30 countries where much (or most!) of the population lives in one city, like Israel, Japan, and Greece
30. Nouakchott, Mauritania, had a population of 1,259,000, which was 27.8% of the country's population of 4,526,000.
29. Skopje, North Macedonia, had a population of 590,000, which was 28.3% of the country's population of 2,083,000.
28. Lisbon, Portugal, had a population of 2,942,000, which was 28.8% of the country's population of 10,226,000.
27. Dubai, United Arab Emirates, had a population of 2,833,000, which was 29.0% of the country's population of 9,771,000.
26. Bata, Equatorial Guinea, had a population of 395,000, which was 29.1% of the country's population of 1,356,000.
25. Tokyo, Japan, had a population of 37,435,000, which was 29.5% of the country's population of 126,860,000.
24. Monrovia, Liberia, had a population of 1,467,000, which was 29.7% of the country's population of 4,937,000.
23. Athens, Greece, had a population of 3,154,000, which was 30.1% of the country's population of 10,473,000.
22. Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, had a population of 579,000, which was 30.1% of the country's population of 1,921,000.
21. Muscat, Oman, had a population of 1,502,000, which was 30.2% of the country's population of 4,975,000.
20. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, had a population of 3,245,000, which was 30.2% of the country's population of 10,739,000.
19. Lima, Peru, had a population of 10,555,000, which was 32.5% of the country's population of 32,510,000.
18. Auckland, New Zealand, had a population of 1,582,000, which was 33.1% of the country's population of 4,783,000.
17. Riga, Latvia, had a population of 634,000, which was 33.3% of the country's population of 1,907,000.
16. Tallinn, Estonia, had a population of 441,000, which was 33.3% of the country's population of 1,326,000.
15. Buenos Aires, Argentina, had a population of 15,057,000, which was 33.6% of the country's population of 44,781,000.
14. Beirut, Lebanon, had a population of 2,407,000, which was 35.1% of the country's population of 6,856,000.
13. Santiago, Chile, had a population of 6,724,000, which was 35.5% of the country's population of 18,952,000.
12. Manama, Bahrain, had a population of 600,000, which was 36.6% of the country's population of 1,641,000.
11. Yerevan, Armenia, had a population of 1,083,000, which was 36.6% of the country's population of 2,958,000.
10. Libreville, Gabon, had a population of 824,000, which was 37.9% of the country's population of 2,173,000.
9. Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, had a population of 544,000, which was 39.0% of the country's population of 1,395,000.
8. Brazzaville, Congo, had a population of 2,308,000, which was 42.9% of the country's population of 5,381,000.
7. Panama City, Panama, had a population of 1,822,000, which was 42.9% of the country's population of 4,246,000.
6. Asunción, Paraguay, had a population of 3,279,000, which was 46.5% of the country's population of 7,045,000.
5. Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel, had a population of 4,097,000, which was 48.1% of the country's population of 8,519,000.
4. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, had a population of 1,553,000, which was 48.2% of the country's population of 3,225,000.
3. Montevideo, Uruguay, had a population of 1,745,000, which was 50.4% of the country's population of 3,462,000.
2. Djibouti, Djibouti, had a population of 569,000, which was 58.4% of the country's population of 974,000.
1. Kuwait City, Kuwait, had a population of 3,052,000, which was 72.5% of the country's population of 4,207,000.
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