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Sri Lanka - Urban Population 2011

Name: Sri Lanka Urban Population 2011
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Urban population as % of total · World Bank

17.79% +0.54% from 2010 Global rank: 8th

Sri Lanka's urban population was 17.79% in 2011, increased +0.54% from 17.25% in 2010. This was the 8th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2011▾

Urban Population by Country - 2011
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	11.56%	5.3%
2nd	Papua New Guinea	13.00%	0.0%
3rd	Liechtenstein	14.41%	0.0%
4th	Malawi	15.55%	0.5%
5th	Niger	16.23%	-0.1%
6th	Rwanda	16.93%	0.0%
7th	South Sudan	17.78%	1.4%
8th	Sri Lanka	17.79%	3.1%
9th	St. Lucia	18.47%	-0.2%
10th	Samoa	19.62%	-1.1%
11th	Uganda	20.06%	6.7%
12th	Solomon Islands	20.73%	3.0%
13th	Chad	21.96%	0.5%
14th	Micronesia, Federated States of	22.29%	0.0%
15th	Cambodia	22.38%	6.0%
16th	Eswatini	22.46%	0.6%
17th	Afghanistan	22.82%	2.5%
18th	Tonga	23.46%	0.2%
19th	Mali	23.64%	2.2%
20th	Burkina Faso	24.47%	1.5%
21st	Vanuatu	24.79%	0.2%
22nd	Antigua and Barbuda	25.69%	-1.2%
23rd	Guyana	26.40%	-0.2%
24th	Tajikistan	26.48%	-0.2%
25th	Bangladesh	28.11%	1.4%
26th	Madagascar	28.13%	1.0%
27th	Lesotho	28.62%	4.4%
28th	Tanzania	28.87%	2.4%
29th	Comoros	29.11%	0.9%
30th	Myanmar	29.27%	0.4%
31st	Timor-Leste	29.63%	0.0%
32nd	Viet Nam	30.70%	1.5%
33rd	Yemen, Republic of	30.92%	1.0%
34th	St. Kitts and Nevis	31.20%	-0.3%
35th	Mozambique	31.21%	0.7%
36th	Lao PDR	31.21%	1.9%
37th	India	31.27%	1.2%
38th	Kenya	31.87%	0.0%
39th	Channel Islands	32.33%	0.4%
40th	Zimbabwe	32.76%	0.1%
41st	Sudan	32.91%	0.6%
42nd	Guinea	34.07%	0.8%
43rd	Bhutan	34.46%	1.6%
44th	Pakistan	35.01%	0.6%
45th	Kyrgyz Republic	35.25%	-0.1%
46th	Eritrea	35.67%	0.1%
47th	Grenada	35.86%	0.0%
48th	Maldives	37.13%	1.0%
49th	Faroe Islands	37.30%	0.1%
50th	Togo	37.99%	1.2%
51st	Kosovo	38.03%	0.3%
52nd	Central African Republic	38.80%	0.5%
53rd	Sierra Leone	39.05%	1.0%
54th	Moldova	39.35%	0.2%
55th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	39.38%	2.1%
56th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	39.78%	1.0%
57th	Mauritius	40.17%	-0.3%
58th	Zambia	40.37%	1.0%
59th	Guinea-Bissau	40.44%	1.1%
60th	Namibia	42.63%	2.0%
61st	Seychelles	42.67%	0.0%
62nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	42.86%	-0.1%
63rd	Benin	43.46%	1.3%
64th	Senegal	44.07%	1.0%
65th	Thailand	44.80%	1.8%
66th	Belize	44.94%	-0.6%
67th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	46.05%	0.7%
68th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	46.18%	0.3%
69th	Philippines	46.68%	2.6%
70th	Haiti	46.75%	1.5%
71st	British Virgin Islands	46.93%	1.3%
72nd	Turkmenistan	46.94%	0.0%
73rd	Mauritania	47.14%	2.6%
74th	Côte d'Ivoire	47.68%	0.9%
75th	Liberia	48.66%	1.1%
76th	Kiribati	49.12%	1.4%
77th	Slovenia	49.95%	-0.3%
78th	Indonesia	50.48%	1.3%
79th	Cameroon	51.22%	0.7%
80th	Ghana	51.33%	1.2%
81st	Uzbekistan	51.34%	0.0%
82nd	China	51.83%	5.3%
83rd	Guatemala	51.87%	1.0%
84th	Honduras	51.99%	1.3%
85th	Isle of Man	52.02%	0.2%
86th	Nigeria	52.49%	1.6%
87th	Fiji	52.53%	0.9%
88th	Albania	53.29%	2.7%
89th	Azerbaijan	53.51%	0.4%
90th	Trinidad and Tobago	53.93%	-0.3%
91st	Jamaica	53.96%	0.4%
92nd	Romania	53.96%	0.1%
93rd	Kazakhstan	54.40%	0.4%
94th	Slovak Republic	54.42%	-0.3%
95th	Croatia	55.28%	0.0%
96th	Georgia	55.69%	0.9%
97th	Equatorial Guinea	55.97%	5.4%
98th	Tuvalu	56.04%	1.8%
99th	Gambia, The	56.67%	1.2%
100th	Nicaragua	57.04%	0.3%
101st	North Macedonia	58.24%	0.2%
102nd	Syrian Arab Republic	58.48%	5.0%
103rd	Morocco	58.90%	1.0%
104th	Barbados	59.24%	0.0%
105th	Serbia	59.43%	0.1%
106th	Paraguay	59.69%	0.3%
107th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	60.48%	0.3%
108th	Poland	60.74%	-0.2%
109th	Angola	60.84%	1.2%
110th	Portugal	61.14%	0.1%
111th	French Polynesia	61.27%	0.8%
112th	Ireland	62.09%	0.3%
113th	Congo, Republic of	62.56%	0.3%
114th	Cabo Verde	62.74%	1.5%
115th	Ecuador	62.79%	0.1%
116th	South Africa	62.85%	0.4%
117th	Nepal	63.14%	1.8%
118th	Aruba	64.00%	-0.3%
119th	Botswana	64.02%	0.8%
120th	Armenia	64.32%	0.0%
121st	Montenegro	64.42%	0.2%
122nd	Panama	65.19%	0.1%
123rd	El Salvador	66.33%	1.4%
124th	Suriname	66.37%	-0.1%
125th	New Caledonia	66.73%	0.0%
126th	São Tomé and Principe	66.73%	1.0%
127th	Lithuania	66.75%	0.0%
128th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	66.83%	0.6%
129th	Tunisia	66.92%	0.4%
130th	Austria	67.15%	0.1%
131st	Cyprus	67.40%	-0.2%
132nd	Algeria	67.73%	0.9%
133rd	Latvia	67.83%	0.0%
134th	Estonia	67.88%	0.1%
135th	Mongolia	67.92%	0.1%
136th	Dominica	68.40%	0.6%
137th	Italy	68.40%	0.3%
138th	Ukraine	68.72%	0.1%
139th	Iraq	69.13%	0.1%
140th	Hungary	69.48%	-0.1%
141st	Finland	70.06%	0.4%
142nd	Djibouti	70.68%	0.0%
143rd	Türkiye	71.00%	2.4%
144th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	71.20%	0.8%
145th	Malaysia	71.42%	0.8%
146th	Bulgaria	72.61%	1.5%
147th	Costa Rica	72.84%	1.9%
148th	European Union	73.22%	0.1%
149th	Czechia	73.29%	-0.1%
150th	Switzerland	73.65%	0.1%
151st	Russian Federation	73.85%	0.2%
152nd	Marshall Islands	73.86%	0.6%
153rd	Dominican Republic	74.24%	0.1%
154th	Belarus	75.06%	0.7%
155th	Brunei Darussalam	75.31%	0.1%
156th	Oman	75.66%	0.7%
157th	Mexico	76.57%	0.1%
158th	Greece	76.64%	0.4%
159th	Cuba	76.71%	0.1%
160th	Colombia	76.84%	0.2%
161st	France	77.12%	0.0%
162nd	Peru	78.01%	0.8%
163rd	Spain	78.70%	0.2%
164th	Norway	79.31%	0.1%
165th	Germany	80.34%	0.0%
166th	United States	80.70%	0.0%
167th	Palau	80.97%	0.4%
168th	Canada	81.10%	0.1%
169th	United Kingdom	81.14%	0.2%
170th	Korea	81.96%	0.0%
171st	Saudi Arabia	82.25%	0.2%
172nd	Bahamas, The	82.41%	0.0%
173rd	Jordan	83.55%	1.6%
174th	United Arab Emirates	83.57%	0.2%
175th	West Bank and Gaza	84.23%	0.4%
176th	Greenland	84.53%	0.3%
177th	Brazil	84.62%	0.3%
178th	Belgium	85.23%	0.3%
179th	Sweden	85.36%	0.3%
180th	New Zealand	85.82%	0.0%
181st	American Samoa	86.03%	-0.3%
182nd	Australia	86.33%	0.1%
183rd	Gabon	86.57%	0.4%
184th	Chile	87.01%	0.1%
185th	Denmark	87.16%	0.3%
186th	Lebanon	87.83%	0.2%
187th	Netherlands	88.01%	0.8%
188th	Libya	88.10%	0.0%
189th	Andorra	88.69%	-0.1%
190th	Luxembourg	88.96%	0.5%
191st	Turks and Caicos Islands	90.73%	0.4%
192nd	Japan	90.86%	0.3%
193rd	Northern Mariana Islands	91.03%	0.1%
194th	Argentina	91.11%	0.1%
195th	Curaçao	91.26%	0.0%
196th	Israel	91.73%	0.0%
197th	Iceland	93.41%	-0.1%
198th	Puerto Rico (US)	93.76%	0.0%
199th	Guam	94.08%	0.0%
200th	Malta	94.32%	0.1%
201st	Uruguay	94.60%	0.3%
202nd	Virgin Islands (US)	94.66%	0.1%
203rd	San Marino	97.10%	0.0%
204th	Qatar	98.63%	0.1%
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 Sri Lanka's urban population in 2011?▾

Sri Lanka's urban population in 2011 was 17.79%. This ranked 8th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's urban population change in 2011?▾

Sri Lanka's urban population increased by 3.1% in 2011 compared to 2010.

Which country had the highest urban population in 2011?▾

Bahrain had the highest urban population in 2011 at 100.00%.

What is the urban population of Sri Lanka in 2011?▾

The urban population of Sri Lanka in 2011 was 17.79%. This ranked 8th globally.

How does 2011 compare to 2010 for Sri Lanka's urban population?▾

Sri Lanka's urban population went from 17.25% in 2010 to 17.79% in 2011, a 3.1% increase.

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