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Nepal - Urban Population 1999

Name: Nepal Urban Population 1999
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Urban population as % of total · World Bank

29.49% +1.50% from 1998 Global rank: 39th

Nepal's urban population was 29.49% in 1999, increased +1.50% from 27.99% in 1998. This was the 39th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1999▾

Urban Population by Country - 1999
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	7.86%	2.3%
2nd	Uganda	11.42%	1.7%
3rd	Papua New Guinea	13.32%	-1.4%
4th	Malawi	14.56%	0.9%
5th	Rwanda	14.67%	10.1%
6th	Sri Lanka	14.74%	-1.3%
7th	Liechtenstein	15.18%	-2.1%
8th	Solomon Islands	15.48%	1.6%
9th	South Sudan	15.81%	1.6%
10th	Niger	16.05%	0.5%
11th	Burkina Faso	17.18%	4.5%
12th	Afghanistan	18.39%	0.8%
13th	Cambodia	18.51%	0.8%
14th	Mali	18.66%	1.6%
15th	Lesotho	18.77%	3.0%
16th	Kenya	19.03%	0.8%
17th	Lao PDR	21.00%	5.7%
18th	Vanuatu	21.37%	1.4%
19th	Chad	21.62%	0.1%
20th	Tanzania	21.82%	1.6%
21st	Samoa	21.91%	0.3%
22nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	22.48%	-2.4%
23rd	Eswatini	22.95%	-0.3%
24th	Bangladesh	22.96%	1.5%
25th	Tonga	23.00%	0.1%
26th	Timor-Leste	23.78%	1.4%
27th	Viet Nam	23.82%	2.3%
28th	Madagascar	24.71%	1.2%
29th	Yemen, Republic of	26.09%	2.1%
30th	Tajikistan	26.57%	-0.9%
31st	Bhutan	26.89%	2.7%
32nd	Maldives	27.00%	2.0%
33rd	Myanmar	27.36%	0.7%
34th	India	27.41%	0.8%
35th	Comoros	28.09%	-0.2%
36th	St. Lucia	28.16%	-1.0%
37th	Guyana	28.90%	-0.5%
38th	Mozambique	29.05%	0.8%
39th	Nepal	29.49%	5.4%
40th	Thailand	30.16%	5.0%
41st	Channel Islands	30.43%	0.1%
42nd	Guinea	30.63%	1.0%
43rd	Namibia	31.37%	2.4%
44th	Zimbabwe	32.26%	0.5%
45th	Sudan	32.31%	0.1%
46th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	32.63%	1.3%
47th	Togo	32.65%	1.4%
48th	Antigua and Barbuda	32.73%	-1.5%
49th	Pakistan	32.80%	0.7%
50th	St. Kitts and Nevis	32.95%	-0.6%
51st	Eritrea	33.49%	3.4%
52nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	34.39%	1.5%
53rd	China	34.78%	4.3%
54th	Sierra Leone	35.31%	0.6%
55th	Kyrgyz Republic	35.33%	-0.1%
56th	Haiti	35.34%	4.3%
57th	Faroe Islands	35.67%	0.6%
58th	Grenada	35.71%	0.7%
59th	Zambia	36.17%	-1.5%
60th	Guinea-Bissau	36.50%	1.0%
61st	Kosovo	37.46%	0.1%
62nd	Central African Republic	37.65%	0.1%
63rd	Benin	37.97%	0.8%
64th	Mauritania	38.10%	-0.2%
65th	Philippines	38.76%	0.9%
66th	Equatorial Guinea	38.81%	0.0%
67th	Senegal	40.47%	0.4%
68th	Moldova	40.53%	-0.5%
69th	Albania	40.90%	1.7%
70th	Indonesia	41.00%	2.7%
71st	Guatemala	41.62%	4.2%
72nd	British Virgin Islands	41.88%	0.4%
73rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42.23%	0.8%
74th	Mauritius	42.26%	-0.5%
75th	Kiribati	42.30%	4.4%
76th	Nigeria	42.44%	2.0%
77th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	42.69%	0.1%
78th	Côte d'Ivoire	42.71%	0.9%
79th	Ghana	43.22%	1.8%
80th	Liberia	43.44%	0.6%
81st	Seychelles	43.64%	-0.7%
82nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	44.77%	0.3%
83rd	Honduras	44.80%	1.1%
84th	Tuvalu	44.99%	1.1%
85th	Gambia, The	45.49%	3.5%
86th	Cameroon	45.71%	1.2%
87th	Turkmenistan	45.74%	0.8%
88th	Uzbekistan	46.82%	1.9%
89th	Belize	47.67%	0.1%
90th	Fiji	47.68%	0.9%
91st	Angola	49.26%	2.6%
92nd	Slovenia	50.60%	0.2%
93rd	Azerbaijan	51.00%	-0.9%
94th	Syrian Arab Republic	51.48%	0.8%
95th	Jamaica	51.49%	0.4%
96th	Isle of Man	51.82%	0.0%
97th	São Tomé and Principe	52.02%	1.8%
98th	Botswana	52.45%	1.4%
99th	Georgia	52.65%	-0.4%
100th	Romania	53.02%	-0.4%
101st	Cabo Verde	53.07%	1.6%
102nd	Morocco	53.28%	0.6%
103rd	Portugal	53.74%	1.3%
104th	Nicaragua	55.08%	0.3%
105th	Serbia	55.10%	1.0%
106th	South Africa	55.44%	1.4%
107th	Croatia	55.64%	0.1%
108th	El Salvador	55.69%	1.6%
109th	Trinidad and Tobago	55.92%	0.0%
110th	French Polynesia	56.04%	-0.2%
111th	Kazakhstan	56.21%	-0.3%
112th	Slovak Republic	56.22%	-0.2%
113th	Mongolia	56.65%	0.0%
114th	Paraguay	56.96%	1.1%
115th	Montenegro	57.92%	2.2%
116th	Costa Rica	57.96%	1.9%
117th	Türkiye	58.10%	1.4%
118th	Congo, Republic of	58.35%	0.9%
119th	Ireland	58.88%	0.4%
120th	North Macedonia	58.95%	-0.7%
121st	Algeria	59.08%	1.3%
122nd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	59.36%	0.1%
123rd	Ecuador	60.29%	0.8%
124th	Dominican Republic	60.36%	1.5%
125th	Malaysia	60.88%	1.9%
126th	New Caledonia	61.26%	0.5%
127th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	61.39%	0.8%
128th	Panama	61.70%	1.1%
129th	Poland	61.73%	0.0%
130th	Barbados	62.70%	-0.2%
131st	Tunisia	63.27%	0.6%
132nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	63.71%	1.3%
133rd	Hungary	63.93%	0.5%
134th	Dominica	65.14%	0.1%
135th	Armenia	65.17%	-0.4%
136th	Aruba	65.36%	0.0%
137th	Austria	66.66%	0.2%
138th	Finland	66.67%	0.7%
139th	Suriname	66.68%	0.0%
140th	Lithuania	67.04%	-0.1%
141st	Italy	67.11%	0.1%
142nd	Estonia	67.44%	-0.3%
143rd	Ukraine	67.48%	-0.1%
144th	Iraq	67.54%	0.1%
145th	Marshall Islands	68.03%	0.2%
146th	Bulgaria	68.05%	0.3%
147th	Latvia	68.13%	-0.2%
148th	Cyprus	68.71%	0.1%
149th	Belarus	69.48%	0.7%
150th	Palau	69.69%	-0.7%
151st	West Bank and Gaza	70.63%	1.6%
152nd	Brunei Darussalam	70.78%	0.7%
153rd	European Union	71.33%	0.2%
154th	Oman	71.57%	0.0%
155th	Peru	72.39%	0.5%
156th	Greece	72.52%	0.2%
157th	Russian Federation	72.97%	-0.3%
158th	Switzerland	73.14%	0.4%
159th	Djibouti	73.80%	-0.6%
160th	Colombia	73.87%	0.7%
161st	Czechia	74.12%	-0.2%
162nd	Mexico	74.59%	0.4%
163rd	Cuba	75.38%	0.1%
164th	Norway	75.84%	0.7%
165th	Spain	76.03%	0.2%
166th	France	76.17%	0.4%
167th	Netherlands	77.06%	0.4%
168th	Jordan	78.28%	0.0%
169th	Canada	78.44%	0.2%
170th	Japan	78.45%	0.2%
171st	Gabon	78.69%	1.2%
172nd	United States	78.81%	0.4%
173rd	United Arab Emirates	78.90%	0.4%
174th	Korea	79.36%	0.2%
175th	United Kingdom	79.62%	0.3%
176th	Saudi Arabia	79.78%	0.2%
177th	Germany	80.08%	0.0%
178th	Brazil	80.55%	0.9%
179th	Bahamas, The	80.95%	0.1%
180th	Greenland	81.16%	0.1%
181st	Belgium	81.69%	0.4%
182nd	Turks and Caicos Islands	83.84%	1.0%
183rd	Luxembourg	83.99%	0.5%
184th	Sweden	84.01%	0.0%
185th	Denmark	85.10%	0.0%
186th	Australia	85.12%	0.0%
187th	New Zealand	85.66%	0.1%
188th	Lebanon	85.90%	0.2%
189th	Chile	85.97%	0.4%
190th	Libya	86.52%	0.6%
191st	Bahrain	87.88%	-0.1%
192nd	American Samoa	88.46%	0.7%
193rd	Argentina	88.99%	0.2%
194th	Northern Mariana Islands	90.04%	0.2%
195th	Curaçao	90.42%	0.7%
196th	Uruguay	91.18%	0.1%
197th	Israel	91.19%	0.1%
198th	Iceland	91.81%	0.1%
199th	Virgin Islands (US)	92.12%	1.1%
200th	Andorra	92.54%	-0.3%
201st	Guam	92.99%	0.2%
202nd	Malta	93.19%	0.1%
203rd	San Marino	93.54%	0.3%
204th	Puerto Rico (US)	94.32%	0.4%
205th	Qatar	96.11%	0.2%
206th	Kuwait	98.78%	0.2%
207th	Macao SAR, China	99.99%	0.0%
208th	Bermuda	100.00%	0.0%
209th	Cayman Islands	100.00%	0.0%
210th	Gibraltar	100.00%	0.0%
211th	Hong Kong 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 Nepal's urban population in 1999?▾

Nepal's urban population in 1999 was 29.49%. This ranked 39th globally.

How did Nepal's urban population change in 1999?▾

Nepal's urban population increased by 5.4% in 1999 compared to 1998.

Which country had the highest urban population in 1999?▾

Bermuda had the highest urban population in 1999 at 100.00%.

What is the urban population of Nepal in 1999?▾

The urban population of Nepal in 1999 was 29.49%. This ranked 39th globally.

How does 1999 compare to 1998 for Nepal's urban population?▾

Nepal's urban population went from 27.99% in 1998 to 29.49% in 1999, a 5.4% increase.

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