Latvia - Urban Population 1972
64.00%
+0.65% from 1971
Latvia's urban population was 64.00% in 1972, increased +0.65% from 63.36% in 1971. This was the 168th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1972▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burundi | 3.14% | 4.5% |
| 2nd | Rwanda | 3.55% | 5.3% |
| 3rd | Bhutan | 4.09% | 16.6% |
| 4th | Nepal | 4.33% | 8.4% |
| 5th | Burkina Faso | 6.10% | 1.6% |
| 6th | Uganda | 6.29% | 0.9% |
| 7th | Malawi | 6.53% | 6.7% |
| 8th | Yemen, Republic of | 6.90% | 7.4% |
| 9th | Solomon Islands | 7.91% | 4.9% |
| 10th | Tanzania | 8.03% | 13.4% |
| 11th | Bangladesh | 8.09% | 4.8% |
| 12th | Mozambique | 8.32% | 6.9% |
| 13th | South Sudan | 8.51% | -0.1% |
| 14th | Lao PDR | 10.19% | 3.5% |
| 15th | Lesotho | 10.22% | 4.9% |
| 16th | Niger | 10.27% | 6.3% |
| 17th | Botswana | 10.57% | 6.9% |
| 18th | Kenya | 11.16% | 5.3% |
| 19th | Mali | 11.49% | 3.3% |
| 20th | Papua New Guinea | 11.68% | 5.3% |
| 21st | Vanuatu | 11.75% | 3.1% |
| 22nd | Eswatini | 11.75% | 7.9% |
| 23rd | Afghanistan | 12.16% | 4.3% |
| 24th | Chad | 12.48% | 4.9% |
| 25th | Timor-Leste | 12.97% | 3.2% |
| 26th | Eritrea | 13.13% | 1.3% |
| 27th | Maldives | 13.47% | 7.9% |
| 28th | Thailand | 13.92% | 2.6% |
| 29th | Tuvalu | 14.60% | 0.5% |
| 30th | Madagascar | 15.05% | 3.5% |
| 31st | Gambia, The | 15.14% | 7.0% |
| 32nd | Guinea-Bissau | 15.21% | 0.8% |
| 33rd | Angola | 15.76% | 4.6% |
| 34th | China | 17.13% | -0.7% |
| 35th | Mauritania | 17.30% | 6.9% |
| 36th | Indonesia | 17.45% | 2.1% |
| 37th | British Virgin Islands | 17.52% | 2.9% |
| 38th | Sudan | 18.27% | 2.0% |
| 39th | Liechtenstein | 18.35% | -0.1% |
| 40th | Zimbabwe | 18.40% | 2.7% |
| 41st | Guinea | 18.76% | 4.8% |
| 42nd | Benin | 19.81% | 5.6% |
| 43rd | Tonga | 20.22% | 0.1% |
| 44th | India | 20.28% | 1.5% |
| 45th | Haiti | 20.39% | 0.6% |
| 46th | Cabo Verde | 20.47% | 2.3% |
| 47th | Comoros | 20.48% | 1.7% |
| 48th | Viet Nam | 20.60% | -0.3% |
| 49th | Samoa | 20.73% | 0.7% |
| 50th | Nigeria | 21.57% | 3.3% |
| 51st | Togo | 22.24% | 1.9% |
| 52nd | Sri Lanka | 22.44% | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Cameroon | 22.73% | 6.3% |
| 54th | St. Lucia | 22.77% | 1.7% |
| 55th | Myanmar | 23.78% | 0.9% |
| 56th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 24.30% | 2.2% |
| 57th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 24.54% | 1.1% |
| 58th | Kiribati | 25.10% | 1.2% |
| 59th | Namibia | 25.11% | 0.3% |
| 60th | Pakistan | 25.35% | 1.1% |
| 61st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 25.50% | 0.6% |
| 62nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 25.57% | 3.2% |
| 63rd | Sierra Leone | 25.92% | 3.0% |
| 64th | Equatorial Guinea | 26.21% | 0.0% |
| 65th | Kosovo | 27.68% | 2.3% |
| 66th | Liberia | 27.77% | 3.2% |
| 67th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 28.99% | 3.1% |
| 68th | Faroe Islands | 29.23% | 2.2% |
| 69th | Cambodia | 29.36% | 30.2% |
| 70th | Ghana | 29.54% | 0.9% |
| 71st | Côte d'Ivoire | 29.54% | 2.4% |
| 72nd | Guyana | 30.04% | -0.2% |
| 73rd | Malaysia | 30.14% | 1.2% |
| 74th | Honduras | 30.22% | 2.6% |
| 75th | Central African Republic | 30.67% | 5.5% |
| 76th | São Tomé and Principe | 30.81% | 1.5% |
| 77th | Albania | 31.98% | 0.6% |
| 78th | Philippines | 32.29% | 0.6% |
| 79th | Türkiye | 32.32% | 3.3% |
| 80th | Grenada | 32.41% | 0.3% |
| 81st | Senegal | 32.51% | 1.8% |
| 82nd | Zambia | 33.19% | 4.0% |
| 83rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 33.72% | 0.1% |
| 84th | Moldova | 33.84% | 3.2% |
| 85th | Channel Islands | 34.51% | -1.2% |
| 86th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 34.73% | 0.8% |
| 87th | Montenegro | 35.54% | 3.2% |
| 88th | Morocco | 35.70% | 2.0% |
| 89th | Fiji | 36.03% | 1.0% |
| 90th | Portugal | 36.33% | 1.6% |
| 91st | Guatemala | 36.37% | 0.4% |
| 92nd | Gabon | 36.49% | 6.8% |
| 93rd | Tajikistan | 36.78% | -0.6% |
| 94th | Uzbekistan | 37.10% | 1.1% |
| 95th | Paraguay | 37.41% | 0.6% |
| 96th | Oman | 37.57% | 6.3% |
| 97th | Kyrgyz Republic | 37.77% | 0.4% |
| 98th | Congo, Republic of | 38.90% | 0.8% |
| 99th | Slovenia | 39.06% | 2.9% |
| 100th | Dominica | 39.22% | 1.1% |
| 101st | El Salvador | 39.73% | 0.5% |
| 102nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 39.77% | 0.8% |
| 103rd | Algeria | 39.82% | 0.3% |
| 104th | Costa Rica | 40.16% | 1.6% |
| 105th | Ecuador | 40.28% | 1.2% |
| 106th | Cyprus | 41.49% | 1.9% |
| 107th | Serbia | 41.53% | 1.8% |
| 108th | Seychelles | 41.73% | 4.0% |
| 109th | Croatia | 41.98% | 1.9% |
| 110th | Trinidad and Tobago | 42.24% | 4.3% |
| 111th | Dominican Republic | 42.55% | 2.9% |
| 112th | Jamaica | 42.85% | 1.7% |
| 113th | Slovak Republic | 43.00% | 2.5% |
| 114th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 43.13% | 0.6% |
| 115th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 43.16% | 0.2% |
| 116th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 43.34% | 2.1% |
| 117th | Korea | 43.79% | 3.4% |
| 118th | Romania | 43.91% | 2.2% |
| 119th | Mauritius | 44.10% | 0.1% |
| 120th | Syrian Arab Republic | 44.11% | 0.8% |
| 121st | Mongolia | 46.43% | 1.6% |
| 122nd | Belarus | 46.57% | 3.0% |
| 123rd | Tunisia | 47.23% | 2.7% |
| 124th | Turkmenistan | 47.85% | -0.1% |
| 125th | South Africa | 47.91% | 0.1% |
| 126th | Panama | 48.15% | 0.5% |
| 127th | Nicaragua | 48.27% | 0.9% |
| 128th | Barbados | 48.40% | 3.9% |
| 129th | Georgia | 48.62% | 0.7% |
| 130th | North Macedonia | 49.05% | 1.6% |
| 131st | Azerbaijan | 50.70% | 0.7% |
| 132nd | Kazakhstan | 51.25% | 0.7% |
| 133rd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 51.76% | 0.6% |
| 134th | Austria | 52.12% | 0.5% |
| 135th | Jordan | 52.40% | 1.6% |
| 136th | Lithuania | 52.63% | 2.5% |
| 137th | Ireland | 52.76% | 0.8% |
| 138th | Poland | 53.18% | 1.2% |
| 139th | Saudi Arabia | 53.19% | 3.8% |
| 140th | New Caledonia | 53.29% | 1.6% |
| 141st | Belize | 54.06% | -0.3% |
| 142nd | Libya | 54.35% | 7.8% |
| 143rd | Isle of Man | 55.01% | -1.1% |
| 144th | Bulgaria | 55.17% | 2.5% |
| 145th | French Polynesia | 55.35% | 2.0% |
| 146th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 55.57% | 1.2% |
| 147th | Brazil | 55.66% | 2.5% |
| 148th | Hungary | 55.77% | 0.4% |
| 149th | Ukraine | 56.61% | 1.6% |
| 150th | American Samoa | 56.66% | 1.8% |
| 151st | West Bank and Gaza | 57.15% | 1.8% |
| 152nd | Switzerland | 58.33% | 0.7% |
| 153rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 58.86% | 1.8% |
| 154th | Iraq | 59.01% | 1.7% |
| 155th | Peru | 59.57% | 1.5% |
| 156th | Palau | 59.84% | 1.2% |
| 157th | Marshall Islands | 59.93% | 4.3% |
| 158th | Colombia | 60.00% | 1.5% |
| 159th | Mexico | 60.59% | 1.3% |
| 160th | Finland | 61.09% | 0.7% |
| 161st | Cuba | 61.28% | 1.0% |
| 162nd | Armenia | 61.54% | 1.5% |
| 163rd | Lebanon | 62.53% | 2.5% |
| 164th | Netherlands | 63.07% | 0.4% |
| 165th | Aruba | 63.44% | 0.8% |
| 166th | Brunei Darussalam | 63.54% | -0.1% |
| 167th | San Marino | 63.82% | 3.6% |
| 168th | Latvia | 64.00% | 1.0% |
| 169th | Russian Federation | 64.16% | 1.5% |
| 170th | Italy | 65.10% | 0.5% |
| 171st | European Union | 65.51% | 0.7% |
| 172nd | Greece | 65.60% | 0.9% |
| 173rd | Djibouti | 65.61% | 1.9% |
| 174th | Czechia | 65.71% | 1.1% |
| 175th | Suriname | 65.95% | 0.0% |
| 176th | Estonia | 66.11% | 0.9% |
| 177th | Bahamas, The | 66.14% | 1.4% |
| 178th | Norway | 67.12% | 1.0% |
| 179th | Spain | 67.39% | 0.9% |
| 180th | Belgium | 71.47% | 0.6% |
| 181st | France | 72.31% | 0.6% |
| 182nd | United States | 73.56% | 0.0% |
| 183rd | Japan | 73.68% | 1.3% |
| 184th | Greenland | 73.73% | 0.4% |
| 185th | Luxembourg | 75.51% | 0.8% |
| 186th | Canada | 76.02% | -0.1% |
| 187th | Chile | 76.65% | 0.9% |
| 188th | United Kingdom | 76.97% | 0.1% |
| 189th | Bahrain | 78.19% | 0.1% |
| 190th | Qatar | 78.38% | 0.8% |
| 191st | Curaçao | 79.34% | 0.3% |
| 192nd | Germany | 79.73% | 0.0% |
| 193rd | Argentina | 79.74% | 0.6% |
| 194th | Denmark | 80.78% | 0.7% |
| 195th | Andorra | 81.40% | 2.3% |
| 196th | New Zealand | 81.93% | 0.5% |
| 197th | Sweden | 81.99% | 0.4% |
| 198th | Uruguay | 82.34% | 0.2% |
| 199th | United Arab Emirates | 82.64% | 0.8% |
| 200th | Kuwait | 83.54% | 2.3% |
| 201st | Israel | 85.34% | 0.6% |
| 202nd | Australia | 85.70% | 0.2% |
| 203rd | Iceland | 85.75% | 0.5% |
| 204th | Northern Mariana Islands | 86.39% | 3.6% |
| 205th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 88.34% | 0.4% |
| 206th | Guam | 88.75% | 0.0% |
| 207th | Malta | 89.38% | 0.0% |
| 208th | Macao SAR, China | 97.34% | 0.2% |
| 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 Latvia's urban population in 1972?▾
Latvia's urban population in 1972 was 64.00%. This ranked 168th globally.
How did Latvia's urban population change in 1972?▾
Latvia's urban population increased by 1.0% in 1972 compared to 1971.
Which country had the highest urban population in 1972?▾
Bermuda had the highest urban population in 1972 at 100.00%.
What is the urban population of Latvia in 1972?▾
The urban population of Latvia in 1972 was 64.00%. This ranked 168th globally.
How does 1972 compare to 1971 for Latvia's urban population?▾
Latvia's urban population went from 63.36% in 1971 to 64.00% in 1972, a 1.0% increase.
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