Urban population in North America

34 countries in North America, 2025. Unit: % of population. World ranking →

First in the ranking
100.0 %
Median country
73.3 %
half above, half below
World
57.8 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
24.3 to 100.0
Antigua and Barbuda - Bermuda

How to read it

Across 34 countries in North America, the highest value is in Bermuda (100.0 %) and the lowest in Antigua and Barbuda (24.3 %).

The median country is at 73.3 %: 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
1Bermuda100.0
2Cayman Islands100.0
3Saint-Martin100.0
4Sint Maarten100.0
5United States Virgin Islands95.4
6Turks and Caicos Islands94.4
7Puerto Rico94.3
8Curaçao91.5
9Greenland88.6
10Canada82.9
11Bahamas81.3
12United States80.2
13Mexico80.0
14Costa Rica79.7
15Cuba77.2
16El Salvador75.5
17Dominica74.0
18Dominican Republic72.5
19Panama66.2
20Aruba61.7
21Barbados59.7
22Nicaragua59.4
23Jamaica59.4
24Honduras59.3
25British Virgin Islands57.4
26Guatemala56.3
27Haiti55.6
28Trinidad and Tobago54.0
29Saint Vincent and the Grenadines48.0
30Belize41.6
31Grenada36.7
32Saint Kitts and Nevis31.9
33Saint Lucia29.1
34Antigua and Barbuda24.3
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