TABLE 2. URBANIZATION TRENDS
 
Urban Population
Growth Rate
Level of Urbanization
( 000s )
( % )
( % )
1975 
1995 
2015 
1975-95
1995-2015
1975
1995
2015
World Total
1542785
2574314
3962150
2.59
2.18
37.80
45.27
54.38
More Developed Regions
733287
877318
971547
0.90
0.51
69.94
74.90
80.03
Less Developed Regions
809498
1696996
2990602
3.77
2.87
26.69
37.58
49.25
Africa
104186
251412
547707
4.50
3.97
25.17
34.94
46.37
Asia
592748
1191744
2043461
3.55
2.73
24.64
34.67
46.64
Europe
454582
535445
566453
0.82
0.28
67.21
73.53
79.03
Latin America
196080
349793
499324
2.94
1.80
61.24
73.39
79.90
Northern America
179801
226067
279169
1.15
1.06
73.85
76.21
80.88
Oceania
15388
19853
26035
1.28
1.36
71.79
70.14
71.25
Afghanistan
2040
3911
11103
3.31
5.36
13.27
19.89
30.09
Albania
794
1259
1879
2.33
2.02
32.77
37.21
47.61
Algeria
6460
15649
28112
4.52
2.97
40.33
55.67
67.50
American Samoa
13
27
54
3.72
3.53
43.00
50.30
60.65
Andorra
24
65
119
5.11
3.07
96.14
95.39
95.87
Angola
1090
3348
8723
5.77
4.90
17.79
30.96
44.11
Anguilla
1
1
2
0.00
3.53
10.00
10.99
18.06
Antigua and Barbuda
20
24
33
0.92
1.61
34.22
35.83
43.25
Argentina
21029
30623
39955
1.90
1.34
80.73
88.08
91.86
Armenia
1780
2491
3014
1.69
0.96
62.97
68.60
74.96
Aruba
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Australia
11943
15131
18813
1.19
1.09
85.92
84.69
85.97
Austria
4941
5176
5786
0.23
0.56
65.19
64.33
68.51
Azerbaijan
2930
4191
5710
1.81
1.56
51.50
55.65
64.03
Bahamas
139
241
330
2.79
1.58
73.44
86.48
91.46
Bahrain
215
503
728
4.34
1.87
79.23
90.34
94.95
Bangladesh
7108
21631
50073
5.72
4.29
9.28
18.30
30.78
Barbados
95
123
165
1.30
1.48
38.60
47.30
58.44
Belarus
4714
7355
7997
2.25
0.42
50.33
71.05
80.38
Belgium
9298
9823
10114
0.28
0.15
94.92
96.99
97.99
Belize
67
99
164
1.97
2.56
50.17
46.51
51.03
Benin
667
2076
5080
5.84
4.58
21.91
38.37
52.96
Bermuda
53
63
71
0.87
0.60
100.00
100.00
100.00
Bhutan
40
107
340
5.04
5.95
3.45
6.03
11.56
Bolivia
1975
4487
8273
4.19
3.11
41.51
60.53
73.75
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1172
1466
2232
1.13
2.12
31.29
41.08
51.03
Botswana
91
870
1948
11.95
4.11
11.95
59.96
88.74
Brazil
66148
124624
172621
3.22
1.64
61.15
78.37
86.48
British Virgin Is.
4
10
20
4.69
3.53
33.55
55.99
71.37
Brunei Darussalam
100
203
317
3.60
2.25
61.99
69.24
78.66
Bulgaria
5017
5809
5869
0.74
0.05
57.53
68.27
75.36
Burkina Faso
388
1664
4997
7.55
5.65
6.35
15.88
27.37
Burundi
118
456
1457
6.99
5.98
3.22
7.52
14.52
Cambodia
731
2045
4825
5.28
4.39
10.30
20.40
32.93
Cameroon
2022
5901
13270
5.50
4.14
26.87
44.73
58.86
Canada
17548
22546
27284
1.26
0.96
75.61
76.68
79.82
Cape Verde
60
209
433
6.44
3.71
21.42
54.20
73.50
Cayman Is.
14
31
50
4.05
2.42
100.00
100.00
100.00
Central African Rep.
693
1280
2474
3.12
3.35
33.67
39.12
49.71
Chad
627
1409
3178
4.13
4.15
15.57
22.23
30.92
Channel Is.
43
44
61
0.12
1.65
33.51
29.45
36.90
Chile
8103
11922
15573
1.95
1.34
78.39
83.90
86.95
China
160518
368723
647121
4.25
2.85
17.30
30.22
45.92
Colombia
14434
26009
38080
2.99
1.92
60.71
72.62
80.03
Comoros
67
186
461
5.24
4.64
21.24
30.45
42.62
Congo
504
1515
3135
5.66
3.70
34.85
58.41
70.10
Cook Is.
10
12
16
0.92
1.45
54.04
60.40
70.03
Costa Rica
814
1688
2954
3.71
2.84
41.34
49.30
60.26
Côte d'Ivoire
2168
5948
11674
5.18
3.43
32.09
43.44
55.68
Croatia
1924
2513
2807
1.34
0.55
45.13
55.78
64.40
Cuba
5977
8314
9626
1.66
0.74
64.23
75.83
82.65
Cyprus
264
403
579
2.14
1.83
43.38
54.07
64.55
Czech Rep.
5780
6714
7031
0.75
0.23
57.82
65.42
70.68
Denmark
4140
4451
4663
0.36
0.23
81.82
85.21
87.77
Djibouti
140
493
825
6.50
2.61
68.49
82.14
86.32
Dominica
40
49
57
1.02
0.76
55.30
69.34
76.02
Dominican Rep.
2289
4843
7462
3.82
2.18
45.34
61.91
72.80
East Timor
60
61
104
0.08
2.70
8.91
7.49
9.52
Ecuador
2926
6751
11256
4.27
2.59
42.36
58.91
70.63
Egypt
16877
27711
45645
2.51
2.53
43.45
44.63
53.46
El Salvador
1658
2551
4363
2.18
2.72
40.41
45.05
53.62
Equatorial Guinea
61
169
396
5.23
4.35
27.06
42.18
61.41
Eritrea
256
542
1404
3.82
4.87
12.24
17.09
26.18
Estonia
968
1086
1039
0.58
-0.22
67.59
72.99
78.68
Ethiopia
3061
8695
26709
5.36
5.77
9.50
15.41
25.77
Faeroe Is.
11
15
22
1.56
1.93
27.94
32.10
44.64
Falkland Is. (Malvinas)
1
2
2
3.53
0.00
56.35
84.10
95.22
Fiji
212
318
531
2.05
2.60
36.72
40.55
50.51
Finland
2745
3225
3732
0.81
0.73
58.26
63.16
70.85
France
38481
43385
47792
0.60
0.48
73.02
74.67
79.44
French Guiana
40
112
221
5.28
3.46
69.12
76.44
82.29
French Polynesia
73
123
189
2.64
2.17
56.01
56.36
62.82
Gabon
173
539
1152
5.85
3.87
29.19
50.14
66.23
Gambia
93
323
712
6.42
4.03
16.97
29.03
42.50
Gaza Strip
342
746
1664
3.98
4.09
87.00
94.22
95.48
Georgia
2432
3179
3781
1.35
0.87
49.54
58.34
67.72
Germany
63866
70575
73826
0.50
0.23
81.17
86.50
89.91
Ghana
2956
6222
14042
3.79
4.15
30.06
35.89
47.78
Gibraltar
28
28
28
0.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Greece
5003
6193
6782
1.07
0.46
55.31
59.24
65.09
Greenland
37
47
56
1.20
0.88
74.39
80.96
85.82
Grenada
30
33
49
0.48
2.00
32.58
35.78
47.18
Guadeloupe
272
422
532
2.22
1.16
82.94
99.43
99.88
Guam
31
58
92
3.18
2.33
32.45
38.30
46.69
Guatemala
2211
4129
8579
3.17
3.72
36.71
38.87
48.33
Guinea
676
2146
5123
5.95
4.45
16.30
29.20
42.90
Guinea-Bissau
100
232
505
4.30
3.97
15.95
21.73
31.69
Guyana
220
294
489
1.46
2.58
29.97
35.42
48.01
Haiti
1069
2264
4638
3.82
3.65
21.73
31.78
44.77
Holy See
1
1
1
0.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Honduras
969
2474
5072
4.80
3.65
32.11
43.77
56.08
Hong Kong
3943
5817
6325
1.96
0.42
89.70
95.01
96.65
Hungary
5560
6524
6657
0.80
0.10
52.79
64.55
73.20
Iceland
189
246
297
1.33
0.95
86.64
91.54
93.83
India
132272
248875
435112
3.21
2.83
21.31
26.79
35.91
Indonesia
26259
69947
132027
5.02
3.23
19.36
35.42
52.43
Iran (Islamic Rep. of)
15278
40328
75355
4.97
3.18
45.82
58.99
68.80
Iraq
6764
14975
27955
4.05
3.17
61.38
74.52
81.63
Ireland
1704
2039
2374
0.90
0.76
53.63
57.50
63.90
Isle of Man
31
56
75
3.00
1.47
52.40
75.20
80.70
Israel
2994
5012
6770
2.61
1.51
86.64
90.71
92.55
Italy
36394
38113
38630
0.23
0.07
65.64
66.63
70.71
Jamaica
888
1326
1932
2.02
1.90
44.13
53.71
63.50
Japan
84409
97617
103167
0.73
0.28
75.69
78.05
82.00
Jordan
1438
3834
7642
5.03
3.51
55.31
71.36
79.78
Kazakhstan
7374
10020
12796
1.54
1.23
52.16
59.59
68.37
Kenya
1775
7763
19229
7.66
4.64
12.92
28.59
44.54
Kiribati
17
28
51
2.53
3.04
30.14
35.73
44.61
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
9243
13526
19063
1.92
1.73
56.70
61.21
68.94
Korea, Rep. of
16947
36501
47137
3.91
1.29
48.04
81.28
92.23
Kuwait
844
1640
2528
3.38
2.19
83.81
96.96
98.15
Kyrgyzstan
1250
1730
2540
1.64
1.94
37.91
38.80
47.88
Lao People's Dem. Rep.
344
1010
2746
5.53
5.13
11.38
20.69
32.71
Latvia
1618
1845
1738
0.66
-0.30
65.42
72.75
78.88
Lebanon
1854
2632
3668
1.77
1.67
66.98
87.50
92.61
Lesotho
128
486
1278
6.90
4.95
10.80
23.96
38.91
Liberia
488
954
2893
3.41
5.70
30.35
44.95
56.80
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
1489
4615
9079
5.82
3.44
60.86
85.35
90.34
Liechtenstein
5
6
12
0.92
3.53
19.98
21.08
31.11
Lithuania
1842
2689
2880
1.91
0.34
55.67
71.97
80.10
Luxembourg
267
363
432
1.55
0.87
73.71
89.08
94.01
Macau
247
424
522
2.74
1.05
97.70
98.78
99.03
Madagascar
1251
3928
10608
5.89
5.09
16.09
26.41
39.31
Malawi
402
1301
3650
6.05
5.29
7.66
13.45
22.68
Malaysia
4616
10796
18524
4.34
2.74
37.65
53.60
66.23
Maldives
25
68
172
5.13
4.75
18.05
26.85
36.34
Mali
1000
2897
7682
5.46
5.00
16.21
26.83
40.06
Malta
245
327
380
1.45
0.75
80.42
89.28
92.64
Marshall Is.
18
38
82
3.81
3.92
60.66
69.01
77.79
Martinique
234
355
433
2.11
1.00
71.20
93.27
96.58
Mauritania
278
1165
2512
7.43
3.92
20.30
51.23
68.58
Mauritius
388
452
664
0.77
1.94
43.44
40.50
48.56
Mexico
37091
66931
92887
3.00
1.65
62.76
73.43
77.94
Micronesia, Fed. States of
18
34
81
3.23
4.44
24.63
27.67
38.92
Monaco
25
32
39
1.24
0.99
100.00
100.00
100.00
Mongolia
704
1498
2526
3.85
2.65
48.66
60.80
70.46
Montserrat
1
2
3
3.53
2.05
11.76
16.29
26.72
Morocco
6526
13752
22895
3.80
2.58
37.71
51.85
64.27
Mozambique
905
5841
14580
9.77
4.68
8.62
33.84
51.52
Myanmar
7282
11660
22443
2.38
3.33
23.92
25.85
36.72
Namibia
186
553
1303
5.60
4.38
20.61
35.99
53.18
Nauru
6
11
16
3.08
1.89
100.00
100.00
100.00
Nepal
639
2212
6171
6.41
5.26
4.99
10.31
18.08
Netherlands
12070
13775
14720
0.66
0.33
88.40
88.97
90.95
Netherlands Antilles
113
134
170
0.86
1.20
67.90
69.19
75.60
New Caledonia
70
112
164
2.38
1.93
52.87
61.99
70.57
New Zealand
2552
3058
3945
0.91
1.28
82.78
85.88
89.42
Nicaragua
1216
2563
4634
3.80
3.01
50.30
62.14
71.28
Niger
507
1666
4983
6.13
5.63
10.63
18.20
29.15
Nigeria
14689
44184
105699
5.66
4.46
23.40
39.55
55.36
Niue
1
1
1
0.00
0.00
23.31
29.40
33.33
Northern Mariana Is.
8
26
41
6.07
2.30
53.00
53.59
61.41
Norway
2732
3169
3564
0.74
0.59
68.19
73.17
78.02
Oman
173
1668
4408
12.00
4.98
19.61
75.60
92.75
Pacific Is. (Palau)
7
12
19
2.73
2.32
61.87
71.15
77.72
Pakistan
19733
46732
104741
4.40
4.12
26.40
34.30
46.65
Panama
845
1464
2240
2.79
2.15
49.04
55.64
64.90
Papua New Guinea
326
690
1541
3.82
4.10
11.93
16.05
23.72
Paraguay
1036
2531
5050
4.57
3.51
38.98
52.42
64.96
Peru
9318
16676
24821
2.95
2.01
61.46
70.87
77.87
Philippines
15294
36662
64286
4.47
2.85
35.56
54.04
67.76
Poland
18850
24543
28383
1.33
0.73
55.40
63.65
71.43
Portugal
2515
3493
4492
1.66
1.27
27.66
35.59
46.63
Puerto Rico
1845
2714
3500
1.95
1.28
62.77
73.34
79.94
Qatar
142
501
691
6.51
1.62
82.94
91.37
94.20
Rep. of Moldova
1376
2289
3007
2.58
1.37
35.85
51.59
63.91
Reunion
237
443
639
3.18
1.85
49.13
67.66
77.23
Romania
9809
12697
14231
1.30
0.57
46.17
55.86
65.38
Russian Federation
89168
112713
113221
1.18
0.02
66.43
75.92
81.96
Rwanda
175
294
966
2.63
6.13
4.00
5.66
8.91
Samoa
32
35
60
0.45
2.73
20.96
21.00
26.73
San Marino
14
24
31
2.73
1.29
71.70
94.22
97.21
Sao Tome and Principe
22
57
106
4.88
3.15
26.92
42.91
56.18
Saudi Arabia
4231
15111
30031
6.57
3.49
58.35
82.78
89.69
Senegal
1643
3629
7776
4.04
3.88
34.18
43.67
56.52
Seychelles
20
40
59
3.53
1.96
33.26
54.40
67.25
Sierra Leone
627
1395
3145
4.08
4.15
21.41
33.26
46.70
Singapore
2263
3327
4009
1.95
0.94
100.00
100.00
100.00
Slovakia
2191
3137
3725
1.81
0.86
46.26
58.78
67.99
Slovenia
738
988
1076
1.47
0.43
42.38
51.32
58.79
Solomon Is.
17
64
194
6.85
5.70
9.08
17.01
28.57
Somalia
1164
2433
6532
3.76
5.06
21.27
25.63
35.90
South Africa
12314
20455
34825
2.57
2.70
47.97
49.33
56.31
Spain
24765
30297
31662
1.01
0.22
69.57
76.45
81.30
Sri Lanka
2998
3957
7078
1.40
2.95
22.04
22.07
32.05
St. Helena ex. dep.
1
4
6
7.18
2.05
21.02
62.62
80.38
St. Kitts and Nevis
16
14
17
-0.67
0.98
35.03
33.98
39.27
St. Lucia
42
53
79
1.17
2.02
38.64
37.16
43.65
St. Pierre and Miquelon
5
6
7
0.92
0.77
88.56
91.46
93.43
St. Vincent and Grenadines
19
54
91
5.36
2.64
20.57
48.11
67.96
Sudan
3033
8373
19671
5.21
4.36
18.94
31.35
48.68
Suriname
163
210
329
1.27
2.27
44.79
49.15
60.80
Swaziland
67
266
663
7.14
4.67
14.01
31.07
47.17
Sweden
6778
7303
7865
0.37
0.37
82.73
83.10
85.20
Switzerland
3534
4373
5220
1.07
0.89
55.75
61.02
68.30
Syrian Arab Rep.
3352
7417
14066
4.05
3.25
45.06
52.22
62.10
Tajikistan
1223
1876
3406
2.16
3.03
35.54
32.20
40.11
TFYR Macedonia
847
1290
1675
2.13
1.31
50.57
59.86
68.55
Thailand
6244
11620
19445
3.15
2.61
15.10
19.95
29.32
Togo
373
1255
2946
6.25
4.36
16.32
30.71
42.54
Tokelau
0
0
0
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Tonga
18
40
62
4.07
2.22
20.30
40.97
57.72
Trinidad and Tobago
637
923
1240
1.87
1.49
63.00
71.74
79.31
Tunisia
2825
5567
8906
3.45
2.38
49.85
61.95
73.47
Turkey
16651
42127
66377
4.75
2.30
41.60
69.24
84.49
Turkmenistan
1198
1829
3011
2.14
2.52
47.56
44.88
52.40
Turks and Caicos Is.
3
6
13
3.53
3.94
42.81
43.62
52.99
Tuvalu
2
4
8
3.53
3.53
25.22
46.78
64.09
Uganda
933
2469
7191
4.99
5.49
8.34
12.54
20.69
Ukraine
28564
36309
37535
1.21
0.17
58.27
70.15
77.98
United Arab Emirates
330
1853
2708
9.01
1.92
65.40
83.84
88.81
United Kingdom
49896
51821
53551
0.19
0.16
88.74
89.23
90.78
United Rep. of Tanzania
1602
7279
19115
7.86
4.95
10.08
24.24
38.29
United States
162157
203406
251751
1.14
1.07
73.65
76.15
80.99
United States Virgin Is.
42
47
66
0.56
1.71
44.50
45.14
53.88
Uruguay
2349
2876
3295
1.02
0.68
83.05
90.27
93.19
Uzbekistan
5465
9365
16166
2.73
2.77
39.09
41.14
50.05
Vanuatu
16
32
74
3.53
4.28
15.72
18.90
27.02
Venezuela
9646
18750
27898
3.38
2.01
75.75
85.83
90.35
Viet Nam
9021
14348
23844
2.35
2.57
18.78
19.44
24.31
Wallis and Futuna Is.
0
0
0
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Western Sahara
42
230
386
8.87
2.62
55.69
92.77
97.89
Yemen
1147
5034
14644
7.68
5.48
16.40
33.50
49.17
Yugoslavia
3905
5803
7199
2.00
1.08
42.98
56.61
68.03
Zaire (Dem. Rep. of Congo)
6860
13052
31768
3.27
4.55
29.50
28.72
39.27
Zambia
1686
3477
6800
3.69
3.41
34.84
43.03
51.51
Zimbabwe
1202
3556
7697
5.57
3.94
19.56
31.78
45.87
 

Source: World Urbanization Prospects: The 1996 Revision.



 
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