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Sri Lanka - Urban Population 2015

Name: Sri Lanka Urban Population 2015
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Urban population as % of total · World Bank

18.80% +0.18% from 2014 Global rank: 7th

Sri Lanka's urban population was 18.80% in 2015, increased +0.18% from 18.62% in 2014. This was the 7th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2015▾

Urban Population by Country - 2015
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Papua New Guinea	13.23%	0.8%
2nd	Liechtenstein	14.45%	0.1%
3rd	Burundi	14.67%	6.4%
4th	Malawi	15.83%	0.4%
5th	Niger	16.30%	0.4%
6th	Rwanda	18.20%	4.0%
7th	Sri Lanka	18.80%	1.0%
8th	South Sudan	18.81%	1.4%
9th	Samoa	19.23%	-0.4%
10th	St. Lucia	20.02%	3.2%
11th	Micronesia, Federated States of	22.31%	0.0%
12th	Chad	22.80%	1.2%
13th	Tonga	23.24%	-0.4%
14th	Eswatini	23.27%	1.0%
15th	Solomon Islands	23.66%	3.5%
16th	Afghanistan	24.46%	1.1%
17th	Vanuatu	24.86%	0.0%
18th	Uganda	24.98%	3.2%
19th	Antigua and Barbuda	25.00%	-0.4%
20th	Burkina Faso	25.62%	0.9%
21st	Mali	25.85%	2.3%
22nd	Guyana	26.40%	0.0%
23rd	Tajikistan	26.48%	-0.3%
24th	Madagascar	29.17%	0.9%
25th	Timor-Leste	29.50%	-0.1%
26th	Bangladesh	29.54%	1.2%
27th	Myanmar	29.72%	0.3%
28th	Cambodia	30.07%	8.1%
29th	Comoros	30.37%	1.1%
30th	Tanzania	31.21%	1.8%
31st	St. Kitts and Nevis	31.25%	0.1%
32nd	Kenya	31.73%	-0.2%
33rd	Mozambique	32.14%	0.8%
34th	Viet Nam	32.38%	1.4%
35th	Yemen, Republic of	32.39%	1.6%
36th	India	32.55%	1.0%
37th	Channel Islands	32.69%	0.2%
38th	Lao PDR	33.12%	1.4%
39th	Zimbabwe	33.56%	1.2%
40th	Lesotho	34.09%	4.4%
41st	Sudan	34.09%	1.0%
42nd	Guinea	35.04%	0.6%
43rd	Kyrgyz Republic	35.10%	-0.1%
44th	Eritrea	35.59%	-0.1%
45th	Pakistan	35.90%	0.7%
46th	Grenada	35.93%	0.1%
47th	Bhutan	36.70%	1.6%
48th	Faroe Islands	38.14%	0.6%
49th	Maldives	38.58%	1.0%
50th	Mauritius	39.67%	-0.3%
51st	Moldova	39.70%	0.2%
52nd	Togo	39.72%	1.1%
53rd	Kosovo	39.92%	1.8%
54th	Central African Republic	39.98%	0.9%
55th	Sierra Leone	40.77%	1.1%
56th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	41.34%	0.9%
57th	Zambia	41.96%	0.9%
58th	Guinea-Bissau	42.16%	1.0%
59th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	42.61%	-0.2%
60th	Seychelles	43.09%	0.4%
61st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	43.86%	3.6%
62nd	Belize	43.93%	-0.6%
63rd	Namibia	45.51%	1.5%
64th	Benin	45.94%	1.4%
65th	Senegal	46.27%	1.5%
66th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	46.68%	0.3%
67th	Thailand	46.95%	1.4%
68th	Turkmenistan	47.01%	0.0%
69th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	47.57%	0.9%
70th	Haiti	49.43%	1.4%
71st	Côte d'Ivoire	49.47%	0.9%
72nd	British Virgin Islands	49.49%	1.4%
73rd	Uzbekistan	50.66%	-0.4%
74th	Liberia	50.74%	1.0%
75th	Kiribati	50.95%	1.1%
76th	Philippines	51.15%	1.8%
77th	Mauritania	51.67%	2.4%
78th	Isle of Man	52.12%	0.0%
79th	Cameroon	52.64%	0.7%
80th	Indonesia	53.17%	1.3%
81st	Guatemala	53.44%	0.6%
82nd	Ghana	53.62%	1.0%
83rd	Slovenia	53.66%	5.3%
84th	Romania	53.71%	-0.2%
85th	Slovak Republic	53.87%	-0.2%
86th	Trinidad and Tobago	53.93%	0.0%
87th	Honduras	54.38%	0.9%
88th	Fiji	54.62%	1.0%
89th	Azerbaijan	55.16%	1.0%
90th	Albania	55.16%	0.8%
91st	Jamaica	55.20%	0.6%
92nd	Croatia	55.58%	0.2%
93rd	Nigeria	55.73%	1.5%
94th	Kazakhstan	56.11%	1.0%
95th	China	57.33%	2.8%
96th	Georgia	57.38%	0.6%
97th	Nicaragua	57.81%	0.3%
98th	Tuvalu	58.91%	1.1%
99th	North Macedonia	59.07%	0.5%
100th	Barbados	59.25%	0.0%
101st	Gambia, The	59.25%	1.1%
102nd	Serbia	60.14%	0.4%
103rd	Poland	60.34%	-0.2%
104th	Morocco	60.64%	0.6%
105th	Portugal	61.14%	0.0%
106th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	61.32%	0.4%
107th	Paraguay	61.33%	1.0%
108th	French Polynesia	61.74%	0.1%
109th	Ireland	62.64%	0.2%
110th	Ecuador	62.96%	0.1%
111th	Congo, Republic of	63.14%	0.2%
112th	South Africa	63.21%	0.1%
113th	Aruba	63.23%	-0.3%
114th	Angola	63.52%	1.3%
115th	Armenia	64.49%	0.1%
116th	Montenegro	64.82%	0.1%
117th	Nepal	64.95%	0.6%
118th	Botswana	65.41%	0.5%
119th	Panama	65.53%	0.1%
120th	Suriname	66.18%	-0.1%
121st	New Caledonia	66.83%	0.1%
122nd	Cabo Verde	66.90%	1.7%
123rd	Cyprus	67.04%	-0.1%
124th	Lithuania	67.23%	0.1%
125th	São Tomé and Principe	67.39%	0.2%
126th	Austria	67.56%	0.2%
127th	Tunisia	67.88%	0.2%
128th	Latvia	67.90%	0.0%
129th	Mongolia	68.00%	0.0%
130th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	68.40%	0.5%
131st	Estonia	68.48%	0.3%
132nd	Equatorial Guinea	68.95%	5.2%
133rd	Ukraine	69.16%	0.1%
134th	Italy	69.61%	0.0%
135th	El Salvador	69.70%	1.1%
136th	Dominica	69.87%	0.5%
137th	Iraq	69.92%	0.4%
138th	Algeria	70.14%	0.9%
139th	Hungary	70.48%	0.3%
140th	Djibouti	71.01%	0.2%
141st	Finland	71.31%	0.4%
142nd	Czechia	73.04%	-0.1%
143rd	Bulgaria	73.10%	0.0%
144th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	73.36%	0.7%
145th	Malaysia	73.44%	0.6%
146th	European Union	73.87%	0.2%
147th	Dominican Republic	74.14%	-0.1%
148th	Russian Federation	74.28%	0.1%
149th	Brunei Darussalam	74.95%	-0.1%
150th	Costa Rica	75.02%	0.7%
151st	Marshall Islands	75.47%	0.5%
152nd	Switzerland	75.60%	1.2%
153rd	Syrian Arab Republic	75.75%	-0.3%
154th	Belarus	76.63%	0.4%
155th	Cuba	76.87%	0.0%
156th	Colombia	77.16%	0.1%
157th	Mexico	77.19%	0.3%
158th	Oman	77.30%	0.5%
159th	Greece	77.52%	0.3%
160th	France	77.76%	0.5%
161st	Spain	79.25%	0.2%
162nd	Palau	80.39%	-0.4%
163rd	United States	80.57%	-0.1%
164th	Germany	80.70%	0.2%
165th	Peru	80.70%	0.9%
166th	Norway	81.24%	0.8%
167th	Canada	81.25%	0.0%
168th	Korea	81.64%	-0.1%
169th	United Kingdom	81.82%	0.2%
170th	Bahamas, The	82.26%	-0.1%
171st	Saudi Arabia	82.96%	0.2%
172nd	United Arab Emirates	84.33%	0.2%
173rd	American Samoa	84.67%	-0.4%
174th	New Zealand	85.15%	-0.4%
175th	West Bank and Gaza	85.22%	0.2%
176th	Brazil	85.69%	0.3%
177th	Greenland	86.05%	0.4%
178th	Belgium	86.22%	0.3%
179th	Sweden	86.62%	0.4%
180th	Australia	86.88%	0.2%
181st	Türkiye	87.22%	4.3%
182nd	Chile	87.47%	0.2%
183rd	Denmark	87.73%	0.0%
184th	Libya	87.82%	-0.2%
185th	Gabon	88.09%	0.5%
186th	Andorra	88.52%	0.0%
187th	Lebanon	88.62%	0.2%
188th	Jordan	89.89%	2.1%
189th	Netherlands	90.28%	0.5%
190th	Luxembourg	90.99%	0.6%
191st	Curaçao	91.32%	0.0%
192nd	Northern Mariana Islands	91.33%	0.1%
193rd	Japan	91.35%	0.1%
194th	Argentina	91.49%	0.1%
195th	Israel	91.70%	0.0%
196th	Turks and Caicos Islands	91.87%	0.3%
197th	Iceland	93.73%	0.1%
198th	Puerto Rico (US)	93.80%	0.0%
199th	Guam	94.08%	0.0%
200th	Malta	94.44%	0.0%
201st	Virgin Islands (US)	94.94%	0.1%
202nd	Uruguay	95.08%	0.1%
203rd	San Marino	97.10%	0.0%
204th	Qatar	98.94%	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 Sri Lanka's urban population in 2015?▾

Sri Lanka's urban population in 2015 was 18.80%. This ranked 7th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's urban population change in 2015?▾

Sri Lanka's urban population increased by 1.0% in 2015 compared to 2014.

Which country had the highest urban population in 2015?▾

Bahrain had the highest urban population in 2015 at 100.00%.

What is the urban population of Sri Lanka in 2015?▾

The urban population of Sri Lanka in 2015 was 18.80%. This ranked 7th globally.

How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Sri Lanka's urban population?▾

Sri Lanka's urban population went from 18.62% in 2014 to 18.80% in 2015, a 1.0% increase.

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