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China – Urban Population 1995

Share of total population living in areas classified as urban by national statistical offices. Urbanization tends to rise with economic development. · World Bank
29.04% +0.53% from 1994 Global rank: 41st

China's urban population was 29.04% in 1995, increased +0.53% from 28.51% in 1994. This was the 41st highest globally.

Global Ranking – 1995▾
Urban Population by Country – 1995
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Burundi 7.17% 2.4%
2nd Rwanda 8.82% 17.8%
3rd Uganda 10.73% 1.5%
4th Malawi 13.64% 2.8%
5th Papua New Guinea 14.35% -2.1%
6th Solomon Islands 14.62% 1.2%
7th South Sudan 14.74% 2.0%
8th Burkina Faso 14.89% 2.6%
9th Niger 15.80% 0.5%
10th Sri Lanka 15.87% -2.4%
11th Liechtenstein 16.44% -0.7%
12th Lesotho 16.47% 4.4%
13th Lao PDR 17.28% 3.1%
14th Cambodia 17.50% 2.2%
15th Mali 17.62% 1.2%
16th Afghanistan 17.83% 0.7%
17th Kenya 18.58% 0.4%
18th Vanuatu 20.24% 1.4%
19th Tanzania 20.51% 1.5%
20th Viet Nam 21.45% 2.9%
21st Chad 21.49% 0.2%
22nd Samoa 21.56% 0.5%
23rd Bangladesh 21.66% 1.5%
24th Timor-Leste 22.56% 1.3%
25th Tonga 22.82% 0.4%
26th Eswatini 23.05% 0.1%
27th Madagascar 23.48% 1.4%
28th Yemen, Republic of 23.80% 2.7%
29th Bhutan 24.00% 3.2%
30th Nepal 24.10% 4.7%
31st Thailand 24.11% 6.4%
32nd Micronesia, Federated States of 25.29% -1.1%
33rd Maldives 25.55% 0.0%
34th India 26.57% 0.7%
35th Myanmar 26.65% 0.7%
36th Eritrea 27.24% 7.9%
37th Mozambique 27.63% 2.5%
38th Comoros 28.35% -0.2%
39th Tajikistan 28.42% -2.5%
40th Namibia 28.67% 1.9%
41st China 29.04% 1.9%
42nd St. Lucia 29.16% -0.6%
43rd Guyana 29.37% -0.3%
44th Guinea 29.50% 0.9%
45th Haiti 29.83% 4.3%
46th Channel Islands 30.43% -0.6%
47th Togo 30.86% 1.5%
48th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 31.07% 1.2%
49th Zimbabwe 31.43% 0.9%
50th Pakistan 31.91% 0.7%
51st Sudan 32.11% 0.2%
52nd Congo, Democratic Republic of 32.46% 1.4%
53rd St. Kitts and Nevis 33.75% -0.6%
54th Faroe Islands 34.38% 1.3%
55th Grenada 34.49% 1.0%
56th Sierra Leone 34.50% 0.6%
57th Antigua and Barbuda 34.60% -1.0%
58th Guinea-Bissau 34.93% 1.4%
59th Guatemala 35.76% 1.9%
60th Kyrgyz Republic 36.18% -1.1%
61st Indonesia 36.30% 3.5%
62nd Kiribati 36.33% 1.0%
63rd Benin 36.84% 0.9%
64th Kosovo 37.31% 0.1%
65th Philippines 37.40% 0.8%
66th Central African Republic 37.48% 0.1%
67th Albania 38.30% 1.5%
68th Zambia 38.40% -0.7%
69th Mauritania 38.65% -0.5%
70th Equatorial Guinea 38.80% 0.0%
71st Nigeria 39.14% 2.1%
72nd Gambia, The 39.57% 3.2%
73rd Senegal 39.81% 0.4%
74th Ghana 39.96% 2.2%
75th British Virgin Islands 40.92% 0.9%
76th Bosnia and Herzegovina 40.93% 0.8%
77th Côte d'Ivoire 41.29% 0.8%
78th Egypt, Arab Republic of 42.70% -0.3%
79th Honduras 42.86% 1.1%
80th Tuvalu 43.06% 1.2%
81st Mauritius 43.20% -0.5%
82nd Cameroon 43.37% 1.5%
83rd Uzbekistan 43.48% 1.7%
84th Angola 44.21% 2.8%
85th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 44.27% 0.3%
86th Liberia 44.53% -7.7%
87th Turkmenistan 44.71% 0.0%
88th Fiji 45.66% 1.8%
89th Moldova 45.72% -0.3%
90th Seychelles 46.85% -1.8%
91st Belize 47.47% 0.1%
92nd São Tomé and Principe 48.50% 1.8%
93rd Cabo Verde 49.60% 1.9%
94th Botswana 49.61% 1.7%
95th Syrian Arab Republic 50.05% 0.6%
96th Slovenia 50.20% 0.1%
97th Jamaica 50.57% 0.5%
98th Portugal 51.01% 1.4%
99th Morocco 51.76% 1.1%
100th Isle of Man 51.78% 0.0%
101st Azerbaijan 52.31% -0.4%
102nd El Salvador 52.40% 1.4%
103rd Montenegro 52.83% 2.3%
104th Serbia 52.91% 1.1%
105th South Africa 53.30% 0.4%
106th Costa Rica 53.60% 2.0%
107th Georgia 53.70% -0.6%
108th Romania 53.90% -0.4%
109th Paraguay 54.13% 1.5%
110th Nicaragua 54.45% 0.3%
111th Türkiye 55.07% 1.3%
112th Croatia 55.16% 0.3%
113th Trinidad and Tobago 55.70% 0.2%
114th Malaysia 55.92% 2.5%
115th Algeria 56.01% 1.4%
116th Congo, Republic of 56.41% 0.7%
117th French Polynesia 56.54% -0.4%
118th Slovak Republic 56.63% -0.1%
119th Kazakhstan 56.75% -0.2%
120th Mongolia 56.79% -0.1%
121st Dominican Republic 57.13% 1.1%
122nd Ireland 57.94% 0.4%
123rd Ecuador 58.22% 1.0%
124th Panama 58.25% 1.8%
125th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 59.07% 0.2%
126th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 59.39% 1.0%
127th North Macedonia 59.73% 0.0%
128th New Caledonia 60.26% 0.3%
129th Iran, Islamic Republic of 60.42% 1.5%
130th Poland 61.60% 0.1%
131st Tunisia 61.62% 0.8%
132nd Hungary 62.63% 0.5%
133rd Barbados 63.24% -0.2%
134th Finland 64.81% 0.5%
135th Dominica 64.89% 0.1%
136th Aruba 65.38% 0.0%
137th Austria 65.86% 0.4%
138th Armenia 66.40% -0.5%
139th Suriname 66.56% 0.1%
140th Italy 66.82% 0.1%
141st Lithuania 67.35% -0.1%
142nd West Bank and Gaza 67.54% 0.8%
143rd Marshall Islands 67.54% 0.1%
144th Bulgaria 67.83% 0.2%
145th Ukraine 67.84% -0.1%
146th Iraq 67.85% -0.5%
147th Belarus 68.02% 0.4%
148th Cyprus 68.17% 0.3%
149th Brunei Darussalam 68.81% 0.8%
150th Estonia 68.96% -0.8%
151st Latvia 69.19% -0.5%
152nd European Union 70.69% 0.2%
153rd Netherlands 70.69% 0.4%
154th Peru 70.89% 0.6%
155th Palau 71.39% 0.2%
156th Switzerland 71.53% 0.8%
157th Oman 71.66% 0.0%
158th Colombia 71.82% 0.7%
159th Greece 72.08% 0.1%
160th Russian Federation 72.94% 0.0%
161st Mexico 73.30% 0.5%
162nd Norway 73.92% 0.4%
163rd Cuba 74.58% 0.1%
164th Czechia 74.71% -0.2%
165th Gabon 74.99% 1.3%
166th France 75.10% 0.3%
167th Djibouti 75.40% -0.4%
168th Spain 75.59% 0.2%
169th United States 77.20% 0.6%
170th Canada 77.64% 0.4%
171st Brazil 77.71% 0.7%
172nd Japan 78.02% 0.2%
173rd Jordan 78.25% 0.1%
174th United Arab Emirates 78.26% 0.0%
175th Korea 78.40% 0.7%
176th United Kingdom 78.66% 0.3%
177th Saudi Arabia 78.92% 0.3%
178th Germany 80.05% 0.0%
179th Turks and Caicos Islands 80.19% 1.3%
180th Belgium 80.34% 0.4%
181st Bahamas, The 80.74% 0.1%
182nd Greenland 81.06% 0.3%
183rd Luxembourg 82.19% 0.5%
184th Sweden 83.90% 0.1%
185th American Samoa 84.00% 2.1%
186th Libya 84.29% 0.8%
187th Chile 84.42% 0.4%
188th Denmark 85.00% 0.0%
189th Lebanon 85.13% 0.3%
190th Australia 85.29% -0.1%
191st New Zealand 85.39% 0.1%
192nd Virgin Islands (US) 85.54% 3.1%
193rd Curaçao 87.22% 1.0%
194th Argentina 88.19% 0.3%
195th Bahrain 88.24% -0.1%
196th Northern Mariana Islands 89.55% 0.0%
197th Uruguay 90.60% 0.3%
198th Israel 90.85% 0.1%
199th Puerto Rico (US) 91.46% 1.4%
200th Iceland 91.64% 0.2%
201st Guam 92.04% 0.3%
202nd San Marino 92.07% 0.4%
203rd Malta 92.70% 0.2%
204th Andorra 93.35% -0.2%
205th Qatar 95.07% 0.4%
206th Kuwait 98.05% 0.0%
207th Macao SAR, China 99.91% 0.0%
208th Hong Kong SAR, China 99.99% 0.0%
209th Bermuda 100.00% 0.0%
210th Cayman Islands 100.00% 0.0%
211th Gibraltar 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)
HistorySaid – pattern alert

China matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 1995. Historically: 329 occurrences, 239 successful (73%). Outcome 24 months later: 2.8%. View full analysis →

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