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Switzerland - Urban Population 2021

Name: Switzerland Urban Population 2021
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Urban population as % of total · World Bank

84.20% +1.86% from 2020 Global rank: 173rd

Switzerland's urban population was 84.20% in 2021, increased +1.86% from 82.34% in 2020. This was the 173rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2021▾

Urban Population by Country - 2021
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Papua New Guinea	14.44%	1.9%
2nd	Liechtenstein	14.70%	0.2%
3rd	Malawi	16.49%	1.2%
4th	Niger	17.23%	1.3%
5th	Samoa	17.57%	-2.7%
6th	Sri Lanka	19.83%	0.8%
7th	South Sudan	20.48%	1.4%
8th	Burundi	21.11%	5.9%
9th	Tonga	21.26%	-2.8%
10th	Vanuatu	22.25%	-0.8%
11th	Micronesia, Federated States of	22.39%	0.1%
12th	Antigua and Barbuda	24.57%	-0.3%
13th	Eswatini	25.02%	1.4%
14th	Chad	25.23%	2.0%
15th	Afghanistan	25.35%	0.3%
16th	Rwanda	26.10%	6.5%
17th	Tajikistan	26.20%	0.0%
18th	Guyana	26.44%	0.0%
19th	Burkina Faso	26.81%	1.7%
20th	St. Lucia	27.44%	6.6%
21st	Solomon Islands	28.69%	2.3%
22nd	Timor-Leste	28.79%	-0.6%
23rd	Uganda	29.24%	2.4%
24th	Mali	29.70%	2.4%
25th	Myanmar	30.24%	0.3%
26th	Madagascar	31.11%	1.3%
27th	Kenya	31.29%	0.3%
28th	Bangladesh	31.40%	0.9%
29th	St. Kitts and Nevis	31.54%	0.2%
30th	Comoros	32.41%	1.1%
31st	Channel Islands	32.81%	0.0%
32nd	Tanzania	34.35%	1.5%
33rd	India	34.44%	0.9%
34th	Mozambique	34.45%	1.6%
35th	Sudan	34.64%	0.2%
36th	Kyrgyz Republic	34.75%	-0.2%
37th	Eritrea	34.99%	-0.4%
38th	Yemen, Republic of	36.07%	1.0%
39th	Grenada	36.28%	0.2%
40th	Viet Nam	36.65%	3.0%
41st	Guinea	36.85%	1.0%
42nd	Lao PDR	37.34%	2.0%
43rd	Zimbabwe	37.87%	2.3%
44th	Pakistan	37.93%	1.1%
45th	Faroe Islands	38.81%	0.4%
46th	Mauritius	39.08%	-0.2%
47th	Cambodia	40.11%	0.7%
48th	Bhutan	40.31%	1.6%
49th	Lesotho	40.66%	2.6%
50th	Maldives	40.74%	0.8%
51st	Moldova	41.81%	1.1%
52nd	Togo	42.31%	1.0%
53rd	Belize	42.39%	-0.6%
54th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	42.57%	0.1%
55th	Central African Republic	42.85%	1.3%
56th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	43.63%	0.9%
57th	Sierra Leone	43.73%	1.2%
58th	Zambia	44.24%	0.8%
59th	Seychelles	44.60%	0.7%
60th	Guinea-Bissau	44.73%	1.0%
61st	Kosovo	46.50%	2.8%
62nd	Turkmenistan	47.06%	0.0%
63rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	47.46%	0.3%
64th	Namibia	49.06%	1.1%
65th	Benin	50.20%	1.5%
66th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	50.49%	1.0%
67th	Uzbekistan	50.93%	0.3%
68th	Isle of Man	52.20%	0.0%
69th	Senegal	52.23%	2.3%
70th	Romania	52.23%	-0.7%
71st	Côte d'Ivoire	52.32%	0.9%
72nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	52.91%	1.2%
73rd	Slovak Republic	53.19%	-0.1%
74th	Haiti	53.25%	1.2%
75th	Liberia	53.92%	1.0%
76th	Trinidad and Tobago	53.94%	0.0%
77th	British Virgin Islands	53.97%	1.5%
78th	Philippines	54.45%	0.6%
79th	Cameroon	54.55%	0.6%
80th	Guatemala	54.90%	0.7%
81st	Slovenia	55.30%	-0.1%
82nd	Ghana	56.70%	0.9%
83rd	Croatia	56.77%	0.4%
84th	Indonesia	56.88%	1.1%
85th	Honduras	57.36%	0.9%
86th	Albania	57.51%	0.6%
87th	Jamaica	57.54%	0.8%
88th	Fiji	57.66%	0.8%
89th	Mauritania	57.90%	1.6%
90th	Azerbaijan	58.37%	0.1%
91st	Thailand	58.51%	2.2%
92nd	Nicaragua	58.86%	0.3%
93rd	Barbados	59.32%	0.0%
94th	Georgia	59.43%	0.7%
95th	Kiribati	59.64%	2.1%
96th	Poland	59.81%	-0.1%
97th	Nigeria	60.57%	1.3%
98th	Kazakhstan	61.03%	1.7%
99th	Portugal	61.10%	0.0%
100th	Serbia	61.36%	0.2%
101st	North Macedonia	61.68%	0.9%
102nd	French Polynesia	61.74%	0.0%
103rd	Aruba	61.93%	-0.1%
104th	Morocco	62.32%	0.4%
105th	Tuvalu	62.61%	1.1%
106th	Gambia, The	62.76%	0.9%
107th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	62.93%	0.5%
108th	Ecuador	63.09%	0.0%
109th	South Africa	63.45%	0.0%
110th	Congo, Republic of	63.62%	0.1%
111th	Ireland	63.68%	0.3%
112th	China	64.72%	1.9%
113th	Montenegro	65.33%	0.1%
114th	Armenia	65.36%	0.3%
115th	Panama	65.81%	0.0%
116th	Suriname	65.99%	0.0%
117th	Nepal	66.14%	0.1%
118th	Botswana	66.52%	0.1%
119th	Cyprus	66.67%	-0.1%
120th	Paraguay	67.31%	1.8%
121st	New Caledonia	67.41%	0.2%
122nd	São Tomé and Principe	68.17%	0.2%
123rd	Latvia	68.18%	0.1%
124th	Lithuania	68.19%	1.1%
125th	Angola	68.25%	1.2%
126th	Austria	68.77%	0.3%
127th	Mongolia	69.22%	1.7%
128th	Tunisia	69.40%	0.4%
129th	Ukraine	69.40%	0.0%
130th	Italy	69.48%	-0.1%
131st	Iraq	69.87%	0.0%
132nd	Estonia	70.18%	0.4%
133rd	Hungary	70.21%	-0.1%
134th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	70.35%	0.4%
135th	Equatorial Guinea	70.64%	0.4%
136th	Dominica	72.26%	0.6%
137th	Djibouti	72.29%	0.4%
138th	Czechia	72.68%	-0.1%
139th	Dominican Republic	72.92%	-0.5%
140th	Syrian Arab Republic	73.01%	-0.5%
141st	Bulgaria	73.35%	0.0%
142nd	Finland	73.37%	0.4%
143rd	Algeria	73.62%	0.8%
144th	El Salvador	73.68%	0.9%
145th	Cabo Verde	74.16%	1.8%
146th	European Union	74.65%	0.1%
147th	Russian Federation	74.75%	0.1%
148th	Brunei Darussalam	74.77%	0.0%
149th	Malaysia	75.51%	0.6%
150th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	75.99%	0.5%
151st	Cuba	77.10%	0.0%
152nd	Marshall Islands	77.62%	0.4%
153rd	Colombia	77.83%	0.3%
154th	Costa Rica	77.99%	0.6%
155th	Belarus	78.13%	0.4%
156th	Greece	78.39%	0.1%
157th	France	78.74%	0.0%
158th	Mexico	78.93%	0.3%
159th	Palau	79.09%	0.0%
160th	Spain	79.78%	0.1%
161st	United States	80.01%	0.0%
162nd	Oman	80.12%	0.1%
163rd	Korea	81.16%	0.0%
164th	Bahamas, The	81.48%	-0.2%
165th	Germany	81.63%	0.2%
166th	Canada	82.18%	0.3%
167th	American Samoa	82.21%	-0.5%
168th	Norway	82.86%	0.2%
169th	United Kingdom	82.99%	0.1%
170th	New Zealand	83.83%	0.0%
171st	Peru	83.95%	0.5%
172nd	Saudi Arabia	83.97%	0.2%
173rd	Switzerland	84.20%	2.3%
174th	United Arab Emirates	85.36%	0.2%
175th	West Bank and Gaza	86.33%	0.3%
176th	Brazil	87.14%	0.3%
177th	Australia	87.24%	0.0%
178th	Belgium	87.43%	0.2%
179th	Greenland	87.55%	0.3%
180th	Libya	87.84%	0.0%
181st	Sweden	88.17%	0.3%
182nd	Denmark	88.26%	0.0%
183rd	Chile	88.47%	0.2%
184th	Andorra	88.66%	0.1%
185th	Türkiye	89.18%	0.3%
186th	Lebanon	89.97%	0.3%
187th	Gabon	90.79%	0.5%
188th	Curaçao	91.39%	0.0%
189th	Israel	91.54%	0.0%
190th	Northern Mariana Islands	91.78%	0.1%
191st	Japan	91.87%	0.1%
192nd	Argentina	92.03%	0.1%
193rd	Jordan	92.12%	0.3%
194th	Turks and Caicos Islands	93.45%	0.3%
195th	Puerto Rico (US)	94.06%	0.0%
196th	Guam	94.09%	0.0%
197th	Iceland	94.21%	0.1%
198th	Luxembourg	94.59%	0.8%
199th	Netherlands	94.63%	0.4%
200th	Virgin Islands (US)	95.16%	0.1%
201st	Uruguay	95.45%	0.1%
202nd	Malta	95.51%	0.3%
203rd	San Marino	97.10%	0.0%
204th	Qatar	99.20%	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 Switzerland's urban population in 2021?▾

Switzerland's urban population in 2021 was 84.20%. This ranked 173rd globally.

How did Switzerland's urban population change in 2021?▾

Switzerland's urban population increased by 2.3% in 2021 compared to 2020.

Which country had the highest urban population in 2021?▾

Bahrain had the highest urban population in 2021 at 100.00%.

What is the urban population of Switzerland in 2021?▾

The urban population of Switzerland in 2021 was 84.20%. This ranked 173rd globally.

How does 2021 compare to 2020 for Switzerland's urban population?▾

Switzerland's urban population went from 82.34% in 2020 to 84.20% in 2021, a 2.3% increase.

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