New Zealand - Urban Population 2020
83.81%
+0.01% from 2019
New Zealand's urban population was 83.81% in 2020, increased +0.01% from 83.80% in 2019. This was the 173rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2020▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Papua New Guinea | 14.17% | 1.7% |
| 2nd | Liechtenstein | 14.67% | 0.4% |
| 3rd | Malawi | 16.30% | 1.0% |
| 4th | Niger | 17.01% | 1.2% |
| 5th | Samoa | 18.05% | -2.0% |
| 6th | Sri Lanka | 19.66% | 0.9% |
| 7th | Burundi | 19.93% | 6.1% |
| 8th | South Sudan | 20.19% | 1.4% |
| 9th | Tonga | 21.88% | -2.0% |
| 10th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.38% | 0.1% |
| 11th | Vanuatu | 22.42% | -4.6% |
| 12th | Rwanda | 24.50% | 6.7% |
| 13th | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.64% | -0.3% |
| 14th | Eswatini | 24.67% | 1.3% |
| 15th | Chad | 24.73% | 1.9% |
| 16th | Afghanistan | 25.26% | 0.5% |
| 17th | St. Lucia | 25.75% | 6.2% |
| 18th | Tajikistan | 26.19% | 0.2% |
| 19th | Burkina Faso | 26.36% | 0.9% |
| 20th | Guyana | 26.43% | 0.0% |
| 21st | Solomon Islands | 28.03% | 2.8% |
| 22nd | Uganda | 28.54% | 2.5% |
| 23rd | Timor-Leste | 28.96% | -0.5% |
| 24th | Mali | 29.02% | 2.4% |
| 25th | Myanmar | 30.16% | 0.3% |
| 26th | Madagascar | 30.70% | 1.3% |
| 27th | Bangladesh | 31.12% | 1.0% |
| 28th | Kenya | 31.21% | 0.1% |
| 29th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 31.47% | 0.2% |
| 30th | Comoros | 32.06% | 1.1% |
| 31st | Channel Islands | 32.82% | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Tanzania | 33.85% | 1.5% |
| 33rd | Mozambique | 33.90% | 1.5% |
| 34th | India | 34.13% | 0.9% |
| 35th | Sudan | 34.56% | 0.3% |
| 36th | Kyrgyz Republic | 34.82% | -0.2% |
| 37th | Eritrea | 35.12% | -0.3% |
| 38th | Viet Nam | 35.57% | 2.7% |
| 39th | Yemen, Republic of | 35.70% | 2.3% |
| 40th | Grenada | 36.21% | 0.2% |
| 41st | Guinea | 36.48% | 1.0% |
| 42nd | Lao PDR | 36.62% | 2.0% |
| 43rd | Zimbabwe | 37.01% | 2.3% |
| 44th | Pakistan | 37.51% | 1.1% |
| 45th | Faroe Islands | 38.67% | 0.7% |
| 46th | Mauritius | 39.16% | -0.2% |
| 47th | Lesotho | 39.63% | 2.7% |
| 48th | Bhutan | 39.69% | 1.6% |
| 49th | Cambodia | 39.83% | 0.6% |
| 50th | Maldives | 40.40% | 0.9% |
| 51st | Moldova | 41.34% | 1.4% |
| 52nd | Togo | 41.88% | 1.0% |
| 53rd | Central African Republic | 42.31% | 1.3% |
| 54th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 42.52% | 0.1% |
| 55th | Belize | 42.65% | -0.6% |
| 56th | Sierra Leone | 43.21% | 1.2% |
| 57th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 43.25% | 0.9% |
| 58th | Zambia | 43.86% | 0.9% |
| 59th | Seychelles | 44.29% | 0.7% |
| 60th | Guinea-Bissau | 44.30% | 1.0% |
| 61st | Kosovo | 45.23% | 2.8% |
| 62nd | Turkmenistan | 47.05% | 0.0% |
| 63rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 47.33% | 0.3% |
| 64th | Namibia | 48.55% | 1.1% |
| 65th | Benin | 49.45% | 1.5% |
| 66th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49.97% | 1.0% |
| 67th | Uzbekistan | 50.77% | 0.3% |
| 68th | Senegal | 51.06% | 2.2% |
| 69th | Côte d'Ivoire | 51.84% | 0.9% |
| 70th | Isle of Man | 52.19% | 0.0% |
| 71st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 52.29% | 1.2% |
| 72nd | Romania | 52.61% | -0.5% |
| 73rd | Haiti | 52.63% | 1.2% |
| 74th | British Virgin Islands | 53.17% | 1.5% |
| 75th | Slovak Republic | 53.25% | -0.2% |
| 76th | Liberia | 53.39% | 1.0% |
| 77th | Trinidad and Tobago | 53.94% | 0.0% |
| 78th | Philippines | 54.11% | 0.7% |
| 79th | Cameroon | 54.26% | 0.6% |
| 80th | Guatemala | 54.55% | 0.7% |
| 81st | Slovenia | 55.38% | -0.1% |
| 82nd | Ghana | 56.22% | 0.9% |
| 83rd | Indonesia | 56.28% | 1.0% |
| 84th | Croatia | 56.53% | 0.4% |
| 85th | Honduras | 56.87% | 0.9% |
| 86th | Mauritania | 56.98% | 1.6% |
| 87th | Jamaica | 57.11% | 0.7% |
| 88th | Albania | 57.14% | 0.7% |
| 89th | Fiji | 57.19% | 0.8% |
| 90th | Thailand | 57.24% | 2.3% |
| 91st | Azerbaijan | 58.29% | 0.3% |
| 92nd | Kiribati | 58.41% | 3.8% |
| 93rd | Nicaragua | 58.70% | 0.3% |
| 94th | Georgia | 59.00% | 0.6% |
| 95th | Barbados | 59.30% | 0.0% |
| 96th | Nigeria | 59.77% | 1.4% |
| 97th | Poland | 59.87% | -0.1% |
| 98th | Kazakhstan | 59.99% | 1.5% |
| 99th | Portugal | 61.10% | 0.0% |
| 100th | North Macedonia | 61.16% | 0.9% |
| 101st | Serbia | 61.22% | 0.3% |
| 102nd | French Polynesia | 61.77% | 0.0% |
| 103rd | Tuvalu | 61.92% | 1.1% |
| 104th | Aruba | 62.00% | -0.5% |
| 105th | Morocco | 62.09% | 0.4% |
| 106th | Gambia, The | 62.21% | 0.9% |
| 107th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 62.64% | 0.5% |
| 108th | Ecuador | 63.08% | 0.0% |
| 109th | South Africa | 63.44% | 0.0% |
| 110th | Ireland | 63.47% | 0.3% |
| 111th | China | 63.52% | 1.3% |
| 112th | Congo, Republic of | 63.58% | 0.1% |
| 113th | Armenia | 65.17% | 0.3% |
| 114th | Montenegro | 65.25% | 0.1% |
| 115th | Panama | 65.79% | 0.1% |
| 116th | Suriname | 66.01% | 0.0% |
| 117th | Nepal | 66.11% | 0.2% |
| 118th | Paraguay | 66.12% | 1.7% |
| 119th | Botswana | 66.45% | 0.2% |
| 120th | Cyprus | 66.72% | -0.1% |
| 121st | New Caledonia | 67.27% | 0.2% |
| 122nd | Lithuania | 67.43% | 0.3% |
| 123rd | Angola | 67.46% | 1.2% |
| 124th | São Tomé and Principe | 68.04% | 0.2% |
| 125th | Mongolia | 68.09% | 0.4% |
| 126th | Latvia | 68.12% | 0.1% |
| 127th | Austria | 68.54% | 0.3% |
| 128th | Tunisia | 69.10% | 0.4% |
| 129th | Ukraine | 69.38% | 0.0% |
| 130th | Italy | 69.52% | 0.0% |
| 131st | Iraq | 69.87% | 0.0% |
| 132nd | Estonia | 69.88% | 0.4% |
| 133rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 70.04% | 0.4% |
| 134th | Hungary | 70.29% | -0.2% |
| 135th | Equatorial Guinea | 70.39% | 0.4% |
| 136th | Dominica | 71.85% | 0.6% |
| 137th | Djibouti | 72.00% | 0.4% |
| 138th | Czechia | 72.73% | -0.1% |
| 139th | Cabo Verde | 72.88% | 1.8% |
| 140th | Algeria | 73.05% | 0.8% |
| 141st | El Salvador | 73.06% | 0.9% |
| 142nd | Finland | 73.08% | 0.5% |
| 143rd | Dominican Republic | 73.26% | -0.4% |
| 144th | Bulgaria | 73.32% | -0.5% |
| 145th | Syrian Arab Republic | 73.41% | -0.6% |
| 146th | European Union | 74.55% | 0.1% |
| 147th | Russian Federation | 74.69% | 0.1% |
| 148th | Brunei Darussalam | 74.77% | 0.0% |
| 149th | Malaysia | 75.05% | 0.3% |
| 150th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 75.60% | 0.5% |
| 151st | Cuba | 77.11% | 0.0% |
| 152nd | Marshall Islands | 77.29% | 0.4% |
| 153rd | Costa Rica | 77.52% | 0.6% |
| 154th | Colombia | 77.64% | 0.2% |
| 155th | Belarus | 77.79% | 0.4% |
| 156th | Greece | 78.31% | 0.2% |
| 157th | Mexico | 78.68% | 0.4% |
| 158th | France | 78.71% | 0.0% |
| 159th | Palau | 79.08% | -0.3% |
| 160th | Spain | 79.70% | 0.1% |
| 161st | United States | 80.00% | -0.2% |
| 162nd | Oman | 80.02% | 0.6% |
| 163rd | Korea | 81.18% | -0.1% |
| 164th | Germany | 81.47% | 0.2% |
| 165th | Bahamas, The | 81.66% | -0.2% |
| 166th | Canada | 81.95% | 0.3% |
| 167th | Switzerland | 82.34% | 1.9% |
| 168th | American Samoa | 82.62% | -0.5% |
| 169th | Norway | 82.70% | 0.3% |
| 170th | United Kingdom | 82.90% | 0.3% |
| 171st | Peru | 83.53% | 0.5% |
| 172nd | Saudi Arabia | 83.81% | 0.2% |
| 173rd | New Zealand | 83.81% | 0.0% |
| 174th | United Arab Emirates | 85.20% | 0.2% |
| 175th | West Bank and Gaza | 86.07% | 0.3% |
| 176th | Brazil | 86.91% | 0.3% |
| 177th | Australia | 87.27% | 0.0% |
| 178th | Greenland | 87.28% | 0.3% |
| 179th | Belgium | 87.30% | 0.2% |
| 180th | Libya | 87.83% | 0.0% |
| 181st | Sweden | 87.94% | 0.3% |
| 182nd | Denmark | 88.24% | 0.0% |
| 183rd | Chile | 88.30% | 0.2% |
| 184th | Andorra | 88.59% | 0.1% |
| 185th | Türkiye | 88.93% | 0.3% |
| 186th | Lebanon | 89.73% | 0.3% |
| 187th | Gabon | 90.35% | 0.5% |
| 188th | Curaçao | 91.38% | 0.0% |
| 189th | Israel | 91.58% | 0.0% |
| 190th | Northern Mariana Islands | 91.69% | 0.1% |
| 191st | Japan | 91.78% | 0.1% |
| 192nd | Jordan | 91.82% | 0.3% |
| 193rd | Argentina | 91.94% | 0.1% |
| 194th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 93.20% | 0.3% |
| 195th | Luxembourg | 93.86% | 0.6% |
| 196th | Puerto Rico (US) | 94.01% | 0.1% |
| 197th | Guam | 94.08% | 0.0% |
| 198th | Iceland | 94.14% | 0.2% |
| 199th | Netherlands | 94.25% | 0.4% |
| 200th | Virgin Islands (US) | 95.10% | 0.0% |
| 201st | Malta | 95.18% | 0.3% |
| 202nd | Uruguay | 95.40% | 0.1% |
| 203rd | San Marino | 97.10% | 0.0% |
| 204th | Qatar | 99.16% | 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 New Zealand's urban population in 2020?▾
New Zealand's urban population in 2020 was 83.81%. This ranked 173rd globally.
How did New Zealand's urban population change in 2020?▾
New Zealand's urban population increased by 0.0% in 2020 compared to 2019.
Which country had the highest urban population in 2020?▾
Bahrain had the highest urban population in 2020 at 100.00%.
What is the urban population of New Zealand in 2020?▾
The urban population of New Zealand in 2020 was 83.81%. This ranked 173rd globally.
How does 2020 compare to 2019 for New Zealand's urban population?▾
New Zealand's urban population went from 83.80% in 2019 to 83.81% in 2020, a 0.0% increase.
Related
2019
2021
All years
Full ranking 2020
Population
Population Growth
Population Density
Life Expectancy
Birth Rate
Peak: 2006
Lowest: 1960
Urban Population 1990s
Urban Population 2000s
Urban Population 2010s
Urban Population 2020s
Highest ever
Lowest ever
Average
vs Andorra
vs Malta
vs France
vs United Arab Emirates
OECD Urban Population
Global Ranking