Iceland - Urban Population 1978
87.67%
+0.23% from 1977
Iceland's urban population was 87.67% in 1978, increased +0.23% from 87.44% in 1977. This was the 201st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1978▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burundi | 4.02% | 4.0% |
| 2nd | Rwanda | 4.67% | 2.6% |
| 3rd | Cambodia | 5.82% | 4.8% |
| 4th | Uganda | 6.57% | 0.9% |
| 5th | Burkina Faso | 7.28% | 6.3% |
| 6th | South Sudan | 8.49% | 0.0% |
| 7th | Malawi | 8.68% | 3.1% |
| 8th | Solomon Islands | 10.05% | 4.0% |
| 9th | Bhutan | 10.10% | 12.4% |
| 10th | Yemen, Republic of | 10.82% | 7.4% |
| 11th | Lesotho | 11.22% | 0.1% |
| 12th | Lao PDR | 11.86% | 2.3% |
| 13th | Mozambique | 11.87% | 5.5% |
| 14th | Nepal | 12.05% | 14.3% |
| 15th | Bangladesh | 12.70% | 9.5% |
| 16th | Papua New Guinea | 13.10% | -0.2% |
| 17th | Niger | 13.12% | 2.4% |
| 18th | Mali | 13.45% | 2.3% |
| 19th | Botswana | 13.58% | 4.1% |
| 20th | Tanzania | 13.68% | 5.3% |
| 21st | Vanuatu | 13.98% | 2.8% |
| 22nd | Eritrea | 14.04% | 1.1% |
| 23rd | Kenya | 15.05% | 3.8% |
| 24th | Afghanistan | 15.13% | 2.7% |
| 25th | Timor-Leste | 15.68% | 3.1% |
| 26th | Guinea-Bissau | 16.37% | 1.6% |
| 27th | Thailand | 16.49% | 2.4% |
| 28th | Eswatini | 16.84% | 5.7% |
| 29th | Madagascar | 17.72% | 2.3% |
| 30th | China | 17.92% | 2.1% |
| 31st | Liechtenstein | 18.30% | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Chad | 18.38% | 3.4% |
| 33rd | Viet Nam | 19.24% | -2.0% |
| 34th | Sudan | 19.48% | 0.8% |
| 35th | Tonga | 20.42% | 0.3% |
| 36th | Haiti | 20.53% | 0.1% |
| 37th | Indonesia | 20.79% | 3.3% |
| 38th | British Virgin Islands | 21.00% | 3.4% |
| 39th | Maldives | 21.10% | 4.6% |
| 40th | Samoa | 21.17% | 0.1% |
| 41st | Zimbabwe | 21.29% | 2.4% |
| 42nd | Angola | 21.65% | 5.7% |
| 43rd | Sri Lanka | 21.89% | -0.6% |
| 44th | Cabo Verde | 22.39% | 1.7% |
| 45th | Comoros | 22.45% | 1.6% |
| 46th | India | 22.78% | 1.9% |
| 47th | Guinea | 23.49% | 3.1% |
| 48th | Gambia, The | 23.81% | 8.0% |
| 49th | Togo | 24.10% | 1.2% |
| 50th | Myanmar | 24.41% | 0.3% |
| 51st | Mauritania | 24.93% | 6.6% |
| 52nd | Namibia | 25.50% | 0.3% |
| 53rd | St. Lucia | 25.57% | 1.8% |
| 54th | Benin | 25.68% | 3.6% |
| 55th | Nigeria | 25.90% | 3.0% |
| 56th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 26.23% | 1.2% |
| 57th | Equatorial Guinea | 26.24% | 0.0% |
| 58th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 26.37% | 0.4% |
| 59th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 26.38% | 1.0% |
| 60th | Tuvalu | 27.06% | 12.9% |
| 61st | Pakistan | 27.42% | 1.3% |
| 62nd | Sierra Leone | 29.31% | 1.7% |
| 63rd | Guyana | 29.56% | -0.2% |
| 64th | Cameroon | 30.44% | 3.5% |
| 65th | Ghana | 30.65% | 0.6% |
| 66th | Kosovo | 31.09% | 1.7% |
| 67th | Faroe Islands | 31.39% | -0.1% |
| 68th | Kiribati | 31.58% | 3.6% |
| 69th | Channel Islands | 32.35% | -0.9% |
| 70th | São Tomé and Principe | 32.61% | 0.9% |
| 71st | Grenada | 32.81% | 0.2% |
| 72nd | Malaysia | 32.96% | 1.7% |
| 73rd | Albania | 33.34% | 0.7% |
| 74th | Philippines | 33.46% | 0.6% |
| 75th | Liberia | 33.71% | 3.4% |
| 76th | Guatemala | 33.71% | -1.9% |
| 77th | Honduras | 33.91% | 1.8% |
| 78th | Antigua and Barbuda | 34.28% | 0.4% |
| 79th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 34.43% | 2.4% |
| 80th | Tajikistan | 34.71% | -0.9% |
| 81st | Senegal | 35.18% | 1.2% |
| 82nd | Central African Republic | 35.45% | 0.8% |
| 83rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 35.69% | 5.9% |
| 84th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 35.82% | 0.3% |
| 85th | Côte d'Ivoire | 36.40% | 3.1% |
| 86th | Fiji | 37.49% | 0.5% |
| 87th | Türkiye | 38.08% | 2.3% |
| 88th | Kyrgyz Republic | 38.28% | 0.1% |
| 89th | Moldova | 38.80% | 2.3% |
| 90th | Zambia | 39.27% | 1.7% |
| 91st | Morocco | 39.65% | 1.8% |
| 92nd | Portugal | 39.97% | 1.6% |
| 93rd | Paraguay | 40.13% | 1.5% |
| 94th | Uzbekistan | 40.65% | 2.3% |
| 95th | Algeria | 41.26% | 1.2% |
| 96th | El Salvador | 41.81% | 1.1% |
| 97th | Costa Rica | 42.33% | 0.7% |
| 98th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 42.34% | 1.6% |
| 99th | Mauritius | 42.74% | -0.8% |
| 100th | Montenegro | 43.09% | 2.8% |
| 101st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 43.45% | 0.1% |
| 102nd | Congo, Republic of | 43.79% | 3.2% |
| 103rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 43.83% | 0.1% |
| 104th | Dominica | 44.34% | 2.4% |
| 105th | Ecuador | 44.91% | 2.3% |
| 106th | Serbia | 45.21% | 1.2% |
| 107th | Croatia | 46.03% | 1.4% |
| 108th | Syrian Arab Republic | 46.14% | 0.7% |
| 109th | Jamaica | 46.32% | 1.1% |
| 110th | Slovenia | 46.73% | 2.5% |
| 111th | Turkmenistan | 47.42% | -0.2% |
| 112th | South Africa | 48.24% | 0.1% |
| 113th | Romania | 48.41% | 1.3% |
| 114th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 48.48% | 1.5% |
| 115th | Panama | 49.28% | 0.4% |
| 116th | Seychelles | 49.41% | 0.0% |
| 117th | Dominican Republic | 49.70% | 2.2% |
| 118th | Slovak Republic | 50.00% | 2.2% |
| 119th | Nicaragua | 50.51% | 0.7% |
| 120th | Mongolia | 50.89% | 1.4% |
| 121st | Isle of Man | 50.93% | -0.7% |
| 122nd | Tunisia | 51.03% | 0.6% |
| 123rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 51.04% | 2.1% |
| 124th | Oman | 51.04% | 4.5% |
| 125th | Gabon | 51.08% | 4.7% |
| 126th | Georgia | 51.51% | 0.9% |
| 127th | Belize | 52.32% | -0.6% |
| 128th | North Macedonia | 52.58% | 1.0% |
| 129th | Azerbaijan | 52.95% | 0.5% |
| 130th | Korea | 53.10% | 3.5% |
| 131st | Kazakhstan | 53.30% | 0.7% |
| 132nd | Austria | 53.87% | 0.7% |
| 133rd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 53.91% | 0.9% |
| 134th | Belarus | 54.37% | 2.2% |
| 135th | Ireland | 54.92% | 0.6% |
| 136th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 56.82% | 0.0% |
| 137th | New Caledonia | 56.87% | 0.8% |
| 138th | Poland | 57.24% | 1.0% |
| 139th | Hungary | 57.35% | 0.5% |
| 140th | Cyprus | 57.58% | 3.8% |
| 141st | Jordan | 57.77% | 1.7% |
| 142nd | French Polynesia | 59.16% | 0.0% |
| 143rd | Lithuania | 59.42% | 1.8% |
| 144th | Marshall Islands | 60.06% | -0.7% |
| 145th | Brunei Darussalam | 60.38% | -1.0% |
| 146th | Switzerland | 60.43% | 0.6% |
| 147th | Bulgaria | 60.52% | 1.8% |
| 148th | Ukraine | 60.98% | 1.2% |
| 149th | West Bank and Gaza | 61.22% | 0.8% |
| 150th | American Samoa | 61.75% | 1.4% |
| 151st | Palau | 61.83% | 0.4% |
| 152nd | Barbados | 62.00% | 2.9% |
| 153rd | Finland | 62.88% | 0.2% |
| 154th | Saudi Arabia | 63.31% | 2.6% |
| 155th | Peru | 63.61% | 0.9% |
| 156th | Colombia | 63.75% | 0.8% |
| 157th | Iraq | 64.28% | 1.3% |
| 158th | Netherlands | 64.62% | 0.1% |
| 159th | Puerto Rico (US) | 64.83% | 1.6% |
| 160th | Brazil | 64.98% | 2.3% |
| 161st | Mexico | 65.03% | 1.1% |
| 162nd | Armenia | 65.53% | 0.7% |
| 163rd | Aruba | 65.80% | 0.4% |
| 164th | Suriname | 66.03% | 0.0% |
| 165th | Italy | 66.59% | 0.3% |
| 166th | Cuba | 66.88% | 1.4% |
| 167th | Libya | 67.37% | 2.7% |
| 168th | European Union | 67.47% | 0.4% |
| 169th | Latvia | 67.57% | 0.7% |
| 170th | Greece | 68.74% | 0.6% |
| 171st | Russian Federation | 68.77% | 0.8% |
| 172nd | Estonia | 69.21% | 0.7% |
| 173rd | Czechia | 69.73% | -0.9% |
| 174th | Norway | 70.10% | 0.5% |
| 175th | Spain | 70.62% | 0.7% |
| 176th | Bahamas, The | 71.48% | 1.2% |
| 177th | Lebanon | 71.66% | 2.1% |
| 178th | Djibouti | 71.82% | 1.2% |
| 179th | France | 73.17% | 0.1% |
| 180th | United States | 73.68% | 0.0% |
| 181st | Belgium | 73.92% | 0.5% |
| 182nd | Greenland | 75.19% | 0.3% |
| 183rd | Canada | 75.58% | 0.0% |
| 184th | Japan | 76.08% | 0.1% |
| 185th | San Marino | 77.51% | 2.6% |
| 186th | United Kingdom | 78.28% | 0.3% |
| 187th | Luxembourg | 79.53% | 0.7% |
| 188th | Bahrain | 79.69% | 0.4% |
| 189th | Germany | 79.88% | 0.0% |
| 190th | Chile | 80.73% | 0.7% |
| 191st | Curaçao | 80.75% | 0.3% |
| 192nd | Qatar | 81.56% | 0.7% |
| 193rd | Argentina | 82.10% | 0.5% |
| 194th | United Arab Emirates | 82.62% | -0.9% |
| 195th | Sweden | 82.99% | 0.1% |
| 196th | New Zealand | 83.19% | 0.2% |
| 197th | Denmark | 83.26% | 0.4% |
| 198th | Uruguay | 84.09% | 0.5% |
| 199th | Australia | 85.92% | -0.1% |
| 200th | Northern Mariana Islands | 86.57% | 0.1% |
| 201st | Iceland | 87.67% | 0.3% |
| 202nd | Israel | 88.11% | 0.5% |
| 203rd | Guam | 88.77% | 0.0% |
| 204th | Malta | 89.52% | 0.0% |
| 205th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 90.74% | 0.4% |
| 206th | Andorra | 90.76% | 1.4% |
| 207th | Kuwait | 92.92% | 1.2% |
| 208th | Macao SAR, China | 98.23% | 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% |
FAQ
What was Iceland's urban population in 1978?▾
Iceland's urban population in 1978 was 87.67%. This ranked 201st globally.
How did Iceland's urban population change in 1978?▾
Iceland's urban population increased by 0.3% in 1978 compared to 1977.
Which country had the highest urban population in 1978?▾
Bermuda had the highest urban population in 1978 at 100.00%.
What is the urban population of Iceland in 1978?▾
The urban population of Iceland in 1978 was 87.67%. This ranked 201st globally.
How does 1978 compare to 1977 for Iceland's urban population?▾
Iceland's urban population went from 87.44% in 1977 to 87.67% in 1978, a 0.3% increase.
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