List of countries by urban population

This is a list of countries by urban population.

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Rank	Country / Territory	Urban Population	Date
—	World	4,127,612,960	2017
1	China^[1]	803,554,500	2017
2	India	476,964,520	2017
3	United States	267,278,640	2017
4	Brazil	180,634,620	2017
5	Indonesia	144,295,050	2017
6	Japan	116,053,380	2017
7	Russia	107,348,260	2017
8	Mexico	103,158,830	2017
9	Nigeria	94,524,990	2017
10	Pakistan	71,796,550	2017
11	Germany	63,890,980	2017
12	Iran	60,380,250	2017
13	Turkey	60,271,310	2017
14	Bangladesh	59,047,280	2017
15	United Kingdom	54,892,900	2017
16	France	53,815,730	2017
17	Philippines	48,977,860	2017
18	Italy	42,473,180	2017
19	South Korea	41,946,500	2017
20	Egypt	41,660,070	2017
21	Argentina	40,618,240	2017
22	Colombia	39,471,320	2017
23	South Africa	37,348,250	2017
24	Spain	37,294,880	2017
25	Democratic Republic of the Congo	35,691,990	2017
26	Thailand	33,966,460	2017
27	Vietnam	33,642,780	2017
28	Ukraine	31,043,780	2017
29	Canada	29,862,030	2017
30	Algeria	29,770,550	2017
31	Venezuela	28,198,330	2017
32	Saudi Arabia	27,543,590	2017
33	Iraq	26,898,640	2017
34	Peru	24,999,010	2017
35	Malaysia	23,859,560	2017
36	Poland	22,825,380	2017
37	Morocco	22,125,660	2017
38	Ethiopia	21,316,860	2017
39	Australia	21,131,470	2017
40	Angola	19,311,770	2017
41	Tanzania	18,942,680	2017
42	Uzbekistan	16,371,730	2017
43	Myanmar	16,183,040	2017
44	Ghana	15,975,850	2017
45	Chile	15,796,080	2017
46	North Korea	15,722,320	2017
47	Netherlands	15,604,090	2017
48	Sudan	13,931,310	2017
49	Cameroon	13,416,450	2017
50	Kenya	13,201,280	2017

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^ Figure refers to Mainland China only. It excludes the special administrative regions and Taiwan.

[1] Figure refers to Mainland China only. It excludes the special administrative regions and Taiwan.

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