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Suggested citation: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2012). Country Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Country Code (*) 4 8 12 16 ISO3 Alpha ISO2 Alpha Data Code (**) Code (***) AFG AF Urban population ALB AL Urban population DZA ASM DZ AS Urban population Urban population
Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Azerbaijan
20 24 28 31
AND AGO ATG AZE
AD AO AG AZ
Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population
Argentina Australia Austria
32 36 40
ARG AUS AUT
AR AU AT
Urban population Urban population Urban population
Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh
44 48 50
BHS BHR BGD
BS BH BD
Armenia
51
ARM
AM
Urban population
Barbados Belgium
52 56
BRB BEL
BB BE
Urban population Urban population
Bermuda
60
BMU
BM
Urban population
Bhutan
64
BTN
BT
Urban population
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Belize Solomon Islands British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Myanmar Burundi Belarus
68 70 72 76 84 90 92 96 100 104 108 112
BOL BIH BWA BRA BLZ SLB VGB BRN BGR MMR BDI BLR
BO BA BW BR BZ SB VG BN BG MM BI BY
Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population
Cambodia
116
KHM
KH
Urban population
Cameroon
120
CMR
CM
Urban population
Canada
124
CAN
CA
Urban population
Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Sri Lanka
132 136 140 144
CPV CYM CAF LKA
CV KY CF LK
Chad Chile China
148 152 156
TCD CHL CHN
TD CL CN
Colombia Comoros Mayotte
170 174 175
COL COM MYT
CO KM YT
Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo
178 180
COG COD
CG CD
Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia
184 188 191
COK CRI HRV
CK CR HR
Cuba
192
CUB
CU
Urban population
Cyprus Czech Republic Benin Denmark
196 203 204 208
CYP CZE BEN DNK
CY CZ BJ DK
Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Eritrea Estonia Faeroe Islands
212 214 218 222 226 231 232 233 234
DMA DOM ECU SLV GNQ ETH ERI EST FRO
DM DO EC SV GQ ET ER EE FO
Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Fiji Finland France
238 242 246 250
FLK FJI FIN FRA
FK FJ FI FR
French Guiana French Polynesia Djibouti
254 258 262
GUF PYF DJI
GF PF DJ
Gabon Georgia
266 268
GAB GEO
GA GE
Gambia Occupied Palestinian Territory
270 275
GMB PSE
GM PS
Germany
276
DEU
DE
Urban population
Ghana
288
GHA
GH
Urban population
Gibraltar Kiribati Greece
292 296 300
GIB KIR GRC
GI KI GR
Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam
304 308 312 316
GRL GRD GLP GUM
GL GD GP GU
Guatemala
320
GTM
GT
Urban population
Guinea Guyana Haiti Holy See Honduras
324 328 332 336 340
GIN GUY HTI VAT HND
GN GY HT VA HN
Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population
China, Hong Kong SAR
344
HKG
HK
Urban population
Hungary Iceland India
348 352 356
HUN ISL IND
HU IS IN
Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of)
360 364
IDN IRN
ID IR
Iraq Ireland Israel
368 372 376
IRQ IRL ISR
IQ IE IL
Italy
380
ITA
IT
Urban population
Cte d'Ivoire
384
CIV
CI
Urban population
Jamaica Japan
388 392
JAM JPN
JM JP
Kazakhstan
398
KAZ
KZ
Urban population
Jordan Kenya
400 404
JOR KEN
JO KE
Dem. People's Republic of Korea Republic of Korea
408 410
PRK KOR
KP KR
Kuwait
414
KWT
KW
Urban population
Kyrgyzstan
417
KGZ
KG
Urban population
Lao People's Democratic Republic
418
LAO
LA
Urban population
Lebanon Lesotho
422 426
LBN LSO
LB LS
Latvia
428
LVA
LV
Urban population
Liberia Libya Liechtenstein
430 434 438
LBR LBY LIE
LR LY LI
Lithuania
440
LTU
LT
Urban population
Luxembourg China, Macao SAR
442 446
LUX MAC
LU MO
Madagascar Malawi Malaysia
450 454 458
MDG MWI MYS
MG MW MY
Maldives Mali
462 466
MDV MLI
MV ML
Malta Martinique
470 474
MLT MTQ
MT MQ
Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Monaco Mongolia Republic of Moldova
478 480 484 492 496 498
MRT MUS MEX MCO MNG MDA
MR MU MX MC MN MD
Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population
Montenegro Montserrat
499 500
MNE MSR
ME MS
Morocco Mozambique
504 508
MAR MOZ
MA MZ
Oman Namibia
512 516
OMN NAM
OM NA
Nauru
520
NRU
NR
Urban population
Nepal
524
NPL
NP
Urban population
Netherlands
528
NLD
NL
Urban population
Netherlands Antilles Aruba New Caledonia Vanuatu New Zealand
530 533 540 548 554
ANT ABW NCL VUT NZL
AN AW NC VU NZ
Nicaragua Niger
558 562
NIC NER
NI NE
Nigeria Niue Norway
566 570 578
NGA NIU NOR
NG NU NO
Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia (Fed. States of) Marshall Islands Palau Pakistan Panama
580 583 584 585 586 591
MNP FSM MHL PLW PAK PAN
MP FM MH PW PK PA
Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population
Papua New Guinea
598
PNG
PG
Urban population
Paraguay Peru Philippines
600 604 608
PRY PER PHL
PY PE PH
Poland Portugal Guinea-Bissau
616 620 624
POL PRT GNB
PL PT GW
Timor-Leste
626
TLS
TL
Urban population
Puerto Rico
630
PRI
PR
Urban population
Qatar Runion
634 638
QAT REU
QA RE
Romania Russian Federation
642 643
ROU RUS
RO RU
Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Anguilla Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino So Tom and Prncipe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles
646 654 659 660 662 666 670 674 678 682 686 688 690
RWA SHN KNA AIA LCA SPM VCT SMR STP SAU SEN SRB SYC
RW SH KN AI LC PM VC SM ST SA SN RS SC
Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population
Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Viet Nam Slovenia
694 702 703 704 705
SLE SGP SVK VNM SVN
SL SG SK VN SI
Somalia
706
SOM
SO
Urban population
South Africa
710
ZAF
ZA
Urban population
Zimbabwe
716
ZWE
ZW
Urban population
Spain South Sudan Sudan Western Sahara Suriname Swaziland Sweden
724 728 729 732 740 748 752
ESP SSD SDN ESH SUR SWZ SWE
ES SS SD EH SR SZ SE
Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population
Switzerland
756
CHE
CH
Urban population
Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan
760 762
SYR TJK
SY TJ
Thailand
764
THA
TH
Urban population
Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago United Arab Emirates Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan
768 772 776 780 784 788 792 795
TGO TKL TON TTO ARE TUN TUR TKM
TG TK TO TT AE TN TR TM
Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population
Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda
796 798 800
TCA TUV UGA
TC TV UG
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 Isle of Man United Republic of Tanzania
830 833 834
CHI IMN TZA
IM TZ
United States of America
840
USA
US
Urban population
United States Virgin Islands
850
VIR
VI
Urban population
Burkina Faso Uruguay Uzbekistan
854 858 860
BFA URY UZB
BF UY UZ
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Wallis and Futuna Islands Samoa Yemen Zambia
862 876 882 887 894
VEN WLF WSM YEM ZMB
VE WF WS YE ZM
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World Urbanization Prospects: The 2011 Revision Sources of data on the urban population
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epartment of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2012). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2011 Revision, CD-ROM Edition. Sources Census of 1979; Estimates for 1950, 1966, 1971, 1988 and 2010. Censuses of 1950, 1955, 1960, 1969, 1979, 1989, 2001 and 2011; Estimate for 1991. Censuses of 1954, 1960, 1966, 1977, 1987, 1998 and 2008. Definition Sixty-six localities and provincial centers. Towns and other industrial centres with more than 400 inhabitants.
All communes having as chef-lieu a city, a rural town or an urban agglomeration. Census of 2000; UN Estimates for 1970, 1980 and 1990. 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. Estimates for 1985, 1990, 2000, 2004 and 2010; UN Estimates for Parishes of Andorra la Vella, Escaldes-Engordany, Saint Julia, 1950 and 1960. Encamp and La Massana. Censuses of 1950, 1960 and 1970; Estimate for 1994; UN Estimate Localities with a population of 2,000 or more. for 2003. Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1991 and 2001. St. John's (capital). Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989, 1999 and 2009; Estimates for Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, usually 1974 and 1984. according to the criteria of number of inhabitants and predominance of agricultural or non-agricultural workers and their families. Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1980, 1991 and 2001. Population centres with 2,000 inhabitants or more. Censuses of 1954, 1961, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996 and All urban centres with 1,000 inhabitants or more. 2001. Censuses of 1951, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001; Estimate for Based on the concept of a functional and structural urban area 2007. (Stadtregion) consisting of an urban core area (Kernzone) and surrounding urban areas. (Auenzone). The surrounding urban areas is defined as an area in which at least 30 percent of working adults commute daily into the 1980, corresponding core area. Censuses of 1963, 1980, 1990 and 2000; Estimate for 1953. For the 1990 and 2000 census counts, sum of the cities. Censuses of 1959, 1965, 1991 and 2001; UN Estimate for 1950. Communes or villages with 2,500 inhabitants or more. For consistency purposes, the 1971 and 1981 census estimates were excluded. Censuses of 1951, 1961, 1974, 1981, 1991 and 2001. 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. Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989 and 2001; Estimates for 1974 and 2008. Censuses of 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000. Census of 1981; Estimate for 1976; UN Estimates for 1961, 2000 and 2010. Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1991 and 2000. 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. Bridgetown (capital). Cities, urban agglomerations and urban communes following the 1977 administrative reclassification (UN estimates are based on communes with 5,000 inhabitants or more). Entire population.
Census of 2005; Estimates for 1950 and 2011.
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.
Censuses of 1950, 1976, 1992 and 2001; Estimate for 1995. Censuses of 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981 and 1991. Censuses of 1964, 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001; UN Estimate for 1950. Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1996, 2000 and 2010. Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1980, 1991, 2000 and 2010. Censuses of 1970, 1976, 1986, 1999 and 2009; UN Estimates for 1950 and 1959. UN Estimates for 1960, 1970, 1980, 1991 and 2000. Censuses of 1960, 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001. 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 1965, 1970, 1979, 1990 and 2008; Estimate for 1998. 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.
Localities with 2,000 inhabitants or more. Not available. 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. Not available. Places with 1,000 inhabitants or more. Road Town. Municipalities and areas having urban socio-economic characteristics. Towns, that is, localities legally established as urban. Not available. Commune of Bujumbura. 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.
Censuses of 1976, 1987 and 2005; Estimates for 1959 and 1970.
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.
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. Entire population.
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. Censuses of 1993 and 2009; Estimates for 1972 and 1978; Sample Administrative centres of prefectures, sous-prefectures Survey of 1964; UN Estimate for 1950. and administrative posts. Censuses of 1952, 1960, 1970, 1982, 1992 and 2002; Estimates for Populated centres with definite urban characteristics, such as certain 1997 and 1998. public and municipal services. Censuses of 1953, 1964, 1982, 1990, 2000 and 2010; Estimates for Up to 1982: total population of cities and towns. Cities had to have a 1965, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1977 and 2005. 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 townshiplevel 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 in the 2000 census plus residents living in villages or towns in outer urban and suburban areas that are directly connected to municipal infrastructure, and that receive public services from urban municipalities. Censuses of 1951, 1964, 1973, 1985, 1993 and 2005. Population living in a nucleus of 2,000 inhabitants or more. Censuses of 1966, 1980, 1991 and 2003; UN Estimate for 1950. Administrative centres of prefectures and localities with 5,000 inhabitants or more. Mayotte is excluded from Comoros. Censuses of 1991, 2002 and 2007; UN Estimates for 1950, 1966 No official definition available. In the present publication, localities and 1980. with 5,000 inhabitants or more.
Censuses of 1960, 1974, 1984 and 1996; Estimate for 2007. Census of 1984; Estimates for 1950, 1960 and 1970.
Censuses of 1956, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011. Censuses of 1950, 1963, 1973, 1984 and 2000; Estimate for 1996. Censuses of 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001.
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). Island of Rarotonga. Administrative centres of cantons, including adjacent areas with clear urban characteristics such as streets, urban services and electricity. Not available.
Censuses of 1953, 1970, 1981 and 2002; Estimates for 1990, 1996, Places with 2,000 inhabitants or more, and places with fewer 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. inhabitants but with paved streets, street lighting, piped water, sewage, a medical centre and educational facilities. Censuses of 1956, 1960, 1973, 1982, 1992 and 2001; Estimate for Six district towns and the suburbs of Nicosia and Larnaka. 2007. Censuses of 1950, 1961, 1970, 1980, 1991 and 2001; Estimate for Municipalities with 2,000 inhabitants or more. 2010. Censuses of 1992 and 2002; Estimates for 1979 and 2011; Sample Localities with 10,000 inhabitants or more. Survey of 1961. Censuses of 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965 and 1970; Estimates for 1990, Localities with 200 inhabitants or more. 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2004; Registers of 1976, 1981, 2006, 2009 and 2011. Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1981, 1991 and 2001. Cities and villages with 500 inhabitants or more (as of 1970). Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1981, 1993 and 2002. Administrative centres of comunas and municipal districts. Censuses of 1950, 1962, 1974, 1982, 1990 and 2001; Estimate for Capitals of provinces and cantons. 2004. Censuses of 1950, 1961, 1971, 1992 and 2007; Estimate for 1998. Administrative centres of municipios. Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1983, 1994 and 2001. District centres and localities with 300 dwellings or more or with 1,500 inhabitants or more. Censuses of 1984, 1994 and 2007; Estimates for 1950 and 1967. Localities with 2,000 inhabitants or more. Census of 1984; Estimate for 1990; UN Estimates for 1950 and Localities with 2,000 inhabitants or more. 1967. Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989 and 2000; Estimates for 1994 Population of officially designated urban settlements including cities, and 2009. cities without municipal status and towns. Censuses of 1950, 1955, 1960, 1966, 1970 and 1977; Estimates for Torshavn (capital). 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; Town of Stanley. Estimates for 1953 and 1962. Censuses of 1956, 1966, 1976, 1986, 1996 and 2007. Places with 1,000 inhabitants or more. Censuses of 1960, 1970 and 1980; Registers of 1985, 1990, 1995, Urban communes. 2000 and 2009; UN Estimate for 1950. Censuses of 1954, 1962, 1968, 1975, 1982, 1990, 1999 and 2006. 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. Censuses of 1954, 1961, 1967, 1982, 1990 and 1999. Not available. Censuses of 1962, 1971, 1983, 1988, 1996, 2002 and 2007; Places with 1,000 inhabitants or more. Estimate for 1977; UN Estimate for 1956. Censuses of 1960, 1983 and 2009; Estimates for 1956 and 1989; For 1956 and 1960: Djibouti (capital). For 1983: the urban population Sample Survey of 1991. 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. Censuses of 1961 and 1993; Estimates for 1950, 1970, 1981 and As of 1993 census, towns with 3,000 inhabitants or more. 1987. Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989 and 2002; Estimates for 2006 Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, usually and 2009. according to criteria regarding the number of inhabitants and the predominance of non-agricultural workers and their families. Censuses of 1951, 1963, 1973, 1983 and 1993. No official definition. In the present publication, settlements with 5,000 inhabitants or more. Censuses of 1997 and 2007; Estimates for 1950, 1961, 1975 and Any locality whose population amounts to 10,000 persons or more; 1997. 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. Censuses of 1950, 1961 and 1987; Estimates for 1970, 1980, 1981, Communes (kreisfreie Staedte and Kreise) with population density 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, equal or greater than 150 inhabitants per square kilometre. 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005. Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1984 and 2000. Localities with 5,000 inhabitants or more.
Censuses of 1951, 1961, 1970, 1981, 1991 and 2001. Censuses of 1968, 1973, 1978, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005; UN Estimate for 1950. Censuses of 1951, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001.
Entire population. The island of South Tarawa.
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 (Athnai), Thessaloniki, Ptrai, Iraklion, Vlos, Chania, Irannina, Chalkida, Agrino, Kalamata, Katerini, Kerkyra, Salamina, Chios, Egio, Rethymno, Ermopolis and Sprti. Censuses of 1960, 1965, 1970 and 1976; Estimates for 1992, 1993, Localities with 200 inhabitants or more. 1996 and 2000; Registers of 2005 and 2011; UN Estimate for 1950. Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1981, 1991 and 2001. Parishes of St. George's Town (capital) and St. George. UN Estimates for 1954, 1961, 1967, 1974, 1982, 1990, 1999 and Localities with 2,000 inhabitants or more. 2006. of 2000; Estimate for 2004; UN Estimates for 1950, 1960, Census Urban areas, defined in the 2000 census as densely settled territory 1970, 1980 and 1990. 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. Censuses of 1950, 1964, 1973, 1981 and 2002. 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. Censuses of 1955, 1983 and 1996. As of 1983, administrative centres of prefectures. Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980 and 2002. City of Georgetown (capital), and four other towns. Censuses of 1950, 1971, 1982 and 2003; Estimates for 1992, 1996, Administrative centres of communes. 1999 and 2000. Estimates for 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000; UN The entire population is considered urban. Estimates for 1965, 1975, 1985 and 1995. Censuses of 1961, 1974, 1988 and 2001; Estimates for 2003 and Populated centres with 2,000 inhabitants or more that also meet the 2004; UN Estimates for 2006 and 2007. 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. Censuses of 1961, 1971, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006; Hong Kong Island, New Kowloon and new towns in New Territories. UN Estimate for 1950. On 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China. Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2001; Estimates for 2005 Budapest and all legally designated towns. and 2009. Census of 1950; Estimates for 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 1998 and Localities with 200 inhabitants or more. 2010. Censuses of 1951, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001 and 2011. 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). 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 1957, 1965, 1977, 1987 and 1997; Estimates for 2003 and 2009. Censuses of 1951, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2002 and 2006. Censuses of 1961, 1972, 1983, 1995 and 2008; Estimates for 1953 and 1955. Censuses of 1951, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001. 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 AlBaldei). 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. Communes with 10,000 inhabitants or more.
Censuses of 1958, 1975, 1988 and 1998; Estimates for 2006 and 2009; Sample Survey of 1965 and 1978.
Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1982, 1991 and 2001; Estimate for 2008. Censuses of 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010.
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. Kingston metropolitan area and selected main towns. 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 Inhabited District). Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989, 1999 and 2009; Estimates for (Densely Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, usually 1964, 1974, 1984 and 1994. according to criteria based on the number of inhabitants and the predominance of non-agricultural workers and their families. Censuses of 1952, 1961, 1979 and 1994; Estimates for 1967, 1989 Localities with 5,000 inhabitants or more as well as the district and and 2010; UN Estimate for 1950. sub-district centres of each governorate irrespective of population size. Censuses of 1962, 1969, 1979, 1989, 1999 and 2009. 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. Censuses of 1993 and 2008; Estimates for 1950, 1960, 1967, 1970, Not available. 1975 and 1980. Censuses of 1955, 1960, 1966, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, Places with 50,000 or more inhabitants are usually considered urban. 1995, 2000 and 2005. 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. Censuses of 1957, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985 and 1995; UN For 1970 and 1975: Capital Governorate and localities of 10,000 Estimate for 1950. inhabitants or more; from 1980 onward: the urban agglomeration of Al-Kuwayt and localities of 10,000 inhabitants or more. Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989, 1999 and 2009. 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. Censuses of 1958, 1966, 1973, 1985, 1995 and 2005. 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). Estimate for 1988; Sample Survey of 1970; UN Estimates for 1950, Localities with 5,000 inhabitants or more. 1958, 1998 and 2000. Censuses of 1956, 1966, 1976, 1986, 1996 and 2006; Estimate for District headquarters and other settlements with rapid population 1972; UN Estimate for 1950. growth and with facilities that tend to encourage people to engage in non-agricultural economic activities. Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989 and 2000; Estimates for 1981, Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, usually 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, according to criteria based on the number of inhabitants and 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2009. predominance of non-agricultural workers and their families. Censuses of 1962, 1974, 1984 and 2008. Localities with 2,000 inhabitants or more. Censuses of 1954, 1973, 1984 and 1995; Estimate for 1964. Municipalities of Tarabulus and Bangazi and urban parts of other municipalities. Censuses of 1950, 1955, 1960, 1970, 1980 and 1990; Estimates for No official definition. In the present publication, Vaduz municipality. 1995, 2000 and 2010.
Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989 and 2001; Estimates for 1950, Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, 2005 and 2009. according to criteria based on the number of inhabitants and the predominance of non-agricultural workers and their families. Censuses of 1961, 1971, 1981 and 1991; Estimates for 1992, 1993, Communes with 2,000 inhabitants or more. 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003 and 2009. Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 2001 and 2006; UN Estimates for Prior to 2001, the city of Macao comprised of the population of the 1981 and 1995. 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. Censuses of 1975 and 1993; Estimates for 1950, 1970, 2004 and Centres with 5,000 inhabitants or more. 2008; Sample Survey of 1966. Censuses of 1966, 1977, 1987, 1998 and 2008; Estimate for 1956. All townships, town planning areas and district centres. Censuses of 1957, 1991 and 2000; Estimates for 1970 and 1980. 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 Censuses of 1965, 1967, 1970, 1977, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000 and units. The capital of Male and other small settlements. 2006. Censuses of 1976, 1987, 1998 and 2009; Estimate for 1960. 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. Censuses of 1957, 1967, 1985, 1995 and 2005. No official definition available. In the present publication, localities with 2,500 inhabitants or more. Censuses of 1954, 1961, 1982, 1999 and 2006; Estimate for 1967. 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. Censuses of 1964, 1977, 1988 and 2000. Localities with 5,000 inhabitants or more. Censuses of 1952, 1962, 1972, 1983, 1990 and 2000; Estimates for Towns with proclaimed legal limits. 2003 and 2007. Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and Localities with 2,500 inhabitants or more. 2010. Censuses of 1956, 1962, 1968, 1975, 1982, 1990, 2000 and 2008. Monaco (capital). Censuses of 1956, 1963, 1969, 1979, 1989, 2000 and 2010; UN Capital city and district centres. Estimate for 1950. Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979 and 1989; Estimate for 1996; UN Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, usually Estimates for 2005 and 2008. 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. Censuses of 1953, 1991, 2003 and 2011. Not available Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1980 and 1991; UN Estimates for 1950, Brades Estate/Plymouth (capital). Due to volcanic activity, Plymouth 1955, 1997, 1997, 2001 and 2004. 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. Censuses of 1960, 1971, 1982, 1994 and 2004; Estimate for 1952. Respectively 250 and 370 localities in the 1982 and 1994 censuses. Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1997 and 2007. 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). Censuses of 1993 and 2003; Estimate for 2009; UN Estimates for Not available. 1950 and 1960. Censuses of 1991 and 2001; UN Estimates for 1951, 1960, 1970 The district headquarters and other settlements of rapid population and 1981. growth with facilities that encourage people to engage in nonagricultural activities. Censuses of 1977, 1983, 1992 and 2002. Entire population.
Censuses of 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001 and 2011.
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. UN Estimates for 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000. Due to several historical changes in definition of urban areas, urban is defined in this publication as municipalities with 20,000 inhabitants or more. Censuses of 1992 and 2001; UN Estimates for 1950 and 1960. Population of the urban agglomerations of Willemstad, Philipsburg and Kralendjik. Censuses of 1991, 2000 and 2000; Estimate for 1965; UN Estimate Oranjestad (capital) and Sant Nicolas. for 2005. Censuses of 1956, 1969, 1976, 1983, 1989 and 2004; Estimates for Nouma and communes of Pata, Nouvel Dumba and Mont-Dore. 1996 and 2008. Censuses of 1967, 1979, 1989, 1999 and 2009. Port-Vila and Luganville. Censuses of 1951, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, All cities plus boroughs, town districts, townships and country towns 1991, 1996 and 2001; Estimates for 2002, 2003 and 2008; UN with a population of 1,000 inhabitants or more. Estimate for 2001. Censuses of 1950, 1963, 1971, 1995 and 2005. Localities with more than 1000 inhabitants that show some urban characteristics, such as electricity, industrial and commercial centers. Censuses of 1977, 1988 and 2001; Estimates for 1956, 1962 and Urban centres, defined as localities serving as administrative 1966. headquarters for departments and arrondissements as well as all those with an administrative headquarter with 2,500 inhabitants or more. Censuses of 1953, 1963 and 1991. Towns with 20,000 inhabitants or more whose occupations are not mainly agrarian. Censuses of 1966, 1971, 1986, 1991, 1997, 2001 and 2006; UN Alofi (capital). Estimate for 1950. Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980 and 1990; Estimates for 1995, Localities with 2000 inhabitants or more. 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, Saipan Island for 1980 and later. 1990 and 1995. Censuses of 1973, 1980, 1994 and 2000; UN Estimates for 1950 Localities with 1,000 inhabitants or more. and 2005. Censuses of 1973, 1980, 1988 and 1999; UN Estimates for 1958 The entire population of Majuro Atoll and the town of Ebeye Island on and 1967. Kwajalein Atoll. Censuses of 1973, 1980, 1986, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005. Koror Island. Censuses of 1951, 1961, 1972, 1981 and 1998; Estimate for 2008. Places with municipal corporation, town committee or cantonment. Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000. 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. Censuses of 1966, 1971, 1980, 1990 and 2000; UN Estimate for Centres with 500 inhabitants or more, excluding separately located 1950. schools, hospitals, missions, plantations, rural settlements and rural villages regardless of population size. Censuses of 1950, 1962, 1972, 1982, 1992 and 2002. Administrative centres of the official districts of the Republic. Censuses of 1961, 1972, 1981, 1993 and 2007. Populated centres with 100 dwellings or more grouped contiguously and administrative centres of districts. Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1990 and 2000. 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 Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1978, 1988 and 2002; Estimates for 2,500 Townsinhabitants. and settlements of urban nature (for example, workers' 2005, 2007 and 2010. settlements, fishermen's settlements and health resorts). Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1981, 1991 and 2001. Agglomerations of 2,000 inhabitants or more. Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1979 and 1991; Estimate for 2006. As of 1991, capitals of regions or sectors and localities with 1,500 inhabitants or more.
Censuses of 1950, 1960 and 2004; UN Estimate for 1990.
Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000.
Censuses of 1986, 1997, 2004 and 2010; UN Estimates for 1956, 1963, 1971 and 1979. Censuses of 1954, 1967, 1974, 1982, 1990 and 1999.
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. 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. Localities with 5,000 inhabitants or more.
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. Censuses of 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992, 2002 and 2011. Municipalities and towns with certain urban socio-economic characteristics. Provisional results for 2011 census Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989, 2002 and 2010; Estimates for Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, usually 2005 and 2006. according to criteria based on the number of inhabitants and the predominance of non-agricultural workers and their families. Censuses of 1970, 1978, 1991 and 2002; Estimates for 1960 and Kigali; administrative centres of prfectures and important 2005. agglomerations and their surroundings. Censuses of 1956, 1966, 1976, 1987, 1998 and 2008. Jamestown (capital) and Half Tree Hollow. Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1980, 1991 and 2001. Basseterre (capital) and Charlestown. UN Estimates for 1960, 1974, 1984, 1992 and 2001. In the absence of more detailed information the entire population is considered urban. Census of 1991; Estimates for 1996 and 2001; Unknown of 2010. Not available. Censuses of 1962, 1982, 1990 and 1999; Estimate for 1950; UN Saint-Pierre (capital). Estimate for 2006. Censuses of 1960 and 2001; Estimate for 1991. Not available. Census of 1976; Estimates for 1987 and 1992; UN Estimates for Municipalities with 1,000 inhabitants or more. 1950, 1960, 1970, 2001, 2003 and 2007. Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1981, 1991 and 2001. The district of gua Grande (So Tom and Pantufo) and 6 other small settlements (as of 1991). Censuses of 1974, 2004 and 2010; Estimates for 1962 and 1986; Cities with 5,000 inhabitants or more. UN Estimates for 1950 and 1992. Censuses of 1976, 1988 and 2002; Estimates for 1960 and 1970. Agglomerations of 10,000 inhabitants or more. Censuses of 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981 and 1991; Estimates for 2002 Not available. and 2007. UN Estimates for 1960, 1971, 1977 and 1987. 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). Censuses of 1963, 1974, 1985 and 2004. Towns with 2,000 inhabitants or more. Censuses of 1957, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000; Estimate for 2004. City of Singapore, including residents and non-residents. Censuses of 1950, 1961, 1970, 1980, 1991 and 2001; Estimate for Cities with 5,000 inhabitants or more. 2009. Censuses of 1960, 1979, 1989, 1999 and 2009; Estimate for 1970; Places with 4,000 inhabitants or more. UN Estimates for 1992 and 1994. Censuses of 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2002; Estimate for Settlements with over 3,000 inhabitants; settlements with 2,0002010. 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. Census of 1975; Estimates for 1953 and 1963; Sample Survey of All district capitals and any other town or village with a population of 2002; UN Estimate for 1987. 1,500 persons or more.
Censuses of 1951, 1960, 1970, 1996 and 2001; UN Estimates for 1980, 1985 and 1991.
Censuses of 1951, 1962, 1969, 1982, 1992 and 2002; Estimate for 1974.
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, Ciskei. Designated urban Venda areas, and 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. Municipalities (municipios) with 10,000 inhabitants or more. 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. Not available. Great Paramaribo. Localities defined as urban.
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 1970, 1982, 1994 and 2004; UN Estimates for 1950, 1960 and 2006. Censuses of 1950, 1964, 1971, 1980 and 2004. 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.
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). Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000; Estimate for Communes with 10,000 inhabitants or more, including suburbs and 2009. urban agglomerations with contiguous built-up area with at least 20000 inhabitants. Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1981, 1994 and 2004. Cities, Mohafaza centres and Mantika centres, and communities of 20,000 inhabitants or more. Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989 and 2000; Estimates for 2000, Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, usually 2003 and 2010; UN Estimate for 1950. according to criteria based on the number of inhabitants and the predominance of non-agricultural workers and their families. Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000. Municipalities. In 1999, 981 sanitary districts were reclassified as Tambon municipalities and data for proportion urban were adjusted retrospectively. Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1981 and 2010. Up to 1970: seven urban communes. Since the 1981 census: 21 administrative centres of prefectures. Censuses of 1982, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006. Not available. Censuses of 1956, 1966, 1976, 1986, 1996 and 2006; Estimate for Population of Nuku'alofa. 1950. Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000. Port-of-Spain (capital), Arima borough and San Fernando town. Censuses of 1975, 1980, 1985, 1995 and 2005; UN Estimates for Nine cities or towns (as of 1975). 1950 and 1960. Censuses of 1956, 1966, 1975, 1984, 1994 and 2004; Estimate for Population living in communes. 2009. Censuses of 1950, 1955, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990 and Population of localities within the municipality limits of administrative 2000; Estimates for 1960, 2002 and 2003; Registers of 2007 and centres of provinces and districts. 2010. Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989 and 1995; Estimate for 2004. 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. Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2001; Estimate for 2006; Refers to the islands of Grand Turk and Providenciales. UN Estimate for 1950. Censuses of 1979, 1985, 1991 and 2002. Island of Funafuti. Censuses of 1959, 1969, 1980, 1991 and 2002; Estimate for 2009. 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. Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989 and 2001; Estimates for 1950, Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, usually 1964, 1974, 1984, 2004, 2005 and 2009. according to criteria based on the number of inhabitants and predominance of non-agricultural workers and their families.
Censuses of 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991 and 1994; UN Estimate for 2002. Censuses of 1960, 1966, 1976, 1986, 1996 and 2006.
Censuses of 1951, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001.
Censuses of 1971, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996 and 2001. Censuses of 1951, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1996, 2001 and 2006; UN Estimates for 1981, 1986 and 1991. Censuses of 1957, 1967, 1978, 1988 and 2002.
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. Civil Parish of St. Peter Port, Guernsey; Civil Parish of St. Helier, Jersey.of Castletown, Douglas, Peel and Ramsey. Towns 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.
Censuses of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000.
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. Censuses of 1950, 1960 and 2000. 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. Censuses of 1960, 1975, 1985, 1996 and 2006. Localities with 10,000 inhabitants or more and with sufficient socioeconomic and administrative infrastructures. Censuses of 1963, 1975, 1985, 1996 and 2004. Cities as officially defined. Censuses of 1959, 1970, 1979 and 1989; Estimates for 1994, 1997, Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, usually 2000 and 2006. according to criteria based on number of inhabitants and the predominance of non-agricultural workers and their families. Censuses of 1950, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1990 and 2001. Places with 2,500 inhabitants or more. Censuses of 1969, 1976, 1983, 1990, 1996 and 2003. 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. 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. Capitals of 17 governorates and other towns. 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_31661_alpha-3 (***) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes (three-letter system) for country codes - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_31661_alpha-2

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Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Azerbaijan

AND AGO ATG AZE

Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population

Argentina Australia Austria

ARG AUS AUT

Urban population Urban population Urban population

Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh

BHS BHR BGD

Urban population Urban population Urban population

Urban population Urban population

68 70 72 76 84 90 92 96 100 104 108 112

Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Sri Lanka

132 136 140 144

CPV CYM CAF LKA

Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population

Chad Chile China

148 152 156

TCD CHL CHN

Urban population Urban population Urban population

Colombia Comoros Mayotte

170 174 175

COL COM MYT

Urban population Urban population Urban population

Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo

Urban population Urban population

Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia

184 188 191

COK CRI HRV

Urban population Urban population Urban population

Cyprus Czech Republic Benin Denmark

196 203 204 208

CYP CZE BEN DNK

Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population

212 214 218 222 226 231 232 233 234

DMA DOM ECU SLV GNQ ETH ERI EST FRO

Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Fiji Finland France

238 242 246 250

FLK FJI FIN FRA

Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population

French Guiana French Polynesia Djibouti

254 258 262

GUF PYF DJI

Urban population Urban population Urban population

Urban population Urban population

Gambia Occupied Palestinian Territory

Urban population Urban population

Gibraltar Kiribati Greece

292 296 300

GIB KIR GRC

Urban population Urban population Urban population

Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam

304 308 312 316

GRL GRD GLP GUM

Urban population Urban population Urban population Urban population

Guinea Guyana Haiti Holy See Honduras

324 328 332 336 340

GIN GUY HTI VAT HND

China, Hong Kong SAR

Hungary Iceland India

348 352 356

HUN ISL IND