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Nepal - Urban Population 1987

Name: Nepal Urban Population 1987
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Urban population as % of total · World Bank

18.32% +0.40% from 1986 Global rank: 23rd

Nepal's urban population was 18.32% in 1987, increased +0.40% from 17.92% in 1986. This was the 23rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1987▾

Urban Population by Country - 1987
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Rwanda	5.09%	0.8%
2nd	Burundi	5.66%	3.7%
3rd	Uganda	8.80%	4.2%
4th	South Sudan	10.41%	7.0%
5th	Malawi	10.62%	2.4%
6th	Lesotho	11.46%	1.4%
7th	Burkina Faso	12.27%	3.2%
8th	Solomon Islands	13.15%	2.0%
9th	Lao PDR	14.37%	2.0%
10th	Cambodia	14.72%	2.2%
11th	Papua New Guinea	14.85%	2.2%
12th	Niger	15.14%	1.0%
13th	Mali	15.98%	1.6%
14th	Eritrea	16.20%	2.7%
15th	Afghanistan	16.90%	0.8%
16th	Liechtenstein	17.40%	-1.0%
17th	Vanuatu	17.71%	2.3%
18th	Kenya	17.73%	1.2%
19th	Yemen, Republic of	17.77%	4.5%
20th	Tanzania	17.79%	2.3%
21st	Bhutan	17.85%	4.6%
22nd	Thailand	18.10%	0.8%
23rd	Nepal	18.32%	2.2%
24th	Bangladesh	18.58%	2.5%
25th	Viet Nam	19.05%	0.0%
26th	Sri Lanka	19.49%	-2.2%
27th	Mozambique	19.81%	6.1%
28th	Timor-Leste	19.85%	2.2%
29th	Samoa	20.51%	0.1%
30th	Chad	20.80%	0.9%
31st	Madagascar	20.93%	1.6%
32nd	Tonga	21.71%	0.8%
33rd	Haiti	22.23%	2.5%
34th	Eswatini	22.80%	0.3%
35th	India	25.02%	0.7%
36th	China	25.32%	3.2%
37th	Myanmar	25.35%	0.6%
38th	Sudan	25.49%	6.4%
39th	Maldives	25.73%	0.4%
40th	Micronesia, Federated States of	26.25%	-0.2%
41st	Namibia	26.36%	0.5%
42nd	Comoros	27.20%	2.1%
43rd	Zimbabwe	27.32%	3.2%
44th	Guinea	27.40%	1.1%
45th	Togo	27.41%	1.5%
46th	Guinea-Bissau	27.60%	6.5%
47th	Indonesia	27.76%	3.3%
48th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	28.50%	1.0%
49th	St. Lucia	28.96%	1.1%
50th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	29.12%	1.2%
51st	Guyana	29.55%	0.0%
52nd	Pakistan	30.01%	0.9%
53rd	Equatorial Guinea	30.08%	5.1%
54th	Channel Islands	31.73%	-0.2%
55th	Sierra Leone	32.70%	0.9%
56th	Nigeria	32.84%	2.4%
57th	Faroe Islands	32.88%	1.5%
58th	Benin	32.89%	2.3%
59th	Tajikistan	32.91%	-0.7%
60th	Grenada	33.24%	0.1%
61st	Guatemala	33.27%	0.5%
62nd	Gambia, The	33.59%	1.6%
63rd	Ghana	33.61%	1.8%
64th	Angola	33.73%	4.3%
65th	Botswana	33.87%	12.9%
66th	Kiribati	34.09%	0.9%
67th	British Virgin Islands	34.32%	5.8%
68th	Albania	35.04%	0.6%
69th	St. Kitts and Nevis	35.15%	-0.5%
70th	Philippines	35.29%	0.6%
71st	Antigua and Barbuda	35.34%	0.2%
72nd	Kosovo	35.87%	1.4%
73rd	Tuvalu	36.36%	3.2%
74th	Central African Republic	36.95%	0.3%
75th	Cameroon	37.98%	1.9%
76th	Cabo Verde	38.17%	7.1%
77th	Kyrgyz Republic	38.19%	-0.1%
78th	Senegal	38.25%	0.7%
79th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	38.42%	0.8%
80th	Côte d'Ivoire	38.85%	0.6%
81st	Honduras	38.94%	1.4%
82nd	Fiji	39.02%	0.9%
83rd	Mauritania	39.44%	1.7%
84th	Zambia	39.61%	-0.2%
85th	São Tomé and Principe	39.99%	3.3%
86th	Uzbekistan	40.64%	0.2%
87th	Liberia	40.75%	10.9%
88th	Mauritius	43.03%	1.1%
89th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	43.74%	0.1%
90th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	43.95%	0.0%
91st	Malaysia	44.02%	4.1%
92nd	Moldova	45.31%	2.3%
93rd	Turkmenistan	45.41%	-0.5%
94th	Portugal	45.82%	1.4%
95th	Costa Rica	46.14%	1.5%
96th	Morocco	46.15%	1.6%
97th	El Salvador	47.02%	1.4%
98th	Paraguay	47.14%	2.2%
99th	Montenegro	47.51%	0.6%
100th	Türkiye	47.84%	2.4%
101st	Belize	48.28%	-1.0%
102nd	Syrian Arab Republic	48.28%	0.4%
103rd	Jamaica	48.90%	0.4%
104th	Serbia	49.16%	0.8%
105th	Seychelles	49.26%	-0.1%
106th	Algeria	49.73%	1.8%
107th	South Africa	50.10%	1.1%
108th	Slovenia	50.92%	0.3%
109th	Isle of Man	51.25%	0.3%
110th	Panama	52.35%	0.9%
111th	Croatia	52.48%	1.4%
112th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	52.59%	2.4%
113th	Nicaragua	52.87%	0.4%
114th	Ecuador	52.96%	1.5%
115th	Congo, Republic of	53.35%	0.9%
116th	Romania	53.42%	0.8%
117th	Azerbaijan	53.52%	0.2%
118th	Dominican Republic	54.21%	0.5%
119th	Trinidad and Tobago	54.37%	0.5%
120th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	54.83%	1.2%
121st	Georgia	54.87%	0.9%
122nd	Tunisia	55.19%	1.6%
123rd	Slovak Republic	55.98%	0.8%
124th	North Macedonia	56.29%	0.6%
125th	Ireland	56.55%	0.2%
126th	Mongolia	56.81%	0.7%
127th	Kazakhstan	57.07%	0.5%
128th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	57.89%	0.3%
129th	French Polynesia	58.45%	-0.2%
130th	New Caledonia	59.20%	0.2%
131st	Dominica	59.63%	3.7%
132nd	Virgin Islands (US)	59.87%	6.1%
133rd	Hungary	60.04%	0.5%
134th	Poland	60.97%	0.4%
135th	Austria	61.29%	2.0%
136th	Brunei Darussalam	62.73%	1.7%
137th	Barbados	63.55%	0.0%
138th	Finland	63.70%	0.2%
139th	Belarus	63.83%	1.6%
140th	West Bank and Gaza	64.36%	0.5%
141st	Gabon	65.00%	2.0%
142nd	Aruba	65.66%	-0.1%
143rd	Bulgaria	66.00%	1.2%
144th	Marshall Islands	66.08%	1.4%
145th	Ukraine	66.08%	0.8%
146th	Cyprus	66.12%	0.7%
147th	Suriname	66.26%	0.1%
148th	Switzerland	66.47%	1.3%
149th	Italy	66.78%	0.0%
150th	Lithuania	66.79%	1.0%
151st	Oman	67.33%	2.0%
152nd	Armenia	67.74%	0.2%
153rd	Peru	67.79%	0.6%
154th	Colombia	68.06%	0.7%
155th	Netherlands	68.16%	0.3%
156th	Korea	68.56%	3.0%
157th	Palau	68.67%	0.5%
158th	Turks and Caicos Islands	68.76%	3.5%
159th	European Union	69.57%	0.3%
160th	Mexico	70.13%	0.7%
161st	Iraq	70.20%	0.2%
162nd	Latvia	70.71%	0.3%
163rd	Jordan	70.74%	2.4%
164th	Greece	71.03%	0.2%
165th	Estonia	71.33%	0.1%
166th	Norway	71.46%	0.1%
167th	American Samoa	71.95%	1.8%
168th	Cuba	72.15%	0.8%
169th	Russian Federation	72.88%	0.6%
170th	Brazil	72.97%	0.9%
171st	France	73.73%	0.1%
172nd	Spain	74.10%	0.4%
173rd	United States	74.65%	0.2%
174th	Saudi Arabia	74.77%	1.2%
175th	Czechia	75.35%	0.0%
176th	Djibouti	75.63%	0.3%
177th	Canada	76.50%	0.0%
178th	Japan	76.94%	0.2%
179th	Belgium	77.44%	0.5%
180th	Libya	78.02%	1.2%
181st	United Kingdom	78.26%	-0.1%
182nd	Puerto Rico (US)	78.45%	2.4%
183rd	United Arab Emirates	79.16%	-0.2%
184th	Bahamas, The	79.21%	0.9%
185th	Greenland	79.42%	0.4%
186th	Germany	79.99%	0.0%
187th	Luxembourg	80.76%	0.0%
188th	Lebanon	81.82%	0.9%
189th	Chile	82.89%	0.1%
190th	Curaçao	83.16%	0.4%
191st	Sweden	83.16%	0.1%
192nd	New Zealand	84.05%	0.2%
193rd	Denmark	84.75%	0.1%
194th	Australia	85.36%	0.0%
195th	Argentina	85.83%	0.5%
196th	Bahrain	85.99%	1.1%
197th	Uruguay	87.97%	0.4%
198th	Northern Mariana Islands	89.22%	0.4%
199th	Iceland	89.83%	0.3%
200th	Guam	90.01%	0.3%
201st	Malta	90.06%	0.2%
202nd	Israel	90.13%	0.1%
203rd	San Marino	90.44%	0.3%
204th	Qatar	91.11%	0.8%
205th	Hong Kong SAR, China	94.51%	1.3%
206th	Andorra	95.38%	0.0%
207th	Kuwait	97.95%	0.0%
208th	Macao SAR, China	99.31%	0.1%
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 Nepal's urban population in 1987?▾

Nepal's urban population in 1987 was 18.32%. This ranked 23rd globally.

How did Nepal's urban population change in 1987?▾

Nepal's urban population increased by 2.2% in 1987 compared to 1986.

Which country had the highest urban population in 1987?▾

Bermuda had the highest urban population in 1987 at 100.00%.

What is the urban population of Nepal in 1987?▾

The urban population of Nepal in 1987 was 18.32%. This ranked 23rd globally.

How does 1987 compare to 1986 for Nepal's urban population?▾

Nepal's urban population went from 17.92% in 1986 to 18.32% in 1987, a 2.2% increase.

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