European countries by percentage of urban population

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This is a list of European countries by percentage of urban population. The three most urban countries as of 2018 are Monaco (100% urban), Belgium (98%), and San Marino (97%), whereas the three least urban countries as of 2018 are Liechtenstein (14%), Moldova (43%), and Bosnia and Herzegovina (48%).

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The map data is for year 2014 from the World Bank.^[1] Numbers are in percentage.

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The table uses 2014, 2015 and 2018 data from the World Bank.^[1] Numbers are as a percentage.

Country	2014	2015	2018
Albania	56	57 1	60 3
Andorra	86	85 1	88 3
Austria	66	66	66
Belarus	75	77 2	78 1
Belgium	98	98	98
Bosnia and Herzegovina	40	40	48 8
Bulgaria	72	74 2	75 1
Croatia	58	59 1	57 2
Cyprus	68	67 1	67
Czechia	73	73	74 1
Denmark	87	88 1	88
Estonia	68	68	69 1
Finland	84	84	85 1
France	78	80 2	80
Germany	74	75 1	77 2
Greece	76	78 2	79 1
Georgia	57	57	58 1
Hungary	69	71 2	71
Iceland	94	94	94
Ireland	62	63 1	63
Italy	68	69 1	70 1
Kazakhstan	55	56 1	58 2
Latvia	68	67 1	68 1
Liechtenstein	14	14	14
Lithuania	67	67	68 1
Luxembourg	89	90 1	91 1
North Macedonia	57	57	58 1
Malta	95	95	95
Moldova	45	45	43 2
Monaco	100	100	100
Montenegro	63	64 1	67 3
Netherlands	87	90 3	91 1
Norway	79	80 1	82 2
Poland	61	61	60 1
Portugal	61	63 2	65 2
Romania	54	55 1	54 1
Russia	74	74	74
San Marino	94	94	97 3
Serbia	55	56 1	56
Slovakia	54	54	54
Slovenia	50	50	55 5
Spain	78	80 2	80
Sweden	86	86	87 1
Switzerland	74	74	74
Turkey	71	73 2	75 2
Ukraine	69	70 1	69 1
United Kingdom	82	83 1	83

References

^ ^a ^b "Urban population (% of total)". The World Bank. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

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