4. Uruguay
Percent of urban population: 95
Along with Argentina, Uruguay was the country with the largest share of urban population in Latin America at the beginning of 20th century. The trend of rural-to-urban migration continued in the second half of previous century and today 3,253,738 are living in urban areas, the majority of them, 40 percent, in Montevideo, country’s capital.
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