Urban population in Asia

50 countries in Asia, 2025. Unit: % of population. World ranking →

First in the ranking
100.0 %
Bahrain
Median country
66.1 %
half above, half below
World
57.8 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
20.5 to 100.0
Sri Lanka - Bahrain

How to read it

Across 50 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Bahrain (100.0 %) and the lowest in Sri Lanka (20.5 %).

The median country is at 66.1 %: half are above, half below.

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

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Source: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wup/, note: United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization… · via World Bank WDI (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS) · licence

Urban population over time

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Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1Bahrain100.0
2Hong Kong100.0
3Kuwait100.0
4Macao100.0
5Singapore100.0
6Qatar99.4
7Jordan93.2
8Japan92.3
9Israel91.6
10Lebanon91.0
11Türkiye89.5
12Palestine87.4
13United Arab Emirates86.0
14Saudi Arabia84.6
15South Korea81.2
16Oman79.5
17Malaysia77.4
18Iran77.4
19Brunei75.0
20Syria72.1
21Mongolia71.1
22Iraq69.9
23Nepal67.0
24Cyprus66.7
25China66.3
26Armenia65.9
27North Korea64.2
28Thailand62.8
29Kazakhstan62.4
30Georgia61.2
31Indonesia59.4
32Azerbaijan58.6
33Philippines55.8
34Uzbekistan51.0
35Turkmenistan47.1
36Bhutan43.4
37Maldives42.5
38Cambodia41.1
39Laos40.3
40Pakistan39.5
41Vietnam38.8
42Yemen37.0
43India35.7
44Kyrgyzstan34.7
45Bangladesh33.2
46Myanmar30.6
47Timor-Leste28.8
48Tajikistan26.2
49Afghanistan25.9
50Sri Lanka20.5
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