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Brazil / People / Living in cities

Living in cities in Brazil

% of people · 2025 · from World Bank World Development Indicators

88.2% of peoplein 2025

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Living in cities, Brazil and the worldBrazil was at 88.2% of people in 2025, above the world's 57.8% of people; in 1960 it was 44.7% of people.
20.040.060.080.0100.019601970198019902000201020202025: 88.2% of people
Indicator: Living in cities, % of people, yearly; WDI SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZSSource: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
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YearBrazilWorld
202588.2%57.8%
202487.9%57.6%
202387.6%57.3%
202287.3%57.1%
202187.1%56.8%
202086.9%56.4%
201986.7%56.1%
201886.4%55.8%
201786.2%55.3%
201685.9%54.9%
201585.7%54.4%
201485.4%53.9%
201385.2%53.4%
201284.9%52.9%
201184.6%52.5%
201084.3%51.8%
200984.1%51.4%
200883.8%50.9%
200783.5%50.4%
200683.3%49.9%
200583.0%49.4%
200482.7%48.9%
200382.4%48.4%
200282.0%47.8%
200181.6%47.3%
200081.1%46.8%
199980.5%46.3%
199879.8%45.8%
199779.0%45.3%
199678.3%44.8%
199577.7%44.3%
199477.2%44.0%
199376.6%43.7%
199276.1%43.4%
199175.5%43.2%
199074.9%42.8%
198974.2%42.7%
198873.6%42.4%
198773.0%42.1%
198672.3%41.8%
198571.6%41.4%
198470.9%41.1%
198370.1%40.6%
198269.3%40.2%
198168.4%39.9%
198067.4%39.5%
197966.3%39.1%
197865.0%38.6%
197763.5%38.3%
197661.9%38.0%
197560.3%37.7%
197458.7%37.4%
197357.1%37.2%
197255.7%36.9%
197154.3%36.7%
197053.2%36.4%
196952.2%36.3%
196851.2%36.0%
196750.3%35.8%
196649.5%35.6%
196548.7%35.4%
196447.9%35.1%
196347.1%34.6%
196246.3%34.4%
196145.5%34.5%
196044.7%34.2%
Where Brazil sits among countries, 2025Brazil's 88.2% of people is higher than 176 of the other 214 countries with a 2025 figure; the world as a whole was at 57.8% of people.
World 57.8% of peopleBrazil 88.2% of people14.6% of people100.0% of peoplelinear scale

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Every country, 2025 (215)
  1. Sint Maarten 100.0% of people
  2. Singapore 100.0% of people
  3. Nauru 100.0% of people
  4. Monaco 100.0% of people
  5. St. Martin 100.0% of people
  6. Macao SAR China 100.0% of people
  7. Kuwait 100.0% of people
  8. Hong Kong SAR China 100.0% of people
  9. Gibraltar 100.0% of people
  10. Cayman Islands 100.0% of people
  11. Bermuda 100.0% of people
  12. Bahrain 100.0% of people
  13. Qatar 99.4% of people
  14. San Marino 97.2% of people
  15. Netherlands 95.9% of people
  16. Malta 95.7% of people
  17. Uruguay 95.7% of people
  18. U.S. Virgin Islands 95.4% of people
  19. Luxembourg 94.9% of people
  20. Turks & Caicos Islands 94.4% of people
  21. Puerto Rico 94.3% of people
  22. Guam 94.2% of people
  23. Iceland 94.2% of people
  24. Jordan 93.2% of people
  25. Argentina 92.4% of people
  26. Japan 92.3% of people
  27. Northern Mariana Islands 92.2% of people
  28. Gabon 92.1% of people
  29. Israel 91.6% of people
  30. Curaçao 91.5% of people
  31. Lebanon 91.0% of people
  32. Türkiye 89.5% of people
  33. Venezuela 89.3% of people
  34. Chile 89.2% of people
  35. Sweden 89.1% of people
  36. Andorra 88.9% of people
  37. Denmark 88.8% of people
  38. Greenland 88.6% of people
  39. Brazil 88.2% of people
  40. Libya 87.9% of people
  41. Australia 87.7% of people
  42. Belgium 87.7% of people
  43. Palestinian Territories 87.4% of people
  44. United Arab Emirates 86.0% of people
  45. Switzerland 85.7% of people
  46. Peru 85.6% of people
  47. Saudi Arabia 84.6% of people
  48. New Zealand 84.0% of people
  49. Norway 83.6% of people
  50. United Kingdom 83.3% of people
  51. Canada 82.9% of people
  52. Germany 82.1% of people
  53. Bahamas 81.3% of people
  54. South Korea 81.2% of people
  55. Spain 80.5% of people
  56. American Samoa 80.5% of people
  57. United States 80.2% of people
  58. Mexico 80.0% of people
  59. Costa Rica 79.7% of people
  60. Belarus 79.5% of people
  61. Oman 79.5% of people
  62. Palau 79.3% of people
  63. Greece 79.2% of people
  64. Marshall Islands 79.1% of people
  65. France 78.8% of people
  66. Colombia 78.8% of people
  67. Cape Verde 77.6% of people
  68. Malaysia 77.4% of people
  69. Iran 77.4% of people
  70. Cuba 77.2% of people
  71. Algeria 75.8% of people
  72. El Salvador 75.5% of people
  73. Russia 75.3% of people
  74. Brunei 75.0% of people
  75. Finland 74.5% of people
  76. Bulgaria 74.2% of people
  77. Dominica 74.0% of people
  78. Djibouti 73.0% of people
  79. Czechia 72.9% of people
  80. Dominican Republic 72.5% of people
  81. Syria 72.1% of people
  82. Equatorial Guinea 71.6% of people
  83. Bolivia 71.6% of people
  84. Angola 71.5% of people
  85. Mongolia 71.1% of people
  86. Estonia 70.7% of people
  87. Tunisia 70.7% of people
  88. Hungary 70.7% of people
  89. Paraguay 70.4% of people
  90. Iraq 69.9% of people
  91. Austria 69.7% of people
  92. Italy 69.7% of people
  93. Ukraine 69.6% of people
  94. São Tomé & Príncipe 69.2% of people
  95. Lithuania 69.1% of people
  96. Latvia 68.6% of people
  97. New Caledonia 68.2% of people
  98. Botswana 68.0% of people
  99. Nepal 67.0% of people
  100. Cyprus 66.7% of people
  101. China 66.3% of people
  102. Panama 66.2% of people
  103. Armenia 65.9% of people
  104. Suriname 65.8% of people
  105. Montenegro 65.6% of people
  106. Tuvalu 65.4% of people
  107. Gambia 65.0% of people
  108. Ireland 64.6% of people
  109. North Korea 64.2% of people
  110. Congo - Brazzaville 64.1% of people
  111. South Africa 63.8% of people
  112. Nigeria 63.8% of people
  113. Ecuador 63.4% of people
  114. Kiribati 63.4% of people
  115. Morocco 63.1% of people
  116. North Macedonia 62.9% of people
  117. Thailand 62.8% of people
  118. Serbia 62.6% of people
  119. Kazakhstan 62.4% of people
  120. French Polynesia 61.8% of people
  121. Aruba 61.7% of people
  122. Portugal 61.5% of people
  123. Mauritania 61.5% of people
  124. Georgia 61.2% of people
  125. Poland 60.1% of people
  126. Barbados 59.7% of people
  127. Fiji 59.5% of people
  128. Nicaragua 59.4% of people
  129. Jamaica 59.4% of people
  130. Indonesia 59.4% of people
  131. Honduras 59.3% of people
  132. Ghana 58.9% of people
  133. Albania 58.9% of people
  134. Azerbaijan 58.6% of people
  135. Croatia 57.8% of people
  136. British Virgin Islands 57.4% of people
  137. Guatemala 56.3% of people
  138. Liberia 56.1% of people
  139. Slovenia 56.0% of people
  140. Philippines 55.8% of people
  141. Senegal 55.8% of people
  142. Cameroon 55.7% of people
  143. Haiti 55.6% of people
  144. Somalia 55.1% of people
  145. Côte d’Ivoire 54.5% of people
  146. Trinidad & Tobago 54.0% of people
  147. Benin 53.4% of people
  148. Slovakia 53.2% of people
  149. Bosnia & Herzegovina 52.7% of people
  150. Romania 52.2% of people
  151. Isle of Man 52.1% of people
  152. Uzbekistan 51.0% of people
  153. Namibia 50.9% of people
  154. St. Vincent & Grenadines 48.0% of people
  155. Turkmenistan 47.1% of people
  156. Guinea-Bissau 46.7% of people
  157. Sierra Leone 45.9% of people
  158. Zambia 45.9% of people
  159. Seychelles 45.5% of people
  160. Congo - Kinshasa 45.1% of people
  161. Lesotho 44.7% of people
  162. Central African Republic 44.6% of people
  163. Togo 44.4% of people
  164. Moldova 43.7% of people
  165. Bhutan 43.4% of people
  166. Egypt 42.9% of people
  167. Maldives 42.5% of people
  168. Belize 41.6% of people
  169. Cambodia 41.1% of people
  170. Zimbabwe 40.5% of people
  171. Laos 40.3% of people
  172. Faroe Islands 39.6% of people
  173. Pakistan 39.5% of people
  174. Mauritius 39.0% of people
  175. Vietnam 38.8% of people
  176. Guinea 38.5% of people
  177. Mozambique 37.2% of people
  178. Yemen 37.0% of people
  179. Tanzania 36.9% of people
  180. Grenada 36.7% of people
  181. India 35.7% of people
  182. Sudan 34.9% of people
  183. Kyrgyzstan 34.7% of people
  184. Eritrea 34.5% of people
  185. Comoros 33.9% of people
  186. Bangladesh 33.2% of people
  187. Madagascar 32.9% of people
  188. Mali 32.2% of people
  189. Kenya 32.2% of people
  190. Uganda 31.9% of people
  191. St. Kitts & Nevis 31.9% of people
  192. Solomon Islands 31.3% of people
  193. Rwanda 30.9% of people
  194. Myanmar (Burma) 30.6% of people
  195. St. Lucia 29.1% of people
  196. Burkina Faso 28.9% of people
  197. Timor-Leste 28.8% of people
  198. Chad 27.6% of people
  199. Eswatini 26.7% of people
  200. Guyana 26.5% of people
  201. Tajikistan 26.2% of people
  202. Afghanistan 25.9% of people
  203. Burundi 25.7% of people
  204. Antigua & Barbuda 24.3% of people
  205. Ethiopia 24.1% of people
  206. Micronesia 22.5% of people
  207. Vanuatu 22.3% of people
  208. South Sudan 21.7% of people
  209. Tonga 21.2% of people
  210. Sri Lanka 20.5% of people
  211. Niger 18.4% of people
  212. Malawi 17.6% of people
  213. Samoa 17.5% of people
  214. Papua New Guinea 15.8% of people
  215. Liechtenstein 14.6% of people
Indicator: Living in cities, % of people, 2025; WDI SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZSSource: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)

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