World Development Indicators

Urbanization
Urban population					Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million		Population in the largest city		People using at least basic sanitation services
									urban		Rural
thousands		% of total population		% growth	% of total population		% of urban population		% of urban population		% of rural population
1990	2020	1990	2020	2020	1990	2020	1990	2020	2000	2020	2000	2020

Afghanistan	2,629	10,131	21	26	3.4	12	11	59	42	30.9	66.7	19.3	44.8
Albania	1,197	1,763	36	62	0.9	..	..	21	28	96.9	99.3	84.2	99.3
Algeria	13,417	32,333	52	74	2.6	7	6	13	9	91.7	88.3	73.6	79.5
American Samoa	38	48	81	87	-0.2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra	52	68	95	88	0.1	..	..	..	..	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Angola	4,401	21,963	37	67	4.2	12	25	33	38	47.5	65.3	7.5	24.2
Antigua and Barbuda	22	24	35	24	0.5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Argentina	28,373	41,797	87	92	1.1	44	43	39	36	89.5	98.8	68.7	..
Armenia	2,385	1,876	67	63	0.3	33	37	49	58	92.3	100.0	77.2	83.5
Aruba	31	47	50	44	0.8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Australia	14,579	22,158	85	86	1.4	61	61	25	22	..	..	..	..
Austria	4,834	5,238	63	59	0.8	20	22	32	37	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Azerbaijan	3,857	5,692	54	56	1.3	24	23	45	41	72.9	96.4	51.0	95.7
Bahamas, The	205	327	80	83	1.1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bahrain	437	1,523	88	90	3.7	..	..	29	42	..	..	..	..
Bangladesh	20,439	62,873	20	38	3.0	8	16	32	33	40.7	52.8	18.4	55.0
Barbados	98	90	37	31	0.2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Belarus	6,723	7,455	66	79	0.1	16	22	24	27	89.8	98.2	95.7	96.6
Belgium	9,606	11,322	96	98	0.5	26	27	18	18	99.5	99.5	99.5	99.5
Belize	89	183	47	46	2.2	..	..	..	..	85.4	93.6	80.0	83.6
Benin	1,717	5,869	34	48	3.8	..	..	29	18	19.9	26.5	2.6	8.0
Bermuda	59	64	100	100	0.0	..	..	..	..	100.0	99.9	..	..
Bhutan	87	327	16	42	2.8	..	..	..	..	71.9	76.6	38.5	76.4
Bolivia	3,815	8,185	56	70	1.9	32	42	28	23	47.7	75.0	14.0	44.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,752	1,608	39	49	0.2	..	..	19	21	98.5	98.9	92.6	92.1
Botswana	540	1,667	42	71	3.1	..	..	..	..	68.8	91.4	32.7	52.4
Brazil	110,146	185,082	74	87	1.0	36	42	13	12	81.6	94.1	36.5	62.9
Brunei Darussalam	172	342	66	78	1.4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bulgaria	5,787	5,248	66	76	-0.2	14	18	21	24	86.8	86.8	83.7	83.7
Burkina Faso	1,217	6,398	14	31	4.9	6	13	44	43	48.5	40.3	2.3	13.5
Burundi	341	1,630	6	14	5.6	..	..	69	62	40.6	41.2	45.6	46.4
Cabo Verde	149	371	44	67	1.8	..	..	..	..	55.7	82.7	21.1	71.9
Cambodia	1,395	4,051	16	24	3.2	7	12	44	51	53.0	93.1	0.0	61.0
Cameroon	4,672	15,280	40	58	3.6	15	29	20	26	53.6	60.8	24.1	22.7
Canada	21,206	31,024	77	82	1.3	40	46	18	20	100.0	99.1	99.3	98.9
Cayman Islands	25	66	100	100	1.2	..	..	..	..	83.7	..	..	..
Central African Republic	1,034	2,038	37	42	2.8	..	..	45	44	39.2	25.3	9.4	5.9
Chad	1,241	3,863	21	24	4.0	8	9	38	37	22.6	39.7	6.4	3.6
Channel Islands	44	54	31	31	1.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chile	11,054	16,770	83	88	1.0	35	35	42	40	96.1	100.0	68.3	100.0
China	300,166	866,811	26	61	2.1	10	29	3	3	77.9	95.2	45.0	87.9
Hong Kong SAR, China	5,677	7,481	100	100	-0.4	100	100	100	100	96.7	96.5	..	..
Macao SAR, China	343	649	100	100	1.4	..	..	100	100	100.0	100.0	..	..
Colombia	23,000	41,431	69	81	1.5	33	44	21	26	80.6	95.8	58.4	84.4
Comoros	115	255	28	29	2.9	..	..	..	..	43.9	45.2	23.5	32.1
Congo, Dem. Rep.	10,603	40,874	31	46	4.4	17	25	35	35	24.6	20.4	23.8	11.2
Congo, Rep.	1,280	3,743	54	68	3.2	45	65	55	64	16.3	27.2	5.8	6.3
Costa Rica	1,560	4,115	50	81	1.8	24	27	47	34	96.9	98.2	89.1	96.8
Cote d'Ivoire	4,692	13,639	39	52	3.4	18	20	45	38	38.9	47.7	7.4	20.5
Croatia	2,438	2,330	51	58	0.1	..	..	29	29	97.5	97.8	94.6	94.8
Cuba	7,774	8,743	73	77	0.0	20	19	27	24	91.2	92.8	78.9	86.3
Curacao	123	138	85	89	-1.6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	512	807	67	67	0.8	..	..	..	..	99.7	99.7	99.9	98.8
Czech Republic	7,773	7,923	75	74	0.4	12	12	16	16	99.1	99.1	99.3	99.2
Denmark	4,362	5,138	85	88	0.4	20	23	24	26	99.6	99.6	99.6	99.6
Djibouti	448	771	76	78	1.7	..	..	71	75	57.9	79.3	11.5	21.9
Dominica	44	51	63	71	0.7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominican Republic	3,940	8,954	55	83	1.9	21	31	39	37	82.1	89.3	70.1	77.1
Ecuador	5,636	11,321	55	64	1.8	26	28	28	26	79.9	92.8	53.6	89.3
Egypt, Arab Rep.	24,406	43,782	43	43	2.0	23	26	41	48	94.8	99.7	88.7	95.5
El Salvador	2,597	4,764	49	73	1.5	18	17	37	23	89.9	86.9	74.2	70.1
Equatorial Guinea	146	1,026	35	73	4.1	..	..	26	40	64.4	..	45.5	..
Eritrea	427	..	19	..	..	..	..	84	66	27.3	..	1.4	..
Estonia	1,118	920	71	69	0.5	..	..	43	48	99.9	99.0	99.4	99.4
Eswatini	166	280	20	24	1.8	..	..	..	..	66.2	51.5	43.2	68.4
Ethiopia	6,044	24,941	13	22	4.7	4	4	30	19	15.4	21.4	0.6	5.5
Faroe Islands	14	21	31	42	0.8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fiji	303	513	42	57	1.6	..	..	..	..	89.2	99.0	70.8	99.3
Finland	3,958	4,729	79	86	0.2	17	24	22	28	99.4	99.4	99.5	99.5
France	43,127	54,561	74	81	0.5	22	23	22	20	98.6	98.6	98.9	98.9
French Polynesia	116	174	58	62	0.7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gabon	657	2,005	69	90	2.8	..	..	56	42	35.1	50.9	29.8	39.7
Gambia, The	366	1,512	38	63	3.9	..	..	62	30	42.0	59.6	59.5	25.5
Georgia	2,643	2,213	55	59	0.8	25	29	46	49	93.2	94.8	87.6	72.5
Germany	58,080	64,411	73	77	0.2	9	10	6	6	99.3	99.3	99.0	99.0
Ghana	5,384	17,820	36	57	3.3	13	19	22	19	13.0	28.4	3.0	17.4
Greece	7,287	8,530	71	80	0.2	30	29	42	37	98.6	99.2	94.8	98.1
Greenland	44	49	80	87	0.5	..	..	..	..	99.6	99.6	99.6	99.6
Grenada	32	41	33	37	0.8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guam	118	160	91	95	1.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guatemala	3,800	8,739	42	52	2.3	16	17	38	34	80.7	79.4	46.1	55.5
Guinea	1,780	4,843	28	37	3.8	14	15	49	40	21.3	45.6	3.2	20.5
Guinea-Bissau	301	870	31	44	3.4	..	..	61	69	13.1	34.7	0.7	5.2
Guyana	220	211	30	27	0.8	..	..	..	..	84.5	91.5	76.5	83.7
Haiti	2,007	6,509	29	57	2.8	16	24	57	43	27.8	45.9	10.7	25.4
Honduras	2,005	5,780	40	58	2.7	12	15	29	25	76.0	86.4	52.2	80.0
Hungary	6,830	7,014	66	72	0.2	19	18	29	25	97.8	97.8	98.6	98.6
Iceland	231	344	91	94	1.7	..	..	..	..	98.7	98.7	100.0	100.0
India	223,096	481,980	26	35	2.3	11	16	6	6	48.4	79.2	2.3	67.0
Indonesia	55,483	154,927	31	57	2.2	12	14	15	7	58.5	91.6	23.2	79.7
Iran, Islamic Rep.	31,751	63,729	56	76	1.9	23	26	20	14	87.6	92.8	60.9	82.3
Iraq	12,142	28,515	70	71	2.6	30	25	34	25	77.4	100.0	53.7	100.0
Ireland	2,000	3,174	57	64	1.4	26	25	46	39	88.1	89.5	91.6	94.5
Isle of Man	36	45	52	53	0.8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	4,211	8,532	90	93	1.9	52	58	42	49	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.3
Italy	37,846	42,232	67	71	0.0	19	19	10	10	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.9
Jamaica	1,196	1,667	49	56	1.0	..	..	47	35	83.6	83.2	81.7	91.0
Japan	95,497	115,885	77	92	-0.2	58	65	34	32	..	..	..	..
Jordan	2,613	9,328	73	91	1.2	24	21	33	23	98.8	97.3	98.4	95.2
Kazakhstan	9,198	10,817	56	58	1.5	8	16	12	18	96.6	97.0	97.0	99.0
Kenya	3,973	15,053	17	28	4.0	8	11	35	31	34.9	35.6	29.5	31.6
Kiribati	25	66	35	56	2.9	..	..	..	..	46.9	50.7	21.1	39.1
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	11,848	16,081	58	62	0.8	12	12	21	19	80.6	91.7	67.3	73.1
Korea, Rep.	31,656	42,202	74	81	0.1	52	50	33	24	..	..	..	..
Kosovo	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kuwait	2,053	4,271	98	100	1.5	66	73	68	73	..	..	..	..
Kyrgyz Republic	1,659	2,425	38	37	2.6	..	..	38	43	92.1	95.1	92.4	99.5
Lao PDR	657	2,640	15	36	3.3	..	..	43	26	66.6	97.6	17.4	69.1
Latvia	1,844	1,298	69	68	-0.6	..	..	49	49	94.6	96.3	72.5	84.2
Lebanon	2,330	6,070	83	89	-0.3	46	36	55	40	..	..	..	..
Lesotho	238	622	14	29	2.3	..	..	..	..	21.3	47.3	4.8	51.6
Liberia	1,151	2,634	55	52	3.3	50	30	91	58	24.7	29.0	4.0	6.4
Libya	3,360	5,545	76	81	1.7	19	17	26	21	..	..	..	..
Liechtenstein	5	5	17	14	0.6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lithuania	2,499	1,902	68	68	0.3	..	..	23	28	93.1	97.6	66.5	86.2
Luxembourg	309	577	81	91	1.9	..	..	..	..	97.5	97.5	98.8	98.7
North Macedonia	1,154	1,212	58	58	0.3	..	..	39	49	93.4	99.4	81.7	96.8
Madagascar	2,733	10,670	24	39	4.4	8	12	35	32	9.6	18.5	2.2	8.4
Malawi	1,087	3,334	12	17	4.1	3	6	34	34	31.8	34.3	19.3	24.9
Malaysia	8,978	24,974	50	77	2.0	12	25	23	32	98.3	99.9	94.4	98.7
Maldives	58	220	26	41	2.9	..	..	..	..	92.5	99.8	68.1	98.7
Mali	1,971	8,892	23	44	4.7	9	13	38	29	34.8	55.8	8.2	37.3
Malta	320	488	90	95	2.3	..	..	..	..	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Marshall Islands	31	46	65	78	1.2	..	..	..	..	89.0	91.4	59.1	58.8
Mauritania	800	2,573	39	55	4.2	21	28	52	51	34.5	74.8	7.0	18.9
Mauritius	465	516	44	41	0.0	..	..	..	..	92.3	96.0	88.5	..
Mexico	59,951	104,089	71	81	1.4	38	41	26	21	84.9	93.9	54.0	86.0
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	25	26	26	23	1.6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Moldova	1,388	1,123	47	43	-1.4	..	..	47	44	89.0	86.9	61.8	72.6
Monaco	29	39	100	100	0.7	..	..	..	..	100.0	100.0	..	..
Mongolia	1,246	2,251	57	69	1.8	26	48	46	70	60.1	75.6	24.9	50.6
Montenegro	291	419	48	67	0.4	..	..	..	..	..	99.6	..	93.9
Morocco	12,005	23,450	48	64	2.0	20	22	22	16	84.2	96.4	48.9	71.4
Mozambique	3,247	11,588	25	37	4.4	8	9	24	15	29.6	61.3	0.7	23.0
Myanmar	10,434	16,944	25	31	1.6	9	12	28	31	79.2	79.4	57.6	71.0
Namibia	396	1,322	28	52	3.8	..	..	35	33	59.5	49.7	13.0	19.6
Nepal	1,674	5,995	9	21	3.9	2	5	24	24	32.0	76.4	11.2	76.7
Netherlands	10,269	16,087	69	92	0.9	13	12	9	7	97.5	97.5	99.9	99.9
New Caledonia	102	195	60	72	0.8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Zealand	2,822	4,413	85	87	2.3	26	32	31	36	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Nicaragua	2,215	3,909	53	59	1.6	18	16	33	27	68.8	81.4	42.6	60.9
Niger	1,234	4,025	15	17	4.4	5	5	36	32	23.3	51.7	1.8	7.4
Nigeria	28,259	107,106	30	52	4.1	13	17	17	13	29.8	51.7	28.0	33.0
Northern Mariana Islands	41	53	90	92	0.7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	3,052	4,464	72	83	1.0	16	19	22	23	98.0	98.0	98.3	98.3
Oman	1,198	4,406	66	86	3.6	19	30	29	35	93.5	99.3	78.2	99.3
Pakistan	32,914	82,095	31	37	2.7	17	20	22	20	63.6	82.3	12.9	60.2
Palau	10	15	70	81	1.1	..	..	..	..	96.1	99.8	80.4	99.0
Panama	1,332	2,952	54	68	2.1	34	43	64	63	73.2	93.5	44.5	65.3
Papua New Guinea	692	1,194	15	13	2.6	..	..	28	32	57.3	48.8	12.2	14.7
Paraguay	2,057	4,435	49	62	1.7	26	47	54	75	85.3	95.3	51.9	88.4
Peru	15,207	25,816	69	78	1.7	26	33	38	42	75.7	83.7	29.4	60.2
Philippines	29,082	51,950	47	47	1.9	14	14	27	27	71.1	82.3	52.5	82.2
Poland	23,350	22,756	61	60	-0.2	4	5	7	8	95.2	100.0	77.8	100.0
Portugal	4,783	6,828	48	66	0.9	37	41	53	43	98.5	99.5	96.0	99.8
Puerto Rico	3,287	3,071	93	94	2.7	66	75	71	80	..	..	..	..
Qatar	442	2,859	93	99	1.8	..	..	53	26	..	..	..	..
Romania	12,347	10,436	53	54	-0.4	9	9	17	17	92.6	96.8	54.6	75.6
Russian Federation	108,601	107,700	73	75	0.0	19	23	8	12	93.6	95.2	59.0	72.3
Rwanda	395	2,258	5	17	3.2	3	9	56	50	63.3	50.5	42.3	72.7
Samoa	35	35	21	18	-0.3	..	..	..	..	94.6	95.3	94.5	97.1
San Marino	22	33	90	97	0.4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sao Tome and Principe	52	163	44	74	2.9	..	..	..	..	26.8	50.8	13.0	38.5
Saudi Arabia	12,432	29,344	77	84	1.8	36	48	19	25	..	..	..	..
Senegal	2,927	8,058	39	48	3.7	18	19	47	39	61.5	68.1	21.2	46.2
Serbia	3,823	3,894	50	56	-0.3	15	20	30	36	96.5	99.6	94.2	95.7
Seychelles	34	57	49	58	1.6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sierra Leone	1,436	3,424	33	43	3.1	12	15	37	35	20.9	25.3	4.3	9.9
Singapore	3,047	5,686	100	100	-0.3	99	100	99	100	100.0	100.0	..	..
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	29	42	100	100	1.7	..	..	..	..	98.4	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	2,994	2,935	56	54	0.1	..	..	15	15	99.9	98.7	99.8	96.2
Slovenia	1,007	1,159	50	55	1.2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Solomon Islands	43	169	14	25	4.4	..	..	..	..	61.7	77.9	12.7	20.6
Somalia	2,143	7,333	30	46	4.2	14	14	48	31	46.5	56.4	7.1	24.7
South Africa	19,150	39,947	52	67	2.0	24	36	11	14	71.2	77.1	42.3	81.3
South Sudan	729	2,261	13	20	2.7	..	..	14	18	..	41.8	..	9.3
Spain	29,287	38,274	75	81	0.8	22	26	15	17	99.9	99.9	100.0	100.0
Sri Lanka	3,211	4,102	19	19	1.2	..	..	19	15	75.1	92.7	77.1	93.9
St. Kitts and Nevis	14	16	35	31	0.8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Lucia	41	35	29	19	0.9	..	..	..	..	83.6	79.4	85.5	84.3
St. Martin (French part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	99.1	100.0	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	45	59	41	53	1.1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sudan	5,764	15,458	29	35	3.3	12	13	41	38	40.5	60.1	11.0	24.2
Suriname	266	388	66	66	1.0	..	..	..	..	88.0	93.8	58.2	82.4
Sweden	7,112	9,109	83	88	1.0	12	16	15	18	99.0	99.2	98.5	99.7
Switzerland	4,965	6,384	74	74	0.8	15	16	20	22	99.9	99.9	99.8	99.9
Syrian Arab Republic	6,090	9,708	49	55	3.7	31	32	28	25	95.0	89.5	85.6	89.9
Tajikistan	1,673	2,623	32	28	3.0	..	..	35	35	92.9	94.1	88.8	97.8
Tanzania	4,759	21,043	19	35	5.0	7	13	31	32	10.4	47.3	3.7	23.3
Thailand	16,642	35,898	29	51	1.7	11	21	35	29	89.8	99.1	93.6	98.3
Timor-Leste	154	413	21	31	3.1	..	..	..	..	63.4	73.6	28.3	49.1
Togo	1,079	3,543	29	43	3.7	16	22	57	52	23.2	32.5	2.9	8.2
Tonga	22	24	23	23	1.1	..	..	..	..	98.3	95.2	86.2	92.2
Trinidad and Tobago	661	745	54	53	0.4	..	..	75	73	..	..	..	..
Tunisia	4,776	8,222	58	70	1.5	18	20	31	29	93.2	97.6	47.6	97.1
Turkiye	31,923	64,186	59	76	1.7	26	37	21	24	95.9	99.8	69.3	97.2
Turkmenistan	1,661	3,167	45	53	2.4	..	..	25	27	89.6	99.1	95.8	99.7
Turks and Caicos Islands	9	36	74	94	1.6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu	4	8	41	64	2.4	..	..	..	..	84.0	84.9	76.1	81.8
Uganda	1,922	11,414	11	25	5.7	4	7	39	29	28.9	28.0	14.5	17.1
Ukraine	34,641	30,719	67	70	-0.4	10	12	7	10	97.0	98.0	88.4	97.2
United Arab Emirates	1,445	8,609	79	87	1.5	56	61	33	33	..	..	..	..
United Kingdom	44,733	56,283	78	84	0.7	26	27	15	17	99.0	99.0	99.5	99.5
United States	187,966	274,032	75	83	1.2	42	46	9	7	99.9	99.8	100.0	98.9
Uruguay	2,767	3,318	89	96	0.4	50	50	56	53	94.1	98.0	85.3	99.0
Uzbekistan	8,484	17,258	41	50	1.9	10	7	25	15	97.6	100.0	88.4	100.0
Vanuatu	27	78	19	26	2.9	..	..	..	..	66.8	64.6	52.7	48.6
Venezuela, RB	16,547	25,103	84	88	-0.2	34	33	17	12	..	..	..	..
Vietnam	13,773	36,346	20	37	2.8	8	18	22	24	80.5	96.0	42.7	85.2
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	91	102	88	96	-0.2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	1,339	3,685	68	77	2.9	..	..	20	19	91.6	98.8	87.1	97.9
Yemen, Rep.	2,451	11,306	21	38	3.9	6	10	27	26	89.1	78.8	29.6	39.1
Zambia	3,167	8,205	39	45	4.1	9	15	24	34	46.4	41.0	9.2	24.6
Zimbabwe	3,024	4,792	29	32	1.6	10	10	35	32	63.1	41.8	35.0	32.0
World	2,271,131	4,359,577	43	56	1.8	18	24	17	16	77.6	86.9	34.0	65.8
East Asia & Pacific	618,728	1,433,536	34	61	1.8	..	..	17	11	76.1	94.1	44.8	84.5
Europe & Central Asia	567,671	668,914	68	73	0.5	18	21	15	17	96.9	98.3	85.7	93.5
Latin America & Caribbean	312,318	529,166	71	81	1.2	34	38	25	23	82.5	92.7	47.6	72.0
Middle East & North Africa	139,667	306,474	55	66	2.2	23	26	28	26	89.5	94.6	67.9	83.3
North America	209,232	305,120	75	83	1.2	42	46	10	8	99.9	99.8	99.9	98.9
South Asia	284,109	647,723	25	35	2.5	11	16	10	11	49.6	76.9	6.4	65.3
Sub-Saharan Africa	139,407	468,644	27	41	4.0	12	16	29	26	36.7	46.7	16.1	23.0
Low income	74,429	230,703	25	34	4.1	10	12	35	31	37.8	45.2	13.7	21.4
Lower middle income	610,670	1,411,309	30	43	2.6	12	17	17	16	59.4	77.7	18.9	64.5
Upper middle income	811,480	1,683,957	42	68	1.7	17	31	14	12	82.7	94.7	50.0	86.3
High income	758,006	1,008,506	74	81	0.7	..	..	20	19	99.0	99.3	96.7	97.7

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