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Sri Lanka - Urban Population 1985

Name: Sri Lanka Urban Population 1985
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Urban population as % of total · World Bank

20.32% −0.36% from 1984 Global rank: 29th

Sri Lanka's urban population was 20.32% in 1985, decreased +0.36% from 20.68% in 1984. This was the 29th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1985▾

Urban Population by Country - 1985
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Rwanda	5.01%	0.7%
2nd	Burundi	5.26%	3.8%
3rd	Uganda	8.09%	4.4%
4th	South Sudan	9.15%	4.8%
5th	Malawi	10.14%	2.1%
6th	Lesotho	11.28%	0.1%
7th	Burkina Faso	11.46%	4.7%
8th	Solomon Islands	12.61%	2.6%
9th	Lao PDR	13.80%	2.2%
10th	Cambodia	14.09%	2.2%
11th	Papua New Guinea	14.17%	2.5%
12th	Niger	14.82%	1.3%
13th	Eritrea	15.44%	1.8%
14th	Mali	15.47%	1.8%
15th	Bhutan	16.27%	5.2%
16th	Yemen, Republic of	16.27%	4.9%
17th	Afghanistan	16.62%	1.0%
18th	Vanuatu	16.90%	2.6%
19th	Tanzania	17.00%	2.5%
20th	Kenya	17.29%	1.5%
21st	Nepal	17.53%	2.4%
22nd	Mozambique	17.58%	6.4%
23rd	Bangladesh	17.64%	3.0%
24th	Liechtenstein	17.76%	-0.9%
25th	Thailand	17.82%	0.7%
26th	Timor-Leste	18.98%	2.4%
27th	Viet Nam	19.07%	-0.1%
28th	Madagascar	20.26%	1.7%
29th	Sri Lanka	20.32%	-1.7%
30th	Chad	20.42%	1.1%
31st	Samoa	20.62%	-1.0%
32nd	Haiti	21.25%	1.6%
33rd	Tonga	21.36%	0.8%
34th	Eswatini	22.52%	2.1%
35th	Sudan	22.57%	5.2%
36th	China	23.71%	3.0%
37th	Guinea-Bissau	24.18%	7.6%
38th	India	24.65%	0.8%
39th	Myanmar	25.08%	0.5%
40th	Maldives	25.51%	0.8%
41st	Zimbabwe	25.64%	3.2%
42nd	Indonesia	25.99%	3.3%
43rd	Comoros	26.03%	2.5%
44th	Namibia	26.10%	0.4%
45th	Botswana	26.16%	15.7%
46th	Micronesia, Federated States of	26.36%	-0.2%
47th	Togo	26.60%	1.5%
48th	Guinea	26.80%	1.2%
49th	Equatorial Guinea	27.42%	3.0%
50th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	27.96%	0.9%
51st	St. Lucia	28.30%	1.4%
52nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	28.42%	1.2%
53rd	Pakistan	29.50%	0.9%
54th	Guyana	29.53%	0.0%
55th	British Virgin Islands	30.51%	6.8%
56th	Angola	30.92%	4.7%
57th	Nigeria	31.28%	2.6%
58th	Benin	31.38%	2.6%
59th	Channel Islands	31.83%	-0.1%
60th	Sierra Leone	32.10%	1.0%
61st	Faroe Islands	32.20%	-0.3%
62nd	Gambia, The	32.45%	2.1%
63rd	Ghana	32.52%	1.3%
64th	Guatemala	32.98%	0.3%
65th	Cabo Verde	33.03%	8.3%
66th	Grenada	33.16%	0.1%
67th	Tajikistan	33.34%	-0.6%
68th	Kiribati	33.52%	0.7%
69th	Tuvalu	34.23%	2.6%
70th	Albania	34.61%	0.5%
71st	Kosovo	34.85%	1.6%
72nd	Philippines	34.85%	0.6%
73rd	Antigua and Barbuda	35.15%	0.3%
74th	St. Kitts and Nevis	35.47%	-0.4%
75th	Cameroon	36.51%	2.2%
76th	Central African Republic	36.73%	0.3%
77th	São Tomé and Principe	37.47%	3.1%
78th	Senegal	37.68%	0.8%
79th	Mauritania	37.69%	4.0%
80th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	37.83%	0.9%
81st	Honduras	37.86%	1.5%
82nd	Kyrgyz Republic	38.23%	0.0%
83rd	Côte d'Ivoire	38.40%	0.6%
84th	Fiji	38.45%	0.5%
85th	Liberia	39.51%	1.1%
86th	Zambia	39.74%	-0.1%
87th	Malaysia	40.60%	4.1%
88th	Uzbekistan	40.63%	-0.9%
89th	Mauritius	42.13%	0.8%
90th	Moldova	43.51%	1.8%
91st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	43.68%	0.1%
92nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	43.96%	0.0%
93rd	Portugal	44.52%	1.5%
94th	Morocco	44.70%	1.6%
95th	Costa Rica	44.87%	1.1%
96th	Paraguay	45.19%	2.0%
97th	Türkiye	45.58%	2.6%
98th	El Salvador	45.74%	1.4%
99th	Turkmenistan	45.89%	-0.6%
100th	Montenegro	46.98%	0.6%
101st	Syrian Arab Republic	47.90%	0.4%
102nd	Algeria	47.91%	2.2%
103rd	Serbia	48.40%	0.8%
104th	Jamaica	48.53%	0.4%
105th	South Africa	49.20%	0.5%
106th	Belize	49.27%	-1.1%
107th	Seychelles	49.31%	0.0%
108th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	50.07%	2.6%
109th	Slovenia	50.52%	0.6%
110th	Isle of Man	50.94%	0.3%
111th	Croatia	51.01%	1.6%
112th	Ecuador	51.38%	1.6%
113th	Panama	51.48%	0.8%
114th	Congo, Republic of	52.31%	1.3%
115th	Nicaragua	52.42%	0.5%
116th	Romania	52.55%	1.0%
117th	Virgin Islands (US)	53.07%	6.4%
118th	Azerbaijan	53.22%	0.2%
119th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	53.57%	1.4%
120th	Tunisia	53.57%	1.1%
121st	Dominican Republic	53.70%	0.6%
122nd	Trinidad and Tobago	53.86%	0.5%
123rd	Georgia	54.01%	0.7%
124th	Slovak Republic	54.98%	1.1%
125th	Dominica	55.27%	4.2%
126th	North Macedonia	55.59%	0.6%
127th	Mongolia	55.91%	1.1%
128th	Ireland	56.29%	0.2%
129th	Kazakhstan	56.46%	0.8%
130th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	57.53%	0.3%
131st	French Polynesia	58.67%	-0.2%
132nd	Austria	58.90%	2.0%
133rd	New Caledonia	58.93%	0.3%
134th	Hungary	59.42%	0.5%
135th	Poland	60.42%	0.6%
136th	Brunei Darussalam	60.79%	1.2%
137th	Belarus	61.82%	1.7%
138th	Gabon	62.47%	2.0%
139th	Finland	63.47%	0.2%
140th	Barbados	63.54%	0.0%
141st	West Bank and Gaza	63.75%	0.5%
142nd	Marshall Islands	64.00%	1.9%
143rd	Turks and Caicos Islands	64.02%	3.8%
144th	Oman	64.49%	2.6%
145th	Switzerland	64.79%	1.3%
146th	Korea	64.80%	2.6%
147th	Bulgaria	64.96%	-1.0%
148th	Ukraine	65.01%	0.9%
149th	Cyprus	65.19%	0.8%
150th	Lithuania	65.45%	1.0%
151st	Aruba	65.85%	-0.1%
152nd	Suriname	66.19%	0.0%
153rd	Italy	66.84%	0.0%
154th	Peru	67.00%	0.6%
155th	Colombia	67.08%	0.7%
156th	Jordan	67.38%	2.6%
157th	Armenia	67.46%	0.3%
158th	Netherlands	67.62%	0.4%
159th	Palau	67.79%	1.5%
160th	Mexico	69.13%	0.8%
161st	European Union	69.20%	0.2%
162nd	American Samoa	69.45%	1.8%
163rd	Iraq	69.66%	0.8%
164th	Latvia	70.28%	0.4%
165th	Greece	70.67%	0.3%
166th	Cuba	71.07%	0.4%
167th	Estonia	71.11%	0.2%
168th	Norway	71.28%	0.1%
169th	Brazil	71.60%	1.0%
170th	Russian Federation	72.03%	0.5%
171st	Saudi Arabia	72.94%	1.5%
172nd	Spain	73.48%	0.5%
173rd	France	73.56%	0.1%
174th	United States	74.30%	0.2%
175th	Puerto Rico (US)	74.79%	2.4%
176th	Djibouti	75.13%	0.4%
177th	Czechia	75.42%	0.0%
178th	Libya	76.23%	1.2%
179th	Canada	76.38%	0.2%
180th	Belgium	76.68%	0.5%
181st	Japan	76.69%	0.2%
182nd	Bahamas, The	77.64%	1.2%
183rd	United Kingdom	78.41%	-0.1%
184th	Greenland	78.51%	0.7%
185th	United Arab Emirates	79.52%	-0.3%
186th	Germany	79.98%	0.0%
187th	Lebanon	80.26%	1.2%
188th	Luxembourg	80.69%	0.0%
189th	Curaçao	82.53%	0.3%
190th	Chile	82.70%	0.1%
191st	Sweden	83.10%	0.0%
192nd	New Zealand	83.76%	0.1%
193rd	Bahrain	84.01%	1.2%
194th	Denmark	84.55%	0.2%
195th	Argentina	84.99%	0.5%
196th	Australia	85.38%	-0.1%
197th	Uruguay	87.22%	0.5%
198th	Northern Mariana Islands	88.43%	0.5%
199th	Iceland	89.33%	0.2%
200th	San Marino	89.51%	1.2%
201st	Guam	89.53%	0.2%
202nd	Qatar	89.55%	1.4%
203rd	Malta	89.81%	0.1%
204th	Israel	89.88%	0.2%
205th	Hong Kong SAR, China	92.82%	0.3%
206th	Andorra	95.40%	0.1%
207th	Kuwait	97.91%	0.2%
208th	Macao SAR, China	99.07%	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 Sri Lanka's urban population in 1985?▾

Sri Lanka's urban population in 1985 was 20.32%. This ranked 29th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's urban population change in 1985?▾

Sri Lanka's urban population decreased by 1.7% in 1985 compared to 1984.

Which country had the highest urban population in 1985?▾

Bermuda had the highest urban population in 1985 at 100.00%.

What is the urban population of Sri Lanka in 1985?▾

The urban population of Sri Lanka in 1985 was 20.32%. This ranked 29th globally.

How does 1985 compare to 1984 for Sri Lanka's urban population?▾

Sri Lanka's urban population went from 20.68% in 1984 to 20.32% in 1985, a 1.7% decrease.

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