Iceland - Urban Population 1961
80.98%
+0.63% from 1960
Iceland's urban population was 80.98% in 1961, increased +0.63% from 80.35% in 1960. This was the 201st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1961▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burundi | 1.92% | 4.7% |
| 2nd | Bhutan | 2.53% | 1.8% |
| 3rd | Rwanda | 2.67% | 2.5% |
| 4th | Solomon Islands | 3.00% | 10.5% |
| 5th | Botswana | 3.07% | 2.2% |
| 6th | Nepal | 3.57% | 1.6% |
| 7th | Yemen, Republic of | 3.59% | 5.7% |
| 8th | Papua New Guinea | 3.81% | 9.9% |
| 9th | Mozambique | 3.83% | 5.7% |
| 10th | Malawi | 4.14% | 2.3% |
| 11th | Lesotho | 4.24% | 16.0% |
| 12th | Eswatini | 4.51% | 11.2% |
| 13th | Uganda | 4.55% | 4.2% |
| 14th | Tanzania | 4.90% | 0.3% |
| 15th | Burkina Faso | 5.12% | 1.6% |
| 16th | Bangladesh | 5.28% | 3.2% |
| 17th | Niger | 5.85% | 2.5% |
| 18th | Cabo Verde | 6.59% | 1.5% |
| 19th | Chad | 6.92% | 5.0% |
| 20th | Mali | 7.37% | 5.0% |
| 21st | Mauritania | 7.47% | 9.0% |
| 22nd | Lao PDR | 7.90% | 0.7% |
| 23rd | Vanuatu | 8.25% | 3.4% |
| 24th | Afghanistan | 8.39% | 3.3% |
| 25th | Kenya | 8.44% | 2.5% |
| 26th | South Sudan | 8.64% | -0.2% |
| 27th | Gambia, The | 8.93% | -1.6% |
| 28th | Timor-Leste | 10.12% | 0.4% |
| 29th | Guinea | 10.24% | 5.4% |
| 30th | Benin | 10.25% | 4.7% |
| 31st | Cambodia | 10.27% | 0.9% |
| 32nd | Eritrea | 10.69% | 2.8% |
| 33rd | Angola | 10.81% | 4.1% |
| 34th | Madagascar | 11.15% | 2.9% |
| 35th | Maldives | 11.40% | 0.3% |
| 36th | Togo | 11.59% | 8.9% |
| 37th | Thailand | 11.96% | 1.2% |
| 38th | British Virgin Islands | 12.34% | 1.7% |
| 39th | Sudan | 12.35% | 5.4% |
| 40th | Tuvalu | 12.44% | 0.6% |
| 41st | Zimbabwe | 12.77% | 2.4% |
| 42nd | Gabon | 13.14% | 4.3% |
| 43rd | Guinea-Bissau | 13.71% | 1.7% |
| 44th | Cameroon | 13.94% | 2.4% |
| 45th | Comoros | 14.04% | 6.7% |
| 46th | Nigeria | 14.79% | 3.9% |
| 47th | Indonesia | 14.83% | 1.5% |
| 48th | Haiti | 15.60% | 2.4% |
| 49th | Viet Nam | 15.72% | 3.0% |
| 50th | São Tomé and Principe | 15.93% | 3.2% |
| 51st | Kiribati | 16.01% | 5.2% |
| 52nd | Oman | 17.48% | 6.6% |
| 53rd | Sierra Leone | 17.96% | 3.1% |
| 54th | Sri Lanka | 18.02% | 2.6% |
| 55th | India | 18.02% | 0.6% |
| 56th | Trinidad and Tobago | 18.14% | 3.5% |
| 57th | Zambia | 18.15% | 5.4% |
| 58th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 18.17% | 2.9% |
| 59th | Tonga | 18.70% | 2.4% |
| 60th | Samoa | 18.95% | 0.3% |
| 61st | Liberia | 19.25% | 3.5% |
| 62nd | China | 19.29% | -2.3% |
| 63rd | Myanmar | 19.49% | 2.6% |
| 64th | Kosovo | 19.65% | 3.0% |
| 65th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19.67% | 3.5% |
| 66th | Côte d'Ivoire | 19.75% | 7.1% |
| 67th | Liechtenstein | 20.42% | -0.1% |
| 68th | St. Lucia | 20.43% | 0.8% |
| 69th | Central African Republic | 20.66% | 2.7% |
| 70th | Faroe Islands | 21.69% | 3.3% |
| 71st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 22.40% | 0.5% |
| 72nd | Pakistan | 22.63% | 1.5% |
| 73rd | Senegal | 22.85% | 1.0% |
| 74th | Honduras | 23.23% | -0.5% |
| 75th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 23.26% | 1.1% |
| 76th | Libya | 23.54% | 1.2% |
| 77th | Namibia | 23.64% | 1.0% |
| 78th | Türkiye | 23.75% | 1.4% |
| 79th | Ghana | 23.95% | 2.8% |
| 80th | Moldova | 24.02% | 3.4% |
| 81st | Montenegro | 25.78% | 4.9% |
| 82nd | Equatorial Guinea | 26.11% | 0.3% |
| 83rd | Malaysia | 26.46% | 1.5% |
| 84th | Fiji | 27.35% | 6.6% |
| 85th | Seychelles | 27.71% | 0.7% |
| 86th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 27.89% | 1.3% |
| 87th | Korea | 28.45% | 2.8% |
| 88th | Slovenia | 29.11% | 3.1% |
| 89th | Guyana | 29.14% | 0.4% |
| 90th | Morocco | 29.66% | 1.0% |
| 91st | Serbia | 30.05% | 3.4% |
| 92nd | Philippines | 30.25% | 0.8% |
| 93rd | Grenada | 30.59% | 0.6% |
| 94th | Jamaica | 30.74% | 3.3% |
| 95th | Albania | 30.98% | 0.5% |
| 96th | Dominican Republic | 31.00% | 2.7% |
| 97th | Croatia | 31.03% | 3.0% |
| 98th | Portugal | 31.17% | 1.1% |
| 99th | Guatemala | 32.36% | 1.6% |
| 100th | Saudi Arabia | 32.75% | 4.2% |
| 101st | Algeria | 32.88% | 4.9% |
| 102nd | Slovak Republic | 33.87% | 1.5% |
| 103rd | Belarus | 33.90% | 3.8% |
| 104th | Tajikistan | 33.96% | 1.7% |
| 105th | Costa Rica | 34.22% | 0.3% |
| 106th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 34.62% | 1.9% |
| 107th | Kyrgyz Republic | 34.78% | 1.3% |
| 108th | Uzbekistan | 34.92% | 1.7% |
| 109th | Romania | 35.05% | 1.9% |
| 110th | North Macedonia | 35.21% | 3.5% |
| 111th | Ecuador | 35.26% | 1.6% |
| 112th | Paraguay | 35.67% | 0.3% |
| 113th | Marshall Islands | 36.04% | 3.5% |
| 114th | Cyprus | 36.38% | 3.0% |
| 115th | Congo, Republic of | 37.00% | 0.8% |
| 116th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 37.08% | 0.5% |
| 117th | Tunisia | 37.84% | 1.0% |
| 118th | New Caledonia | 37.90% | 3.6% |
| 119th | Dominica | 37.94% | 0.2% |
| 120th | American Samoa | 38.15% | 1.4% |
| 121st | Bulgaria | 38.41% | 3.5% |
| 122nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 38.42% | 1.6% |
| 123rd | El Salvador | 38.52% | 0.4% |
| 124th | Channel Islands | 38.66% | -0.6% |
| 125th | Mongolia | 38.81% | 5.2% |
| 126th | Antigua and Barbuda | 39.33% | -0.6% |
| 127th | Nicaragua | 39.75% | 1.5% |
| 128th | Syrian Arab Republic | 40.36% | 0.9% |
| 129th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 40.43% | 0.8% |
| 130th | Mauritius | 40.46% | 1.5% |
| 131st | Barbados | 40.60% | 0.4% |
| 132nd | Lithuania | 40.67% | 2.3% |
| 133rd | Panama | 41.75% | 1.1% |
| 134th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 42.31% | 4.2% |
| 135th | French Polynesia | 43.20% | 2.2% |
| 136th | Lebanon | 43.26% | 3.8% |
| 137th | Jordan | 43.54% | 1.9% |
| 138th | Georgia | 43.63% | 2.3% |
| 139th | West Bank and Gaza | 45.00% | 1.8% |
| 140th | Puerto Rico (US) | 45.06% | 1.7% |
| 141st | Brunei Darussalam | 45.25% | 4.4% |
| 142nd | Ireland | 45.39% | 1.2% |
| 143rd | Kazakhstan | 45.39% | 1.5% |
| 144th | Iraq | 45.48% | 3.4% |
| 145th | Brazil | 45.50% | 1.8% |
| 146th | Palau | 45.78% | 4.3% |
| 147th | Turkmenistan | 46.78% | 0.5% |
| 148th | South Africa | 46.86% | 0.4% |
| 149th | Peru | 47.42% | 1.6% |
| 150th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 47.76% | 0.3% |
| 151st | Ukraine | 48.24% | 1.8% |
| 152nd | Poland | 48.61% | 1.2% |
| 153rd | Azerbaijan | 48.99% | 1.9% |
| 154th | Norway | 49.04% | 0.7% |
| 155th | Colombia | 49.10% | 2.0% |
| 156th | San Marino | 49.68% | 1.6% |
| 157th | Austria | 50.01% | 0.2% |
| 158th | Mexico | 51.58% | 1.6% |
| 159th | Switzerland | 51.68% | 1.3% |
| 160th | Djibouti | 51.88% | 2.1% |
| 161st | Armenia | 52.48% | 2.6% |
| 162nd | Hungary | 53.58% | 0.3% |
| 163rd | Belize | 53.90% | 0.0% |
| 164th | Virgin Islands (US) | 54.36% | -2.8% |
| 165th | Russian Federation | 55.14% | 1.8% |
| 166th | Isle of Man | 55.35% | 0.4% |
| 167th | Finland | 56.25% | 1.2% |
| 168th | Greece | 56.36% | 0.9% |
| 169th | Spain | 57.14% | 1.2% |
| 170th | Latvia | 57.72% | 1.1% |
| 171st | Cuba | 57.89% | 0.3% |
| 172nd | Bahamas, The | 58.05% | 0.8% |
| 173rd | Estonia | 58.82% | 2.1% |
| 174th | European Union | 59.00% | 1.0% |
| 175th | Aruba | 59.07% | 0.1% |
| 176th | Greenland | 59.78% | 2.6% |
| 177th | Italy | 59.81% | 0.9% |
| 178th | Czechia | 60.06% | 0.8% |
| 179th | Netherlands | 60.14% | 0.3% |
| 180th | Andorra | 60.21% | 3.0% |
| 181st | France | 62.53% | 1.4% |
| 182nd | Suriname | 63.03% | 3.4% |
| 183rd | New Zealand | 63.87% | 2.4% |
| 184th | Japan | 64.27% | 1.6% |
| 185th | Belgium | 66.22% | 0.5% |
| 186th | Qatar | 66.71% | 2.6% |
| 187th | Chile | 68.67% | 1.2% |
| 188th | Canada | 69.69% | 0.9% |
| 189th | Luxembourg | 69.84% | 0.5% |
| 190th | United States | 70.45% | 0.7% |
| 191st | Argentina | 72.44% | 1.0% |
| 192nd | Sweden | 73.35% | 1.2% |
| 193rd | Denmark | 74.51% | 0.7% |
| 194th | United Arab Emirates | 74.54% | 1.4% |
| 195th | Curaçao | 75.65% | 0.6% |
| 196th | Germany | 76.17% | 0.6% |
| 197th | Kuwait | 76.37% | 1.3% |
| 198th | Israel | 78.00% | 1.4% |
| 199th | United Kingdom | 78.37% | -0.2% |
| 200th | Uruguay | 80.37% | 0.3% |
| 201st | Iceland | 80.98% | 0.8% |
| 202nd | Northern Mariana Islands | 81.00% | 1.1% |
| 203rd | Guam | 81.24% | 2.4% |
| 204th | Australia | 81.94% | 0.4% |
| 205th | Bahrain | 82.33% | 0.0% |
| 206th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 85.21% | 0.0% |
| 207th | Malta | 90.01% | -0.1% |
| 208th | Macao SAR, China | 95.26% | 0.0% |
| 209th | Bermuda | 100.00% | 0.3% |
| 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% |
FAQ
What was Iceland's urban population in 1961?▾
Iceland's urban population in 1961 was 80.98%. This ranked 201st globally.
How did Iceland's urban population change in 1961?▾
Iceland's urban population increased by 0.8% in 1961 compared to 1960.
Which country had the highest urban population in 1961?▾
Bermuda had the highest urban population in 1961 at 100.00%.
What is the urban population of Iceland in 1961?▾
The urban population of Iceland in 1961 was 80.98%. This ranked 201st globally.
How does 1961 compare to 1960 for Iceland's urban population?▾
Iceland's urban population went from 80.35% in 1960 to 80.98% in 1961, a 0.8% increase.
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