Maldives - Urban Population 2015
38.58%
+0.38% from 2014
Maldives's urban population was 38.58% in 2015, increased +0.38% from 38.19% in 2014. This was the 49th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2015▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Papua New Guinea | 13.23% | 0.8% |
| 2nd | Liechtenstein | 14.45% | 0.1% |
| 3rd | Burundi | 14.67% | 6.4% |
| 4th | Malawi | 15.83% | 0.4% |
| 5th | Niger | 16.30% | 0.4% |
| 6th | Rwanda | 18.20% | 4.0% |
| 7th | Sri Lanka | 18.80% | 1.0% |
| 8th | South Sudan | 18.81% | 1.4% |
| 9th | Samoa | 19.23% | -0.4% |
| 10th | St. Lucia | 20.02% | 3.2% |
| 11th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.31% | 0.0% |
| 12th | Chad | 22.80% | 1.2% |
| 13th | Tonga | 23.24% | -0.4% |
| 14th | Eswatini | 23.27% | 1.0% |
| 15th | Solomon Islands | 23.66% | 3.5% |
| 16th | Afghanistan | 24.46% | 1.1% |
| 17th | Vanuatu | 24.86% | 0.0% |
| 18th | Uganda | 24.98% | 3.2% |
| 19th | Antigua and Barbuda | 25.00% | -0.4% |
| 20th | Burkina Faso | 25.62% | 0.9% |
| 21st | Mali | 25.85% | 2.3% |
| 22nd | Guyana | 26.40% | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Tajikistan | 26.48% | -0.3% |
| 24th | Madagascar | 29.17% | 0.9% |
| 25th | Timor-Leste | 29.50% | -0.1% |
| 26th | Bangladesh | 29.54% | 1.2% |
| 27th | Myanmar | 29.72% | 0.3% |
| 28th | Cambodia | 30.07% | 8.1% |
| 29th | Comoros | 30.37% | 1.1% |
| 30th | Tanzania | 31.21% | 1.8% |
| 31st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 31.25% | 0.1% |
| 32nd | Kenya | 31.73% | -0.2% |
| 33rd | Mozambique | 32.14% | 0.8% |
| 34th | Viet Nam | 32.38% | 1.4% |
| 35th | Yemen, Republic of | 32.39% | 1.6% |
| 36th | India | 32.55% | 1.0% |
| 37th | Channel Islands | 32.69% | 0.2% |
| 38th | Lao PDR | 33.12% | 1.4% |
| 39th | Zimbabwe | 33.56% | 1.2% |
| 40th | Lesotho | 34.09% | 4.4% |
| 41st | Sudan | 34.09% | 1.0% |
| 42nd | Guinea | 35.04% | 0.6% |
| 43rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 35.10% | -0.1% |
| 44th | Eritrea | 35.59% | -0.1% |
| 45th | Pakistan | 35.90% | 0.7% |
| 46th | Grenada | 35.93% | 0.1% |
| 47th | Bhutan | 36.70% | 1.6% |
| 48th | Faroe Islands | 38.14% | 0.6% |
| 49th | Maldives | 38.58% | 1.0% |
| 50th | Mauritius | 39.67% | -0.3% |
| 51st | Moldova | 39.70% | 0.2% |
| 52nd | Togo | 39.72% | 1.1% |
| 53rd | Kosovo | 39.92% | 1.8% |
| 54th | Central African Republic | 39.98% | 0.9% |
| 55th | Sierra Leone | 40.77% | 1.1% |
| 56th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 41.34% | 0.9% |
| 57th | Zambia | 41.96% | 0.9% |
| 58th | Guinea-Bissau | 42.16% | 1.0% |
| 59th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 42.61% | -0.2% |
| 60th | Seychelles | 43.09% | 0.4% |
| 61st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 43.86% | 3.6% |
| 62nd | Belize | 43.93% | -0.6% |
| 63rd | Namibia | 45.51% | 1.5% |
| 64th | Benin | 45.94% | 1.4% |
| 65th | Senegal | 46.27% | 1.5% |
| 66th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 46.68% | 0.3% |
| 67th | Thailand | 46.95% | 1.4% |
| 68th | Turkmenistan | 47.01% | 0.0% |
| 69th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 47.57% | 0.9% |
| 70th | Haiti | 49.43% | 1.4% |
| 71st | Côte d'Ivoire | 49.47% | 0.9% |
| 72nd | British Virgin Islands | 49.49% | 1.4% |
| 73rd | Uzbekistan | 50.66% | -0.4% |
| 74th | Liberia | 50.74% | 1.0% |
| 75th | Kiribati | 50.95% | 1.1% |
| 76th | Philippines | 51.15% | 1.8% |
| 77th | Mauritania | 51.67% | 2.4% |
| 78th | Isle of Man | 52.12% | 0.0% |
| 79th | Cameroon | 52.64% | 0.7% |
| 80th | Indonesia | 53.17% | 1.3% |
| 81st | Guatemala | 53.44% | 0.6% |
| 82nd | Ghana | 53.62% | 1.0% |
| 83rd | Slovenia | 53.66% | 5.3% |
| 84th | Romania | 53.71% | -0.2% |
| 85th | Slovak Republic | 53.87% | -0.2% |
| 86th | Trinidad and Tobago | 53.93% | 0.0% |
| 87th | Honduras | 54.38% | 0.9% |
| 88th | Fiji | 54.62% | 1.0% |
| 89th | Azerbaijan | 55.16% | 1.0% |
| 90th | Albania | 55.16% | 0.8% |
| 91st | Jamaica | 55.20% | 0.6% |
| 92nd | Croatia | 55.58% | 0.2% |
| 93rd | Nigeria | 55.73% | 1.5% |
| 94th | Kazakhstan | 56.11% | 1.0% |
| 95th | China | 57.33% | 2.8% |
| 96th | Georgia | 57.38% | 0.6% |
| 97th | Nicaragua | 57.81% | 0.3% |
| 98th | Tuvalu | 58.91% | 1.1% |
| 99th | North Macedonia | 59.07% | 0.5% |
| 100th | Barbados | 59.25% | 0.0% |
| 101st | Gambia, The | 59.25% | 1.1% |
| 102nd | Serbia | 60.14% | 0.4% |
| 103rd | Poland | 60.34% | -0.2% |
| 104th | Morocco | 60.64% | 0.6% |
| 105th | Portugal | 61.14% | 0.0% |
| 106th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 61.32% | 0.4% |
| 107th | Paraguay | 61.33% | 1.0% |
| 108th | French Polynesia | 61.74% | 0.1% |
| 109th | Ireland | 62.64% | 0.2% |
| 110th | Ecuador | 62.96% | 0.1% |
| 111th | Congo, Republic of | 63.14% | 0.2% |
| 112th | South Africa | 63.21% | 0.1% |
| 113th | Aruba | 63.23% | -0.3% |
| 114th | Angola | 63.52% | 1.3% |
| 115th | Armenia | 64.49% | 0.1% |
| 116th | Montenegro | 64.82% | 0.1% |
| 117th | Nepal | 64.95% | 0.6% |
| 118th | Botswana | 65.41% | 0.5% |
| 119th | Panama | 65.53% | 0.1% |
| 120th | Suriname | 66.18% | -0.1% |
| 121st | New Caledonia | 66.83% | 0.1% |
| 122nd | Cabo Verde | 66.90% | 1.7% |
| 123rd | Cyprus | 67.04% | -0.1% |
| 124th | Lithuania | 67.23% | 0.1% |
| 125th | São Tomé and Principe | 67.39% | 0.2% |
| 126th | Austria | 67.56% | 0.2% |
| 127th | Tunisia | 67.88% | 0.2% |
| 128th | Latvia | 67.90% | 0.0% |
| 129th | Mongolia | 68.00% | 0.0% |
| 130th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 68.40% | 0.5% |
| 131st | Estonia | 68.48% | 0.3% |
| 132nd | Equatorial Guinea | 68.95% | 5.2% |
| 133rd | Ukraine | 69.16% | 0.1% |
| 134th | Italy | 69.61% | 0.0% |
| 135th | El Salvador | 69.70% | 1.1% |
| 136th | Dominica | 69.87% | 0.5% |
| 137th | Iraq | 69.92% | 0.4% |
| 138th | Algeria | 70.14% | 0.9% |
| 139th | Hungary | 70.48% | 0.3% |
| 140th | Djibouti | 71.01% | 0.2% |
| 141st | Finland | 71.31% | 0.4% |
| 142nd | Czechia | 73.04% | -0.1% |
| 143rd | Bulgaria | 73.10% | 0.0% |
| 144th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 73.36% | 0.7% |
| 145th | Malaysia | 73.44% | 0.6% |
| 146th | European Union | 73.87% | 0.2% |
| 147th | Dominican Republic | 74.14% | -0.1% |
| 148th | Russian Federation | 74.28% | 0.1% |
| 149th | Brunei Darussalam | 74.95% | -0.1% |
| 150th | Costa Rica | 75.02% | 0.7% |
| 151st | Marshall Islands | 75.47% | 0.5% |
| 152nd | Switzerland | 75.60% | 1.2% |
| 153rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 75.75% | -0.3% |
| 154th | Belarus | 76.63% | 0.4% |
| 155th | Cuba | 76.87% | 0.0% |
| 156th | Colombia | 77.16% | 0.1% |
| 157th | Mexico | 77.19% | 0.3% |
| 158th | Oman | 77.30% | 0.5% |
| 159th | Greece | 77.52% | 0.3% |
| 160th | France | 77.76% | 0.5% |
| 161st | Spain | 79.25% | 0.2% |
| 162nd | Palau | 80.39% | -0.4% |
| 163rd | United States | 80.57% | -0.1% |
| 164th | Germany | 80.70% | 0.2% |
| 165th | Peru | 80.70% | 0.9% |
| 166th | Norway | 81.24% | 0.8% |
| 167th | Canada | 81.25% | 0.0% |
| 168th | Korea | 81.64% | -0.1% |
| 169th | United Kingdom | 81.82% | 0.2% |
| 170th | Bahamas, The | 82.26% | -0.1% |
| 171st | Saudi Arabia | 82.96% | 0.2% |
| 172nd | United Arab Emirates | 84.33% | 0.2% |
| 173rd | American Samoa | 84.67% | -0.4% |
| 174th | New Zealand | 85.15% | -0.4% |
| 175th | West Bank and Gaza | 85.22% | 0.2% |
| 176th | Brazil | 85.69% | 0.3% |
| 177th | Greenland | 86.05% | 0.4% |
| 178th | Belgium | 86.22% | 0.3% |
| 179th | Sweden | 86.62% | 0.4% |
| 180th | Australia | 86.88% | 0.2% |
| 181st | Türkiye | 87.22% | 4.3% |
| 182nd | Chile | 87.47% | 0.2% |
| 183rd | Denmark | 87.73% | 0.0% |
| 184th | Libya | 87.82% | -0.2% |
| 185th | Gabon | 88.09% | 0.5% |
| 186th | Andorra | 88.52% | 0.0% |
| 187th | Lebanon | 88.62% | 0.2% |
| 188th | Jordan | 89.89% | 2.1% |
| 189th | Netherlands | 90.28% | 0.5% |
| 190th | Luxembourg | 90.99% | 0.6% |
| 191st | Curaçao | 91.32% | 0.0% |
| 192nd | Northern Mariana Islands | 91.33% | 0.1% |
| 193rd | Japan | 91.35% | 0.1% |
| 194th | Argentina | 91.49% | 0.1% |
| 195th | Israel | 91.70% | 0.0% |
| 196th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 91.87% | 0.3% |
| 197th | Iceland | 93.73% | 0.1% |
| 198th | Puerto Rico (US) | 93.80% | 0.0% |
| 199th | Guam | 94.08% | 0.0% |
| 200th | Malta | 94.44% | 0.0% |
| 201st | Virgin Islands (US) | 94.94% | 0.1% |
| 202nd | Uruguay | 95.08% | 0.1% |
| 203rd | San Marino | 97.10% | 0.0% |
| 204th | Qatar | 98.94% | 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 Maldives's urban population in 2015?▾
Maldives's urban population in 2015 was 38.58%. This ranked 49th globally.
How did Maldives's urban population change in 2015?▾
Maldives's urban population increased by 1.0% in 2015 compared to 2014.
Which country had the highest urban population in 2015?▾
Bahrain had the highest urban population in 2015 at 100.00%.
What is the urban population of Maldives in 2015?▾
The urban population of Maldives in 2015 was 38.58%. This ranked 49th globally.
How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Maldives's urban population?▾
Maldives's urban population went from 38.19% in 2014 to 38.58% in 2015, a 1.0% increase.
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