|
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|
| Indicators on human settlements |
Last update: Dec 2007 |
Country or area |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Afghanistan |
22.9 |
77.1 |
|
6.1 |
4.2 |
| Albania |
45.4 |
54.6 |
|
2.1 |
-0.8 |
| Algeria |
63.3 |
36.7 |
|
2.7 |
-0.3 |
| American Samoa |
91.3 |
8.7 |
|
2.9 |
-2.8 |
| Andorra |
90.6 |
9.4 |
|
0.0 |
4.4 |
| Angola |
53.3 |
46.7 |
|
4.1 |
1.5 |
| Anguilla |
100.0 |
0.0 |
|
1.7 |
— |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
39.1 |
60.9 |
|
2.2 |
0.7 |
|
| Argentina |
90.1 |
9.9 |
|
1.2 |
-0.8 |
|
| Armenia |
64.1 |
35.9 |
|
-0.8 |
0.2 |
|
| Aruba |
46.6 |
53.4 |
|
1.5 |
1.6 |
|
| Australia1 |
88.2 |
11.8 |
|
1.3 |
-0.6 |
|
| Austria |
66.0 |
34.0 |
|
0.3 |
0.1 |
|
| Azerbaijan |
51.5 |
48.5 |
|
0.9 |
0.4 |
|
| Bahamas |
90.4 |
9.6 |
|
1.7 |
-1.6 |
|
| Bahrain |
96.5 |
3.5 |
|
2.0 |
-7.1 |
|
| Bangladesh |
25.1 |
74.9 |
|
3.5 |
1.4 |
|
| Barbados |
52.7 |
47.3 |
|
1.4 |
-0.9 |
|
| Belarus |
72.2 |
27.8 |
|
0.1 |
-2.1 |
|
| Belgium |
97.2 |
2.8 |
|
0.2 |
-0.5 |
|
| Belize |
48.3 |
51.7 |
|
2.4 |
1.9 |
|
| Benin |
40.1 |
59.9 |
|
4.1 |
2.6 |
|
| Bermuda |
100.0 |
0.0 |
|
0.4 |
— |
|
| Bhutan |
11.1 |
88.9 |
|
5.1 |
1.9 |
|
| Bolivia |
64.2 |
35.8 |
|
2.7 |
0.7 |
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
45.7 |
54.3 |
|
1.4 |
-0.6 | |
| Botswana |
57.4 |
42.6 |
|
1.6 |
-1.7 | |
| Brazil |
84.2 |
15.8 |
|
2.1 |
-2.1 | |
| British Virgin Islands |
60.5 |
39.5 |
|
2.5 |
-0.2 | |
| Brunei Darussalam |
73.5 |
26.5 |
|
2.9 |
0.6 | |
| Bulgaria |
70.0 |
30.0 |
|
-0.4 |
-1.4 | |
| Burkina Faso |
18.3 |
81.7 |
|
5.2 |
2.7 | |
| Burundi |
10.0 |
90.0 |
|
6.1 |
2.7 | |
| Cambodia |
19.7 |
80.3 |
|
5.1 |
1.3 | |
| Cameroon |
54.6 |
45.4 |
|
3.6 |
-0.1 | |
| Canada |
80.1 |
19.9 |
|
1.2 |
0.3 | |
| Cape Verde |
57.3 |
42.7 |
|
3.8 |
0.6 | |
| Cayman Islands |
100.0 |
0.0 |
|
2.5 |
— | |
| Central African Republic |
38.0 |
62.0 |
|
1.6 |
1.2 | |
| Chad |
25.3 |
74.7 |
|
5.0 |
2.9 | |
| Channel Islands2 |
30.5 |
69.5 |
|
0.4 |
0.4 | |
| Chile |
87.6 |
12.4 |
|
1.5 |
-1.4 | |
| China3 |
40.4 |
59.6 |
|
3.1 |
-0.9 | |
| China, Hong Kong SAR4 |
100.0 |
0.0 |
|
1.2 |
— | |
| China, Macao SAR5 |
100.0 |
0.0 |
|
0.7 |
— | |
| Colombia |
72.7 |
27.3 |
|
2.0 |
0.5 | |
| Comoros6 |
37.0 |
63.0 |
|
4.4 |
1.7 | |
| Congo |
60.2 |
39.8 |
|
3.6 |
2.1 | |
| Cook Islands |
70.4 |
29.6 |
|
0.6 |
-4.2 | |
| Costa Rica |
61.7 |
38.3 |
|
2.8 |
0.6 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
45.0 |
55.0 |
|
2.5 |
0.9 | |
| Croatia |
56.5 |
43.5 |
|
0.5 |
-0.2 | |
| Cuba |
75.5 |
24.5 |
|
0.2 |
0.3 | |
| Cyprus |
69.3 |
30.7 |
|
1.4 |
0.8 | |
| Czech Republic |
73.5 |
26.5 |
|
-0.2 |
0.3 |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
61.6 |
38.4 |
|
1.0 |
-0.2 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo |
32.1 |
67.9 |
|
4.3 |
2.1 |
| Denmark |
85.6 |
14.4 |
|
0.5 |
-0.3 |
| Djibouti |
86.1 |
13.9 |
|
2.7 |
-1.5 |
| Dominica |
72.9 |
27.1 |
|
0.8 |
-1.0 |
| Dominican Republic |
66.8 |
33.2 |
|
2.8 |
-1.0 |
| Ecuador |
62.8 |
37.2 |
|
2.3 |
0.2 |
| Egypt |
42.8 |
57.2 |
|
2.0 |
1.8 |
| El Salvador |
59.8 |
40.2 |
|
2.3 |
1.2 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
38.9 |
61.1 |
|
2.4 |
2.3 |
| Eritrea |
19.4 |
80.6 |
|
6.0 |
3.9 |
| Estonia |
69.1 |
30.9 |
|
-0.6 |
-0.4 |
| Ethiopia |
16.0 |
84.0 |
|
3.8 |
2.2 |
| Faeroe Islands |
38.8 |
61.2 |
|
1.9 |
-0.2 |
| Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
90.2 |
9.8 |
|
1.5 |
-7.0 |
| Fiji |
50.8 |
49.2 |
|
1.9 |
-0.1 |
| Finland7 |
61.1 |
38.9 |
|
0.3 |
0.3 |
| France |
76.7 |
23.3 |
|
0.7 |
-0.4 |
| French Guiana |
75.6 |
24.4 |
|
2.7 |
2.2 |
| French Polynesia |
51.7 |
48.3 |
|
1.4 |
2.0 |
| Gabon |
83.6 |
16.4 |
|
2.5 |
-2.1 |
| Gambia |
53.9 |
46.1 |
|
4.7 |
0.9 |
| Georgia |
52.2 |
47.8 |
|
-1.3 |
-0.9 |
| Germany |
75.2 |
24.8 |
|
0.1 |
0.0 |
| Ghana |
47.8 |
52.2 |
|
3.8 |
0.7 |
| Gibraltar |
100.0 |
0.0 |
|
0.2 |
— |
| Greece |
59.0 |
41.0 |
|
0.3 |
0.2 |
| Greenland |
82.9 |
17.1 |
|
0.6 |
-1.2 |
| Grenada |
30.6 |
69.4 |
|
0.0 |
0.4 |
| Guadeloupe |
99.8 |
0.2 |
|
0.9 |
-10.3 |
| Guam |
94.0 |
6.0 |
|
1.9 |
-1.0 |
| Guatemala |
47.2 |
52.8 |
|
3.3 |
1.6 |
| Guinea |
33.0 |
67.0 |
|
3.4 |
1.6 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
29.6 |
70.4 |
|
2.9 |
3.0 |
| Guyana |
28.2 |
71.8 |
|
-0.1 |
0.3 |
| Haiti |
38.8 |
61.2 |
|
3.1 |
0.4 |
| Honduras |
46.5 |
53.5 |
|
3.2 |
1.5 |
| Hungary |
66.3 |
33.7 |
|
0.3 |
-1.3 |
| Iceland |
92.8 |
7.2 |
|
1.0 |
-0.3 |
| India |
28.7 |
71.3 |
|
2.3 |
1.3 |
| Indonesia |
48.1 |
51.9 |
|
4.0 |
-1.0 |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
66.9 |
33.1 |
|
1.8 |
-0.7 |
| Iraq |
66.9 |
33.1 |
|
2.5 |
3.3 |
| Ireland |
60.5 |
39.5 |
|
2.2 |
1.1 |
| Isle of Man |
51.8 |
48.2 |
|
0.0 |
-0.1 |
| Israel |
91.6 |
8.4 |
|
2.0 |
1.6 |
| Italy |
67.6 |
32.4 |
|
0.2 |
-0.1 |
| Jamaica |
53.1 |
46.9 |
|
1.0 |
0.0 |
| Japan |
65.8 |
34.2 |
|
0.4 |
-0.2 |
| Jordan |
82.3 |
17.7 |
|
3.2 |
0.8 |
| Kazakhstan |
57.3 |
42.7 |
|
0.1 |
-0.8 |
| Kenya |
20.7 |
79.3 |
|
3.2 |
1.9 |
| Kiribati |
47.4 |
52.6 |
|
4.0 |
0.4 |
| Kuwait |
98.3 |
1.7 |
|
3.7 |
2.7 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
35.8 |
64.2 |
|
1.4 |
1.1 |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic |
20.6 |
79.4 |
|
4.1 |
1.9 |
| Latvia |
67.8 |
32.2 |
|
-0.6 |
-0.4 |
| Lebanon |
86.6 |
13.4 |
|
1.2 |
0.1 |
| Lesotho |
18.7 |
81.3 |
|
1.0 |
-0.1 |
| Liberia |
58.1 |
41.9 |
|
2.7 |
-0.4 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
84.8 |
15.2 |
|
2.4 |
-0.2 |
| Liechtenstein |
14.6 |
85.4 |
|
0.2 |
1.1 |
| Lithuania |
66.6 |
33.4 |
|
-0.5 |
-0.1 |
| Luxembourg |
82.8 |
17.2 |
|
1.1 |
2.4 |
| Madagascar |
26.8 |
73.2 |
|
3.4 |
2.6 |
| Malawi |
17.2 |
82.8 |
|
4.8 |
1.8 |
| Malaysia |
67.3 |
32.7 |
|
3.7 |
-1.2 |
| Maldives |
29.6 |
70.4 |
|
4.0 |
1.9 |
| Mali |
30.5 |
69.5 |
|
4.8 |
2.2 |
| Malta |
95.3 |
4.7 |
|
0.9 |
-6.3 |
| Marshall Islands |
66.7 |
33.3 |
|
3.7 |
3.0 |
| Martinique |
97.9 |
2.1 |
|
0.5 |
-0.5 |
| Mauritania |
40.4 |
59.6 |
|
3.2 |
2.8 |
| Mauritius8 |
42.4 |
57.6 |
|
0.8 |
1.1 |
| Mexico |
76.0 |
24.0 |
|
1.7 |
0.3 |
| Micronesia (Federated States of) |
22.3 |
77.7 |
|
0.6 |
0.6 |
| Monaco |
100.0 |
0.0 |
|
1.1 |
— |
| Mongolia |
56.7 |
43.3 |
|
1.2 |
1.1 |
| Montenegro9 |
52.2 |
47.8 |
|
0.2 |
-0.3 |
| Montserrat |
13.5 |
86.5 |
|
6.9 |
2.2 |
| Morocco |
58.7 |
41.3 |
|
2.7 |
-0.2 |
| Mozambique |
34.5 |
65.5 |
|
4.3 |
0.9 |
| Myanmar |
30.6 |
69.4 |
|
2.9 |
0.4 |
| Namibia |
35.1 |
64.9 |
|
3.0 |
0.6 |
| Nauru |
100.0 |
0.0 |
|
2.2 |
— |
| Nepal |
15.8 |
84.2 |
|
5.3 |
1.6 |
| Netherlands |
80.2 |
19.8 |
|
1.4 |
-2.7 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
70.4 |
29.6 |
|
1.1 |
0.1 |
| New Caledonia |
63.7 |
36.3 |
|
2.5 |
1.0 |
| New Zealand |
86.2 |
13.8 |
|
1.2 |
0.3 |
| Nicaragua |
59.0 |
41.0 |
|
2.7 |
1.1 |
| Niger |
16.8 |
83.2 |
|
4.1 |
3.2 |
| Nigeria |
48.2 |
51.8 |
|
4.1 |
0.7 |
| Niue |
36.7 |
63.3 |
|
-0.4 |
-3.1 |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
94.5 |
5.5 |
|
3.2 |
-1.0 |
| Norway10 |
77.4 |
22.6 |
|
0.9 |
-0.6 |
| Occupied Palestinian Territory |
71.6 |
28.4 |
|
3.3 |
3.1 |
| Oman |
71.5 |
28.5 |
|
1.0 |
1.1 |
| Pakistan |
34.9 |
65.2 |
|
3.0 |
1.5 |
| Palau |
69.6 |
30.4 |
|
0.7 |
0.6 |
| Panama |
70.8 |
29.2 |
|
3.3 |
-1.3 |
| Papua New Guinea |
13.4 |
86.6 |
|
2.4 |
2.1 |
| Paraguay |
58.5 |
41.5 |
|
3.5 |
0.9 |
| Peru |
72.6 |
27.4 |
|
1.8 |
0.8 |
| Philippines |
62.7 |
37.3 |
|
3.2 |
-0.3 |
| Pitcairn |
… |
… |
|
0.0 |
-0.3 |
| Poland |
62.1 |
38.0 |
|
0.0 |
-0.2 |
| Portugal |
57.6 |
42.4 |
|
1.7 |
-0.9 |
| Puerto Rico |
97.6 |
2.4 |
|
1.2 |
-15.8 |
| Qatar |
95.4 |
4.6 |
|
6.0 |
3.9 |
| Republic of Korea |
80.8 |
19.2 |
|
0.7 |
-0.7 |
| Republic of Moldova |
46.7 |
53.3 |
|
-0.1 |
-0.5 |
| Réunion |
92.4 |
7.6 |
|
2.2 |
-4.1 |
| Romania |
53.7 |
46.3 |
|
-0.7 |
0.0 |
| Russian Federation |
73.0 |
27.0 |
|
-0.6 |
-0.2 |
| Rwanda |
19.3 |
80.7 |
|
9.2 |
1.0 |
| Saint Helena11 |
38.9 |
61.1 |
|
-0.2 |
0.0 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
32.2 |
67.8 |
|
0.7 |
1.3 |
| Saint Lucia |
27.6 |
72.4 |
|
0.5 |
0.9 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
45.9 |
54.1 |
|
1.2 |
0.0 |
| Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon |
89.0 |
11.0 |
|
0.0 |
-0.3 |
| Samoa |
22.4 |
77.6 |
|
1.3 |
0.7 |
| San Marino |
97.2 |
2.8 |
|
1.6 |
-16.0 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
58.0 |
42.0 |
|
3.9 |
0.2 |
| Saudi Arabia |
81.0 |
19.0 |
|
3.0 |
1.5 |
| Senegal |
41.6 |
58.4 |
|
2.8 |
2.1 |
| Serbia12 |
52.2 |
47.8 |
|
0.2 |
-0.3 |
| Seychelles |
52.9 |
47.1 |
|
1.6 |
0.1 |
| Sierra Leone |
40.7 |
59.3 |
|
5.9 |
2.9 |
| Singapore |
100.0 |
0.0 |
|
1.5 |
— |
| Slovakia |
56.2 |
43.8 |
|
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Slovenia |
51.0 |
49.0 |
|
0.1 |
-0.1 |
| Solomon Islands |
17.0 |
83.0 |
|
4.2 |
2.3 |
| Somalia |
35.2 |
64.8 |
|
4.3 |
2.6 |
| South Africa |
59.3 |
40.7 |
|
1.6 |
-0.4 |
| Spain |
76.7 |
23.3 |
|
1.2 |
0.7 |
| Sri Lanka |
15.1 |
84.9 |
|
0.1 |
1.0 |
| Sudan |
40.8 |
59.2 |
|
4.4 |
0.4 |
| Suriname |
73.9 |
26.1 |
|
1.2 |
-0.7 |
| Swaziland |
24.1 |
75.9 |
|
0.9 |
0.0 |
| Sweden |
84.2 |
15.8 |
|
0.4 |
0.1 |
| Switzerland |
75.2 |
24.8 |
|
0.8 |
-1.3 |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
50.6 |
49.4 |
|
2.7 |
2.3 |
| Tajikistan |
24.7 |
75.3 |
|
0.2 |
1.4 |
| Thailand |
68.9 |
31.1 |
|
1.4 |
-2.1 |
| TFYR of Macedonia13 |
32.3 |
67.7 |
|
1.6 |
0.5 |
| Timor-Leste (Democratic Republic of) |
26.5 |
73.5 |
|
7.0 |
4.9 |
| Togo |
40.1 |
59.9 |
|
4.5 |
1.6 |
| Tokelau |
… |
… |
|
0.0 |
-0.3 |
| Tonga |
24.0 |
76.0 |
|
1.1 |
0.2 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
12.2 |
87.8 |
|
2.7 |
0.0 |
| Tunisia |
65.3 |
34.7 |
|
1.7 |
0.0 |
| Turkey |
67.3 |
32.7 |
|
2.2 |
-0.1 |
| Turkmenistan |
46.2 |
53.8 |
|
1.9 |
1.0 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
44.1 |
55.9 |
|
6.3 |
5.9 |
| Tuvalu |
48.1 |
51.9 |
|
1.4 |
-0.3 |
| Uganda |
12.6 |
87.4 |
|
4.2 |
3.3 |
| Ukraine |
67.8 |
32.2 |
|
-0.9 |
-1.5 |
| United Arab Emirates |
76.7 |
23.3 |
|
6.3 |
7.1 |
| United Kingdom14 |
89.7 |
10.3 |
|
0.4 |
-0.4 |
| United Republic of Tanzania |
24.2 |
75.8 |
|
3.6 |
1.5 |
| United States of America |
80.8 |
19.2 |
|
1.4 |
-0.7 |
| United States Virgin Islands |
94.2 |
5.8 |
|
0.5 |
-4.7 |
| Uruguay |
92.0 |
8.0 |
|
0.9 |
-0.8 |
| Uzbekistan |
36.7 |
63.3 |
|
1.1 |
1.6 |
| Vanuatu |
23.5 |
76.5 |
|
3.5 |
1.5 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
93.4 |
6.6 |
|
2.3 |
-4.2 |
| Viet Nam |
26.4 |
73.6 |
|
3.0 |
0.8 |
| Wallis and Futuna Islands |
… |
… |
|
0.0 |
0.7 |
| Western Sahara |
91.6 |
8.4 |
|
2.7 |
1.7 |
| Yemen |
27.3 |
72.7 |
|
4.5 |
2.6 |
| Zambia |
35.0 |
65.0 |
|
1.8 |
1.7 |
| Zimbabwe |
35.9 |
64.1 |
|
1.9 |
0.0 |
|
Sources:
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2006), World Urbanization Prospects: The 2005 Revision. CD-ROM Edition – Data in digital form (POP/DB/WUP/Rev. 2005).
Footnotes:
— |
Not applicable. |
1 |
Including Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island. |
2 |
Including the islands of Guernsey and Jersey. |
3 |
For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China. |
4 |
As of 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China. |
5 |
As of 20 December 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China. |
6 |
Including the island of Mayotte. |
7 |
Including Åland Islands. |
8 |
Including Agalega, Rodrigues and Saint Brandon. |
10 |
Including Savalbard and Jan Mayen islands. |
11 |
Including Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. |
13 |
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. |
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. |
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Technical notes:
The population distribution refers to the percentage of the total population in urban and rural areas, respectively. The estimates presented refer to the population as of 1 July of the given year. The annual rates of urban and rural population change are an average for the five-year period 2000-2005 and refer to the rate at which the rural and urban populations are increasing or decreasing (negative sign) on average in each year within the five-year period, expressed as a percentage of the base population.
The urban-rural classification of population in internationally published statistics follows the national census definition, which differs from one country or area to another. National definitions are usually based on criteria that may include any of the following: size of population in a locality, population density, distance between built-up areas, predominant type of economic activity, legal or administrative boundaries and urban characteristics, such as specific services and facilities.
Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies.
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