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Urban population, male (% of total) by country

Male urban population is the percentage of males who live in urban areas to total population.

Countries reporting
192
Highest
75.9%
Qatar
Lowest
4.1%
Trinidad and Tobago
Median
28.6%
Years covered
36
1980–2015
Data points
1,928

What the numbers show

Urban population, male (% of total) is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 75.9% in Qatar; the lowest is 4.1% in Trinidad and Tobago.

The median across all reporting countries is 28.6%, and the mean is 28.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19.

Over the past decade 160 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 50.9%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 19.0%).

Urban population, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 75.9% 2015 up 16.9% rising
2 United Arab Emirates 59.6% 2015 up 6.2% rising
3 Kuwait 58.7% 2015 up 0.4% rising
4 Bahrain 55.1% 2015 up 4.1% rising
5 Oman 51.2% 2015 up 25.0% rising
6 Singapore 49.4% 2015 down 0.5% flat
7 Saudi Arabia 48.6% 2015 up 7.2% rising
8 Macao 48.1% 2015 up 0.5% flat
9 Belgium 48.0% 2015 up 0.8% flat
10 Guam 47.6% 2015 down 0.3% flat
11 Malta 47.6% 2015 up 2.0% rising
12 Iceland 47.2% 2015 up 1.2% rising
13 Hong Kong 46.8% 2015 down 1.9% flat
14 United States Virgin Islands 45.8% 2015 up 2.1% rising
15 Uruguay 45.7% 2015 up 2.7% rising
16 Israel 45.6% 2015 up 1.3% flat
17 Japan 45.5% 2015 up 8.2% rising
18 Puerto Rico 44.9% 2015 down 0.3% rising
19 Netherlands 44.9% 2015 up 10.0% rising
20 Luxembourg 44.7% 2015 up 4.9% rising
21 Lebanon 44.6% 2015 up 1.2% rising
22 Argentina 44.6% 2015 up 1.9% rising
23 Australia 44.2% 2015 up 1.7% rising
24 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 44.1% 2015 up 0.1% rising
25 Gabon 44.0% 2015 up 5.1% rising
26 Chile 43.9% 2015 up 2.6% rising
27 Denmark 43.4% 2015 up 2.4% flat
28 Jordan 42.7% 2015 up 2.4% rising
29 Sweden 42.3% 2015 up 2.4% flat
30 New Zealand 42.1% 2015 up 0.6% flat
31 Brazil 41.6% 2015 up 3.1% rising
32 Finland 41.2% 2015 up 2.2% rising
33 Republic of Korea 41.1% 2015 up 1.2% rising
34 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 40.6% 2015 up 4.2% rising
35 Bahamas 40.3% 2015 up 1.2% rising
36 Canada 40.3% 2015 up 2.4% rising
37 Norway 39.9% 2015 up 5.0% rising
38 United States 39.9% 2015 up 2.3% rising
39 Dominican Republic 39.3% 2015 up 17.9% rising
40 Spain 39.1% 2015 up 3.5% rising
41 Libya 39.0% 2015 down 1.6% flat
42 Peru 39.0% 2015 up 4.6% rising
43 Brunei Darussalam 38.9% 2015 up 4.8% rising
44 Djibouti 38.9% 2015 up 0.6% flat
45 Costa Rica 38.5% 2015 up 16.8% rising
46 Mexico 38.3% 2015 up 4.4% rising
47 Palestine, State of 38.2% 2015 up 3.0% rising
48 France 38.2% 2015 up 3.5% rising
49 Greece 38.2% 2015 up 5.2% rising
50 Cuba 38.1% 2015 up 1.2% rising
51 Iran 36.8% 2015 up 5.9% rising
52 Colombia 36.7% 2015 up 3.9% rising
53 Germany 36.5% 2015 up 3.2% rising
54 Türkiye 36.2% 2015 up 8.1% rising
55 Malaysia 36.1% 2015 up 9.6% rising
56 Bulgaria 35.7% 2015 up 4.5% rising
57 Algeria 35.6% 2015 up 10.9% rising
58 Czechia 35.6% 2015 up 0.1% flat
59 Belarus 35.4% 2015 up 5.1% rising
60 New Caledonia 35.4% 2015 up 10.4% rising
61 Iraq 35.2% 2015 up 0.8% flat
62 Mongolia 35.0% 2015 up 14.9% rising
63 Switzerland 35.0% 2015 up 1.6% rising
64 Cyprus 33.9% 2015 down 1.0% rising
65 Russian Federation 33.7% 2015 down 0.1% flat
66 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 33.6% 2015 up 7.6% rising
67 Hungary 33.5% 2015 up 7.7% rising
68 Cape Verde 33.2% 2015 up 16.1% rising
69 Tunisia 33.2% 2015 up 1.8% rising
70 Italy 33.2% 2015 up 2.0% flat
71 Congo 33.1% 2015 up 7.0% rising
72 Panama 33.0% 2015 up 4.8% rising
73 Suriname 32.8% 2015 down 1.2% flat
74 South Africa 32.1% 2015 up 8.5% rising
75 Ukraine 31.9% 2015 up 2.1% rising
76 Austria 31.8% 2015 up 0.9% flat
77 Sao Tome and Principe 31.5% 2015 up 12.9% rising
78 Armenia 31.5% 2015 up 1.8% flat
79 Ecuador 31.5% 2015 up 3.2% rising
80 Montenegro 31.2% 2015 up 3.3% rising
81 El Salvador 31.1% 2015 up 7.4% rising
82 Ireland 31.0% 2015 up 4.4% rising
83 Portugal 30.5% 2015 up 10.8% rising
84 Mauritania 30.5% 2015 up 13.0% rising
85 Estonia 30.5% 2015 down 1.5% falling
86 Lithuania 30.1% 2015 down 0.9% flat
87 Latvia 30.0% 2015 down 1.2% flat
88 North Korea 30.0% 2015 up 1.8% rising
89 Gambia 29.9% 2015 up 13.4% rising
90 Morocco 29.7% 2015 up 9.6% rising
91 Syria 29.5% 2015 up 6.4% rising
92 Botswana 29.2% 2015 up 6.0% rising
93 Paraguay 29.1% 2015 up 3.8% rising
94 China 28.9% 2015 up 31.5% rising
95 Poland 28.6% 2015 down 1.8% flat
96 French Polynesia 28.6% 2015 down 1.4% falling
97 Albania 28.5% 2015 up 22.9% rising
98 Haiti 28.5% 2015 up 35.8% rising
99 North Macedonia 28.4% 2015 down 0.9% flat
100 Nicaragua 28.2% 2015 up 5.1% rising
101 Croatia 28.1% 2015 up 5.0% rising
102 Côte d'Ivoire 27.8% 2015 up 14.1% rising
103 Cameroon 27.6% 2015 up 9.4% rising
104 Seychelles 27.4% 2015 up 8.2% flat
105 Fiji 27.0% 2015 up 7.8% rising
106 Azerbaijan 27.0% 2015 up 5.2% flat
107 Indonesia 26.8% 2015 up 17.6% rising
108 Honduras 26.6% 2015 up 13.8% rising
109 Serbia 26.5% 2015 up 1.4% rising
110 Ghana 26.5% 2015 up 13.4% rising
111 Jamaica 26.3% 2015 up 3.6% rising
112 Romania 26.0% 2015 up 2.3% rising
113 Slovakia 25.7% 2015 down 3.6% flat
114 Liberia 25.5% 2015 up 8.5% rising
115 Guinea-Bissau 25.0% 2015 up 20.8% rising
116 Nigeria 25.0% 2015 up 22.7% rising
117 Guatemala 24.8% 2015 up 9.3% rising
118 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 24.8% 2015 up 8.0% rising
119 Kazakhstan 24.8% 2015 down 2.7% falling
120 Georgia 24.6% 2015 up 2.3% flat
121 Turkmenistan 24.5% 2015 up 5.8% rising
122 Thailand 24.4% 2015 up 36.2% rising
123 Slovenia 24.3% 2015 up 0.5% rising
124 Namibia 23.3% 2015 up 27.5% rising
125 Maldives 23.0% 2015 up 36.4% rising
126 Angola 22.4% 2015 up 21.3% rising
127 Benin 22.2% 2015 up 10.9% rising
128 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 21.9% 2015 up 13.4% rising
129 Philippines 21.8% 2015 down 5.2% rising
130 Kiribati 21.7% 2015 up 2.8% rising
131 Senegal 21.5% 2015 up 6.7% rising
132 Egypt 21.4% 2015 up 0.0% flat
133 Belize 21.3% 2015 down 5.2% falling
134 Bhutan 21.3% 2015 up 26.8% rising
135 Equatorial Guinea 21.0% 2015 up 1.6% rising
136 Republic of Moldova 20.9% 2015 down 1.7% flat
137 Zambia 20.7% 2015 up 11.7% flat
138 Mali 20.5% 2015 up 25.5% rising
139 Sierra Leone 20.4% 2015 up 9.2% rising
140 Togo 20.1% 2015 up 14.4% rising
141 Pakistan 20.1% 2015 up 11.5% rising
142 Central African Republic 19.9% 2015 up 5.4% rising
143 Somalia 19.9% 2015 up 12.4% rising
144 Mauritius 19.5% 2015 down 5.2% falling
145 Lao People's Democratic Republic 19.4% 2015 up 42.4% rising
146 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.2% 2015 up 1.7% rising
147 Aruba 19.2% 2015 down 8.4% falling
148 Guinea 19.0% 2015 up 13.7% rising
149 Yemen 18.8% 2015 up 20.7% rising
150 Bangladesh 18.0% 2015 up 26.2% rising
151 Uzbekistan 17.9% 2015 down 1.1% falling
152 Grenada 17.8% 2015 up 1.6% rising
153 India 17.3% 2015 up 11.9% rising
154 Madagascar 17.2% 2015 up 22.0% rising
155 Zimbabwe 16.9% 2015 down 4.3% rising
156 Kyrgyzstan 16.9% 2015 down 0.1% falling
157 Sudan 16.8% 2015 up 3.1% rising
158 Myanmar 16.6% 2015 up 17.3% rising
159 Timor-Leste 16.5% 2015 up 24.1% rising
160 Viet Nam 16.3% 2015 up 21.8% rising
161 Mozambique 16.2% 2015 up 8.5% rising
162 Rwanda 15.8% 2015 up 50.9% volatile
163 Tanzania, United Republic of 15.7% 2015 up 27.7% rising
164 Barbados 15.6% 2015 down 3.1% falling
165 Burkina Faso 15.2% 2015 up 40.0% rising
166 Guyana 14.4% 2015 up 2.0% flat
167 Comoros 14.3% 2015 up 1.0% rising
168 Vanuatu 13.7% 2015 up 10.6% rising
169 Afghanistan 13.5% 2015 up 15.8% rising
170 Tajikistan 13.4% 2015 up 0.8% falling
171 Kenya 13.0% 2015 up 18.7% rising
172 Lesotho 12.8% 2015 up 24.8% rising
173 Tonga 12.1% 2015 up 3.3% rising
174 Chad 11.5% 2015 up 2.5% rising
175 Eritrea 11.5% 2015 up 20.8% rising
176 Solomon Islands 11.5% 2015 up 25.2% rising
177 Micronesia (country) 11.4% 2015 up 1.9% falling
178 Antigua and Barbuda 10.9% 2015 down 19.0% falling
179 Eswatini 10.7% 2015 down 4.4% rising
180 Cambodia 10.0% 2015 up 8.0% rising
181 Samoa 9.8% 2015 down 12.3% falling
182 Ethiopia 9.6% 2015 up 23.9% rising
183 South Sudan 9.5% 2015 up 10.0% rising
184 Niger 9.5% 2015 up 12.4% rising
185 Nepal 9.4% 2015 up 20.5% rising
186 Saint Lucia 9.1% 2015 down 16.2% falling
187 Sri Lanka 9.1% 2015 down 2.0% falling
188 Malawi 8.5% 2015 up 8.6% rising
189 Uganda 8.1% 2015 up 23.8% rising
190 Papua New Guinea 7.0% 2015 down 0.3% falling
191 Burundi 6.6% 2015 up 29.1% rising
192 Trinidad and Tobago 4.1% 2015 down 14.6% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Urban population, male (% of total)
Unit
% of total
Source
The United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
241 places, 1,928 data points, 1980–2015
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Male urban population is the percentage of males who live in urban areas to total population.