United Kingdom - Urban Population 2016
82.02%
+0.20% from 2015
United Kingdom's urban population was 82.02% in 2016, increased +0.20% from 81.82% in 2015. This was the 169th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2016▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Papua New Guinea | 13.37% | 1.0% |
| 2nd | Liechtenstein | 14.48% | 0.2% |
| 3rd | Burundi | 15.62% | 6.5% |
| 4th | Malawi | 15.90% | 0.4% |
| 5th | Niger | 16.39% | 0.5% |
| 6th | Sri Lanka | 18.97% | 0.9% |
| 7th | South Sudan | 19.08% | 1.4% |
| 8th | Rwanda | 19.12% | 5.1% |
| 9th | Samoa | 19.13% | -0.6% |
| 10th | St. Lucia | 20.82% | 4.0% |
| 11th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.32% | 0.0% |
| 12th | Chad | 23.11% | 1.4% |
| 13th | Tonga | 23.13% | -0.5% |
| 14th | Eswatini | 23.53% | 1.1% |
| 15th | Solomon Islands | 24.50% | 3.6% |
| 16th | Afghanistan | 24.66% | 0.8% |
| 17th | Vanuatu | 24.87% | 0.0% |
| 18th | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.92% | -0.3% |
| 19th | Uganda | 25.70% | 2.9% |
| 20th | Burkina Faso | 25.82% | 0.8% |
| 21st | Tajikistan | 26.37% | -0.4% |
| 22nd | Guyana | 26.41% | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Mali | 26.45% | 2.3% |
| 24th | Madagascar | 29.42% | 0.9% |
| 25th | Timor-Leste | 29.45% | -0.2% |
| 26th | Myanmar | 29.81% | 0.3% |
| 27th | Bangladesh | 29.88% | 1.1% |
| 28th | Comoros | 30.73% | 1.2% |
| 29th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 31.28% | 0.1% |
| 30th | Kenya | 31.65% | -0.3% |
| 31st | Tanzania | 31.76% | 1.8% |
| 32nd | Mozambique | 32.38% | 0.8% |
| 33rd | Cambodia | 32.48% | 8.0% |
| 34th | Channel Islands | 32.74% | 0.2% |
| 35th | Viet Nam | 32.85% | 1.4% |
| 36th | India | 32.87% | 1.0% |
| 37th | Yemen, Republic of | 32.95% | 1.7% |
| 38th | Lao PDR | 33.83% | 2.1% |
| 39th | Zimbabwe | 34.08% | 1.5% |
| 40th | Sudan | 34.19% | 0.3% |
| 41st | Kyrgyz Republic | 35.05% | -0.1% |
| 42nd | Guinea | 35.31% | 0.8% |
| 43rd | Lesotho | 35.51% | 4.2% |
| 44th | Eritrea | 35.53% | -0.2% |
| 45th | Grenada | 35.97% | 0.1% |
| 46th | Pakistan | 36.16% | 0.7% |
| 47th | Bhutan | 37.27% | 1.6% |
| 48th | Faroe Islands | 38.32% | 0.5% |
| 49th | Maldives | 38.96% | 1.0% |
| 50th | Mauritius | 39.56% | -0.3% |
| 51st | Moldova | 39.74% | 0.1% |
| 52nd | Togo | 40.15% | 1.1% |
| 53rd | Central African Republic | 40.38% | 1.0% |
| 54th | Kosovo | 40.78% | 2.2% |
| 55th | Sierra Leone | 41.23% | 1.1% |
| 56th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 41.73% | 0.9% |
| 57th | Zambia | 42.34% | 0.9% |
| 58th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 42.52% | -0.2% |
| 59th | Guinea-Bissau | 42.59% | 1.0% |
| 60th | Seychelles | 43.28% | 0.4% |
| 61st | Belize | 43.68% | -0.6% |
| 62nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 45.94% | 4.7% |
| 63rd | Namibia | 46.18% | 1.5% |
| 64th | Benin | 46.61% | 1.5% |
| 65th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 46.81% | 0.3% |
| 66th | Turkmenistan | 47.02% | 0.0% |
| 67th | Senegal | 47.06% | 1.7% |
| 68th | Thailand | 47.88% | 2.0% |
| 69th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 48.02% | 1.0% |
| 70th | Côte d'Ivoire | 49.93% | 0.9% |
| 71st | Haiti | 50.09% | 1.3% |
| 72nd | British Virgin Islands | 50.18% | 1.4% |
| 73rd | Uzbekistan | 50.66% | 0.0% |
| 74th | Liberia | 51.27% | 1.0% |
| 75th | Kiribati | 51.77% | 1.6% |
| 76th | Philippines | 51.91% | 1.5% |
| 77th | Isle of Man | 52.13% | 0.0% |
| 78th | Mauritania | 52.92% | 2.4% |
| 79th | Cameroon | 52.98% | 0.6% |
| 80th | Romania | 53.55% | -0.3% |
| 81st | Slovenia | 53.65% | 0.0% |
| 82nd | Guatemala | 53.66% | 0.4% |
| 83rd | Slovak Republic | 53.74% | -0.2% |
| 84th | Indonesia | 53.81% | 1.2% |
| 85th | Trinidad and Tobago | 53.93% | 0.0% |
| 86th | Ghana | 54.17% | 1.0% |
| 87th | Honduras | 54.89% | 0.9% |
| 88th | Fiji | 55.17% | 1.0% |
| 89th | Jamaica | 55.55% | 0.6% |
| 90th | Albania | 55.57% | 0.8% |
| 91st | Croatia | 55.73% | 0.3% |
| 92nd | Azerbaijan | 55.76% | 1.1% |
| 93rd | Nigeria | 56.54% | 1.5% |
| 94th | Kazakhstan | 56.75% | 1.1% |
| 95th | Georgia | 57.70% | 0.6% |
| 96th | Nicaragua | 58.00% | 0.3% |
| 97th | China | 58.84% | 2.6% |
| 98th | Barbados | 59.25% | 0.0% |
| 99th | North Macedonia | 59.38% | 0.5% |
| 100th | Tuvalu | 59.47% | 0.9% |
| 101st | Gambia, The | 59.87% | 1.0% |
| 102nd | Poland | 60.24% | -0.2% |
| 103rd | Serbia | 60.39% | 0.4% |
| 104th | Morocco | 60.97% | 0.5% |
| 105th | Portugal | 61.13% | 0.0% |
| 106th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 61.57% | 0.4% |
| 107th | French Polynesia | 61.77% | 0.1% |
| 108th | Paraguay | 62.08% | 1.2% |
| 109th | Ireland | 62.72% | 0.1% |
| 110th | Ecuador | 62.99% | 0.1% |
| 111th | Aruba | 63.01% | -0.3% |
| 112th | Congo, Republic of | 63.25% | 0.2% |
| 113th | South Africa | 63.28% | 0.1% |
| 114th | Angola | 64.30% | 1.2% |
| 115th | Armenia | 64.59% | 0.2% |
| 116th | Montenegro | 64.91% | 0.1% |
| 117th | Nepal | 65.29% | 0.5% |
| 118th | Panama | 65.60% | 0.1% |
| 119th | Botswana | 65.69% | 0.4% |
| 120th | Suriname | 66.14% | -0.1% |
| 121st | New Caledonia | 66.89% | 0.1% |
| 122nd | Cyprus | 66.96% | -0.1% |
| 123rd | Lithuania | 67.19% | -0.1% |
| 124th | São Tomé and Principe | 67.52% | 0.2% |
| 125th | Austria | 67.72% | 0.2% |
| 126th | Latvia | 67.93% | 0.1% |
| 127th | Mongolia | 67.98% | 0.0% |
| 128th | Cabo Verde | 68.04% | 1.7% |
| 129th | Tunisia | 68.06% | 0.3% |
| 130th | Estonia | 68.72% | 0.4% |
| 131st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 68.74% | 0.5% |
| 132nd | Ukraine | 69.21% | 0.1% |
| 133rd | Equatorial Guinea | 69.25% | 0.4% |
| 134th | Italy | 69.60% | 0.0% |
| 135th | Iraq | 69.91% | 0.0% |
| 136th | Dominica | 70.25% | 0.5% |
| 137th | El Salvador | 70.40% | 1.0% |
| 138th | Hungary | 70.47% | 0.0% |
| 139th | Algeria | 70.74% | 0.8% |
| 140th | Djibouti | 71.15% | 0.2% |
| 141st | Finland | 71.62% | 0.4% |
| 142nd | Czechia | 72.97% | -0.1% |
| 143rd | Bulgaria | 73.18% | 0.1% |
| 144th | Malaysia | 73.86% | 0.6% |
| 145th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 73.88% | 0.7% |
| 146th | Dominican Republic | 74.05% | -0.1% |
| 147th | European Union | 74.09% | 0.3% |
| 148th | Russian Federation | 74.37% | 0.1% |
| 149th | Brunei Darussalam | 74.88% | -0.1% |
| 150th | Syrian Arab Republic | 75.15% | -0.8% |
| 151st | Costa Rica | 75.54% | 0.7% |
| 152nd | Marshall Islands | 75.85% | 0.5% |
| 153rd | Switzerland | 76.67% | 1.4% |
| 154th | Belarus | 76.85% | 0.3% |
| 155th | Cuba | 76.91% | 0.1% |
| 156th | Colombia | 77.20% | 0.1% |
| 157th | Mexico | 77.44% | 0.3% |
| 158th | Greece | 77.71% | 0.2% |
| 159th | Oman | 77.75% | 0.6% |
| 160th | France | 78.60% | 1.1% |
| 161st | Spain | 79.36% | 0.1% |
| 162nd | Palau | 80.11% | -0.3% |
| 163rd | United States | 80.50% | -0.1% |
| 164th | Germany | 80.83% | 0.2% |
| 165th | Canada | 81.30% | 0.1% |
| 166th | Peru | 81.42% | 0.9% |
| 167th | Korea | 81.56% | -0.1% |
| 168th | Norway | 81.68% | 0.5% |
| 169th | United Kingdom | 82.02% | 0.2% |
| 170th | Bahamas, The | 82.18% | -0.1% |
| 171st | Saudi Arabia | 83.13% | 0.2% |
| 172nd | American Samoa | 84.29% | -0.5% |
| 173rd | United Arab Emirates | 84.51% | 0.2% |
| 174th | New Zealand | 84.69% | -0.5% |
| 175th | West Bank and Gaza | 85.34% | 0.1% |
| 176th | Brazil | 85.95% | 0.3% |
| 177th | Greenland | 86.23% | 0.2% |
| 178th | Belgium | 86.45% | 0.3% |
| 179th | Sweden | 87.00% | 0.4% |
| 180th | Australia | 87.02% | 0.2% |
| 181st | Chile | 87.63% | 0.2% |
| 182nd | Denmark | 87.70% | 0.0% |
| 183rd | Libya | 87.82% | 0.0% |
| 184th | Türkiye | 88.10% | 1.0% |
| 185th | Andorra | 88.50% | 0.0% |
| 186th | Gabon | 88.54% | 0.5% |
| 187th | Lebanon | 88.84% | 0.2% |
| 188th | Jordan | 90.56% | 0.8% |
| 189th | Netherlands | 90.58% | 0.3% |
| 190th | Curaçao | 91.34% | 0.0% |
| 191st | Northern Mariana Islands | 91.40% | 0.1% |
| 192nd | Japan | 91.45% | 0.1% |
| 193rd | Luxembourg | 91.54% | 0.6% |
| 194th | Argentina | 91.59% | 0.1% |
| 195th | Israel | 91.69% | 0.0% |
| 196th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 92.15% | 0.3% |
| 197th | Iceland | 93.78% | 0.1% |
| 198th | Puerto Rico (US) | 93.82% | 0.0% |
| 199th | Guam | 94.08% | 0.0% |
| 200th | Malta | 94.48% | 0.0% |
| 201st | Virgin Islands (US) | 94.99% | 0.1% |
| 202nd | Uruguay | 95.16% | 0.1% |
| 203rd | San Marino | 97.10% | 0.0% |
| 204th | Qatar | 98.99% | 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 United Kingdom's urban population in 2016?▾
United Kingdom's urban population in 2016 was 82.02%. This ranked 169th globally.
How did United Kingdom's urban population change in 2016?▾
United Kingdom's urban population increased by 0.2% in 2016 compared to 2015.
Which country had the highest urban population in 2016?▾
Bahrain had the highest urban population in 2016 at 100.00%.
What is the urban population of United Kingdom in 2016?▾
The urban population of United Kingdom in 2016 was 82.02%. This ranked 169th globally.
How does 2016 compare to 2015 for United Kingdom's urban population?▾
United Kingdom's urban population went from 81.82% in 2015 to 82.02% in 2016, a 0.2% increase.
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