Papua New Guinea - Urban Population 2020
14.17%
+0.24% from 2019
Papua New Guinea's urban population was 14.17% in 2020, increased +0.24% from 13.93% in 2019. This was the 1st 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 Papua New Guinea's urban population in 2020?▾
Papua New Guinea's urban population in 2020 was 14.17%. This ranked 1st globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's urban population change in 2020?▾
Papua New Guinea's urban population increased by 1.7% 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 Papua New Guinea in 2020?▾
The urban population of Papua New Guinea in 2020 was 14.17%. This ranked 1st globally.
How does 2020 compare to 2019 for Papua New Guinea's urban population?▾
Papua New Guinea's urban population went from 13.93% in 2019 to 14.17% in 2020, a 1.7% increase.
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