Latvia - Urban Population 2017
67.97%
+0.04% from 2016
Latvia's urban population was 67.97% in 2017, increased +0.04% from 67.93% in 2016. This was the 127th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2017▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Papua New Guinea | 13.52% | 1.2% |
| 2nd | Liechtenstein | 14.51% | 0.2% |
| 3rd | Malawi | 15.96% | 0.4% |
| 4th | Niger | 16.50% | 0.7% |
| 5th | Burundi | 16.62% | 6.4% |
| 6th | Samoa | 18.97% | -0.8% |
| 7th | Sri Lanka | 19.15% | 0.9% |
| 8th | South Sudan | 19.35% | 1.4% |
| 9th | Rwanda | 20.25% | 5.9% |
| 10th | St. Lucia | 21.78% | 4.6% |
| 11th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.33% | 0.0% |
| 12th | Tonga | 22.97% | -0.7% |
| 13th | Chad | 23.46% | 1.5% |
| 14th | Eswatini | 23.81% | 1.2% |
| 15th | Vanuatu | 24.76% | -0.4% |
| 16th | Afghanistan | 24.84% | 0.7% |
| 17th | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.85% | -0.3% |
| 18th | Solomon Islands | 25.38% | 3.6% |
| 19th | Burkina Faso | 25.98% | 0.6% |
| 20th | Tajikistan | 26.27% | -0.4% |
| 21st | Guyana | 26.41% | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Uganda | 26.41% | 2.8% |
| 23rd | Mali | 27.06% | 2.3% |
| 24th | Timor-Leste | 29.36% | -0.3% |
| 25th | Madagascar | 29.67% | 0.8% |
| 26th | Myanmar | 29.91% | 0.3% |
| 27th | Bangladesh | 30.20% | 1.1% |
| 28th | Comoros | 31.10% | 1.2% |
| 29th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 31.32% | 0.1% |
| 30th | Kenya | 31.54% | -0.4% |
| 31st | Tanzania | 32.30% | 1.7% |
| 32nd | Mozambique | 32.63% | 0.8% |
| 33rd | Channel Islands | 32.79% | 0.1% |
| 34th | India | 33.18% | 1.0% |
| 35th | Viet Nam | 33.36% | 1.6% |
| 36th | Yemen, Republic of | 33.56% | 1.8% |
| 37th | Sudan | 34.29% | 0.3% |
| 38th | Lao PDR | 34.51% | 2.0% |
| 39th | Zimbabwe | 34.70% | 1.8% |
| 40th | Kyrgyz Republic | 35.00% | -0.2% |
| 41st | Cambodia | 35.01% | 7.8% |
| 42nd | Eritrea | 35.44% | -0.2% |
| 43rd | Guinea | 35.58% | 0.8% |
| 44th | Grenada | 36.02% | 0.1% |
| 45th | Pakistan | 36.44% | 0.8% |
| 46th | Lesotho | 36.53% | 2.9% |
| 47th | Bhutan | 37.86% | 1.6% |
| 48th | Faroe Islands | 38.33% | 0.0% |
| 49th | Maldives | 39.33% | 1.0% |
| 50th | Mauritius | 39.45% | -0.3% |
| 51st | Moldova | 39.97% | 0.6% |
| 52nd | Togo | 40.58% | 1.1% |
| 53rd | Central African Republic | 40.82% | 1.1% |
| 54th | Sierra Leone | 41.71% | 1.2% |
| 55th | Kosovo | 41.76% | 2.4% |
| 56th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 42.11% | 0.9% |
| 57th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 42.45% | -0.2% |
| 58th | Zambia | 42.73% | 0.9% |
| 59th | Guinea-Bissau | 43.02% | 1.0% |
| 60th | Belize | 43.42% | -0.6% |
| 61st | Seychelles | 43.50% | 0.5% |
| 62nd | Namibia | 46.81% | 1.4% |
| 63rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 46.94% | 0.3% |
| 64th | Turkmenistan | 47.03% | 0.0% |
| 65th | Benin | 47.29% | 1.5% |
| 66th | Senegal | 47.93% | 1.9% |
| 67th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 48.36% | 5.3% |
| 68th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 48.49% | 1.0% |
| 69th | Thailand | 49.23% | 2.8% |
| 70th | Côte d'Ivoire | 50.40% | 0.9% |
| 71st | Uzbekistan | 50.68% | 0.0% |
| 72nd | Haiti | 50.74% | 1.3% |
| 73rd | British Virgin Islands | 50.90% | 1.4% |
| 74th | Liberia | 51.80% | 1.0% |
| 75th | Isle of Man | 52.15% | 0.0% |
| 76th | Philippines | 52.60% | 1.3% |
| 77th | Kiribati | 52.97% | 2.3% |
| 78th | Cameroon | 53.31% | 0.6% |
| 79th | Romania | 53.36% | -0.4% |
| 80th | Slovak Republic | 53.61% | -0.2% |
| 81st | Guatemala | 53.80% | 0.3% |
| 82nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 53.93% | 0.0% |
| 83rd | Mauritania | 54.20% | 2.4% |
| 84th | Indonesia | 54.45% | 1.2% |
| 85th | Ghana | 54.70% | 1.0% |
| 86th | Slovenia | 55.25% | 3.0% |
| 87th | Honduras | 55.39% | 0.9% |
| 88th | Fiji | 55.74% | 1.0% |
| 89th | Croatia | 55.90% | 0.3% |
| 90th | Jamaica | 55.92% | 0.7% |
| 91st | Albania | 55.98% | 0.7% |
| 92nd | Azerbaijan | 56.43% | 1.2% |
| 93rd | Nigeria | 57.35% | 1.4% |
| 94th | Kazakhstan | 57.46% | 1.3% |
| 95th | Georgia | 58.00% | 0.5% |
| 96th | Nicaragua | 58.19% | 0.3% |
| 97th | Barbados | 59.26% | 0.0% |
| 98th | North Macedonia | 59.74% | 0.6% |
| 99th | Tuvalu | 59.95% | 0.8% |
| 100th | Poland | 60.15% | -0.2% |
| 101st | China | 60.24% | 2.4% |
| 102nd | Gambia, The | 60.47% | 1.0% |
| 103rd | Serbia | 60.62% | 0.4% |
| 104th | Portugal | 61.13% | 0.0% |
| 105th | Morocco | 61.28% | 0.5% |
| 106th | French Polynesia | 61.79% | 0.0% |
| 107th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 61.82% | 0.4% |
| 108th | Aruba | 62.78% | -0.4% |
| 109th | Ireland | 62.90% | 0.3% |
| 110th | Paraguay | 62.95% | 1.4% |
| 111th | Ecuador | 63.02% | 0.0% |
| 112th | South Africa | 63.33% | 0.1% |
| 113th | Congo, Republic of | 63.35% | 0.2% |
| 114th | Armenia | 64.71% | 0.2% |
| 115th | Montenegro | 65.00% | 0.1% |
| 116th | Angola | 65.09% | 1.2% |
| 117th | Nepal | 65.58% | 0.4% |
| 118th | Panama | 65.66% | 0.1% |
| 119th | Botswana | 65.95% | 0.4% |
| 120th | Suriname | 66.10% | -0.1% |
| 121st | Cyprus | 66.89% | -0.1% |
| 122nd | New Caledonia | 66.97% | 0.1% |
| 123rd | Lithuania | 67.10% | -0.1% |
| 124th | São Tomé and Principe | 67.65% | 0.2% |
| 125th | Austria | 67.91% | 0.3% |
| 126th | Mongolia | 67.93% | -0.1% |
| 127th | Latvia | 67.97% | 0.1% |
| 128th | Tunisia | 68.29% | 0.3% |
| 129th | Estonia | 68.99% | 0.4% |
| 130th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 69.08% | 0.5% |
| 131st | Cabo Verde | 69.20% | 1.7% |
| 132nd | Ukraine | 69.26% | 0.1% |
| 133rd | Italy | 69.52% | -0.1% |
| 134th | Equatorial Guinea | 69.55% | 0.4% |
| 135th | Iraq | 69.89% | 0.0% |
| 136th | Hungary | 70.45% | 0.0% |
| 137th | Dominica | 70.64% | 0.6% |
| 138th | El Salvador | 71.09% | 1.0% |
| 139th | Djibouti | 71.32% | 0.2% |
| 140th | Algeria | 71.32% | 0.8% |
| 141st | Finland | 71.96% | 0.5% |
| 142nd | Czechia | 72.91% | -0.1% |
| 143rd | Bulgaria | 73.39% | 0.3% |
| 144th | Dominican Republic | 73.93% | -0.2% |
| 145th | European Union | 74.19% | 0.1% |
| 146th | Malaysia | 74.24% | 0.5% |
| 147th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 74.40% | 0.7% |
| 148th | Russian Federation | 74.46% | 0.1% |
| 149th | Syrian Arab Republic | 74.54% | -0.8% |
| 150th | Brunei Darussalam | 74.85% | 0.0% |
| 151st | Costa Rica | 76.05% | 0.7% |
| 152nd | Marshall Islands | 76.23% | 0.5% |
| 153rd | Cuba | 76.96% | 0.1% |
| 154th | Belarus | 77.02% | 0.2% |
| 155th | Colombia | 77.22% | 0.0% |
| 156th | Mexico | 77.72% | 0.4% |
| 157th | Greece | 77.89% | 0.2% |
| 158th | Switzerland | 77.91% | 1.6% |
| 159th | Oman | 78.31% | 0.7% |
| 160th | France | 78.65% | 0.1% |
| 161st | Spain | 79.47% | 0.1% |
| 162nd | Palau | 79.83% | -0.4% |
| 163rd | United States | 80.40% | -0.1% |
| 164th | Germany | 80.98% | 0.2% |
| 165th | Canada | 81.40% | 0.1% |
| 166th | Korea | 81.47% | -0.1% |
| 167th | Norway | 81.97% | 0.4% |
| 168th | Bahamas, The | 82.08% | -0.1% |
| 169th | Peru | 82.19% | 1.0% |
| 170th | United Kingdom | 82.23% | 0.3% |
| 171st | Saudi Arabia | 83.30% | 0.2% |
| 172nd | American Samoa | 83.89% | -0.5% |
| 173rd | New Zealand | 84.17% | -0.6% |
| 174th | United Arab Emirates | 84.69% | 0.2% |
| 175th | West Bank and Gaza | 85.38% | 0.0% |
| 176th | Brazil | 86.20% | 0.3% |
| 177th | Greenland | 86.39% | 0.2% |
| 178th | Belgium | 86.67% | 0.3% |
| 179th | Australia | 87.13% | 0.1% |
| 180th | Sweden | 87.24% | 0.3% |
| 181st | Chile | 87.80% | 0.2% |
| 182nd | Libya | 87.82% | 0.0% |
| 183rd | Denmark | 88.02% | 0.4% |
| 184th | Türkiye | 88.03% | -0.1% |
| 185th | Andorra | 88.50% | 0.0% |
| 186th | Gabon | 89.00% | 0.5% |
| 187th | Lebanon | 89.05% | 0.2% |
| 188th | Jordan | 90.88% | 0.3% |
| 189th | Netherlands | 91.12% | 0.6% |
| 190th | Curaçao | 91.35% | 0.0% |
| 191st | Northern Mariana Islands | 91.47% | 0.1% |
| 192nd | Japan | 91.55% | 0.1% |
| 193rd | Israel | 91.67% | 0.0% |
| 194th | Argentina | 91.68% | 0.1% |
| 195th | Luxembourg | 92.10% | 0.6% |
| 196th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 92.42% | 0.3% |
| 197th | Iceland | 93.77% | 0.0% |
| 198th | Puerto Rico (US) | 93.86% | 0.0% |
| 199th | Guam | 94.08% | 0.0% |
| 200th | Malta | 94.57% | 0.1% |
| 201st | Virgin Islands (US) | 95.04% | 0.0% |
| 202nd | Uruguay | 95.23% | 0.1% |
| 203rd | San Marino | 97.10% | 0.0% |
| 204th | Qatar | 99.03% | 0.0% |
| 205th | Bahrain | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 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 Latvia's urban population in 2017?▾
Latvia's urban population in 2017 was 67.97%. This ranked 127th globally.
How did Latvia's urban population change in 2017?▾
Latvia's urban population increased by 0.1% in 2017 compared to 2016.
Which country had the highest urban population in 2017?▾
Bahrain had the highest urban population in 2017 at 100.00%.
What is the urban population of Latvia in 2017?▾
The urban population of Latvia in 2017 was 67.97%. This ranked 127th globally.
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Latvia's urban population?▾
Latvia's urban population went from 67.93% in 2016 to 67.97% in 2017, a 0.1% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Latvia matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2017. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 0.7%. View full analysis →
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