | 2.1% |
| 116th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 59.61% | 0.1% |
| 117th | Ireland | 59.91% | 0.5% |
| 118th | Congo, Republic of | 60.47% | 0.8% |
| 119th | Ecuador | 61.54% | 0.4% |
| 120th | Barbados | 61.55% | -0.7% |
| 121st | Türkiye | 61.58% | 1.4% |
| 122nd | Montenegro | 61.70% | 1.1% |
| 123rd | Poland | 61.73% | 0.0% |
| 124th | Algeria | 62.14% | 1.2% |
| 125th | Costa Rica | 62.45% | 1.9% |
| 126th | New Caledonia | 62.85% | 0.7% |
| 127th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 63.29% | 0.8% |
| 128th | Panama | 63.41% | 0.6% |
| 129th | Dominican Republic | 64.43% | 1.8% |
| 130th | Tunisia | 64.61% | 0.5% |
| 131st | Armenia | 64.67% | -0.1% |
| 132nd | Hungary | 64.85% | -0.3% |
| 133rd | Malaysia | 65.08% | 1.6% |
| 134th | Aruba | 65.20% | -0.1% |
| 135th | Dominica | 65.72% | 0.3% |
| 136th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 66.60% | 1.0% |
| 137th | Suriname | 66.74% | 0.0% |
| 138th | Lithuania | 66.76% | -0.2% |
| 139th | Austria | 66.93% | 0.1% |
| 140th | Ukraine | 67.42% | 0.2% |
| 141st | Italy | 67.43% | 0.1% |
| 142nd | Estonia | 67.43% | 0.0% |
| 143rd | Latvia | 67.95% | 0.0% |
| 144th | Finland | 68.04% | 0.4% |
| 145th | Iraq | 68.05% | 0.2% |
| 146th | Cyprus | 68.71% | -0.1% |
| 147th | Marshall Islands | 69.52% | 0.7% |
| 148th | Bulgaria | 69.78% | 0.4% |
| 149th | Belarus | 71.31% | 0.6% |
| 150th | Oman | 71.49% | 0.0% |
| 151st | Djibouti | 72.03% | -0.6% |
| 152nd | European Union | 72.09% | 0.2% |
| 153rd | Brunei Darussalam | 72.58% | 0.7% |
| 154th | Russian Federation | 73.41% | 0.2% |
| 155th | Greece | 73.43% | 0.5% |
| 156th | Switzerland | 73.45% | 0.0% |
| 157th | Czechia | 73.76% | -0.1% |
| 158th | Peru | 73.96% | 0.6% |
| 159th | Palau | 74.54% | 3.0% |
| 160th | Colombia | 75.53% | 0.5% |
| 161st | Cuba | 75.86% | 0.0% |
| 162nd | Mexico | 76.05% | 0.5% |
| 163rd | Spain | 76.71% | 0.3% |
| 164th | Norway | 77.26% | 0.6% |
| 165th | West Bank and Gaza | 77.29% | 2.4% |
| 166th | France | 77.47% | 0.3% |
| 167th | Jordan | 78.31% | 0.0% |
| 168th | Canada | 79.39% | 0.4% |
| 169th | United States | 79.78% | 0.3% |
| 170th | Germany | 80.14% | 0.0% |
| 171st | United Kingdom | 80.23% | 0.1% |
| 172nd | Saudi Arabia | 80.54% | 0.2% |
| 173rd | Korea | 80.71% | 0.5% |
| 174th | United Arab Emirates | 80.85% | 0.7% |
| 175th | Netherlands | 81.30% | 0.6% |
| 176th | Bahamas, The | 81.48% | 0.2% |
| 177th | Gabon | 82.00% | 1.0% |
| 178th | Greenland | 82.35% | 0.3% |
| 179th | Brazil | 82.35% | 0.4% |
| 180th | Japan | 82.42% | 2.3% |
| 181st | Belgium | 82.96% | 0.4% |
| 182nd | Sweden | 84.20% | 0.1% |
| 183rd | Australia | 85.41% | 0.1% |
| 184th | Denmark | 85.42% | 0.1% |
| 185th | Luxembourg | 85.59% | 0.5% |
| 186th | New Zealand | 85.86% | 0.1% |
| 187th | Lebanon | 86.45% | 0.2% |
| 188th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 86.67% | 0.8% |
| 189th | Chile | 86.68% | 0.1% |
| 190th | Libya | 87.87% | 0.3% |
| 191st | American Samoa | 88.26% | -0.2% |
| 192nd | Bahrain | 88.83% | 0.8% |
| 193rd | Argentina | 89.75% | 0.2% |
| 194th | Northern Mariana Islands | 90.42% | 0.1% |
| 195th | Andorra | 90.99% | -0.5% |
| 196th | Curaçao | 91.13% | 0.0% |
| 197th | Israel | 91.52% | 0.1% |
| 198th | Uruguay | 91.63% | 0.2% |
| 199th | Iceland | 92.32% | 0.2% |
| 200th | Virgin Islands (US) | 93.48% | 0.3% |
| 201st | Malta | 93.52% | 0.1% |
| 202nd | Guam | 93.55% | 0.1% |
| 203rd | San Marino | 94.00% | 0.1% |
| 204th | Puerto Rico (US) | 94.24% | -0.1% |
| 205th | Qatar | 96.83% | 0.2% |
| 206th | Kuwait | 99.77% | 0.3% |
| 207th | Bermuda | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 208th | Cayman Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 209th | Gibraltar | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 210th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 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 Bhutan's urban population in 2003?▾
Bhutan's urban population in 2003 was 29.63%. This ranked 36th globally.
How did Bhutan's urban population change in 2003?▾
Bhutan's urban population increased by 2.3% in 2003 compared to 2002.
Which country had the highest urban population in 2003?▾
Bermuda had the highest urban population in 2003 at 100.00%.
What is the urban population of Bhutan in 2003?▾
The urban population of Bhutan in 2003 was 29.63%. This ranked 36th globally.
How does 2003 compare to 2002 for Bhutan's urban population?▾
Bhutan's urban population went from 28.96% in 2002 to 29.63% in 2003, a 2.3% increase.
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