Korea - Urban Population 2005
81.39%
+0.29% from 2004
Korea's urban population was 81.39% in 2005, increased +0.29% from 81.10% in 2004. This was the 173rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2005▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burundi | 9.18% | 2.9% |
| 2nd | Papua New Guinea | 13.07% | -0.2% |
| 3rd | Uganda | 13.79% | 5.1% |
| 4th | Liechtenstein | 14.59% | -0.4% |
| 5th | Malawi | 15.10% | 0.5% |
| 6th | Sri Lanka | 15.17% | 1.7% |
| 7th | Niger | 16.27% | 0.0% |
| 8th | South Sudan | 16.87% | 0.7% |
| 9th | Rwanda | 16.91% | 0.0% |
| 10th | Solomon Islands | 17.60% | 2.5% |
| 11th | Cambodia | 19.09% | 0.6% |
| 12th | Afghanistan | 19.71% | 1.6% |
| 13th | Mali | 20.87% | 2.0% |
| 14th | Samoa | 21.24% | -1.4% |
| 15th | Chad | 21.75% | 0.1% |
| 16th | Burkina Faso | 22.02% | 3.2% |
| 17th | Eswatini | 22.21% | -0.4% |
| 18th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.33% | 0.0% |
| 19th | Lesotho | 22.53% | 3.4% |
| 20th | Vanuatu | 23.00% | 1.2% |
| 21st | Tonga | 23.15% | 0.1% |
| 22nd | St. Lucia | 23.54% | -5.2% |
| 23rd | Tanzania | 24.71% | 2.6% |
| 24th | Bangladesh | 25.48% | 1.9% |
| 25th | Timor-Leste | 26.31% | 2.4% |
| 26th | Madagascar | 26.47% | 1.1% |
| 27th | Tajikistan | 26.53% | 0.0% |
| 28th | Kenya | 27.27% | 7.3% |
| 29th | Lao PDR | 27.32% | 3.0% |
| 30th | Viet Nam | 27.43% | 2.3% |
| 31st | Guyana | 27.78% | -1.0% |
| 32nd | Comoros | 28.02% | 0.2% |
| 33rd | Myanmar | 28.39% | 0.6% |
| 34th | Yemen, Republic of | 28.85% | 1.4% |
| 35th | India | 29.09% | 1.1% |
| 36th | Antigua and Barbuda | 29.17% | -2.4% |
| 37th | Mozambique | 30.01% | 0.5% |
| 38th | Bhutan | 30.94% | 2.1% |
| 39th | Channel Islands | 31.11% | 0.7% |
| 40th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 31.98% | -0.5% |
| 41st | Guinea | 32.40% | 0.9% |
| 42nd | Sudan | 32.46% | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Zimbabwe | 32.65% | 0.1% |
| 44th | Pakistan | 33.92% | 0.5% |
| 45th | Maldives | 34.07% | 3.7% |
| 46th | Eritrea | 35.10% | 0.5% |
| 47th | Kyrgyz Republic | 35.30% | 0.0% |
| 48th | Togo | 35.35% | 1.3% |
| 49th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 35.47% | 1.4% |
| 50th | Grenada | 35.92% | 0.0% |
| 51st | Faroe Islands | 36.33% | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Namibia | 36.59% | 3.0% |
| 53rd | Sierra Leone | 36.85% | 0.8% |
| 54th | Zambia | 37.30% | 1.3% |
| 55th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 37.40% | 1.1% |
| 56th | Kosovo | 37.63% | 0.1% |
| 57th | Central African Republic | 38.04% | 0.2% |
| 58th | Thailand | 38.13% | 3.7% |
| 59th | Guinea-Bissau | 38.38% | 0.8% |
| 60th | Moldova | 39.37% | -0.2% |
| 61st | Benin | 40.31% | 1.1% |
| 62nd | Mauritania | 40.41% | 2.1% |
| 63rd | Mauritius | 41.14% | -0.4% |
| 64th | Philippines | 41.33% | 1.2% |
| 65th | Senegal | 41.91% | 0.7% |
| 66th | Equatorial Guinea | 42.28% | 3.3% |
| 67th | Haiti | 42.58% | 1.7% |
| 68th | Seychelles | 42.85% | -0.2% |
| 69th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 42.96% | 0.1% |
| 70th | China | 42.99% | 2.9% |
| 71st | Kiribati | 43.54% | 0.0% |
| 72nd | British Virgin Islands | 43.74% | 1.1% |
| 73rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 44.16% | 0.7% |
| 74th | Côte d'Ivoire | 45.08% | 0.9% |
| 75th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 45.47% | 0.3% |
| 76th | Nepal | 45.51% | 9.4% |
| 77th | Liberia | 45.85% | 0.9% |
| 78th | Albania | 45.99% | 2.3% |
| 79th | Indonesia | 46.24% | 1.7% |
| 80th | Belize | 46.73% | -0.6% |
| 81st | Turkmenistan | 46.77% | 0.1% |
| 82nd | Ghana | 47.45% | 1.5% |
| 83rd | Nigeria | 47.57% | 1.9% |
| 84th | Guatemala | 48.06% | 1.5% |
| 85th | Honduras | 48.17% | 1.3% |
| 86th | Cameroon | 48.58% | 0.8% |
| 87th | Tuvalu | 49.42% | 2.1% |
| 88th | Fiji | 49.84% | 0.7% |
| 89th | Slovenia | 50.65% | -0.1% |
| 90th | Uzbekistan | 51.08% | 1.0% |
| 91st | Isle of Man | 51.16% | -0.3% |
| 92nd | Gambia, The | 52.36% | 1.7% |
| 93rd | Azerbaijan | 52.50% | 0.4% |
| 94th | Jamaica | 52.77% | 0.4% |
| 95th | Georgia | 53.00% | 0.5% |
| 96th | Romania | 53.07% | 0.3% |
| 97th | Syrian Arab Republic | 53.82% | 0.6% |
| 98th | Kazakhstan | 54.65% | -0.5% |
| 99th | Trinidad and Tobago | 55.39% | -0.3% |
| 100th | Slovak Republic | 55.42% | -0.3% |
| 101st | Morocco | 55.44% | 0.8% |
| 102nd | Croatia | 55.53% | -0.1% |
| 103rd | Nicaragua | 55.94% | 0.3% |
| 104th | Angola | 56.00% | 1.7% |
| 105th | French Polynesia | 56.85% | 1.0% |
| 106th | Serbia | 57.75% | 0.8% |
| 107th | Cabo Verde | 57.80% | 1.3% |
| 108th | North Macedonia | 57.86% | 0.0% |
| 109th | Portugal | 58.25% | 1.4% |
| 110th | Botswana | 58.45% | 2.1% |
| 111th | Paraguay | 58.89% | 0.3% |
| 112th | São Tomé and Principe | 59.42% | 2.7% |
| 113th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 59.75% | 0.1% |
| 114th | South Africa | 59.82% | 1.2% |
| 115th | Ireland | 60.49% | 0.5% |
| 116th | Barbados | 60.64% | -0.8% |
| 117th | El Salvador | 61.03% | 1.5% |
| 118th | Congo, Republic of | 61.31% | 0.6% |
| 119th | Poland | 61.55% | -0.2% |
| 120th | Ecuador | 62.01% | 0.4% |
| 121st | Mongolia | 62.31% | 2.5% |
| 122nd | Montenegro | 62.68% | 0.7% |
| 123rd | Türkiye | 63.33% | 1.4% |
| 124th | Algeria | 63.66% | 1.2% |
| 125th | New Caledonia | 63.92% | 1.0% |
| 126th | Panama | 64.07% | 0.5% |
| 127th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 64.21% | 0.7% |
| 128th | Armenia | 64.53% | -0.1% |
| 129th | Costa Rica | 64.90% | 1.9% |
| 130th | Aruba | 64.96% | -0.2% |
| 131st | Tunisia | 65.23% | 0.5% |
| 132nd | Hungary | 66.13% | 1.7% |
| 133rd | Dominica | 66.24% | 0.4% |
| 134th | Lithuania | 66.58% | 0.0% |
| 135th | Suriname | 66.73% | 0.0% |
| 136th | Austria | 66.98% | 0.0% |
| 137th | Malaysia | 67.02% | 1.4% |
| 138th | Estonia | 67.51% | 0.1% |
| 139th | Dominican Republic | 67.58% | 2.6% |
| 140th | Italy | 67.59% | 0.1% |
| 141st | Ukraine | 67.81% | 0.3% |
| 142nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 67.87% | 0.9% |
| 143rd | Latvia | 67.90% | 0.0% |
| 144th | Iraq | 68.39% | 0.3% |
| 145th | Cyprus | 68.43% | -0.2% |
| 146th | Finland | 68.51% | 0.3% |
| 147th | Bulgaria | 70.09% | 0.2% |
| 148th | Marshall Islands | 70.62% | 0.8% |
| 149th | Djibouti | 71.31% | -0.5% |
| 150th | Oman | 71.86% | 0.4% |
| 151st | Belarus | 72.03% | 0.4% |
| 152nd | European Union | 72.40% | 0.2% |
| 153rd | Russian Federation | 73.16% | -0.2% |
| 154th | Switzerland | 73.50% | 0.0% |
| 155th | Brunei Darussalam | 73.55% | 0.7% |
| 156th | Czechia | 73.64% | -0.1% |
| 157th | Greece | 74.26% | 0.6% |
| 158th | Peru | 74.82% | 0.6% |
| 159th | Cuba | 76.00% | 0.1% |
| 160th | Colombia | 76.00% | 0.3% |
| 161st | Mexico | 76.47% | 0.2% |
| 162nd | Spain | 77.22% | 0.3% |
| 163rd | France | 77.44% | -0.1% |
| 164th | Palau | 77.57% | 1.5% |
| 165th | Norway | 77.83% | 0.3% |
| 166th | Jordan | 78.41% | 0.1% |
| 167th | Canada | 79.98% | 0.4% |
| 168th | Germany | 80.17% | 0.0% |
| 169th | United States | 80.20% | 0.3% |
| 170th | United Kingdom | 80.45% | 0.1% |
| 171st | West Bank and Gaza | 80.52% | 1.9% |
| 172nd | Saudi Arabia | 80.98% | 0.3% |
| 173rd | Korea | 81.39% | 0.4% |
| 174th | Bahamas, The | 81.86% | 0.2% |
| 175th | United Arab Emirates | 82.21% | 0.9% |
| 176th | Greenland | 82.69% | 0.2% |
| 177th | Brazil | 82.98% | 0.4% |
| 178th | Gabon | 83.43% | 0.8% |
| 179th | Netherlands | 83.50% | 1.5% |
| 180th | Belgium | 83.56% | 0.4% |
| 181st | Sweden | 84.35% | 0.1% |
| 182nd | Australia | 85.62% | 0.1% |
| 183rd | New Zealand | 85.93% | 0.0% |
| 184th | Japan | 85.96% | 1.9% |
| 185th | Denmark | 86.01% | 0.3% |
| 186th | Luxembourg | 86.37% | 0.5% |
| 187th | Lebanon | 86.77% | 0.2% |
| 188th | Chile | 86.78% | 0.0% |
| 189th | American Samoa | 87.78% | -0.3% |
| 190th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 87.91% | 0.7% |
| 191st | Libya | 88.14% | 0.1% |
| 192nd | Andorra | 89.96% | -0.6% |
| 193rd | Argentina | 90.12% | 0.2% |
| 194th | Northern Mariana Islands | 90.58% | 0.1% |
| 195th | Bahrain | 91.17% | 1.5% |
| 196th | Curaçao | 91.17% | 0.0% |
| 197th | Israel | 91.64% | 0.1% |
| 198th | Uruguay | 92.08% | 0.3% |
| 199th | Iceland | 92.38% | -0.1% |
| 200th | Malta | 93.70% | 0.1% |
| 201st | Guam | 93.79% | 0.1% |
| 202nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 93.91% | 0.2% |
| 203rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 94.06% | -0.1% |
| 204th | San Marino | 94.65% | 0.5% |
| 205th | Qatar | 97.30% | 0.3% |
| 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% | 0.1% |
| 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 Korea's urban population in 2005?▾
Korea's urban population in 2005 was 81.39%. This ranked 173rd globally.
How did Korea's urban population change in 2005?▾
Korea's urban population increased by 0.4% in 2005 compared to 2004.
Which country had the highest urban population in 2005?▾
Bermuda had the highest urban population in 2005 at 100.00%.
What is the urban population of Korea in 2005?▾
The urban population of Korea in 2005 was 81.39%. This ranked 173rd globally.
How does 2005 compare to 2004 for Korea's urban population?▾
Korea's urban population went from 81.10% in 2004 to 81.39% in 2005, a 0.4% increase.
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