Data for 2007

Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 2007

Name: Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 2007
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wup/assets/Download/Countries%20and%20Aggregates/WUP2025-F15-National-Definitions_percPop_by_category.xlsx

2007, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

The share of a country's people living in places its own government classifies as urban. It is the familiar per-cent-urban figure and tracks one of the great shifts of the last century — but each country draws the line between town and countryside in its own way.

Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 2007 covers 222 countries. 13 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; Montserrat is lowest, at 9.33. The middle country reads 59.52. Against 2006, 209 values changed (168 up, 41 down), the same countries are covered.

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Urban Population Share (National Definitions) · Data for 2007

Highest13 countries share it

100.00

LowestMontserrat

9.33

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

222countries
1measure
2007the year it describes
210distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 2007, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 2007: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	100.00
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	100.00
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	100.00
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	100.00
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	100.00
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	100.00
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	100.00
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	100.00
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	100.00
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	100.00
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	100.00
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	100.00
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	100.00
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	97.87
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	95.82
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	94.46
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	94.24
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	93.97
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	93.91
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	93.88
Uruguay`URY`South America	92.96
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	92.36
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	91.71
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	91.21
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	90.73
Argentina`ARG`South America	90.48
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	89.05
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	89.02
Venezuela`VEN`South America	88.73
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	88.27
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	88.16
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	87.20
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	87.18
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	87.10
Chile`CHL`South America	86.84
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	86.43
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	85.93
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	85.90
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	85.41
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	84.69
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	84.59
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	84.15
Brazil`BRA`South America	83.54
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	83.20
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	82.76
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	82.60
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	82.20
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	81.71
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	81.42
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	80.65
United States`USA`Northern America	80.52
Canada`CAN`Northern America	80.44
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	80.22
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	79.65
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	79.34
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	79.02
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	78.41
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	77.77
France`FRA`Western Europe	77.25
Mexico`MEX`Central America	76.50
Colombia`COL`South America	76.31
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	76.24
Peru`PER`South America	75.76
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	75.18
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	74.43
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	73.53
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	73.52
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	73.39
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	73.09
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	73.07
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	72.54
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	71.79
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	71.02
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	70.81
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	70.68
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	69.02
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	68.81
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	68.76
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	68.72
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	68.21
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	68.06
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	67.86
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	67.79
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	67.61
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	67.47
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	67.02
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	67.00
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	66.88
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	66.72
Suriname`SUR`South America	66.64
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	65.80
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	65.62
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	65.34
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	65.26
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	65.17
Bolivia`BOL`South America	65.11
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	64.65
Panama`PAN`Central America	64.60
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	64.43
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	63.50
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	62.77
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	62.48
Ecuador`ECU`South America	62.39
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	61.85
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	61.28
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	61.18
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	61.06
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	60.78
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	59.93
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	59.80
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	59.75
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	59.29
Paraguay`PRY`South America	59.13
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	58.56
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	58.41
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	57.91
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	57.76
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	56.53
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	56.28
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	55.41
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	55.07
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	54.94
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	54.29
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	54.23
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	53.92
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	53.77
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	53.45
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	53.38
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	53.17
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	52.83
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	51.71
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	51.67
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	51.24
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	50.65
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	50.47
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	49.70
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	49.46
Honduras`HND`Central America	49.40
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	49.24
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	48.81
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	48.20
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	47.74
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	46.84
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	46.61
Belize`BLZ`Central America	46.08
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	45.93
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	45.89
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	45.86
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	45.70
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	44.79
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	44.72
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	44.62
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	43.99
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	42.97
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	42.74
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	42.52
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	42.44
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	42.35
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	41.29
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	40.78
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	40.70
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	39.43
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	39.00
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	38.76
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	38.40
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	38.23
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	38.20
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	37.72
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	37.51
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	36.56
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	36.29
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	36.25
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	36.24
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	35.91
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	35.43
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	35.38
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	35.30
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	34.27
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	32.97
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	32.68
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	32.48
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	32.17
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	31.70
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	30.42
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	30.36
India`IND`Southern Asia	29.78
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	29.61
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	28.73
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	28.71
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	28.65
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	28.25
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	28.00
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	27.72
Guyana`GUY`South America	27.15
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	27.04
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	26.53
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	26.42
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	26.07
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	24.22
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	23.60
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	23.22
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	22.97
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	22.32
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	22.14
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	21.77
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	21.74
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	20.93
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	20.69
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	20.59
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	19.40
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	18.53
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	17.00
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	16.91
Niger`NER`Western Africa	16.26
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	16.09
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	15.85
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	15.49
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	15.25
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	14.49
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	13.03
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	9.77
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	9.33

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Anguillashared100.00
Bermudashared100.00
Cayman Islandsshared100.00
Gibraltarshared100.00
Hong Kongshared100.00

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 59.52. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

+0 / −0countries joined / left
209values changed, of 222 in both
168 · 41rose · fell
13unchanged

Rose most

Nepal49.51 → 53.38+3.88
Equatorial Guinea43.93 → 45.86+1.93
Bahrain92.72 → 94.46+1.74
Dominican Republic69.33 → 71.02+1.69
China44.34 → 45.89+1.55

Fell most

Saint Lucia22.20 → 20.93−1.27
Antigua and Barbuda28.44 → 27.72−0.72
Barbados60.20 → 59.80−0.39
Andorra89.38 → 89.05−0.33
Belize46.41 → 46.08−0.33

04Caveats

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How values are stored

One year of the 2025 release
Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2007.
210 distinct values among 222
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 13 countries share 100.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

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UN DESA Population Division (2007). Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/urban-population-share/2007

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