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Country Data

Afghanistan 4 AFG AF Urban population

Albania 8 ALB AL Urban population

Algeria 12 DZA DZ Urban population

American Samoa 16 ASM AS Urban population

Andorra 20 AND AD Urban population

Angola 24 AGO AO Urban population

Antigua and Barbuda 28 ATG AG Urban population

Azerbaijan 31 AZE AZ Urban population

Argentina 32 ARG AR Urban population

Australia 36 AUS AU Urban population

Austria 40 AUT AT Urban population

Bahamas 44 BHS BS Urban population

Bahrain 48 BHR BH Urban population

Bangladesh 50 BGD BD Urban population

Armenia 51 ARM AM Urban population

Barbados 52 BRB BB Urban population

Belgium 56 BEL BE Urban population

Bermuda 60 BMU BM Urban population

Country Code (*)

ISO3 Alpha Code (**)

ISO2 Alpha Code (***)

Bhutan 64 BTN BT Urban population

Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 68 BOL BO Urban population

Bosnia and Herzegovina 70 BIH BA Urban population

Botswana 72 BWA BW Urban population

Brazil 76 BRA BR Urban population

Belize 84 BLZ BZ Urban population

Solomon Islands 90 SLB SB Urban population

British Virgin Islands 92 VGB VG Urban population

Brunei Darussalam 96 BRN BN Urban population

Bulgaria 100 BGR BG Urban population

Myanmar 104 MMR MM Urban population

Burundi 108 BDI BI Urban population

Belarus 112 BLR BY Urban population

Cambodia 116 KHM KH Urban population

Cameroon 120 CMR CM Urban population

Canada 124 CAN CA Urban population

Cape Verde 132 CPV CV Urban population

Cayman Islands 136 CYM KY Urban population

Central African Republic 140 CAF CF Urban population

Sri Lanka 144 LKA LK Urban population

Chad 148 TCD TD Urban population

Chile 152 CHL CL Urban population

China 156 CHN CN Urban population

Colombia 170 COL CO Urban population

Comoros 174 COM KM Urban population

Mayotte 175 MYT YT Urban population

Congo 178 COG CG Urban population

180 COD CD Urban population

Cook Islands 184 COK CK Urban population

Costa Rica 188 CRI CR Urban population

Croatia 191 HRV HR Urban population

Cuba 192 CUB CU Urban population

Cyprus 196 CYP CY Urban population

Czech Republic 203 CZE CZ Urban population

Benin 204 BEN BJ Urban population

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Denmark 208 DNK DK Urban population

Dominica 212 DMA DM Urban population

Dominican Republic 214 DOM DO Urban population

Ecuador 218 ECU EC Urban population

El Salvador 222 SLV SV Urban population

Equatorial Guinea 226 GNQ GQ Urban population

Ethiopia 231 ETH ET Urban population

Eritrea 232 ERI ER Urban population

Estonia 233 EST EE Urban population

Faeroe Islands 234 FRO FO Urban population

Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 238 FLK FK Urban population

Fiji 242 FJI FJ Urban population

Finland 246 FIN FI Urban population

France 250 FRA FR Urban population

French Guiana 254 GUF GF Urban population

French Polynesia 258 PYF PF Urban population

Djibouti 262 DJI DJ Urban population

Gabon 266 GAB GA Urban population

Georgia 268 GEO GE Urban population

Gambia 270 GMB GM Urban population

Occupied Palestinian Territory 275 PSE PS Urban population

Germany 276 DEU DE Urban population

Ghana 288 GHA GH Urban population

Gibraltar 292 GIB GI Urban population

Kiribati 296 KIR KI Urban population

Greece 300 GRC GR Urban population

Greenland 304 GRL GL Urban population

Grenada 308 GRD GD Urban population

Guadeloupe 312 GLP GP Urban population

Guam 316 GUM GU Urban population

Guatemala 320 GTM GT Urban population

Guinea 324 GIN GN Urban population

Guyana 328 GUY GY Urban population

Haiti 332 HTI HT Urban population

Holy See 336 VAT VA Urban population

Honduras 340 HND HN Urban population

China, Hong Kong SAR 344 HKG HK Urban population

Hungary 348 HUN HU Urban population

Iceland 352 ISL IS Urban population

India 356 IND IN Urban population

Indonesia 360 IDN ID Urban population

Iran (Islamic Republic of) 364 IRN IR Urban population

Iraq 368 IRQ IQ Urban population

Ireland 372 IRL IE Urban population

Israel 376 ISR IL Urban population

Italy 380 ITA IT Urban population

Côte d'Ivoire 384 CIV CI Urban population

Jamaica 388 JAM JM Urban population

Japan 392 JPN JP Urban population

Kazakhstan 398 KAZ KZ Urban population

Jordan 400 JOR JO Urban population

Kenya 404 KEN KE Urban population

408 PRK KP Urban population

Republic of Korea 410 KOR KR Urban population

Kuwait 414 KWT KW Urban population

Kyrgyzstan 417 KGZ KG Urban population

418 LAO LA Urban population

Lebanon 422 LBN LB Urban population

Lesotho 426 LSO LS Urban population

Latvia 428 LVA LV Urban population

Liberia 430 LBR LR Urban population

Libya 434 LBY LY Urban population

Liechtenstein 438 LIE LI Urban population

Lithuania 440 LTU LT Urban population

Luxembourg 442 LUX LU Urban population

Dem. People's Republic of Korea

Lao People's Democratic Republic

China, Macao SAR 446 MAC MO Urban population

Madagascar 450 MDG MG Urban population

Malawi 454 MWI MW Urban population

Malaysia 458 MYS MY Urban population

Maldives 462 MDV MV Urban population

Mali 466 MLI ML Urban population

Malta 470 MLT MT Urban population

Martinique 474 MTQ MQ Urban population

Mauritania 478 MRT MR Urban population

Mauritius 480 MUS MU Urban population

Mexico 484 MEX MX Urban population

Monaco 492 MCO MC Urban population

Mongolia 496 MNG MN Urban population

Republic of Moldova 498 MDA MD Urban population

Montenegro 499 MNE ME Urban population

Montserrat 500 MSR MS Urban population

Morocco 504 MAR MA Urban population

Mozambique 508 MOZ MZ Urban population

Oman 512 OMN OM Urban population

Namibia 516 NAM NA Urban population

Nauru 520 NRU NR Urban population

Nepal 524 NPL NP Urban population

Netherlands 528 NLD NL Urban population

Netherlands Antilles 530 ANT AN Urban population

Aruba 533 ABW AW Urban population

New Caledonia 540 NCL NC Urban population

Vanuatu 548 VUT VU Urban population

New Zealand 554 NZL NZ Urban population

Nicaragua 558 NIC NI Urban population

Niger 562 NER NE Urban population

Nigeria 566 NGA NG Urban population

Niue 570 NIU NU Urban population

Norway 578 NOR NO Urban population

Northern Mariana Islands 580 MNP MP Urban population

Micronesia (Fed. States of) 583 FSM FM Urban population

Marshall Islands 584 MHL MH Urban population

Palau 585 PLW PW Urban population

Pakistan 586 PAK PK Urban population

Panama 591 PAN PA Urban population

Papua New Guinea 598 PNG PG Urban population

Paraguay 600 PRY PY Urban population

Peru 604 PER PE Urban population

Philippines 608 PHL PH Urban population

Poland 616 POL PL Urban population

Portugal 620 PRT PT Urban population

Guinea-Bissau 624 GNB GW Urban population

Timor-Leste 626 TLS TL Urban population

Puerto Rico 630 PRI PR Urban population

Qatar 634 QAT QA Urban population

Réunion 638 REU RE Urban population

Romania 642 ROU RO Urban population

Russian Federation 643 RUS RU Urban population

Rwanda 646 RWA RW Urban population

Saint Helena 654 SHN SH Urban population

Saint Kitts and Nevis 659 KNA KN Urban population

Anguilla 660 AIA AI Urban population

Saint Lucia 662 LCA LC Urban population

Saint Pierre and Miquelon 666 SPM PM Urban population

670 VCT VC Urban population

San Marino 674 SMR SM Urban population

São Tomé and Príncipe 678 STP ST Urban population

Saudi Arabia 682 SAU SA Urban population

Senegal 686 SEN SN Urban population

Serbia 688 SRB RS Urban population

Seychelles 690 SYC SC Urban population

Sierra Leone 694 SLE SL Urban population

Singapore 702 SGP SG Urban population

Slovakia 703 SVK SK Urban population

Viet Nam 704 VNM VN Urban population

Slovenia 705 SVN SI Urban population

Somalia 706 SOM SO Urban population

South Africa 710 ZAF ZA Urban population

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Zimbabwe 716 ZWE ZW Urban population

Spain 724 ESP ES Urban population

South Sudan 728 SSD SS Urban population

Sudan 729 SDN SD Urban population

Western Sahara 732 ESH EH Urban population

Suriname 740 SUR SR Urban population

Swaziland 748 SWZ SZ Urban population

Sweden 752 SWE SE Urban population

Switzerland 756 CHE CH Urban population

Syrian Arab Republic 760 SYR SY Urban population

Tajikistan 762 TJK TJ Urban population

Thailand 764 THA TH Urban population

Togo 768 TGO TG Urban population

Tokelau 772 TKL TK Urban population

Tonga 776 TON TO Urban population

Trinidad and Tobago 780 TTO TT Urban population

United Arab Emirates 784 ARE AE Urban population

Tunisia 788 TUN TN Urban population

Turkey 792 TUR TR Urban population

Turkmenistan 795 TKM TM Urban population

Turks and Caicos Islands 796 TCA TC Urban population

Tuvalu 798 TUV TV Urban population

Uganda 800 UGA UG Urban population

Ukraine 804 UKR UA Urban population

TFYR Macedonia 807 MKD MK Urban population

Egypt 818 EGY EG Urban population

United Kingdom 826 GBR GB Urban population

Channel Islands 830 CHI Urban population

Isle of Man 833 IMN IM Urban population

United Republic of Tanzania 834 TZA TZ Urban population

United States of America 840 USA US Urban population

United States Virgin Islands 850 VIR VI Urban population

Burkina Faso 854 BFA BF Urban population

Uruguay 858 URY UY Urban population

Uzbekistan 860 UZB UZ Urban population

862 VEN VE Urban population

Wallis and Futuna Islands 876 WLF WF Urban population

Samoa 882 WSM WS Urban population

Yemen 887 YEM YE Urban population

Zambia 894 ZMB ZM Urban population

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)


World Urbanization Prospects: The 2011 RevisionSources of data on the urban population

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Sources

Census of 1979; Estimates for 1950, 1966, 1971, 1988 and 2010.

Censuses of 1954, 1960, 1966, 1977, 1987, 1998 and 2008.

Census of 2000; UN Estimates for 1970, 1980 and 1990.

Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1991 and 2001.

Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1980, 1991 and 2001.

Censuses of 1963, 1980, 1990 and 2000; Estimate for 1953.

Censuses of 1959, 1965, 1991 and 2001; UN Estimate for 1950.

Censuses of 1951, 1961, 1974, 1981, 1991 and 2001.

Censuses of 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000.

Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1991 and 2000.

Censuses of 1950, 1955, 1960, 1969, 1979, 1989, 2001 and 2011; Estimate for 1991.

Estimates for 1985, 1990, 2000, 2004 and 2010; UN Estimates for 1950 and 1960.

Censuses of 1950, 1960 and 1970; Estimate for 1994; UN Estimate for 2003.

Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989, 1999 and 2009; Estimates for 1974 and 1984.

Censuses of 1954, 1961, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996 and 2001.

Censuses of 1951, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001; Estimate for 2007.

Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989 and 2001; Estimates for 1974 and 2008.

Census of 1981; Estimate for 1976; UN Estimates for 1961, 2000 and 2010.

Census of 2005; Estimates for 1950 and 2011.


Censuses of 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981 and 1991.

Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1996, 2000 and 2010.

Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1980, 1991, 2000 and 2010.

UN Estimates for 1960, 1970, 1980, 1991 and 2000.

Censuses of 1960, 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001.

Censuses of 1965, 1970, 1979, 1990 and 2008; Estimate for 1998.

Censuses of 1964, 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001; UN Estimate for 1950.

Censuses of 1970, 1976, 1986, 1999 and 2009; UN Estimates for 1950 and 1959.

Censuses of 1956, 1965, 1975, 1985, 1992, 2001 and 2011; Estimates for 1960, 1970, 1980, 2003 and 2007.

Censuses of 1973 and 1983; Estimate for 1953; Sample Survey of 1957.

Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989, 1999 and 2009; Estimates for 1964, 1974 and 1984.

Censuses of 1962, 1980, 1998 and 2008; Estimates for 1950 and 1966; UN Estimates for 1970, 1975, 1975 and 1979.

Censuses of 1976, 1987 and 2005; Estimates for 1959 and 1970.

Censuses of 1951, 1964, 1973, 1985, 1993 and 2005.

Censuses of 1966, 1980, 1991 and 2003; UN Estimate for 1950.


Census of 1984; Estimates for 1950, 1960 and 1970.


Censuses of 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001.

Censuses of 1951, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006.

Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000 and 2010; Estimate for 1985; UN Estimate for 1950.

Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1979, 1989 and 1999; Sample Survey of 2007.

Censuses of 1975, 1988 and 2003; Estimates for 1960, 1963, 1967 and 1968.

Censuses of 1953 and 2001; UN Estimates for 1963, 1971 and 1981.

Censuses of 1993 and 2009; Estimates for 1972 and 1978; Sample Survey of 1964; UN Estimate for 1950.


Censuses of 1953, 1964, 1982, 1990, 2000 and 2010; Estimates for 1965, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1977 and 2005.

Censuses of 1991, 2002 and 2007; UN Estimates for 1950, 1966 and 1980.

Censuses of 1956, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011.

Censuses of 1953, 1970, 1981 and 2002; Estimates for 1990, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.



Censuses of 1992 and 2002; Estimates for 1979 and 2011; Sample Survey of 1961.

Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1981, 1991 and 2001.

Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1981, 1993 and 2002.


Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1983, 1994 and 2001.


Censuses of 1956, 1966, 1976, 1986, 1996 and 2007.

Censuses of 1954, 1962, 1968, 1975, 1982, 1990, 1999 and 2006.

Censuses of 1954, 1961, 1967, 1982, 1990 and 1999.

Censuses of 1951, 1963, 1973, 1983 and 1993.

Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1984 and 2000.

Censuses of 1951, 1961, 1970, 1981, 1991 and 2001.

Censuses of 1951, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001.

Censuses of 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965 and 1970; Estimates for 1990, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2004; Registers of 1976, 1981, 2006, 2009 and 2011.


Census of 1984; Estimate for 1990; UN Estimates for 1950 and 1967.Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989 and 2000; Estimates for 1994 and 2009.

Censuses of 1950, 1955, 1960, 1966, 1970 and 1977; Estimates for 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2002; UN Estimates for 2005 and 2010.

Censuses of 1972, 1980, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006; Estimates for 1953 and 1962.

Censuses of 1960, 1970 and 1980; Registers of 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2009; UN Estimate for 1950.

Censuses of 1962, 1971, 1983, 1988, 1996, 2002 and 2007; Estimate for 1977; UN Estimate for 1956.

Censuses of 1960, 1983 and 2009; Estimates for 1956 and 1989; Sample Survey of 1991.

Censuses of 1961 and 1993; Estimates for 1950, 1970, 1981 and 1987.Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989 and 2002; Estimates for 2006 and 2009.

Censuses of 1997 and 2007; Estimates for 1950, 1961, 1975 and 1997.

Censuses of 1950, 1961 and 1987; Estimates for 1970, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.

Censuses of 1968, 1973, 1978, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005; UN Estimate for 1950.

Censuses of 1960, 1965, 1970 and 1976; Estimates for 1992, 1993, 1996 and 2000; Registers of 2005 and 2011; UN Estimate for 1950.

Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1981, 1991 and 2001.

Censuses of 1950, 1964, 1973, 1981 and 2002.

Censuses of 1955, 1983 and 1996.

Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980 and 2002.

Censuses of 1951, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001 and 2011.

Censuses of 1951, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001.


UN Estimates for 1954, 1961, 1967, 1974, 1982, 1990, 1999 and 2006.Census of 2000; Estimate for 2004; UN Estimates for 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980 and 1990.

Censuses of 1950, 1971, 1982 and 2003; Estimates for 1992, 1996, 1999 and 2000.

Estimates for 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000; UN Estimates for 1965, 1975, 1985 and 1995.

Censuses of 1961, 1974, 1988 and 2001; Estimates for 2003 and 2004; UN Estimates for 2006 and 2007.

Censuses of 1961, 1971, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006; UN Estimate for 1950.


Census of 1950; Estimates for 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 1998 and 2010.

Censuses of 1961, 1971, 1980, 1990, 2000 and 2010; Estimates for 1950 and 1997; Sample Survey of 1995.

Censuses of 1956, 1966, 1976, 1986, 1991, 1996 and 2006; Estimate for 2011.


Censuses of 1951, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2002 and 2006.


Censuses of 1958, 1975, 1988 and 1998; Estimates for 2006 and 2009; Sample Survey of 1965 and 1978.

Censuses of 1962, 1969, 1979, 1989, 1999 and 2009.

Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989, 1999 and 2009.

Censuses of 1958, 1966, 1973, 1985, 1995 and 2005.

Censuses of 1962, 1974, 1984 and 2008.


Censuses of 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010.

Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989, 1999 and 2009; Estimates for 1964, 1974, 1984 and 1994.

Censuses of 1952, 1961, 1979 and 1994; Estimates for 1967, 1989 and 2010; UN Estimate for 1950.

Censuses of 1993 and 2008; Estimates for 1950, 1960, 1967, 1970, 1975 and 1980.

Censuses of 1955, 1960, 1966, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005.

Censuses of 1957, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985 and 1995; UN Estimate for 1950.

Estimate for 1988; Sample Survey of 1970; UN Estimates for 1950, 1958, 1998 and 2000.

Censuses of 1956, 1966, 1976, 1986, 1996 and 2006; Estimate for 1972; UN Estimate for 1950.

Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989 and 2000; Estimates for 1981, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2009.


Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989 and 2001; Estimates for 1950, 2005 and 2009.

Censuses of 1961, 1971, 1981 and 1991; Estimates for 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003 and 2009.




Censuses of 1957, 1967, 1985, 1995 and 2005.


Censuses of 1964, 1977, 1988 and 2000.

Censuses of 1956, 1962, 1968, 1975, 1982, 1990, 2000 and 2008.

Censuses of 1953, 1991, 2003 and 2011.


Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1997 and 2007.

Censuses of 1977, 1983, 1992 and 2002.

Censuses of 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001 and 2011.


Censuses of 1975 and 1993; Estimates for 1950, 1970, 2004 and 2008; Sample Survey of 1966.

Censuses of 1965, 1967, 1970, 1977, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2006.


Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010.


Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979 and 1989; Estimate for 1996; UN Estimates for 2005 and 2008.

Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1980 and 1991; UN Estimates for 1950, 1955, 1997, 1997, 2001 and 2004.

Censuses of 1993 and 2003; Estimate for 2009; UN Estimates for 1950 and 1960.

Censuses of 1991 and 2001; UN Estimates for 1951, 1960, 1970 and 1981.

UN Estimates for 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000.

Censuses of 1992 and 2001; UN Estimates for 1950 and 1960.

Censuses of 1967, 1979, 1989, 1999 and 2009.

Censuses of 1950, 1963, 1971, 1995 and 2005.


Censuses of 1973, 1980, 1986, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005.


Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000.

Censuses of 1950, 1962, 1972, 1982, 1992 and 2002.

Censuses of 1961, 1972, 1981, 1993 and 2007.

Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1990 and 2000.

Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1981, 1991 and 2001.


Censuses of 1950, 1960 and 2004; UN Estimate for 1990.

Censuses of 1991, 2000 and 2000; Estimate for 1965; UN Estimate for 2005.


Censuses of 1951, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996 and 2001; Estimates for 2002, 2003 and 2008; UN Estimate for 2001.

Censuses of 1977, 1988 and 2001; Estimates for 1956, 1962 and 1966.


Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980 and 1990; Estimates for 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004; Registers of 2005, 2007 and 2011.

Census of 2000; UN Estimates for 1950, 1958, 1967, 1973, 1980, 1990 and 1995.

Censuses of 1973, 1980, 1994 and 2000; UN Estimates for 1950 and 2005.

Censuses of 1973, 1980, 1988 and 1999; UN Estimates for 1958 and 1967.

Censuses of 1966, 1971, 1980, 1990 and 2000; UN Estimate for 1950.


Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000.

Censuses of 1954, 1967, 1974, 1982, 1990 and 1999.

Censuses of 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992, 2002 and 2011.

Censuses of 1956, 1966, 1976, 1987, 1998 and 2008.

Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1980, 1991 and 2001.

UN Estimates for 1960, 1974, 1984, 1992 and 2001.

Census of 1991; Estimates for 1996 and 2001; Unknown of 2010.

Censuses of 1960 and 2001; Estimate for 1991.

Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1981, 1991 and 2001.


UN Estimates for 1960, 1971, 1977 and 1987.

Censuses of 1963, 1974, 1985 and 2004.


Censuses of 1986, 1997, 2004 and 2010; UN Estimates for 1956, 1963, 1971 and 1979.


Censuses of 1970, 1978, 1991 and 2002; Estimates for 1960 and 2005.

Censuses of 1962, 1982, 1990 and 1999; Estimate for 1950; UN Estimate for 2006.

Census of 1976; Estimates for 1987 and 1992; UN Estimates for 1950, 1960, 1970, 2001, 2003 and 2007.

Censuses of 1974, 2004 and 2010; Estimates for 1962 and 1986; UN Estimates for 1950 and 1992.



Censuses of 1960, 1979, 1989, 1999 and 2009; Estimate for 1970; UN Estimates for 1992 and 1994.


Census of 1975; Estimates for 1953 and 1963; Sample Survey of 2002; UN Estimate for 1987.

Censuses of 1951, 1960, 1970, 1996 and 2001; UN Estimates for 1980, 1985 and 1991.

Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1981, 1991 and 2001.

Censuses of 1956, 1983, 1993 and 2008.

Censuses of 1956, 1973, 1983, 1993 and 2008.

Censuses of 1950, 1964, 1971, 1980 and 2004.

Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1981, 1994 and 2004.

Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000.

Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1981 and 2010.

Censuses of 1982, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006.

Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000.


Censuses of 1979, 1985, 1991 and 2002.


Censuses of 1960, 1966, 1976, 1986, 1996 and 2006.

Censuses of 1951, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001.


Censuses of 1970, 1982, 1994 and 2004; UN Estimates for 1950, 1960 and 2006.

Censuses of 1956, 1966, 1976, 1986, 1997 and 2007; UN Estimate for 1950.

Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985 and 1990; Estimates for 1995 and 2000; Registers of 2005 and 2010.


Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989 and 2000; Estimates for 2000, 2003 and 2010; UN Estimate for 1950.




Censuses of 1950, 1955, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990 and 2000; Estimates for 1960, 2002 and 2003; Registers of 2007 and 2010.

Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2001; Estimate for 2006; UN Estimate for 1950.

Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989 and 2001; Estimates for 1950, 1964, 1974, 1984, 2004, 2005 and 2009.

Censuses of 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991 and 1994; UN Estimate for 2002.

Censuses of 1971, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996 and 2001.

Censuses of 1957, 1967, 1978, 1988 and 2002.

Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000.


Censuses of 1960, 1975, 1985, 1996 and 2006.

Censuses of 1963, 1975, 1985, 1996 and 2004.

Censuses of 1950, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1990 and 2001.

Censuses of 1969, 1976, 1983, 1990, 1996 and 2003.

Censuses of 1951, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1996, 2001 and 2006; UN Estimates for 1981, 1986 and 1991.

Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979 and 1989; Estimates for 1994, 1997, 2000 and 2006.

Censuses of 1951, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1991, 2001, 2006 and 2011.

Censuses of 1986, 1994 and 2004; Estimates for 1950, 1960 and 1970.Censuses of 1963, 1969, 1980, 1990, 2000 and 2010; UN Estimate for 1950.

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Definition

Sixty-six localities and provincial centers.

Towns and other industrial centres with more than 400 inhabitants.

Localities with a population of 2,000 or more.

St. John's (capital).

Population centres with 2,000 inhabitants or more.

All urban centres with 1,000 inhabitants or more.

For the 1980, 1990 and 2000 census counts, sum of the cities.

Bridgetown (capital).

Entire population.

All communes having as chef-lieu a city, a rural town or an urban agglomeration.

Urban areas, defined in the 2000 census as densely settled territory that meets minimum population density requirements and encompasses a population of at least 2,500. The proportion urban for earlier years was adjusted for consistency with the new definition.Parishes of Andorra la Vella, Escaldes-Engordany, Saint Julia, Encamp and La Massana.

Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, usually according to the criteria of number of inhabitants and predominance of agricultural or non-agricultural workers and their families.

Based on the concept of a functional and structural urban area (Stadtregion) consisting of an urban core area (Kernzone) and surrounding urban areas. (Außenzone). The surrounding urban areas is defined as an area in which at least 30 percent of working adults commute daily into the corresponding core area.

Communes or villages with 2,500 inhabitants or more. For consistency purposes, the 1971 and 1981 census estimates were excluded.Places having a municipality (pourashava), a town (shahar) committee or a cantonment board. In general, urban areas are a concentration of at least 5,000 persons in a continuous collection of houses where the community sense is well developed and the community maintains public utilities, such as roads, street lighting, water supply, sanitary arrangements, etc. These places are generally centres of trade and commerce where the labour force is mostly non-agricultural and literacy levels are high. An area that has urban characteristics but has fewer than 5,000 inhabitants may, in special cases, be considered urban.

Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, usually according to the criteria of number of inhabitants and predominance of agricultural or non-agricultural workers and their families.

Cities, urban agglomerations and urban communes following the 1977 administrative reclassification (UN estimates are based on communes with 5,000 inhabitants or more).

Localities with 2,000 inhabitants or more.

Not available.

Not available.

Places with 1,000 inhabitants or more.

Road Town.

Towns, that is, localities legally established as urban.

Not available.

Commune of Bujumbura.

The urban-rural definition used in the 2005 census follows the classification of the Department of Urban Development and Engineering Services (DUDES).

An area to be declared as ‘urban’ (Thromde) the following

criteria (up to 75% implying 4 out of the 5 outlined) should be met:

a) A minimum population of 1,500 people;

b) A population density of 1,000 persons or more per square kilometer;

c) More than fifty percent of the population should depend on non primary activities;

d) The area of the urban center should not be less than 1.5 square kilometers; and

e) Potential for future growth of the urban center particularly in terms of its revenue base.

As of 2005, there are 28 declared urban centres and 26 satellite towns.

Agglomerations of 5,000 inhabitants or more where 75 per cent of the economic activity is non-agricultural.

Urban and suburban zones of administrative centres of municipios and districts.

Municipalities and areas having urban socio-economic characteristics.

Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such (cities and towns, semiurban centers, industrial communities and health resort communities).

Up to 1998 census: the designation of places as urban was based only on administrative criteria (e.g., municipalities of Phnom Penh, Bokor and Kep and 13 additional urban centres). Since 2005: every commune that meets at least one of the following criteria: (a) population density exceeding 200 per km, (b) percentage of male employment in agriculture below 50 percent, or (c) total population of the commune exceeding 2,000. To improve time trend comparability, the proportion urban for the 1998 census was recalculated based on the revised classification of urban areas adopted in the 2008 census.

Entire population.

Population living in a nucleus of 2,000 inhabitants or more.

Island of Rarotonga.

Not available.

Six district towns and the suburbs of Nicosia and Larnaka.

Municipalities with 2,000 inhabitants or more.


Administrative centres of territorial units (district, sub-division, division or province) or/and any locality with more than 5,000 inhabitants and with sufficient socio-economic and administrative infrastructures.Areas with at least 1,000 inhabitants and a population density of at least 400 persons per square kilometre (as of 1981; the definition of “urban” has changed slightly between 1951 and 1981).

As of 1990, municipalities of Praia, Mindelo, Sao Filipe and Espargos/Sal.

Twenty principal centres with a population of over 3,000 inhabitants each.

Municipalities and urban councils only. Urban data for 1963-1981 censuses also included town councils that have been adjusted to match the revised 2001 definition.

Administrative centres of prefectures, sous-prefectures and administrative posts.

Populated centres with definite urban characteristics, such as certain public and municipal services.

Up to 1982: total population of cities and towns. Cities had to have a population of at least 100,000 or command special administrative, strategic, or economic importance to qualify as cities. Towns were either settlements with more than 3,000 inhabitants of whom more than 70 per cent were registered as non-agricultural or settlements with a population ranging from 2,500 to 3,000 inhabitants of whom more than 85 per cent were registered as non-agricultural. For the 1990 census, the urban population included: (1) all residents of urban districts in provincial and prefectural-level cities; (2) resident population of "streets" (jiedao) in county-level cities; (3) population of all residents' committees in towns. For the 2000 census, the urban population was composed of population in City Districts with an average population density of at least 1,500 persons per square kilometer, other population in suburban-district units and township-level units meeting criteria such as "contiguous built-up area," being the location of the local government, or being a Street or having a Resident Committee. For the 2010 census, urban population included all urban residents meeting the criterion defined by the National Bureau of Statistics of China in 2008, i.e., the criterion used

Administrative centres of prefectures and localities with 5,000 inhabitants or more. Mayotte is excluded from Comoros.

No official definition available. In the present publication, localities with 5,000 inhabitants or more.

As of 1984, six communes (Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, Dolisie/Loubomo, Nkayi, Ouesso and Mossendjo).

Places with 2,000 inhabitants or more where the predominant economic activity is non-agricultural; and places with fewer inhabitants which are considered urban because of their type of economic activity (predominantly non-agricultural).

Administrative centres of cantons, including adjacent areas with clear urban characteristics such as streets, urban services and electricity.

Places with 2,000 inhabitants or more, and places with fewer inhabitants but with paved streets, street lighting, piped water, sewage, a medical centre and educational facilities.

Localities with 200 inhabitants or more.

Cities and villages with 500 inhabitants or more (as of 1970).

Administrative centres of comunas and municipal districts.

Capitals of provinces and cantons.

Administrative centres of municipios.



Torshavn (capital).

Town of Stanley.


Urban communes.

Not available.


As of 1993 census, towns with 3,000 inhabitants or more.


Entire population.

The island of South Tarawa.


District centres and localities with 300 dwellings or more or with 1,500 inhabitants or more.

Population of officially designated urban settlements including cities, cities without municipal status and towns.

Communes with 2,000 inhabitants or more living in houses separated by at most 200 meters; or communes in which the majority of the population is part of a multi-communal agglomeration as defined above.

For 1956 and 1960: Djibouti (capital). For 1983: the urban population of the districts of Djibouti, Ali-Sabieh, Dikhil, Tadjourah and Obock. For 1991: the following 9 towns: Djibouti (capital), Dikhil, Ali-Sabieh, Tadjourah, Obock, Arta, Damerjog, Yoboki and Randa. Nomads are included in the rural population. For 1998: localities of 1,500 inhabitants or more.

Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, usually according to criteria regarding the number of inhabitants and the predominance of non-agricultural workers and their families.

No official definition. In the present publication, settlements with 5,000 inhabitants or more.

Any locality whose population amounts to 10,000 persons or more; all governorate and district centres regardless of their size; and localities whose populations vary from 4,000 to 9,999 persons provided they have at least four of the following elements: public electricity network, public water network, post office, health centre with a full-time physician and a school offering a general secondary education certificate.

Communes (kreisfreie Staedte and Kreise) with population density equal or greater than 150 inhabitants per square kilometre.

Municipalities and communes in the largest population centre with 10,000 inhabitants or more, plus 18 urban agglomerations as defined in the 1991 census: Greater Athens (Athínai), Thessaloniki, Pátrai, Iraklion, Vólos, Chania, Irannina, Chalkida, Agrino, Kalamata, Katerini, Kerkyra, Salamina, Chios, Egio, Rethymno, Ermoúpolis and Spárti.

Parishes of St. George's Town (capital) and St. George.


As of 1983, administrative centres of prefectures.

City of Georgetown (capital), and four other towns.

Administrative centres of communes.

The entire population is considered urban.

Budapest and all legally designated towns.


Communes with 10,000 inhabitants or more.

Kingston metropolitan area and selected main towns.

Urban areas, defined in the 2000 census as densely settled territory that meets minimum population density requirements and encompasses a population of at least 2,500 persons. The proportion urban for earlier years was adjusted for consistency with the new definition.The municipio of Guatemala Department and officially recognized centres of other departments and municipalities. The urban population for 1981 is officially adjusted to include the urbanized suburbs bordering the municipio of Guatemala in a way consistent with the previous census.

Populated centres with 2,000 inhabitants or more that also meet the following criteria: piped water service; communication by land (road or train) or regular air or maritime service; complete primary school (6 grades); postal service or telegraph; and at least one of the following: electrical light, sewer system, or a health centre.

Hong Kong Island, New Kowloon and new towns in New Territories. On 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.

The definition of urban area adopted is as follows: (a) All statutory places with a municipality, corporation, cantonment board or notified town area committee, etc. (b) A place satisfying the following three criteria simultaneously:

i) a minimum population of 5,000; ii) at least 75 per cent of male working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits; and iii) a density of population of at least 400 per sq. km. (1,000 per sq. mile).

Municipalities (kotamadya), regency capitals (kabupaten) and other places with urban characteristics.

Every district with a municipality. In censuses before 1986, all county centres (shahrestan) regardless of size and places with a population of 5,000 persons and more.

Area within the boundaries of municipality councils (Al-Majlis Al-Baldei).

Persons living in population clusters of 1,500 or more inhabitants (aggregate town areas, including suburbs).

All settlements with more than 2,000 inhabitants except those where at least one third of the households participating in the civilian labour force earn their living from agriculture.

Urban agglomerations containing more than 10,000 inhabitants; agglomerations with populations ranging from 4,000 to 10,000 persons with more than 50 per cent of the households engaged in non-agricultural activities; and the administrative centres of Grand Lahoun and Dabakala. Excludes the milieu urbain of Bouna, which has a population of 11,000 persons.

Not available.



No official definition. In the present publication, Vaduz municipality.

Communes with 2,000 inhabitants or more.

Total of cities. The Definition of city

Shi : In general, municipality which satisfy the following conditions

(1) 50,000 or more inhabitants

(2) 60 percent or more of the houses located in the main built-up areas

(3) 60 percent or more of the population (including their dependents) engaged in manufacturing, trade or other urban type of business

The definition of urban of previous revisions was based on DID (Densely Inhabited District).

Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, usually according to criteria based on the number of inhabitants and the predominance of non-agricultural workers and their families.

Localities with 5,000 inhabitants or more as well as the district and sub-district centres of each governorate irrespective of population size.Municipalities, town councils, and other urban centres with 2,000 inhabitants or more. Due to substantial changes in the 1999 census delineations of urban areas, only the population for the “urban core” is considered to ensure consistency with previous censuses.

Places with 50,000 or more inhabitants are usually considered urban. However, the reported proportion urban from the census actually refers to the total population of dong, the administrative division for urban areas, rather than places.

For 1970 and 1975: Capital Governorate and localities of 10,000 inhabitants or more; from 1980 onward: the urban agglomeration of Al-Kuwayt and localities of 10,000 inhabitants or more.

Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, usually according to criteria based on the number of inhabitants and predominance of non-agricultural workers and their families.

Urban villages were defined in the 2005 census as areas within municipal vicinity with the center of that municipality having more than 600 residents or more than 100 households. Further, the areas have to have certain urban characteristics (roads, electricity, market function, tap water supply).

District headquarters and other settlements with rapid population growth and with facilities that tend to encourage people to engage in non-agricultural economic activities.

Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, usually according to criteria based on the number of inhabitants and predominance of non-agricultural workers and their families.

Municipalities of Tarabulus and Bangazi and urban parts of other municipalities.

Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, according to criteria based on the number of inhabitants and the predominance of non-agricultural workers and their families.

Centres with 5,000 inhabitants or more.

All townships, town planning areas and district centres.

The capital of Male and other small settlements.


Towns with proclaimed legal limits.


Monaco (capital).

Capital city and district centres.

Not available

Respectively 250 and 370 localities in the 1982 and 1994 censuses.

Not available.

Entire population.

Prior to 2001, the city of Macao comprised of the population of the country, except for the population of Coloane, Taipa, Co-Thai and the maritime population. After 2001, the entire population of Macao was considered to be urban. On 30 December 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.

Gazetted areas with their adjoining built-up areas and with a combined population of 10,000 persons or more. Built-up areas were areas contiguous to a gazetted area and had at least 60 per cent of their population (aged 10 years and over) engaged in non-agricultural activities. Areas had also modern toilet facilities in their housing units.

Up to 1987 census, localities with 5,000 inhabitants or more and district centres. Due to several historical changes in definition of urban areas, urban is defined in this publication as localities with 30,000 inhabitants or more in 1998 census, and with 40,000 inhabitants or more in 2009 census.

No official definition available. In the present publication, localities with 2,500 inhabitants or more.

For the census in 1990 and 1999, total population of the Commune of Fort-de-France plus the agglomerations of other communes with 2,000 inhabitants or more.

Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, usually according to criteria based on the number of inhabitants and the predominance of non-agricultural workers and their families. UN Estimate of 2005 is based on the censuses carried in 2004 in the Republic Moldova and Transnistria.

Brades Estate/Plymouth (capital). Due to volcanic activity, Plymouth was abandoned in 1997. The government premises have been established at Brades Estate, in the Carr's Bay/Little Bay vicinity at the northwest end of Montserrat.

From 1950 to 1970: Conselho of Maputo and Beira; in the 1980 census: 12 cities (Maputo, nine provincial capitals and the cities of Nacala-Porto and Chokwe); in the 1997 census: 23 cities and 68 towns (vilas).

The district headquarters and other settlements of rapid population growth with facilities that encourage people to engage in non-agricultural activities.

For 1961 census: Localities with 5,000 inhabitants or more (panchayats); For later census counts: localities with 9,000 or more inhabitants. Criteria of population size, density, contiguity and occupational structure of population have changed over time and a complex set of rules varying by ecological zones and based on annual revenue, population size and infrastructure is used since 1999.

Oranjestad (capital) and Sant Nicolas.

Nouméa and communes of Païta, Nouvel Dumbéa and Mont-Dore.

Port-Vila and Luganville.

Alofi (capital).


Saipan Island for 1980 and later.


Koror Island.

Places with municipal corporation, town committee or cantonment.

Administrative centres of the official districts of the Republic.

Agglomerations of 2,000 inhabitants or more.

Due to several historical changes in definition of urban areas, urban is defined in this publication as municipalities with 20,000 inhabitants or more.

Population of the urban agglomerations of Willemstad, Philipsburg and Kralendjik.

All cities plus boroughs, town districts, townships and country towns with a population of 1,000 inhabitants or more.

Localities with more than 1000 inhabitants that show some urban characteristics, such as electricity, industrial and commercial centers.Urban centres, defined as localities serving as administrative headquarters for departments and “arrondissements” as well as all those with an administrative headquarter with 2,500 inhabitants or more.

Towns with 20,000 inhabitants or more whose occupations are not mainly agrarian.

The entire population of Majuro Atoll and the town of Ebeye Island on Kwajalein Atoll.

Localities with 1,500 inhabitants or more, having the following urban characteristics: electricity, water-supply and sewerage systems, paved roads and access to commercial establishments, secondary schools and social and recreational centres.

Centres with 500 inhabitants or more, excluding separately located schools, hospitals, missions, plantations, rural settlements and rural villages regardless of population size.

Populated centres with 100 dwellings or more grouped contiguously and administrative centres of districts.

All cities and municipalities with a density of at least 1,000 persons per square kilometre; administrative centres, barrios of at least 2,000 inhabitants, and barrios of at least 1,000 inhabitants which are contiguous to the administrative centre, in all cities and municipalities with a density of at least 500 persons per square kilometre; and all other administrative centres with at least 2,500 inhabitants.

Towns and settlements of urban nature (for example, workers' settlements, fishermen's settlements and health resorts).

As of 1991, capitals of regions or sectors and localities with 1,500 inhabitants or more.

Dili (capital) and other small settlements (sucos) defined as urban. For 2004, the functional definition of urban of the National Statistics Directorate of Timor-Leste was used.


Jamestown (capital) and Half Tree Hollow.

Basseterre (capital) and Charlestown.

Not available.

Saint-Pierre (capital).

Not available.

Municipalities with 1,000 inhabitants or more.

Cities with 5,000 inhabitants or more.

Agglomerations of 10,000 inhabitants or more.

Not available.

Towns with 2,000 inhabitants or more.

City of Singapore, including residents and non-residents.

Cities with 5,000 inhabitants or more.


Urban areas, defined as densely settled territory that meets minimum population density requirements and encompasses a population of at least 2,500 inhabitants. A change in the definition for the 2000 census from place-based to density-based affects the comparability of estimates before and after this date.

Communes with 2,000 inhabitants or more living in houses separated by at most 200 meters; or communes in which the majority of the population is part of a multi-communal agglomeration.Municipalities and towns with certain urban socio-economic characteristics. Provisional results for 2011 census


Kigali; administrative centres of préfectures and important agglomerations and their surroundings.

In the absence of more detailed information the entire population is considered urban.

The district of Água Grande (São Tomé and Pantufo) and 6 other small settlements (as of 1991).

No official definition. In the present publication, prior to 1971, Victoria city proper (capital). From 1971, greater Victoria agglomeration plus districts with population density greater than 1,500 persons per inhabited square kilometre in 2002 (Cascades, Pointe Larue, Anse aux Pins).

Settlements with over 3,000 inhabitants; settlements with 2,000-3,000 inhabitants and a surplus of workplaces; settlements that are seats of municipalities and have at least 1,400 inhabitants and a surplus of workplaces; suburban settlements that have fewer inhabitants but are spatially and functionally integrated with the city.

All district capitals and any other town or village with a population of 1,500 persons or more.

A classification based on dominant settlement type and land use. Cities, towns, townships, suburbs, etc., are typical urban settlements. Enumeration areas comprising informal settlements, hostels, institutions, industrial and recreational areas, and smallholdings within or adjacent to any formal urban settlement are classified as urban. The 1996 estimate was adjusted to comply with the 2001 census definition. Estimates from 1980, 1985 and 1991 were adjusted to take into account the populations of Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei.

Municipalities (municipios) with 10,000 inhabitants or more.

Not available.

Great Paramaribo.

Localities defined as urban.

Not available.

Population of Nuku'alofa.

Port-of-Spain (capital), Arima borough and San Fernando town.

Nine cities or towns (as of 1975).

Population living in communes.

Refers to the islands of Grand Turk and Providenciales.

Island of Funafuti.

Designated urban areas, as well as places with at least 2,500 inhabitants, whose population resides in a compact settlement pattern and where more than 50 per cent of the employed persons are engaged in non-agricultural occupations.

Localities of administrative and/or commercial importance or with a population of 5,000 inhabitants or more

Localities of administrative and/or commercial importance or with a population of 5,000 inhabitants or more.

Built-up areas with at least 200 inhabitants and where houses are at most 200 meters separated from each other (according to the administrative divisions of 2003).

Communes with 10,000 inhabitants or more, including suburbs and urban agglomerations with contiguous built-up area with at least 20000 inhabitants.

Cities, Mohafaza centres and Mantika centres, and communities of 20,000 inhabitants or more.


Municipalities. In 1999, 981 sanitary districts were reclassified as Tambon municipalities and data for proportion urban were adjusted retrospectively.

Up to 1970: seven urban communes. Since the 1981 census: 21 administrative centres of prefectures.

Population of localities within the municipality limits of administrative centres of provinces and districts.


1991 and earlier: cities, municipalities, towns, townboards and all trading centres with a population over 1,000 persons; 2002: gazetted cities, municipalities and towns with a population over 2,000 persons.Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, usually according to criteria based on the number of inhabitants and predominance of non-agricultural workers and their families.

Population which has official place of residence in urban settlements and settlements which as urban units have been integrated into urban settlements and taken together represent one unit.

Governorates of Al-Qahirah (Cairo), Al-Iskandariyah (Alexandria), Bur Sa'id (Port Said), Al-Isma'iliyah (Ismailia) and As-Suways (Suez); frontier governorates; and capitals of other governorates as well as district capitals (markaz).

Prior to 1974 the definition of urban was based on administrative boundaries. In 1981 and later an urban area was a settlement of at least 10,000 people.

Towns of Castletown, Douglas, Peel and Ramsey.

Cities as officially defined.


Capitals of 17 governorates and other towns.

Civil Parish of St. Peter Port, Guernsey; Civil Parish of St. Helier, Jersey.

Up to 1967: 16 gazetted townships. Since the 1978 census, urban areas are defined using several criteria and include all regional and district headquarters, as well as all wards with urban characteristics (i.e., exceeding certain minimal level of size-density criteria and/or with many of their inhabitants in non-agricultural occupations). No specific numerical values of size and density are identified, and wards are defined as urban based on the decision of the District/Regional Census Committees.

Urban areas, defined as densely settled territory that meets minimum population density requirements and encompasses a population of at least 2,500 inhabitants. A change in the definition for the 2000 census from place-based to density-based has a small effect on the comparability of estimates before and after this date.

Urban areas, defined in the 2000 census as densely settled territory that meets minimum population density requirements and encompasses a population of at least 2,500 inhabitants. The proportion urban for earlier years was adjusted for consistency with new definition.Localities with 10,000 inhabitants or more and with sufficient socio-economic and administrative infrastructures.

Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, usually according to criteria based on number of inhabitants and the predominance of non-agricultural workers and their families.

No urban population. Mata-Utu (capital) defined according to administrative boundaries.

Urban area of Apia (capital), comprising the districts of Vaimauga West and Faleata East.

Localities of 5,000 inhabitants or more, with a majority of the labour force not in agricultural activities.

Notes

(*) Numerical Location Code (3-digit codes following ISO 3166-1 numeric standard) - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_numeric(**) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes (three-letter system) for country codes - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-3(***) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes (three-letter system) for country codes - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2

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