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Bhutan - Urban Population 2016

Name: Bhutan Urban Population 2016
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Urban population as % of total · World Bank

37.27% +0.58% from 2015 Global rank: 47th

Bhutan's urban population was 37.27% in 2016, increased +0.58% from 36.70% in 2015. This was the 47th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2016▾

Urban Population by Country - 2016
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Papua New Guinea	13.37%	1.0%
2nd	Liechtenstein	14.48%	0.2%
3rd	Burundi	15.62%	6.5%
4th	Malawi	15.90%	0.4%
5th	Niger	16.39%	0.5%
6th	Sri Lanka	18.97%	0.9%
7th	South Sudan	19.08%	1.4%
8th	Rwanda	19.12%	5.1%
9th	Samoa	19.13%	-0.6%
10th	St. Lucia	20.82%	4.0%
11th	Micronesia, Federated States of	22.32%	0.0%
12th	Chad	23.11%	1.4%
13th	Tonga	23.13%	-0.5%
14th	Eswatini	23.53%	1.1%
15th	Solomon Islands	24.50%	3.6%
16th	Afghanistan	24.66%	0.8%
17th	Vanuatu	24.87%	0.0%
18th	Antigua and Barbuda	24.92%	-0.3%
19th	Uganda	25.70%	2.9%
20th	Burkina Faso	25.82%	0.8%
21st	Tajikistan	26.37%	-0.4%
22nd	Guyana	26.41%	0.0%
23rd	Mali	26.45%	2.3%
24th	Madagascar	29.42%	0.9%
25th	Timor-Leste	29.45%	-0.2%
26th	Myanmar	29.81%	0.3%
27th	Bangladesh	29.88%	1.1%
28th	Comoros	30.73%	1.2%
29th	St. Kitts and Nevis	31.28%	0.1%
30th	Kenya	31.65%	-0.3%
31st	Tanzania	31.76%	1.8%
32nd	Mozambique	32.38%	0.8%
33rd	Cambodia	32.48%	8.0%
34th	Channel Islands	32.74%	0.2%
35th	Viet Nam	32.85%	1.4%
36th	India	32.87%	1.0%
37th	Yemen, Republic of	32.95%	1.7%
38th	Lao PDR	33.83%	2.1%
39th	Zimbabwe	34.08%	1.5%
40th	Sudan	34.19%	0.3%
41st	Kyrgyz Republic	35.05%	-0.1%
42nd	Guinea	35.31%	0.8%
43rd	Lesotho	35.51%	4.2%
44th	Eritrea	35.53%	-0.2%
45th	Grenada	35.97%	0.1%
46th	Pakistan	36.16%	0.7%
47th	Bhutan	37.27%	1.6%
48th	Faroe Islands	38.32%	0.5%
49th	Maldives	38.96%	1.0%
50th	Mauritius	39.56%	-0.3%
51st	Moldova	39.74%	0.1%
52nd	Togo	40.15%	1.1%
53rd	Central African Republic	40.38%	1.0%
54th	Kosovo	40.78%	2.2%
55th	Sierra Leone	41.23%	1.1%
56th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	41.73%	0.9%
57th	Zambia	42.34%	0.9%
58th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	42.52%	-0.2%
59th	Guinea-Bissau	42.59%	1.0%
60th	Seychelles	43.28%	0.4%
61st	Belize	43.68%	-0.6%
62nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	45.94%	4.7%
63rd	Namibia	46.18%	1.5%
64th	Benin	46.61%	1.5%
65th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	46.81%	0.3%
66th	Turkmenistan	47.02%	0.0%
67th	Senegal	47.06%	1.7%
68th	Thailand	47.88%	2.0%
69th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	48.02%	1.0%
70th	Côte d'Ivoire	49.93%	0.9%
71st	Haiti	50.09%	1.3%
72nd	British Virgin Islands	50.18%	1.4%
73rd	Uzbekistan	50.66%	0.0%
74th	Liberia	51.27%	1.0%
75th	Kiribati	51.77%	1.6%
76th	Philippines	51.91%	1.5%
77th	Isle of Man	52.13%	0.0%
78th	Mauritania	52.92%	2.4%
79th	Cameroon	52.98%	0.6%
80th	Romania	53.55%	-0.3%
81st	Slovenia	53.65%	0.0%
82nd	Guatemala	53.66%	0.4%
83rd	Slovak Republic	53.74%	-0.2%
84th	Indonesia	53.81%	1.2%
85th	Trinidad and Tobago	53.93%	0.0%
86th	Ghana	54.17%	1.0%
87th	Honduras	54.89%	0.9%
88th	Fiji	55.17%	1.0%
89th	Jamaica	55.55%	0.6%
90th	Albania	55.57%	0.8%
91st	Croatia	55.73%	0.3%
92nd	Azerbaijan	55.76%	1.1%
93rd	Nigeria	56.54%	1.5%
94th	Kazakhstan	56.75%	1.1%
95th	Georgia	57.70%	0.6%
96th	Nicaragua	58.00%	0.3%
97th	China	58.84%	2.6%
98th	Barbados	59.25%	0.0%
99th	North Macedonia	59.38%	0.5%
100th	Tuvalu	59.47%	0.9%
101st	Gambia, The	59.87%	1.0%
102nd	Poland	60.24%	-0.2%
103rd	Serbia	60.39%	0.4%
104th	Morocco	60.97%	0.5%
105th	Portugal	61.13%	0.0%
106th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	61.57%	0.4%
107th	French Polynesia	61.77%	0.1%
108th	Paraguay	62.08%	1.2%
109th	Ireland	62.72%	0.1%
110th	Ecuador	62.99%	0.1%
111th	Aruba	63.01%	-0.3%
112th	Congo, Republic of	63.25%	0.2%
113th	South Africa	63.28%	0.1%
114th	Angola	64.30%	1.2%
115th	Armenia	64.59%	0.2%
116th	Montenegro	64.91%	0.1%
117th	Nepal	65.29%	0.5%
118th	Panama	65.60%	0.1%
119th	Botswana	65.69%	0.4%
120th	Suriname	66.14%	-0.1%
121st	New Caledonia	66.89%	0.1%
122nd	Cyprus	66.96%	-0.1%
123rd	Lithuania	67.19%	-0.1%
124th	São Tomé and Principe	67.52%	0.2%
125th	Austria	67.72%	0.2%
126th	Latvia	67.93%	0.1%
127th	Mongolia	67.98%	0.0%
128th	Cabo Verde	68.04%	1.7%
129th	Tunisia	68.06%	0.3%
130th	Estonia	68.72%	0.4%
131st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	68.74%	0.5%
132nd	Ukraine	69.21%	0.1%
133rd	Equatorial Guinea	69.25%	0.4%
134th	Italy	69.60%	0.0%
135th	Iraq	69.91%	0.0%
136th	Dominica	70.25%	0.5%
137th	El Salvador	70.40%	1.0%
138th	Hungary	70.47%	0.0%
139th	Algeria	70.74%	0.8%
140th	Djibouti	71.15%	0.2%
141st	Finland	71.62%	0.4%
142nd	Czechia	72.97%	-0.1%
143rd	Bulgaria	73.18%	0.1%
144th	Malaysia	73.86%	0.6%
145th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	73.88%	0.7%
146th	Dominican Republic	74.05%	-0.1%
147th	European Union	74.09%	0.3%
148th	Russian Federation	74.37%	0.1%
149th	Brunei Darussalam	74.88%	-0.1%
150th	Syrian Arab Republic	75.15%	-0.8%
151st	Costa Rica	75.54%	0.7%
152nd	Marshall Islands	75.85%	0.5%
153rd	Switzerland	76.67%	1.4%
154th	Belarus	76.85%	0.3%
155th	Cuba	76.91%	0.1%
156th	Colombia	77.20%	0.1%
157th	Mexico	77.44%	0.3%
158th	Greece	77.71%	0.2%
159th	Oman	77.75%	0.6%
160th	France	78.60%	1.1%
161st	Spain	79.36%	0.1%
162nd	Palau	80.11%	-0.3%
163rd	United States	80.50%	-0.1%
164th	Germany	80.83%	0.2%
165th	Canada	81.30%	0.1%
166th	Peru	81.42%	0.9%
167th	Korea	81.56%	-0.1%
168th	Norway	81.68%	0.5%
169th	United Kingdom	82.02%	0.2%
170th	Bahamas, The	82.18%	-0.1%
171st	Saudi Arabia	83.13%	0.2%
172nd	American Samoa	84.29%	-0.5%
173rd	United Arab Emirates	84.51%	0.2%
174th	New Zealand	84.69%	-0.5%
175th	West Bank and Gaza	85.34%	0.1%
176th	Brazil	85.95%	0.3%
177th	Greenland	86.23%	0.2%
178th	Belgium	86.45%	0.3%
179th	Sweden	87.00%	0.4%
180th	Australia	87.02%	0.2%
181st	Chile	87.63%	0.2%
182nd	Denmark	87.70%	0.0%
183rd	Libya	87.82%	0.0%
184th	Türkiye	88.10%	1.0%
185th	Andorra	88.50%	0.0%
186th	Gabon	88.54%	0.5%
187th	Lebanon	88.84%	0.2%
188th	Jordan	90.56%	0.8%
189th	Netherlands	90.58%	0.3%
190th	Curaçao	91.34%	0.0%
191st	Northern Mariana Islands	91.40%	0.1%
192nd	Japan	91.45%	0.1%
193rd	Luxembourg	91.54%	0.6%
194th	Argentina	91.59%	0.1%
195th	Israel	91.69%	0.0%
196th	Turks and Caicos Islands	92.15%	0.3%
197th	Iceland	93.78%	0.1%
198th	Puerto Rico (US)	93.82%	0.0%
199th	Guam	94.08%	0.0%
200th	Malta	94.48%	0.0%
201st	Virgin Islands (US)	94.99%	0.1%
202nd	Uruguay	95.16%	0.1%
203rd	San Marino	97.10%	0.0%
204th	Qatar	98.99%	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 Bhutan's urban population in 2016?▾

Bhutan's urban population in 2016 was 37.27%. This ranked 47th globally.

How did Bhutan's urban population change in 2016?▾

Bhutan's urban population increased by 1.6% in 2016 compared to 2015.

Which country had the highest urban population in 2016?▾

Bahrain had the highest urban population in 2016 at 100.00%.

What is the urban population of Bhutan in 2016?▾

The urban population of Bhutan in 2016 was 37.27%. This ranked 47th globally.

How does 2016 compare to 2015 for Bhutan's urban population?▾

Bhutan's urban population went from 36.70% in 2015 to 37.27% in 2016, a 1.6% increase.

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