Switzerland - Urban Population 2008
73.55%
+0.02% from 2007
Switzerland's urban population was 73.55% in 2008, increased +0.02% from 73.53% in 2007. This was the 153rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2008▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burundi | 10.11% | 3.4% |
| 2nd | Papua New Guinea | 13.02% | -0.1% |
| 3rd | Liechtenstein | 14.46% | -0.2% |
| 4th | Malawi | 15.32% | 0.5% |
| 5th | Niger | 16.26% | 0.0% |
| 6th | Sri Lanka | 16.28% | 2.7% |
| 7th | Uganda | 16.51% | 6.5% |
| 8th | Rwanda | 16.92% | 0.0% |
| 9th | South Sudan | 17.03% | 0.2% |
| 10th | Solomon Islands | 19.04% | 2.7% |
| 11th | Cambodia | 19.66% | 1.3% |
| 12th | St. Lucia | 19.82% | -5.3% |
| 13th | Samoa | 20.40% | -1.4% |
| 14th | Afghanistan | 21.12% | 2.6% |
| 15th | Chad | 21.78% | 0.0% |
| 16th | Eswatini | 22.17% | 0.1% |
| 17th | Mali | 22.19% | 2.1% |
| 18th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.31% | 0.0% |
| 19th | Tonga | 23.29% | 0.3% |
| 20th | Burkina Faso | 23.36% | 1.7% |
| 21st | Vanuatu | 23.93% | 1.4% |
| 22nd | Lesotho | 25.20% | 4.0% |
| 23rd | Tajikistan | 26.53% | 0.0% |
| 24th | Tanzania | 26.79% | 2.7% |
| 25th | Guyana | 26.86% | -1.1% |
| 26th | Bangladesh | 26.87% | 1.7% |
| 27th | Antigua and Barbuda | 27.06% | -2.4% |
| 28th | Madagascar | 27.32% | 1.0% |
| 29th | Comoros | 28.42% | 0.6% |
| 30th | Timor-Leste | 28.81% | 2.9% |
| 31st | Myanmar | 28.86% | 0.5% |
| 32nd | Viet Nam | 29.22% | 2.0% |
| 33rd | Lao PDR | 29.40% | 2.3% |
| 34th | Yemen, Republic of | 29.96% | 1.2% |
| 35th | India | 30.14% | 1.2% |
| 36th | Mozambique | 30.56% | 0.7% |
| 37th | Kenya | 31.42% | 3.3% |
| 38th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 31.56% | -0.4% |
| 39th | Channel Islands | 31.80% | 0.7% |
| 40th | Sudan | 32.48% | 0.0% |
| 41st | Zimbabwe | 32.69% | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Bhutan | 32.76% | 1.8% |
| 43rd | Guinea | 33.26% | 0.9% |
| 44th | Pakistan | 34.45% | 0.5% |
| 45th | Kyrgyz Republic | 35.29% | 0.0% |
| 46th | Eritrea | 35.49% | 0.3% |
| 47th | Grenada | 35.90% | 0.0% |
| 48th | Maldives | 35.93% | 1.4% |
| 49th | Faroe Islands | 36.47% | 0.5% |
| 50th | Togo | 36.68% | 1.2% |
| 51st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 37.18% | 1.7% |
| 52nd | Kosovo | 37.78% | 0.2% |
| 53rd | Sierra Leone | 37.87% | 1.0% |
| 54th | Central African Republic | 38.35% | 0.3% |
| 55th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 38.60% | 1.0% |
| 56th | Zambia | 38.96% | 1.5% |
| 57th | Guinea-Bissau | 39.33% | 0.8% |
| 58th | Moldova | 39.37% | -0.2% |
| 59th | Namibia | 39.83% | 2.8% |
| 60th | Mauritius | 40.62% | -0.4% |
| 61st | Benin | 41.80% | 1.3% |
| 62nd | Thailand | 41.90% | 2.9% |
| 63rd | Seychelles | 42.70% | -0.1% |
| 64th | Senegal | 42.87% | 0.8% |
| 65th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 42.96% | 0.0% |
| 66th | Philippines | 43.15% | 1.9% |
| 67th | Mauritania | 43.58% | 2.7% |
| 68th | Haiti | 44.68% | 1.6% |
| 69th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 45.11% | 0.7% |
| 70th | British Virgin Islands | 45.24% | 1.2% |
| 71st | Belize | 45.76% | -0.7% |
| 72nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 45.82% | 0.3% |
| 73rd | Kiribati | 45.95% | 3.0% |
| 74th | Côte d'Ivoire | 46.36% | 0.9% |
| 75th | Turkmenistan | 46.87% | 0.1% |
| 76th | China | 46.99% | 2.4% |
| 77th | Liberia | 47.11% | 1.1% |
| 78th | Equatorial Guinea | 48.04% | 4.8% |
| 79th | Indonesia | 48.46% | 1.5% |
| 80th | Albania | 49.39% | 2.5% |
| 81st | Ghana | 49.47% | 1.3% |
| 82nd | Honduras | 50.03% | 1.3% |
| 83rd | Nigeria | 50.05% | 1.7% |
| 84th | Cameroon | 50.09% | 0.8% |
| 85th | Guatemala | 50.12% | 1.3% |
| 86th | Slovenia | 50.36% | -0.2% |
| 87th | Fiji | 51.10% | 0.9% |
| 88th | Isle of Man | 51.47% | 0.5% |
| 89th | Uzbekistan | 51.79% | 0.2% |
| 90th | Tuvalu | 52.83% | 2.2% |
| 91st | Azerbaijan | 53.06% | 0.4% |
| 92nd | Jamaica | 53.37% | 0.4% |
| 93rd | Romania | 53.63% | 0.3% |
| 94th | Kazakhstan | 54.13% | -0.2% |
| 95th | Georgia | 54.22% | 0.8% |
| 96th | Syrian Arab Republic | 54.59% | 0.5% |
| 97th | Gambia, The | 54.64% | 1.3% |
| 98th | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.68% | -0.5% |
| 99th | Slovak Republic | 54.90% | -0.3% |
| 100th | Croatia | 55.35% | -0.1% |
| 101st | Nicaragua | 56.46% | 0.3% |
| 102nd | Nepal | 56.91% | 6.6% |
| 103rd | Morocco | 57.13% | 1.1% |
| 104th | North Macedonia | 57.96% | 0.1% |
| 105th | Angola | 58.59% | 1.4% |
| 106th | Serbia | 58.89% | 0.6% |
| 107th | Paraguay | 59.24% | 0.2% |
| 108th | French Polynesia | 59.26% | 1.5% |
| 109th | Barbados | 59.49% | -0.5% |
| 110th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 60.03% | 0.2% |
| 111th | Cabo Verde | 60.07% | 1.3% |
| 112th | Portugal | 60.35% | 1.0% |
| 113th | Poland | 61.13% | -0.2% |
| 114th | Ireland | 61.36% | 0.5% |
| 115th | South Africa | 61.77% | 1.0% |
| 116th | Botswana | 61.83% | 1.7% |
| 117th | Congo, Republic of | 62.04% | 0.3% |
| 118th | Ecuador | 62.54% | 0.2% |
| 119th | El Salvador | 63.64% | 1.4% |
| 120th | Montenegro | 63.84% | 0.5% |
| 121st | São Tomé and Principe | 63.87% | 2.2% |
| 122nd | Armenia | 64.38% | -0.1% |
| 123rd | Aruba | 64.49% | -0.3% |
| 124th | Panama | 64.81% | 0.3% |
| 125th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 65.54% | 0.7% |
| 126th | Algeria | 65.90% | 1.1% |
| 127th | Tunisia | 66.07% | 0.4% |
| 128th | New Caledonia | 66.33% | 1.1% |
| 129th | Mongolia | 66.47% | 1.9% |
| 130th | Türkiye | 66.51% | 1.8% |
| 131st | Suriname | 66.58% | -0.1% |
| 132nd | Lithuania | 66.75% | 0.1% |
| 133rd | Austria | 67.04% | 0.0% |
| 134th | Dominica | 67.23% | 0.5% |
| 135th | Estonia | 67.67% | 0.1% |
| 136th | Latvia | 67.84% | 0.0% |
| 137th | Cyprus | 67.87% | -0.3% |
| 138th | Italy | 67.91% | 0.2% |
| 139th | Hungary | 68.10% | 1.6% |
| 140th | Ukraine | 68.38% | 0.2% |
| 141st | Costa Rica | 68.79% | 2.0% |
| 142nd | Iraq | 68.86% | 0.2% |
| 143rd | Finland | 69.29% | 0.4% |
| 144th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 69.38% | 0.8% |
| 145th | Malaysia | 69.54% | 1.1% |
| 146th | Djibouti | 70.68% | -0.2% |
| 147th | Bulgaria | 70.90% | 0.3% |
| 148th | Marshall Islands | 72.37% | 0.8% |
| 149th | Dominican Republic | 72.49% | 2.1% |
| 150th | European Union | 72.82% | 0.2% |
| 151st | Czechia | 73.47% | -0.1% |
| 152nd | Russian Federation | 73.48% | 0.1% |
| 153rd | Switzerland | 73.55% | 0.0% |
| 154th | Belarus | 73.55% | 0.6% |
| 155th | Oman | 73.81% | 1.0% |
| 156th | Brunei Darussalam | 74.79% | 0.5% |
| 157th | Greece | 75.62% | 0.6% |
| 158th | Peru | 76.27% | 0.7% |
| 159th | Cuba | 76.37% | 0.2% |
| 160th | Colombia | 76.46% | 0.2% |
| 161st | Mexico | 76.51% | 0.0% |
| 162nd | France | 77.16% | -0.1% |
| 163rd | Spain | 78.04% | 0.3% |
| 164th | Norway | 78.75% | 0.4% |
| 165th | Palau | 79.66% | 0.8% |
| 166th | Jordan | 80.13% | 1.0% |
| 167th | Germany | 80.25% | 0.0% |
| 168th | United States | 80.62% | 0.1% |
| 169th | Canada | 80.66% | 0.3% |
| 170th | United Kingdom | 80.75% | 0.1% |
| 171st | Saudi Arabia | 81.64% | 0.3% |
| 172nd | Korea | 81.84% | 0.2% |
| 173rd | Bahamas, The | 82.32% | 0.1% |
| 174th | United Arab Emirates | 82.97% | 0.3% |
| 175th | West Bank and Gaza | 83.10% | 0.6% |
| 176th | Greenland | 83.62% | 0.5% |
| 177th | Brazil | 83.80% | 0.3% |
| 178th | Belgium | 84.43% | 0.3% |
| 179th | Sweden | 84.75% | 0.2% |
| 180th | Gabon | 85.24% | 0.7% |
| 181st | Netherlands | 85.61% | 0.2% |
| 182nd | New Zealand | 85.91% | 0.0% |
| 183rd | Australia | 86.03% | 0.1% |
| 184th | Denmark | 86.58% | 0.2% |
| 185th | Chile | 86.88% | 0.0% |
| 186th | American Samoa | 86.90% | -0.3% |
| 187th | Lebanon | 87.28% | 0.2% |
| 188th | Luxembourg | 87.60% | 0.5% |
| 189th | Libya | 88.15% | 0.0% |
| 190th | Andorra | 88.94% | -0.1% |
| 191st | Japan | 89.29% | 1.2% |
| 192nd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 89.51% | 0.6% |
| 193rd | Argentina | 90.65% | 0.2% |
| 194th | Northern Mariana Islands | 90.80% | 0.1% |
| 195th | Curaçao | 91.22% | 0.0% |
| 196th | Israel | 91.73% | 0.0% |
| 197th | Iceland | 93.06% | 0.8% |
| 198th | Uruguay | 93.46% | 0.5% |
| 199th | Puerto Rico (US) | 93.81% | -0.1% |
| 200th | Malta | 94.03% | 0.1% |
| 201st | Guam | 94.03% | 0.1% |
| 202nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 94.37% | 0.1% |
| 203rd | Bahrain | 96.35% | 2.0% |
| 204th | San Marino | 96.39% | 0.6% |
| 205th | Qatar | 98.13% | 0.3% |
| 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 Switzerland's urban population in 2008?▾
Switzerland's urban population in 2008 was 73.55%. This ranked 153rd globally.
How did Switzerland's urban population change in 2008?▾
Switzerland's urban population increased by 0.0% in 2008 compared to 2007.
Which country had the highest urban population in 2008?▾
Bermuda had the highest urban population in 2008 at 100.00%.
What is the urban population of Switzerland in 2008?▾
The urban population of Switzerland in 2008 was 73.55%. This ranked 153rd globally.
How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Switzerland's urban population?▾
Switzerland's urban population went from 73.53% in 2007 to 73.55% in 2008, a 0.0% increase.
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