urbanisation

Monaco packs about 18,500 people into each square kilometre of land, Singapore about 8,300 and Bangladesh about 1,330 — the densest country of any real size. World Bank 2024 data, ranked two ways, with what density does and does not tell you.

Singapore, Kuwait, and Qatar are 100% urbanised — every single resident lives in an urban area. This ranking of the world's most urbanised countries examines which nations have the highest percentage of urban dwellers, which are urbanising fastest, and what this means for housing, climate, and economic development.