Korea - Urban Population 2010
81.97%
+0.04% from 2009
Korea's urban population was 81.97% in 2010, increased +0.04% from 81.92% in 2009. This was the 170th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2010▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burundi | 10.98% | 4.6% |
| 2nd | Papua New Guinea | 13.00% | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Liechtenstein | 14.42% | -0.1% |
| 4th | Malawi | 15.48% | 0.5% |
| 5th | Niger | 16.24% | -0.1% |
| 6th | Rwanda | 16.93% | 0.0% |
| 7th | Sri Lanka | 17.25% | 3.0% |
| 8th | South Sudan | 17.54% | 1.4% |
| 9th | St. Lucia | 18.51% | -2.5% |
| 10th | Uganda | 18.80% | 6.7% |
| 11th | Samoa | 19.83% | -1.4% |
| 12th | Solomon Islands | 20.12% | 2.8% |
| 13th | Cambodia | 21.12% | 4.6% |
| 14th | Chad | 21.85% | 0.3% |
| 15th | Afghanistan | 22.26% | 2.6% |
| 16th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.29% | 0.0% |
| 17th | Eswatini | 22.33% | 0.4% |
| 18th | Mali | 23.14% | 2.1% |
| 19th | Tonga | 23.42% | 0.3% |
| 20th | Burkina Faso | 24.12% | 1.6% |
| 21st | Vanuatu | 24.74% | 1.9% |
| 22nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 26.02% | -1.8% |
| 23rd | Guyana | 26.46% | -0.6% |
| 24th | Tajikistan | 26.53% | 0.0% |
| 25th | Lesotho | 27.40% | 4.3% |
| 26th | Bangladesh | 27.73% | 1.5% |
| 27th | Madagascar | 27.87% | 1.0% |
| 28th | Tanzania | 28.20% | 2.5% |
| 29th | Comoros | 28.85% | 0.8% |
| 30th | Myanmar | 29.14% | 0.5% |
| 31st | Timor-Leste | 29.64% | 0.8% |
| 32nd | Viet Nam | 30.25% | 1.7% |
| 33rd | Yemen, Republic of | 30.62% | 1.1% |
| 34th | Lao PDR | 30.65% | 2.0% |
| 35th | India | 30.90% | 1.3% |
| 36th | Mozambique | 30.99% | 0.7% |
| 37th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 31.31% | -0.4% |
| 38th | Kenya | 31.87% | 0.0% |
| 39th | Channel Islands | 32.19% | 0.6% |
| 40th | Sudan | 32.72% | 0.4% |
| 41st | Zimbabwe | 32.73% | 0.1% |
| 42nd | Guinea | 33.81% | 0.8% |
| 43rd | Bhutan | 33.91% | 1.7% |
| 44th | Pakistan | 34.82% | 0.5% |
| 45th | Kyrgyz Republic | 35.27% | 0.0% |
| 46th | Eritrea | 35.63% | 0.2% |
| 47th | Grenada | 35.87% | 0.0% |
| 48th | Maldives | 36.76% | 1.1% |
| 49th | Faroe Islands | 37.25% | 1.0% |
| 50th | Togo | 37.55% | 1.2% |
| 51st | Kosovo | 37.93% | 0.2% |
| 52nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 38.57% | 1.9% |
| 53rd | Central African Republic | 38.62% | 0.4% |
| 54th | Sierra Leone | 38.64% | 1.0% |
| 55th | Moldova | 39.28% | -0.1% |
| 56th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 39.39% | 1.0% |
| 57th | Zambia | 39.96% | 1.2% |
| 58th | Guinea-Bissau | 40.01% | 0.9% |
| 59th | Mauritius | 40.30% | -0.4% |
| 60th | Namibia | 41.79% | 2.3% |
| 61st | Seychelles | 42.66% | 0.0% |
| 62nd | Benin | 42.89% | 1.3% |
| 63rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 42.91% | -0.1% |
| 64th | Senegal | 43.64% | 0.9% |
| 65th | Thailand | 44.00% | 2.3% |
| 66th | Belize | 45.19% | -0.6% |
| 67th | Philippines | 45.52% | 2.7% |
| 68th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 45.74% | 0.7% |
| 69th | Mauritania | 45.95% | 2.7% |
| 70th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 46.06% | 0.3% |
| 71st | Haiti | 46.07% | 1.5% |
| 72nd | British Virgin Islands | 46.34% | 1.2% |
| 73rd | Turkmenistan | 46.92% | 0.1% |
| 74th | Côte d'Ivoire | 47.24% | 0.9% |
| 75th | Liberia | 48.14% | 1.1% |
| 76th | Kiribati | 48.46% | 2.3% |
| 77th | China | 49.23% | 1.8% |
| 78th | Indonesia | 49.85% | 1.4% |
| 79th | Slovenia | 50.12% | -0.2% |
| 80th | Ghana | 50.73% | 1.2% |
| 81st | Cameroon | 50.85% | 0.8% |
| 82nd | Guatemala | 51.33% | 1.2% |
| 83rd | Honduras | 51.33% | 1.3% |
| 84th | Uzbekistan | 51.33% | -0.5% |
| 85th | Nigeria | 51.68% | 1.6% |
| 86th | Albania | 51.88% | 2.5% |
| 87th | Isle of Man | 51.94% | 0.4% |
| 88th | Fiji | 52.04% | 0.9% |
| 89th | Equatorial Guinea | 53.12% | 5.2% |
| 90th | Azerbaijan | 53.28% | 0.3% |
| 91st | Jamaica | 53.75% | 0.4% |
| 92nd | Romania | 53.90% | 0.2% |
| 93rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.09% | -0.6% |
| 94th | Kazakhstan | 54.21% | 0.2% |
| 95th | Slovak Republic | 54.57% | -0.3% |
| 96th | Tuvalu | 55.05% | 2.0% |
| 97th | Georgia | 55.20% | 0.9% |
| 98th | Croatia | 55.28% | 0.0% |
| 99th | Syrian Arab Republic | 55.70% | 1.2% |
| 100th | Gambia, The | 56.01% | 1.2% |
| 101st | Nicaragua | 56.84% | 0.3% |
| 102nd | North Macedonia | 58.12% | 0.2% |
| 103rd | Morocco | 58.33% | 1.0% |
| 104th | Barbados | 59.24% | -0.1% |
| 105th | Serbia | 59.35% | 0.3% |
| 106th | Paraguay | 59.51% | 0.2% |
| 107th | Angola | 60.13% | 1.3% |
| 108th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 60.31% | 0.3% |
| 109th | French Polynesia | 60.76% | 1.2% |
| 110th | Poland | 60.85% | -0.2% |
| 111th | Portugal | 61.08% | 0.4% |
| 112th | Cabo Verde | 61.80% | 1.5% |
| 113th | Ireland | 61.89% | 0.4% |
| 114th | Nepal | 62.02% | 3.6% |
| 115th | Congo, Republic of | 62.39% | 0.3% |
| 116th | South Africa | 62.63% | 0.6% |
| 117th | Ecuador | 62.74% | 0.1% |
| 118th | Botswana | 63.49% | 1.2% |
| 119th | Aruba | 64.16% | -0.3% |
| 120th | Montenegro | 64.31% | 0.3% |
| 121st | Armenia | 64.33% | 0.0% |
| 122nd | Panama | 65.09% | 0.2% |
| 123rd | El Salvador | 65.43% | 1.4% |
| 124th | São Tomé and Principe | 66.06% | 1.5% |
| 125th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 66.41% | 0.7% |
| 126th | Suriname | 66.43% | -0.1% |
| 127th | Tunisia | 66.63% | 0.4% |
| 128th | New Caledonia | 66.70% | 0.1% |
| 129th | Lithuania | 66.77% | 0.0% |
| 130th | Austria | 67.10% | 0.1% |
| 131st | Algeria | 67.12% | 0.9% |
| 132nd | Cyprus | 67.52% | -0.2% |
| 133rd | Estonia | 67.80% | 0.1% |
| 134th | Latvia | 67.83% | 0.0% |
| 135th | Mongolia | 67.83% | 0.7% |
| 136th | Dominica | 68.00% | 0.6% |
| 137th | Italy | 68.22% | 0.2% |
| 138th | Ukraine | 68.64% | 0.2% |
| 139th | Iraq | 69.06% | 0.1% |
| 140th | Türkiye | 69.35% | 2.2% |
| 141st | Hungary | 69.53% | 1.6% |
| 142nd | Finland | 69.79% | 0.3% |
| 143rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 70.61% | 0.9% |
| 144th | Djibouti | 70.65% | 0.0% |
| 145th | Malaysia | 70.86% | 0.9% |
| 146th | Costa Rica | 71.51% | 2.0% |
| 147th | Bulgaria | 71.51% | 0.3% |
| 148th | European Union | 73.11% | 0.2% |
| 149th | Czechia | 73.35% | -0.1% |
| 150th | Marshall Islands | 73.41% | 0.7% |
| 151st | Switzerland | 73.61% | 0.0% |
| 152nd | Russian Federation | 73.67% | 0.2% |
| 153rd | Dominican Republic | 74.16% | 0.8% |
| 154th | Belarus | 74.55% | 0.5% |
| 155th | Oman | 75.16% | 0.8% |
| 156th | Brunei Darussalam | 75.25% | 0.2% |
| 157th | Greece | 76.36% | 0.5% |
| 158th | Mexico | 76.52% | 0.0% |
| 159th | Cuba | 76.61% | 0.2% |
| 160th | Colombia | 76.72% | 0.2% |
| 161st | France | 77.10% | 0.0% |
| 162nd | Peru | 77.40% | 0.8% |
| 163rd | Spain | 78.51% | 0.3% |
| 164th | Norway | 79.25% | 0.2% |
| 165th | Germany | 80.31% | 0.0% |
| 166th | Palau | 80.66% | 0.6% |
| 167th | United States | 80.70% | 0.0% |
| 168th | United Kingdom | 81.00% | 0.2% |
| 169th | Canada | 81.01% | 0.2% |
| 170th | Korea | 81.97% | 0.1% |
| 171st | Saudi Arabia | 82.08% | 0.3% |
| 172nd | Jordan | 82.26% | 1.4% |
| 173rd | Bahamas, The | 82.42% | 0.0% |
| 174th | United Arab Emirates | 83.37% | 0.2% |
| 175th | West Bank and Gaza | 83.89% | 0.5% |
| 176th | Greenland | 84.28% | 0.5% |
| 177th | Brazil | 84.34% | 0.3% |
| 178th | Belgium | 84.97% | 0.3% |
| 179th | Sweden | 85.13% | 0.2% |
| 180th | New Zealand | 85.86% | 0.0% |
| 181st | Gabon | 86.19% | 0.5% |
| 182nd | Australia | 86.22% | 0.1% |
| 183rd | American Samoa | 86.32% | -0.3% |
| 184th | Denmark | 86.87% | 0.1% |
| 185th | Chile | 86.96% | 0.1% |
| 186th | Netherlands | 87.35% | 1.3% |
| 187th | Lebanon | 87.64% | 0.2% |
| 188th | Libya | 88.12% | 0.0% |
| 189th | Luxembourg | 88.49% | 0.5% |
| 190th | Andorra | 88.76% | -0.1% |
| 191st | Turks and Caicos Islands | 90.37% | 0.5% |
| 192nd | Japan | 90.62% | 0.6% |
| 193rd | Northern Mariana Islands | 90.95% | 0.1% |
| 194th | Argentina | 90.99% | 0.2% |
| 195th | Curaçao | 91.25% | 0.0% |
| 196th | Israel | 91.73% | 0.0% |
| 197th | Iceland | 93.46% | 0.0% |
| 198th | Puerto Rico (US) | 93.76% | 0.0% |
| 199th | Guam | 94.08% | 0.0% |
| 200th | Malta | 94.24% | 0.1% |
| 201st | Uruguay | 94.33% | 0.4% |
| 202nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 94.57% | 0.1% |
| 203rd | San Marino | 97.07% | 0.2% |
| 204th | Qatar | 98.51% | 0.2% |
| 205th | Bahrain | 100.00% | 1.7% |
| 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% | 0.0% |
| 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 2010?▾
Korea's urban population in 2010 was 81.97%. This ranked 170th globally.
How did Korea's urban population change in 2010?▾
Korea's urban population increased by 0.1% in 2010 compared to 2009.
Which country had the highest urban population in 2010?▾
Bahrain had the highest urban population in 2010 at 100.00%.
What is the urban population of Korea in 2010?▾
The urban population of Korea in 2010 was 81.97%. This ranked 170th globally.
How does 2010 compare to 2009 for Korea's urban population?▾
Korea's urban population went from 81.92% in 2009 to 81.97% in 2010, a 0.1% increase.
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