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Papua New Guinea - Urban Population 1974

Name: Papua New Guinea Urban Population 1974
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Urban population as % of total · World Bank

12.70% +0.47% from 1973 Global rank: 21st

Papua New Guinea's urban population was 12.70% in 1974, increased +0.47% from 12.23% in 1973. This was the 21st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1974▾

Urban Population by Country - 1974
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	3.42%	4.3%
2nd	Rwanda	3.97%	5.8%
3rd	Bhutan	5.77%	18.7%
4th	Nepal	6.18%	21.4%
5th	Burkina Faso	6.29%	1.6%
6th	Uganda	6.38%	0.7%
7th	Malawi	7.36%	5.9%
8th	Yemen, Republic of	8.03%	8.0%
9th	South Sudan	8.50%	0.0%
10th	Solomon Islands	8.59%	4.1%
11th	Bangladesh	8.96%	5.5%
12th	Mozambique	9.45%	6.5%
13th	Tanzania	10.11%	11.7%
14th	Lao PDR	10.78%	2.7%
15th	Lesotho	10.94%	2.9%
16th	Niger	11.44%	5.3%
17th	Botswana	11.65%	4.5%
18th	Mali	12.19%	2.9%
19th	Vanuatu	12.48%	3.0%
20th	Kenya	12.48%	5.8%
21st	Papua New Guinea	12.70%	3.8%
22nd	Afghanistan	13.23%	4.3%
23rd	Eritrea	13.44%	1.1%
24th	Eswatini	13.47%	6.8%
25th	Timor-Leste	13.82%	3.3%
26th	Chad	14.45%	8.3%
27th	Thailand	14.76%	3.1%
28th	Tuvalu	15.24%	3.6%
29th	Guinea-Bissau	15.50%	1.0%
30th	Madagascar	16.08%	3.2%
31st	Maldives	16.18%	9.7%
32nd	China	17.16%	-0.2%
33rd	Gambia, The	17.29%	7.2%
34th	Angola	17.42%	5.3%
35th	Liechtenstein	18.33%	0.0%
36th	Indonesia	18.37%	2.7%
37th	British Virgin Islands	18.55%	2.9%
38th	Sudan	18.81%	1.3%
39th	Cambodia	18.95%	-42.6%
40th	Zimbabwe	19.35%	2.5%
41st	Mauritania	19.63%	6.4%
42nd	Tonga	20.26%	0.1%
43rd	Guinea	20.45%	4.3%
44th	Haiti	20.47%	0.2%
45th	Viet Nam	20.51%	-0.2%
46th	Samoa	20.96%	0.5%
47th	India	21.04%	2.0%
48th	Comoros	21.13%	1.5%
49th	Cabo Verde	21.16%	1.5%
50th	Benin	21.87%	4.9%
51st	Sri Lanka	22.33%	-0.3%
52nd	Togo	22.94%	1.5%
53rd	Nigeria	22.98%	3.2%
54th	St. Lucia	23.66%	2.0%
55th	Myanmar	24.06%	0.5%
56th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	25.07%	1.1%
57th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	25.18%	1.7%
58th	Namibia	25.24%	0.3%
59th	Cameroon	25.76%	6.3%
60th	Micronesia, Federated States of	25.80%	0.6%
61st	Pakistan	25.98%	1.3%
62nd	Kiribati	26.14%	2.6%
63rd	Equatorial Guinea	26.22%	0.0%
64th	Sierra Leone	27.24%	2.3%
65th	Virgin Islands (US)	28.18%	5.5%
66th	Kosovo	28.88%	2.1%
67th	Liberia	29.52%	3.1%
68th	Guyana	29.88%	-0.3%
69th	Ghana	29.96%	0.7%
70th	Faroe Islands	30.43%	1.9%
71st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	30.86%	3.2%
72nd	Malaysia	30.94%	1.4%
73rd	Côte d'Ivoire	31.17%	2.9%
74th	São Tomé and Principe	31.51%	1.0%
75th	Honduras	31.55%	2.0%
76th	Albania	32.42%	0.7%
77th	Grenada	32.56%	0.2%
78th	Philippines	32.69%	0.6%
79th	Senegal	33.50%	1.4%
80th	Central African Republic	33.53%	4.1%
81st	Channel Islands	33.68%	-1.2%
82nd	Antigua and Barbuda	33.86%	0.2%
83rd	Türkiye	34.41%	3.1%
84th	St. Kitts and Nevis	35.20%	0.6%
85th	Moldova	35.52%	2.1%
86th	Zambia	35.65%	3.5%
87th	Tajikistan	36.14%	-1.0%
88th	Guatemala	36.15%	-0.6%
89th	Fiji	36.62%	0.8%
90th	Morocco	36.96%	1.8%
91st	Portugal	37.50%	1.6%
92nd	Kyrgyz Republic	38.01%	0.3%
93rd	Montenegro	38.05%	3.5%
94th	Paraguay	38.07%	1.0%
95th	Uzbekistan	38.18%	1.3%
96th	Congo, Republic of	39.60%	1.0%
97th	Algeria	40.06%	0.3%
98th	El Salvador	40.25%	0.7%
99th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	40.45%	0.9%
100th	Dominica	40.53%	1.8%
101st	Costa Rica	41.07%	1.0%
102nd	Gabon	41.38%	6.4%
103rd	Ecuador	41.42%	1.5%
104th	Slovenia	41.62%	3.3%
105th	Oman	42.08%	5.7%
106th	Serbia	42.88%	1.6%
107th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	43.28%	0.1%
108th	Croatia	43.42%	1.6%
109th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	43.54%	0.4%
110th	Mauritius	43.89%	-0.3%
111th	Jamaica	44.15%	1.5%
112th	Syrian Arab Republic	44.82%	0.8%
113th	Dominican Republic	45.03%	2.9%
114th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	45.17%	2.1%
115th	Slovak Republic	45.33%	2.7%
116th	Trinidad and Tobago	45.66%	3.8%
117th	Romania	45.67%	1.9%
118th	Seychelles	45.76%	4.7%
119th	Cyprus	46.09%	7.9%
120th	Korea	46.51%	3.0%
121st	Turkmenistan	47.74%	-0.1%
122nd	Mongolia	47.95%	1.6%
123rd	South Africa	48.02%	0.1%
124th	Panama	48.55%	0.4%
125th	Nicaragua	49.09%	0.8%
126th	Tunisia	49.27%	1.9%
127th	Belarus	49.39%	2.9%
128th	Georgia	49.45%	1.0%
129th	North Macedonia	50.39%	1.3%
130th	Azerbaijan	51.62%	0.7%
131st	Kazakhstan	51.95%	0.7%
132nd	Turks and Caicos Islands	52.38%	0.6%
133rd	Austria	52.63%	0.5%
134th	Barbados	53.12%	4.9%
135th	Isle of Man	53.13%	-1.8%
136th	Ireland	53.57%	0.7%
137th	Belize	53.61%	-0.5%
138th	Jordan	54.09%	1.6%
139th	Poland	54.57%	1.3%
140th	New Caledonia	54.73%	1.3%
141st	Lithuania	55.01%	2.2%
142nd	Hungary	56.27%	0.5%
143rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	56.51%	0.7%
144th	Saudi Arabia	56.78%	3.1%
145th	French Polynesia	57.56%	1.9%
146th	Ukraine	58.08%	1.2%
147th	Bulgaria	58.09%	3.2%
148th	American Samoa	58.42%	1.5%
149th	Brazil	58.71%	2.8%
150th	West Bank and Gaza	58.91%	1.4%
151st	Switzerland	59.06%	0.6%
152nd	Libya	59.57%	3.9%
153rd	Palau	60.82%	0.7%
154th	Puerto Rico (US)	60.84%	1.6%
155th	Iraq	60.91%	1.6%
156th	Peru	61.07%	1.2%
157th	Colombia	61.46%	1.1%
158th	Marshall Islands	61.46%	0.3%
159th	Finland	62.05%	0.8%
160th	Mexico	62.14%	1.3%
161st	Brunei Darussalam	62.78%	-0.7%
162nd	Cuba	62.96%	1.4%
163rd	Armenia	63.02%	1.2%
164th	Netherlands	64.22%	1.1%
165th	Aruba	64.39%	0.7%
166th	Latvia	65.31%	1.0%
167th	Lebanon	65.60%	2.4%
168th	Italy	65.66%	0.4%
169th	Suriname	65.98%	0.0%
170th	Russian Federation	66.05%	1.4%
171st	European Union	66.32%	0.6%
172nd	Greece	66.76%	0.9%
173rd	Czechia	67.00%	0.8%
174th	Estonia	67.19%	0.8%
175th	Djibouti	67.93%	1.7%
176th	Bahamas, The	67.95%	1.4%
177th	Norway	68.33%	0.9%
178th	Spain	68.54%	0.8%
179th	San Marino	68.88%	3.9%
180th	Belgium	72.30%	0.6%
181st	France	72.90%	0.3%
182nd	United States	73.60%	0.0%
183rd	Greenland	74.12%	0.3%
184th	Japan	75.41%	1.0%
185th	Canada	75.72%	-0.2%
186th	Luxembourg	76.90%	0.9%
187th	United Kingdom	77.31%	0.3%
188th	Chile	78.10%	0.9%
189th	Bahrain	78.50%	0.2%
190th	Qatar	79.46%	0.7%
191st	Germany	79.79%	0.0%
192nd	Curaçao	79.82%	0.3%
193rd	Argentina	80.58%	0.5%
194th	Denmark	81.78%	0.6%
195th	Sweden	82.50%	0.3%
196th	New Zealand	82.52%	0.3%
197th	Uruguay	82.78%	0.3%
198th	United Arab Emirates	83.66%	0.5%
199th	Andorra	84.90%	2.1%
200th	Australia	85.91%	0.1%
201st	Israel	86.32%	0.6%
202nd	Northern Mariana Islands	86.40%	0.0%
203rd	Iceland	86.50%	0.3%
204th	Kuwait	87.79%	2.4%
205th	Guam	88.76%	0.0%
206th	Hong Kong SAR, China	89.11%	0.4%
207th	Malta	89.41%	0.0%
208th	Macao SAR, China	97.65%	0.2%
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 Papua New Guinea's urban population in 1974?▾

Papua New Guinea's urban population in 1974 was 12.70%. This ranked 21st globally.

How did Papua New Guinea's urban population change in 1974?▾

Papua New Guinea's urban population increased by 3.8% in 1974 compared to 1973.

Which country had the highest urban population in 1974?▾

Bermuda had the highest urban population in 1974 at 100.00%.

What is the urban population of Papua New Guinea in 1974?▾

The urban population of Papua New Guinea in 1974 was 12.70%. This ranked 21st globally.

How does 1974 compare to 1973 for Papua New Guinea's urban population?▾

Papua New Guinea's urban population went from 12.23% in 1973 to 12.70% in 1974, a 3.8% increase.

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