Country or area
and region
 Urban populationc
Percentage
urban
2001 		Annual
growth
rate (%) 		Projected
% urban
in 2025
The ESCAP region

38  

2.4  

51  

EAST AND NORTH-EAST ASIA

39  

1.9  

52  

China 1

33  

2.4  

47  

Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1

61  

1.7  

70  

Hong Kong, China

100  

1.1  

100  

Japan 3

79  

0.3  

84  

Macao, China 1

99  

1.0  

99  

Mongolia 1

64  

2.4  

74  

Republic of Korea 4

82  

1.5  

90  

SOUTH-EAST ASIA

38  

3.5  

53  

Brunei Darussalam 1 , 5 , 6

73  

2.6  

81  

Cambodia 1

16  

4.3  

29  

Indonesia 1

42  

3.8  

61  

Lao People's Democratic Republic 1

24  

4.9  

39  

Malaysia 1 , 7

58  

3.0  

71  

Myanmar 1

28  

2.8  

43  

Philippines 1

59  

3.3  

72  

Singapore 1 , 5 , 8

100  

3.2  

100  

Thailand 9

22  

2.6  

36  

Viet Nam 1 , 10

24  

3.6  

30  

SOUTH AND SOUTH-WEST ASIA

32  

3.0  

46  

Afghanistan 1

22  

6.3  

37  

Bangladesh 1

25  

4.0  

41  

Bhutan 1

7  

6.0  

16  

India 1

29  

2.8  

43  

Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1 , 5 , 11

62  

2.0  

73  

Maldives 1

26  

3.4  

38  

Nepal 1

12  

5.1  

23  

Pakistan 1 , 5

38  

4.2  

53  

Sri Lanka 1

24  

2.7  

39  

Turkey 1

76  

2.8  

86  

NORTH AND CENTRAL ASIA

67  

0.4  

71  

Armenia 1

70  

0.6  

78  

Azerbaijan 1

58  

1.3  

69  

Georgia 1

61  

0.5  

72  

Kazakhstan 1

57  

0.01  

66  

Kyrgyzstan 1

33  

0.5  

41  

Russian Federation 1

78  

0.2  

84  

Tajikistan 1

28  

1.3  

36  

Turkmenistan 1

45  

2.0  

56  

Uzbekistan 1

37  

1.3  

44  

PACIFIC

70  

1.2  

73  

American Samoa 1 , 12

53   

4.4  

66  

Australia 1 , 5 , 13

85   

1.0  

88  

Cook Islands 1 , 12

60  

1.0  

68  

Fiji 1

50  

2.9  

65  

French Polynesia 1

53  

1.4  

59  

Guam 1

40  

2.5  

53  

Kiribati 1 , 12

40  

2.7  

54  

Marshall Islands 1 , 12

72   

3.8  

81  

Micronesia (Federated States of) 1 , 12

29   

3.1  

42  

Nauru 1 , 12

100   

1.8  

100  

New Caledonia 1

78   

3.2  

90  

New Zealand 1 , 14

86   

1.1  

89  

Niue 1 , 12

33   

-0.7  

45  

Northern Mariana Islands 1 , 12

53   

5.6  

61  

Palau 1 , 12

73   

2.7  

80  

Papua New Guinea 1

18   

4.0  

30  

Samoa 1

22   

2.6  

33  

Solomon Islands 1

20   

5.8  

35  

Tonga 1 , 12

39   

1.8  

53  

Tuvalu 1 , 12

53   

4.5  

69  

Vanuatu 1

20   

3.9  

33  


c    

Where national data are not available, the percentage urban and growth rate of the urban population are from United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects: The 1999 Revision (United Nations publication, 2000).

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