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Sri Lanka - Urban Population 2003

Name: Sri Lanka Urban Population 2003
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Urban population as % of total · World Bank

14.73% +0.11% from 2002 Global rank: 4th

Sri Lanka's urban population was 14.73% in 2003, increased +0.11% from 14.61% in 2002. This was the 4th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2003▾

Urban Population by Country - 2003
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	8.68%	2.7%
2nd	Uganda	12.59%	3.2%
3rd	Papua New Guinea	13.12%	-0.2%
4th	Sri Lanka	14.73%	0.8%
5th	Liechtenstein	14.73%	-0.5%
6th	Malawi	14.96%	0.6%
7th	Niger	16.27%	0.0%
8th	South Sudan	16.62%	1.0%
9th	Solomon Islands	16.77%	2.3%
10th	Rwanda	16.89%	0.1%
11th	Cambodia	18.89%	0.4%
12th	Afghanistan	19.16%	1.2%
13th	Mali	20.06%	1.9%
14th	Burkina Faso	20.56%	4.2%
15th	Lesotho	21.12%	3.1%
16th	Chad	21.72%	0.1%
17th	Samoa	21.78%	-0.7%
18th	Micronesia, Federated States of	22.33%	0.0%
19th	Eswatini	22.43%	-0.6%
20th	Vanuatu	22.46%	1.2%
21st	Tonga	23.09%	0.1%
22nd	Tanzania	23.52%	2.1%
23rd	Kenya	23.56%	7.8%
24th	Bangladesh	24.55%	1.8%
25th	Timor-Leste	25.26%	1.7%
26th	Lao PDR	25.59%	4.4%
27th	Madagascar	25.90%	1.1%
28th	St. Lucia	26.01%	-3.4%
29th	Viet Nam	26.17%	2.4%
30th	Tajikistan	26.53%	0.0%
31st	Comoros	27.94%	0.0%
32nd	Yemen, Republic of	28.03%	1.6%
33rd	Myanmar	28.06%	0.6%
34th	Guyana	28.31%	-0.6%
35th	India	28.47%	1.0%
36th	Bhutan	29.63%	2.3%
37th	Mozambique	29.71%	0.5%
38th	Antigua and Barbuda	30.60%	-2.0%
39th	Channel Islands	30.71%	0.5%
40th	Maldives	31.39%	5.0%
41st	Guinea	31.81%	0.9%
42nd	St. Kitts and Nevis	32.28%	-0.5%
43rd	Sudan	32.43%	0.1%
44th	Zimbabwe	32.60%	0.1%
45th	Pakistan	33.57%	0.5%
46th	Togo	34.45%	1.3%
47th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.47%	1.4%
48th	Namibia	34.55%	2.7%
49th	Eritrea	34.75%	0.6%
50th	Kyrgyz Republic	35.31%	0.0%
51st	Thailand	35.43%	4.0%
52nd	Grenada	35.92%	0.0%
53rd	Faroe Islands	36.13%	0.5%
54th	Sierra Leone	36.27%	0.7%
55th	Zambia	36.39%	0.9%
56th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	36.47%	1.5%
57th	Kosovo	37.56%	0.1%
58th	Guinea-Bissau	37.78%	0.8%
59th	Central African Republic	37.89%	0.2%
60th	Nepal	38.05%	8.6%
61st	Mauritania	38.89%	1.3%
62nd	Benin	39.42%	1.1%
63rd	Moldova	39.59%	-0.1%
64th	Equatorial Guinea	39.90%	1.8%
65th	Philippines	40.39%	1.1%
66th	China	40.53%	3.7%
67th	Haiti	41.20%	3.1%
68th	Senegal	41.36%	0.6%
69th	Mauritius	41.51%	-0.4%
70th	British Virgin Islands	42.85%	1.0%
71st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	42.88%	0.1%
72nd	Seychelles	43.00%	-0.2%
73rd	Kiribati	43.51%	0.0%
74th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	43.52%	0.7%
75th	Albania	44.03%	2.0%
76th	Côte d'Ivoire	44.26%	0.9%
77th	Indonesia	44.63%	1.9%
78th	Liberia	45.00%	1.0%
79th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	45.24%	0.3%
80th	Nigeria	45.84%	1.9%
81st	Ghana	46.05%	1.6%
82nd	Guatemala	46.59%	1.8%
83rd	Turkmenistan	46.70%	0.2%
84th	Honduras	46.99%	1.2%
85th	Belize	47.28%	-0.4%
86th	Tuvalu	47.50%	1.6%
87th	Cameroon	47.73%	1.0%
88th	Fiji	49.13%	0.7%
89th	Uzbekistan	49.96%	1.4%
90th	Gambia, The	50.60%	2.1%
91st	Slovenia	50.76%	0.0%
92nd	Isle of Man	51.54%	-0.4%
93rd	Azerbaijan	51.73%	1.0%
94th	Jamaica	52.36%	0.4%
95th	Georgia	52.51%	0.2%
96th	Romania	52.80%	0.1%
97th	Syrian Arab Republic	53.10%	0.8%
98th	Angola	54.00%	2.1%
99th	Morocco	54.58%	0.7%
100th	Kazakhstan	55.21%	-0.5%
101st	Nicaragua	55.63%	0.3%
102nd	Croatia	55.64%	-0.1%
103rd	Trinidad and Tobago	55.72%	-0.2%
104th	Slovak Republic	55.74%	-0.2%
105th	French Polynesia	55.93%	0.1%
106th	Botswana	56.10%	2.0%
107th	Cabo Verde	56.33%	1.4%
108th	São Tomé and Principe	56.41%	2.4%
109th	Portugal	56.59%	1.4%
110th	Serbia	56.88%	0.7%
111th	North Macedonia	57.85%	0.0%
112th	South Africa	58.37%	1.2%
113th	Paraguay	58.55%	0.4%
114th	El Salvador	59.25%	1.5%
115th	Mongolia	59.35%	2.1%
116th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	59.61%	0.1%
117th	Ireland	59.91%	0.5%
118th	Congo, Republic of	60.47%	0.8%
119th	Ecuador	61.54%	0.4%
120th	Barbados	61.55%	-0.7%
121st	Türkiye	61.58%	1.4%
122nd	Montenegro	61.70%	1.1%
123rd	Poland	61.73%	0.0%
124th	Algeria	62.14%	1.2%
125th	Costa Rica	62.45%	1.9%
126th	New Caledonia	62.85%	0.7%
127th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	63.29%	0.8%
128th	Panama	63.41%	0.6%
129th	Dominican Republic	64.43%	1.8%
130th	Tunisia	64.61%	0.5%
131st	Armenia	64.67%	-0.1%
132nd	Hungary	64.85%	-0.3%
133rd	Malaysia	65.08%	1.6%
134th	Aruba	65.20%	-0.1%
135th	Dominica	65.72%	0.3%
136th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	66.60%	1.0%
137th	Suriname	66.74%	0.0%
138th	Lithuania	66.76%	-0.2%
139th	Austria	66.93%	0.1%
140th	Ukraine	67.42%	0.2%
141st	Italy	67.43%	0.1%
142nd	Estonia	67.43%	0.0%
143rd	Latvia	67.95%	0.0%
144th	Finland	68.04%	0.4%
145th	Iraq	68.05%	0.2%
146th	Cyprus	68.71%	-0.1%
147th	Marshall Islands	69.52%	0.7%
148th	Bulgaria	69.78%	0.4%
149th	Belarus	71.31%	0.6%
150th	Oman	71.49%	0.0%
151st	Djibouti	72.03%	-0.6%
152nd	European Union	72.09%	0.2%
153rd	Brunei Darussalam	72.58%	0.7%
154th	Russian Federation	73.41%	0.2%
155th	Greece	73.43%	0.5%
156th	Switzerland	73.45%	0.0%
157th	Czechia	73.76%	-0.1%
158th	Peru	73.96%	0.6%
159th	Palau	74.54%	3.0%
160th	Colombia	75.53%	0.5%
161st	Cuba	75.86%	0.0%
162nd	Mexico	76.05%	0.5%
163rd	Spain	76.71%	0.3%
164th	Norway	77.26%	0.6%
165th	West Bank and Gaza	77.29%	2.4%
166th	France	77.47%	0.3%
167th	Jordan	78.31%	0.0%
168th	Canada	79.39%	0.4%
169th	United States	79.78%	0.3%
170th	Germany	80.14%	0.0%
171st	United Kingdom	80.23%	0.1%
172nd	Saudi Arabia	80.54%	0.2%
173rd	Korea	80.71%	0.5%
174th	United Arab Emirates	80.85%	0.7%
175th	Netherlands	81.30%	0.6%
176th	Bahamas, The	81.48%	0.2%
177th	Gabon	82.00%	1.0%
178th	Greenland	82.35%	0.3%
179th	Brazil	82.35%	0.4%
180th	Japan	82.42%	2.3%
181st	Belgium	82.96%	0.4%
182nd	Sweden	84.20%	0.1%
183rd	Australia	85.41%	0.1%
184th	Denmark	85.42%	0.1%
185th	Luxembourg	85.59%	0.5%
186th	New Zealand	85.86%	0.1%
187th	Lebanon	86.45%	0.2%
188th	Turks and Caicos Islands	86.67%	0.8%
189th	Chile	86.68%	0.1%
190th	Libya	87.87%	0.3%
191st	American Samoa	88.26%	-0.2%
192nd	Bahrain	88.83%	0.8%
193rd	Argentina	89.75%	0.2%
194th	Northern Mariana Islands	90.42%	0.1%
195th	Andorra	90.99%	-0.5%
196th	Curaçao	91.13%	0.0%
197th	Israel	91.52%	0.1%
198th	Uruguay	91.63%	0.2%
199th	Iceland	92.32%	0.2%
200th	Virgin Islands (US)	93.48%	0.3%
201st	Malta	93.52%	0.1%
202nd	Guam	93.55%	0.1%
203rd	San Marino	94.00%	0.1%
204th	Puerto Rico (US)	94.24%	-0.1%
205th	Qatar	96.83%	0.2%
206th	Kuwait	99.77%	0.3%
207th	Bermuda	100.00%	0.0%
208th	Cayman Islands	100.00%	0.0%
209th	Gibraltar	100.00%	0.0%
210th	Hong Kong SAR, China	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 Sri Lanka's urban population in 2003?▾

Sri Lanka's urban population in 2003 was 14.73%. This ranked 4th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's urban population change in 2003?▾

Sri Lanka's urban population increased by 0.8% in 2003 compared to 2002.

Which country had the highest urban population in 2003?▾

Bermuda had the highest urban population in 2003 at 100.00%.

What is the urban population of Sri Lanka in 2003?▾

The urban population of Sri Lanka in 2003 was 14.73%. This ranked 4th globally.

How does 2003 compare to 2002 for Sri Lanka's urban population?▾

Sri Lanka's urban population went from 14.61% in 2002 to 14.73% in 2003, a 0.8% increase.

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