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Sri Lanka - Urban Population 2001

Name: Sri Lanka Urban Population 2001
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Urban population as % of total · World Bank

14.57% −0.05% from 2000 Global rank: 4th

Sri Lanka's urban population was 14.57% in 2001, decreased +0.05% from 14.62% in 2000. This was the 4th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2001▾

Urban Population by Country - 2001
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	8.24%	2.5%
2nd	Uganda	11.90%	2.2%
3rd	Papua New Guinea	13.19%	-0.3%
4th	Sri Lanka	14.57%	-0.3%
5th	Malawi	14.78%	0.7%
6th	Liechtenstein	14.90%	-0.6%
7th	Solomon Islands	16.06%	2.0%
8th	South Sudan	16.26%	1.3%
9th	Niger	16.27%	0.9%
10th	Rwanda	16.55%	4.9%
11th	Cambodia	18.72%	0.5%
12th	Afghanistan	18.74%	1.0%
13th	Burkina Faso	18.86%	4.8%
14th	Mali	19.32%	1.8%
15th	Lesotho	19.90%	2.9%
16th	Kenya	20.44%	5.1%
17th	Chad	21.68%	0.1%
18th	Vanuatu	21.93%	1.3%
19th	Samoa	21.97%	0.1%
20th	Micronesia, Federated States of	22.33%	0.0%
21st	Tanzania	22.60%	1.8%
22nd	Eswatini	22.71%	-0.6%
23rd	Tonga	23.05%	0.1%
24th	Lao PDR	23.37%	5.4%
25th	Bangladesh	23.70%	1.7%
26th	Timor-Leste	24.47%	1.5%
27th	Viet Nam	24.95%	2.4%
28th	Madagascar	25.31%	1.2%
29th	Tajikistan	26.53%	0.0%
30th	Yemen, Republic of	27.10%	1.9%
31st	St. Lucia	27.52%	-1.2%
32nd	Myanmar	27.71%	0.6%
33rd	India	27.90%	0.9%
34th	Comoros	27.99%	-0.2%
35th	Bhutan	28.28%	2.5%
36th	Maldives	28.55%	3.4%
37th	Guyana	28.62%	-0.5%
38th	Mozambique	29.41%	0.6%
39th	Channel Islands	30.49%	0.1%
40th	Guinea	31.22%	1.0%
41st	Antigua and Barbuda	31.76%	-1.5%
42nd	Sudan	32.38%	0.1%
43rd	Zimbabwe	32.50%	0.3%
44th	St. Kitts and Nevis	32.60%	-0.5%
45th	Thailand	32.74%	4.1%
46th	Nepal	32.81%	5.5%
47th	Namibia	32.86%	2.3%
48th	Pakistan	33.20%	0.6%
49th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	33.51%	1.4%
50th	Togo	33.55%	1.4%
51st	Eritrea	34.33%	0.7%
52nd	Kyrgyz Republic	35.32%	0.0%
53rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	35.42%	1.5%
54th	Sierra Leone	35.76%	0.6%
55th	Zambia	35.88%	0.0%
56th	Grenada	35.92%	0.1%
57th	Faroe Islands	35.93%	0.7%
58th	Guinea-Bissau	37.16%	0.9%
59th	Kosovo	37.51%	0.1%
60th	China	37.66%	3.4%
61st	Central African Republic	37.76%	0.1%
62nd	Mauritania	38.11%	0.1%
63rd	Haiti	38.39%	4.2%
64th	Benin	38.62%	0.9%
65th	Equatorial Guinea	38.86%	0.1%
66th	Philippines	39.54%	1.0%
67th	Moldova	39.67%	-1.8%
68th	Senegal	40.88%	0.5%
69th	Mauritius	41.88%	-0.4%
70th	British Virgin Islands	42.02%	0.1%
71st	Albania	42.35%	1.8%
72nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	42.78%	0.1%
73rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42.88%	0.8%
74th	Indonesia	42.90%	2.2%
75th	Seychelles	43.22%	-0.4%
76th	Côte d'Ivoire	43.47%	0.9%
77th	Kiribati	43.48%	0.3%
78th	Nigeria	44.13%	2.0%
79th	Liberia	44.15%	0.9%
80th	Ghana	44.64%	1.6%
81st	Guatemala	44.68%	3.3%
82nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	45.01%	0.3%
83rd	Honduras	45.86%	1.2%
84th	Tuvalu	46.09%	1.3%
85th	Turkmenistan	46.37%	0.6%
86th	Cameroon	46.76%	1.1%
87th	Belize	47.63%	-0.1%
88th	Gambia, The	48.35%	2.9%
89th	Fiji	48.43%	0.8%
90th	Uzbekistan	48.49%	1.7%
91st	Slovenia	50.76%	0.1%
92nd	Azerbaijan	51.16%	0.1%
93rd	Angola	51.72%	2.4%
94th	Isle of Man	51.83%	0.0%
95th	Jamaica	51.93%	0.4%
96th	Syrian Arab Republic	52.29%	0.8%
97th	Georgia	52.41%	-0.2%
98th	Romania	52.76%	-0.2%
99th	Morocco	53.90%	0.6%
100th	São Tomé and Principe	53.96%	1.9%
101st	Botswana	54.05%	1.6%
102nd	Cabo Verde	54.78%	1.6%
103rd	Portugal	55.07%	1.2%
104th	Nicaragua	55.35%	0.2%
105th	Croatia	55.69%	0.0%
106th	Kazakhstan	55.78%	-0.4%
107th	French Polynesia	55.89%	-0.1%
108th	Trinidad and Tobago	55.90%	-0.1%
109th	Slovak Republic	56.00%	-0.2%
110th	Serbia	56.05%	0.8%
111th	South Africa	57.00%	1.3%
112th	Mongolia	57.22%	0.9%
113th	El Salvador	57.45%	1.6%
114th	Paraguay	57.97%	0.8%
115th	North Macedonia	58.09%	-0.7%
116th	Ireland	59.38%	0.4%
117th	Congo, Republic of	59.44%	0.9%
118th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	59.48%	0.1%
119th	Türkiye	59.87%	1.5%
120th	Montenegro	60.14%	1.8%
121st	Costa Rica	60.14%	1.9%
122nd	Algeria	60.62%	1.3%
123rd	Ecuador	61.01%	0.5%
124th	Poland	61.76%	0.0%
125th	New Caledonia	62.00%	0.6%
126th	Dominican Republic	62.30%	1.6%
127th	Barbados	62.30%	-0.4%
128th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	62.34%	0.8%
129th	Panama	62.63%	0.7%
130th	Malaysia	63.02%	1.7%
131st	Tunisia	63.95%	0.5%
132nd	Hungary	64.65%	0.6%
133rd	Armenia	64.82%	-0.2%
134th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	65.22%	1.1%
135th	Aruba	65.34%	0.0%
136th	Dominica	65.36%	0.2%
137th	Suriname	66.72%	0.0%
138th	Austria	66.84%	0.1%
139th	Lithuania	66.93%	-0.1%
140th	Ukraine	67.27%	-0.2%
141st	Italy	67.28%	0.1%
142nd	Estonia	67.39%	0.0%
143rd	Finland	67.50%	0.6%
144th	Iraq	67.75%	0.2%
145th	Latvia	68.02%	-0.1%
146th	Marshall Islands	68.62%	0.5%
147th	Cyprus	68.80%	0.0%
148th	Bulgaria	69.20%	1.4%
149th	Belarus	70.31%	0.6%
150th	Palau	70.53%	1.4%
151st	Oman	71.52%	0.0%
152nd	Brunei Darussalam	71.66%	0.6%
153rd	European Union	71.76%	0.3%
154th	Greece	72.85%	0.2%
155th	Djibouti	72.89%	-0.6%
156th	Peru	73.16%	0.5%
157th	Russian Federation	73.23%	0.1%
158th	Switzerland	73.38%	0.1%
159th	West Bank and Gaza	73.73%	2.3%
160th	Czechia	73.91%	-0.1%
161st	Colombia	74.79%	0.6%
162nd	Mexico	75.29%	0.5%
163rd	Cuba	75.89%	0.3%
164th	Spain	76.32%	0.2%
165th	Norway	76.40%	0.3%
166th	France	76.91%	0.5%
167th	Jordan	78.29%	0.0%
168th	Canada	78.84%	0.3%
169th	Japan	79.16%	0.7%
170th	United States	79.31%	0.3%
171st	United Arab Emirates	79.75%	0.6%
172nd	Korea	79.88%	0.4%
173rd	United Kingdom	79.98%	0.2%
174th	Germany	80.11%	0.0%
175th	Saudi Arabia	80.16%	0.2%
176th	Netherlands	80.18%	2.2%
177th	Gabon	80.41%	1.1%
178th	Bahamas, The	81.15%	0.1%
179th	Brazil	81.60%	0.6%
180th	Greenland	81.79%	0.4%
181st	Belgium	82.34%	0.4%
182nd	Sweden	84.08%	0.1%
183rd	Luxembourg	84.82%	0.5%
184th	Australia	85.15%	0.0%
185th	Denmark	85.19%	0.1%
186th	Turks and Caicos Islands	85.33%	0.9%
187th	New Zealand	85.75%	0.1%
188th	Lebanon	86.15%	0.2%
189th	Chile	86.49%	0.3%
190th	Libya	87.32%	0.4%
191st	Bahrain	87.84%	0.0%
192nd	American Samoa	88.55%	-0.1%
193rd	Argentina	89.37%	0.2%
194th	Northern Mariana Islands	90.25%	0.1%
195th	Curaçao	91.06%	0.2%
196th	Israel	91.37%	0.1%
197th	Uruguay	91.38%	0.1%
198th	Andorra	91.89%	-0.4%
199th	Iceland	92.05%	0.1%
200th	Virgin Islands (US)	92.93%	0.3%
201st	Guam	93.28%	0.1%
202nd	Malta	93.36%	0.1%
203rd	San Marino	93.90%	0.1%
204th	Puerto Rico (US)	94.38%	0.0%
205th	Qatar	96.47%	0.2%
206th	Kuwait	99.23%	0.2%
207th	Macao SAR, China	100.00%	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 Sri Lanka's urban population in 2001?▾

Sri Lanka's urban population in 2001 was 14.57%. This ranked 4th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's urban population change in 2001?▾

Sri Lanka's urban population decreased by 0.3% in 2001 compared to 2000.

Which country had the highest urban population in 2001?▾

Bermuda had the highest urban population in 2001 at 100.00%.

What is the urban population of Sri Lanka in 2001?▾

The urban population of Sri Lanka in 2001 was 14.57%. This ranked 4th globally.

How does 2001 compare to 2000 for Sri Lanka's urban population?▾

Sri Lanka's urban population went from 14.62% in 2000 to 14.57% in 2001, a 0.3% decrease.

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