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Sri Lanka - Urban Population 2017

Name: Sri Lanka Urban Population 2017
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Urban population as % of total · World Bank

19.15% +0.18% from 2016 Global rank: 7th

Sri Lanka's urban population was 19.15% in 2017, increased +0.18% from 18.97% in 2016. This was the 7th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2017▾

Urban Population by Country - 2017
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Papua New Guinea	13.52%	1.2%
2nd	Liechtenstein	14.51%	0.2%
3rd	Malawi	15.96%	0.4%
4th	Niger	16.50%	0.7%
5th	Burundi	16.62%	6.4%
6th	Samoa	18.97%	-0.8%
7th	Sri Lanka	19.15%	0.9%
8th	South Sudan	19.35%	1.4%
9th	Rwanda	20.25%	5.9%
10th	St. Lucia	21.78%	4.6%
11th	Micronesia, Federated States of	22.33%	0.0%
12th	Tonga	22.97%	-0.7%
13th	Chad	23.46%	1.5%
14th	Eswatini	23.81%	1.2%
15th	Vanuatu	24.76%	-0.4%
16th	Afghanistan	24.84%	0.7%
17th	Antigua and Barbuda	24.85%	-0.3%
18th	Solomon Islands	25.38%	3.6%
19th	Burkina Faso	25.98%	0.6%
20th	Tajikistan	26.27%	-0.4%
21st	Guyana	26.41%	0.0%
22nd	Uganda	26.41%	2.8%
23rd	Mali	27.06%	2.3%
24th	Timor-Leste	29.36%	-0.3%
25th	Madagascar	29.67%	0.8%
26th	Myanmar	29.91%	0.3%
27th	Bangladesh	30.20%	1.1%
28th	Comoros	31.10%	1.2%
29th	St. Kitts and Nevis	31.32%	0.1%
30th	Kenya	31.54%	-0.4%
31st	Tanzania	32.30%	1.7%
32nd	Mozambique	32.63%	0.8%
33rd	Channel Islands	32.79%	0.1%
34th	India	33.18%	1.0%
35th	Viet Nam	33.36%	1.6%
36th	Yemen, Republic of	33.56%	1.8%
37th	Sudan	34.29%	0.3%
38th	Lao PDR	34.51%	2.0%
39th	Zimbabwe	34.70%	1.8%
40th	Kyrgyz Republic	35.00%	-0.2%
41st	Cambodia	35.01%	7.8%
42nd	Eritrea	35.44%	-0.2%
43rd	Guinea	35.58%	0.8%
44th	Grenada	36.02%	0.1%
45th	Pakistan	36.44%	0.8%
46th	Lesotho	36.53%	2.9%
47th	Bhutan	37.86%	1.6%
48th	Faroe Islands	38.33%	0.0%
49th	Maldives	39.33%	1.0%
50th	Mauritius	39.45%	-0.3%
51st	Moldova	39.97%	0.6%
52nd	Togo	40.58%	1.1%
53rd	Central African Republic	40.82%	1.1%
54th	Sierra Leone	41.71%	1.2%
55th	Kosovo	41.76%	2.4%
56th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	42.11%	0.9%
57th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	42.45%	-0.2%
58th	Zambia	42.73%	0.9%
59th	Guinea-Bissau	43.02%	1.0%
60th	Belize	43.42%	-0.6%
61st	Seychelles	43.50%	0.5%
62nd	Namibia	46.81%	1.4%
63rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	46.94%	0.3%
64th	Turkmenistan	47.03%	0.0%
65th	Benin	47.29%	1.5%
66th	Senegal	47.93%	1.9%
67th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	48.36%	5.3%
68th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	48.49%	1.0%
69th	Thailand	49.23%	2.8%
70th	Côte d'Ivoire	50.40%	0.9%
71st	Uzbekistan	50.68%	0.0%
72nd	Haiti	50.74%	1.3%
73rd	British Virgin Islands	50.90%	1.4%
74th	Liberia	51.80%	1.0%
75th	Isle of Man	52.15%	0.0%
76th	Philippines	52.60%	1.3%
77th	Kiribati	52.97%	2.3%
78th	Cameroon	53.31%	0.6%
79th	Romania	53.36%	-0.4%
80th	Slovak Republic	53.61%	-0.2%
81st	Guatemala	53.80%	0.3%
82nd	Trinidad and Tobago	53.93%	0.0%
83rd	Mauritania	54.20%	2.4%
84th	Indonesia	54.45%	1.2%
85th	Ghana	54.70%	1.0%
86th	Slovenia	55.25%	3.0%
87th	Honduras	55.39%	0.9%
88th	Fiji	55.74%	1.0%
89th	Croatia	55.90%	0.3%
90th	Jamaica	55.92%	0.7%
91st	Albania	55.98%	0.7%
92nd	Azerbaijan	56.43%	1.2%
93rd	Nigeria	57.35%	1.4%
94th	Kazakhstan	57.46%	1.3%
95th	Georgia	58.00%	0.5%
96th	Nicaragua	58.19%	0.3%
97th	Barbados	59.26%	0.0%
98th	North Macedonia	59.74%	0.6%
99th	Tuvalu	59.95%	0.8%
100th	Poland	60.15%	-0.2%
101st	China	60.24%	2.4%
102nd	Gambia, The	60.47%	1.0%
103rd	Serbia	60.62%	0.4%
104th	Portugal	61.13%	0.0%
105th	Morocco	61.28%	0.5%
106th	French Polynesia	61.79%	0.0%
107th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	61.82%	0.4%
108th	Aruba	62.78%	-0.4%
109th	Ireland	62.90%	0.3%
110th	Paraguay	62.95%	1.4%
111th	Ecuador	63.02%	0.0%
112th	South Africa	63.33%	0.1%
113th	Congo, Republic of	63.35%	0.2%
114th	Armenia	64.71%	0.2%
115th	Montenegro	65.00%	0.1%
116th	Angola	65.09%	1.2%
117th	Nepal	65.58%	0.4%
118th	Panama	65.66%	0.1%
119th	Botswana	65.95%	0.4%
120th	Suriname	66.10%	-0.1%
121st	Cyprus	66.89%	-0.1%
122nd	New Caledonia	66.97%	0.1%
123rd	Lithuania	67.10%	-0.1%
124th	São Tomé and Principe	67.65%	0.2%
125th	Austria	67.91%	0.3%
126th	Mongolia	67.93%	-0.1%
127th	Latvia	67.97%	0.1%
128th	Tunisia	68.29%	0.3%
129th	Estonia	68.99%	0.4%
130th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	69.08%	0.5%
131st	Cabo Verde	69.20%	1.7%
132nd	Ukraine	69.26%	0.1%
133rd	Italy	69.52%	-0.1%
134th	Equatorial Guinea	69.55%	0.4%
135th	Iraq	69.89%	0.0%
136th	Hungary	70.45%	0.0%
137th	Dominica	70.64%	0.6%
138th	El Salvador	71.09%	1.0%
139th	Djibouti	71.32%	0.2%
140th	Algeria	71.32%	0.8%
141st	Finland	71.96%	0.5%
142nd	Czechia	72.91%	-0.1%
143rd	Bulgaria	73.39%	0.3%
144th	Dominican Republic	73.93%	-0.2%
145th	European Union	74.19%	0.1%
146th	Malaysia	74.24%	0.5%
147th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	74.40%	0.7%
148th	Russian Federation	74.46%	0.1%
149th	Syrian Arab Republic	74.54%	-0.8%
150th	Brunei Darussalam	74.85%	0.0%
151st	Costa Rica	76.05%	0.7%
152nd	Marshall Islands	76.23%	0.5%
153rd	Cuba	76.96%	0.1%
154th	Belarus	77.02%	0.2%
155th	Colombia	77.22%	0.0%
156th	Mexico	77.72%	0.4%
157th	Greece	77.89%	0.2%
158th	Switzerland	77.91%	1.6%
159th	Oman	78.31%	0.7%
160th	France	78.65%	0.1%
161st	Spain	79.47%	0.1%
162nd	Palau	79.83%	-0.4%
163rd	United States	80.40%	-0.1%
164th	Germany	80.98%	0.2%
165th	Canada	81.40%	0.1%
166th	Korea	81.47%	-0.1%
167th	Norway	81.97%	0.4%
168th	Bahamas, The	82.08%	-0.1%
169th	Peru	82.19%	1.0%
170th	United Kingdom	82.23%	0.3%
171st	Saudi Arabia	83.30%	0.2%
172nd	American Samoa	83.89%	-0.5%
173rd	New Zealand	84.17%	-0.6%
174th	United Arab Emirates	84.69%	0.2%
175th	West Bank and Gaza	85.38%	0.0%
176th	Brazil	86.20%	0.3%
177th	Greenland	86.39%	0.2%
178th	Belgium	86.67%	0.3%
179th	Australia	87.13%	0.1%
180th	Sweden	87.24%	0.3%
181st	Chile	87.80%	0.2%
182nd	Libya	87.82%	0.0%
183rd	Denmark	88.02%	0.4%
184th	Türkiye	88.03%	-0.1%
185th	Andorra	88.50%	0.0%
186th	Gabon	89.00%	0.5%
187th	Lebanon	89.05%	0.2%
188th	Jordan	90.88%	0.3%
189th	Netherlands	91.12%	0.6%
190th	Curaçao	91.35%	0.0%
191st	Northern Mariana Islands	91.47%	0.1%
192nd	Japan	91.55%	0.1%
193rd	Israel	91.67%	0.0%
194th	Argentina	91.68%	0.1%
195th	Luxembourg	92.10%	0.6%
196th	Turks and Caicos Islands	92.42%	0.3%
197th	Iceland	93.77%	0.0%
198th	Puerto Rico (US)	93.86%	0.0%
199th	Guam	94.08%	0.0%
200th	Malta	94.57%	0.1%
201st	Virgin Islands (US)	95.04%	0.0%
202nd	Uruguay	95.23%	0.1%
203rd	San Marino	97.10%	0.0%
204th	Qatar	99.03%	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 2017?▾

Sri Lanka's urban population in 2017 was 19.15%. This ranked 7th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's urban population change in 2017?▾

Sri Lanka's urban population increased by 0.9% in 2017 compared to 2016.

Which country had the highest urban population in 2017?▾

Bahrain had the highest urban population in 2017 at 100.00%.

What is the urban population of Sri Lanka in 2017?▾

The urban population of Sri Lanka in 2017 was 19.15%. This ranked 7th globally.

How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Sri Lanka's urban population?▾

Sri Lanka's urban population went from 18.97% in 2016 to 19.15% in 2017, a 0.9% increase.

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