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Gambia, The – Urban Population 1989

Share of total population living in areas classified as urban by national statistical offices. Urbanization tends to rise with economic development. · World Bank
34.63% +0.52% from 1988 Global rank: 62nd

Gambia, The's urban population was 34.63% in 1989, increased +0.52% from 34.11% in 1988. This was the 62nd highest globally.

Global Ranking – 1989
Urban Population by Country – 1989
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Rwanda 5.20% 1.2%
2nd Burundi 6.07% 3.4%
3rd Uganda 9.47% 3.5%
4th Malawi 11.25% 3.1%
5th South Sudan 11.91% 6.8%
6th Lesotho 12.29% 4.1%
7th Burkina Faso 12.93% 2.5%
8th Solomon Islands 13.58% 1.5%
9th Lao PDR 14.94% 2.0%
10th Papua New Guinea 15.30% 1.2%
11th Niger 15.37% 0.7%
12th Cambodia 15.38% 2.2%
13th Mali 16.43% 1.3%
14th Liechtenstein 17.06% -0.9%
15th Afghanistan 17.15% 0.7%
16th Eritrea 17.67% 5.9%
17th Kenya 18.07% 0.9%
18th Vanuatu 18.44% 1.9%
19th Thailand 18.51% 1.2%
20th Sri Lanka 18.57% -2.5%
21st Tanzania 18.57% 2.1%
22nd Viet Nam 19.05% 0.0%
23rd Nepal 19.21% 2.5%
24th Yemen, Republic of 19.37% 4.4%
25th Bhutan 19.43% 4.2%
26th Bangladesh 19.45% 2.2%
27th Timor-Leste 20.64% 1.9%
28th Samoa 20.78% 0.8%
29th Chad 21.09% 0.6%
30th Madagascar 21.58% 1.5%
31st Tonga 22.04% 0.8%
32nd Mozambique 22.09% 5.4%
33rd Eswatini 22.90% 0.2%
34th Haiti 23.61% 3.2%
35th India 25.39% 0.7%
36th Myanmar 25.65% 0.6%
37th Maldives 25.85% 0.2%
38th Micronesia, Federated States of 26.10% -0.3%
39th China 26.21% 1.5%
40th Namibia 26.68% 0.6%
41st Guinea 27.95% 1.0%
42nd Comoros 28.08% 1.4%
43rd Togo 28.25% 1.5%
44th Sudan 28.59% 5.6%
45th Zimbabwe 28.91% 2.7%
46th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 29.10% 1.0%
47th St. Lucia 29.42% 0.7%
48th Guyana 29.56% 0.0%
49th Indonesia 29.63% 3.3%
50th Congo, Democratic Republic of 29.88% 1.3%
51st Pakistan 30.51% 0.8%
52nd Guinea-Bissau 30.64% 4.9%
53rd Channel Islands 31.53% -0.4%
54th Tajikistan 32.33% -1.0%
55th Sierra Leone 33.22% 0.8%
56th Grenada 33.34% 0.2%
57th Faroe Islands 33.36% 1.0%
58th Equatorial Guinea 33.41% 5.3%
59th Guatemala 33.67% 0.6%
60th Benin 34.23% 1.9%
61st Nigeria 34.41% 2.3%
62nd Gambia, The 34.63% 1.5%
63rd Kiribati 34.69% 0.9%
64th St. Kitts and Nevis 34.80% -0.5%
65th Ghana 34.98% 2.1%
66th Antigua and Barbuda 35.46% 0.1%
67th Albania 35.57% 0.8%
68th Philippines 35.75% 0.7%
69th Angola 36.51% 3.9%
70th Kosovo 36.64% 1.0%
71st Central African Republic 37.12% 0.2%
72nd British Virgin Islands 37.48% 4.0%
73rd Kyrgyz Republic 38.12% -0.1%
74th Tuvalu 38.62% 3.0%
75th Senegal 38.74% 0.6%
76th Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.00% 0.8%
77th Côte d'Ivoire 39.39% 0.7%
78th Cameroon 39.40% 1.8%
79th Zambia 39.45% -0.2%
80th Mauritania 39.56% -0.1%
81st Honduras 39.99% 1.3%
82nd Fiji 40.30% 1.8%
83rd Uzbekistan 40.62% -0.5%
84th Botswana 40.92% 8.9%
85th Liberia 41.87% 1.3%
86th São Tomé and Principe 42.54% 3.1%
87th Cabo Verde 42.54% 5.0%
88th Egypt, Arab Republic of 43.74% -0.3%
89th Mauritius 43.78% 0.7%
90th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 43.81% 0.1%
91st Turkmenistan 45.11% -0.3%
92nd Portugal 47.11% 1.4%
93rd Moldova 47.18% 1.6%
94th Malaysia 47.44% 3.7%
95th Belize 47.56% -0.7%
96th Morocco 47.71% 1.6%
97th Costa Rica 47.71% 1.7%
98th Montenegro 48.14% 0.7%
99th El Salvador 48.33% 1.4%
100th Syrian Arab Republic 48.65% 0.4%
101st Seychelles 49.08% -0.2%
102nd Paraguay 49.14% 2.1%
103rd Jamaica 49.26% 0.4%
104th Serbia 49.95% 0.8%
105th Türkiye 50.03% 2.2%
106th Slovenia 50.26% -1.4%
107th Algeria 51.35% 1.6%
108th South Africa 51.39% 1.3%
109th Isle of Man 51.59% 0.3%
110th Nicaragua 53.29% 0.4%
111th Panama 53.33% 1.0%
112th Croatia 53.65% 1.0%
113th Romania 54.03% 0.5%
114th Azerbaijan 54.12% 0.7%
115th Congo, Republic of 54.20% 0.8%
116th Ecuador 54.42% 1.3%
117th Dominican Republic 54.69% 0.5%
118th Trinidad and Tobago 54.81% 0.4%
119th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 54.91% 2.1%
120th Georgia 55.32% -0.2%
121st Iran, Islamic Republic of 55.91% 1.0%
122nd Slovak Republic 56.64% 0.5%
123rd Ireland 56.78% 0.2%
124th Mongolia 57.04% 0.0%
125th North Macedonia 57.05% 0.7%
126th Tunisia 57.09% 1.7%
127th Kazakhstan 57.23% 0.0%
128th French Polynesia 58.15% -0.3%
129th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 58.26% 0.3%
130th New Caledonia 59.47% 0.2%
131st Hungary 60.68% 0.5%
132nd Poland 61.23% 0.2%
133rd Dominica 63.04% 2.5%
134th Austria 63.36% 1.5%
135th Barbados 63.56% 0.0%
136th Finland 63.84% 0.1%
137th Brunei Darussalam 64.82% 1.6%
138th West Bank and Gaza 64.99% 0.5%
139th Aruba 65.49% -0.1%
140th Belarus 65.83% 1.4%
141st Suriname 66.34% 0.1%
142nd Italy 66.73% 0.0%
143rd Cyprus 66.84% 0.5%
144th Virgin Islands (US) 66.90% 5.6%
145th Marshall Islands 66.92% 0.4%
146th Ukraine 67.09% 0.7%
147th Bulgaria 67.31% 0.9%
148th Lithuania 67.67% 0.4%
149th Armenia 67.80% 0.0%
150th Gabon 67.83% 2.2%
151st Switzerland 68.02% 1.1%
152nd Peru 68.55% 0.6%
153rd Netherlands 68.77% 0.5%
154th Colombia 69.02% 0.7%
155th Palau 69.21% 0.4%
156th Oman 69.53% 1.5%
157th European Union 69.92% 0.2%
158th Iraq 70.00% -0.2%
159th Latvia 70.81% 0.0%
160th Mexico 71.04% 0.6%
161st Greece 71.35% 0.2%
162nd Estonia 71.43% 0.0%
163rd Norway 71.71% 0.2%
164th Korea 72.47% 2.7%
165th Turks and Caicos Islands 72.84% 2.7%
166th Cuba 73.25% 0.8%
167th Russian Federation 73.56% 0.4%
168th Jordan 73.82% 2.0%
169th France 73.94% 0.1%
170th Brazil 74.25% 0.9%
171st American Samoa 74.47% 1.7%
172nd Spain 74.62% 0.3%
173rd United States 75.05% 0.3%
174th Czechia 75.27% -0.1%
175th Djibouti 75.97% 0.2%
176th Saudi Arabia 76.34% 1.0%
177th Canada 76.53% 0.0%
178th Japan 77.21% 0.2%
179th United Kingdom 78.14% -0.1%
180th Belgium 78.19% 0.5%
181st United Arab Emirates 78.83% -0.2%
182nd Greenland 79.74% 0.2%
183rd Libya 79.74% 1.1%
184th Germany 80.01% 0.0%
185th Bahamas, The 80.20% 0.5%
186th Luxembourg 80.85% 0.1%
187th Puerto Rico (US) 82.13% 2.3%
188th Lebanon 82.89% 0.6%
189th Chile 83.08% 0.1%
190th Sweden 83.32% 0.1%
191st Curaçao 83.86% 0.4%
192nd New Zealand 84.55% 0.3%
193rd Denmark 84.83% 0.0%
194th Australia 85.38% 0.0%
195th Argentina 86.59% 0.4%
196th Bahrain 87.61% 0.9%
197th Uruguay 88.72% 0.4%
198th Northern Mariana Islands 89.70% 0.2%
199th Israel 90.34% 0.1%
200th Iceland 90.40% 0.3%
201st San Marino 90.44% 0.0%
202nd Guam 90.49% 0.3%
203rd Malta 90.66% 0.4%
204th Qatar 92.37% 0.7%
205th Andorra 95.30% 0.0%
206th Kuwait 97.97% 0.0%
207th Hong Kong SAR, China 98.01% 1.8%
208th Macao SAR, China 99.52% 0.1%
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%