India and China both are the largest developing countries in the World. The major factor of urbanisation is population growth in India and China. Many other factors such as economic, political and social also determine the rate of urbanisation. The objective of this study is to examine the pattern of urbanisation in India and China. The study is based on secondary data which is collected from Economic and Statistical organisation, China Statistical Year book, World Development Indicators, UN-Habitat, Asian Development Bank etc. Data covers the time period from 1980 to 2016. Average and Standard deviation techniques are used to study the pattern of urbanisation in India and China in different phases. Compound annual growth rate of total population, rural population and urban population were estimated in both countries. The study concludes that the percentage of urban population in India was higher than China till1987. Subsequently, the urban population in China had increased very speedily. The position of China in annual growth rate of urban population was superior to India.

Keynotes: India, China, Rural, urban, Urbanisation.