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World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision

File 1: Population of Urban and Rural Areas at Mid-Year (thousands) and Percentage Urban, 2018

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Population of Urban and Rural Areas at Mid-Year (thousands) and Percentage Urban, 201
Country
Index Region, subregion, country or area Note Urban Rural Total
code
1 WORLD 900 4 219 817 3 413 002 7 632 819
2 More developed regions a 901 993 837 269 363 1 263 200
3 Less developed regions b 902 3 225 980 3 143 639 6 369 620
4 Least developed countries c 941 344 291 681 645 1 025 937
5 Less developed regions, excluding least developed cou d 934 2 881 689 2 461 994 5 343 683
6 Less developed regions, excluding China 948 2 362 379 2 560 440 4 922 818
7 High-income countries e 1503 975 461 221 730 1 197 191
8 Middle-income countries e 1517 3 017 642 2 720 000 5 737 642
9 Upper-middle-income countries e 1502 1 759 118 881 117 2 640 235
10 Lower-middle-income countries e 1501 1 258 524 1 838 883 3 097 407
11 Low-income countries e 1500 224 131 470 929 695 060
12 Sub-Saharan Africa f 947 423 958 626 178 1 050 136
13 AFRICA 903 547 602 740 318 1 287 921
14 Eastern Africa 910 121 316 312 328 433 643
15 Burundi 108 1 462 9 755 11 216
16 Comoros 174 241 591 832
17 Djibouti 262 756 216 971
18 Eritrea 232 2 079 3 109 5 188
19 Ethiopia 231 22 328 85 207 107 535
20 Kenya 404 13 772 37 179 50 951
21 Madagascar 450 9 767 16 496 26 263
22 Malawi 454 3 246 15 919 19 165
23 Mauritius 1 480 517 751 1 268
24 Mayotte 175 120 140 260
25 Mozambique 508 10 987 19 542 30 529
26 Réunion 638 879 4 883
27 Rwanda 646 2 152 10 350 12 501
28 Seychelles 690 54 41 95
29 Somalia 706 6 827 8 355 15 182
30 South Sudan 728 2 534 10 385 12 919
31 Uganda 800 10 525 33 745 44 271
32 United Republic of Tanzania 2 834 19 959 39 133 59 091
33 Zambia 894 7 664 9 946 17 609
34 Zimbabwe 716 5 448 11 466 16 913
35 Middle Africa 911 83 484 85 055 168 538
36 Angola 24 20 162 10 613 30 774
37 Cameroon 120 13 912 10 766 24 678
38 Central African Republic 140 1 960 2 778 4 737
39 Chad 148 3 540 11 813 15 353
40 Congo 178 3 613 1 786 5 400
41 Democratic Republic of the Congo 180 37 349 46 656 84 005
42 Equatorial Guinea 226 948 366 1 314
43 Gabon 266 1 848 220 2 068
44 Sao Tome and Principe 678 152 57 209
45 Northern Africa 912 123 644 114 141 237 785
46 Algeria 12 30 510 11 498 42 008
47 Egypt 818 42 438 56 938 99 376
48 Libya 434 5 183 1 288 6 471
49 Morocco 504 22 603 13 589 36 192
50 Sudan 729 14 380 27 131 41 512
51 Tunisia 788 8 038 3 621 11 659
52 Western Sahara 732 492 76 567
53 Southern Africa 913 41 970 24 004 65 974
54 Botswana 72 1 620 713 2 333
55 Lesotho 426 637 1 626 2 263
56 Namibia 516 1 295 1 293 2 588
57 South Africa 710 38 087 19 312 57 398
58 Swaziland 748 331 1 060 1 391
59 Western Africa 914 177 189 204 792 381 981
60 Benin 204 5 434 6 052 11 486
61 Burkina Faso 854 5 799 13 953 19 752
62 Cabo Verde 132 364 190 553
63 Côte d'Ivoire 384 12 647 12 259 24 906
64 Gambia 270 1 326 838 2 164
65 Ghana 288 16 517 12 946 29 464
66 Guinea 324 4 717 8 335 13 053
67 Guinea-Bissau 624 827 1 080 1 907
68 Liberia 430 2 483 2 371 4 854
 69 Mali 466 8 093 11 014 19 108
70 Mauritania 478 2 437 2 103 4 540
71 Niger 562 3 665 18 647 22 311
72 Nigeria 566 98 611 97 264 195 875
73 Saint Helena 3 654 2 2 4
74 Senegal 686 7 690 8 605 16 294
75 Sierra Leone 694 3 247 4 473 7 720
76 Togo 768 3 332 4 659 7 991
77 ASIA 935 2 266 131 2 279 003 4 545 133
78 Eastern Asia 906 1 039 791 614 093 1 653 884
79 China 4 156 837 022 578 024 1 415 046
80 China, Hong Kong SAR 5 344 7 429 0 7 429
81 China, Macao SAR 6 446 632 0 632
82 China, Taiwan Province of China 158 18 518 5 176 23 694
83 Dem. People's Republic of Korea 408 15 853 9 758 25 611
84 Japan 392 116 522 10 664 127 185
85 Mongolia 496 2 137 985 3 122
86 Republic of Korea 410 41 678 9 486 51 164
87 South-Central Asia 7 921 710 908 1 252 407 1 963 315
88 Central Asia 5500 34 626 37 235 71 860
89 Kazakhstan 398 10 569 7 835 18 404
90 Kyrgyzstan 417 2 229 3 904 6 133
91 Tajikistan 762 2 471 6 636 9 107
92 Turkmenistan 795 3 019 2 832 5 851
93 Uzbekistan 860 16 337 16 028 32 365
94 Southern Asia 5501 676 282 1 215 172 1 891 454
95 Afghanistan 4 9 273 27 100 36 373
96 Bangladesh 50 60 944 105 424 166 368
97 Bhutan 64 334 483 817
98 India 356 460 780 893 272 1 354 052
99 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 364 61 425 20 587 82 012
100 Maldives 462 177 267 444
101 Nepal 524 5 848 23 776 29 624
102 Pakistan 586 73 630 127 183 200 814
103 Sri Lanka 144 3 871 17 079 20 950
104 South-Eastern Asia 920 320 382 335 254 655 637
105 Brunei Darussalam 96 337 97 434
106 Cambodia 116 3 800 12 446 16 246
107 Indonesia 360 147 603 119 192 266 795
108 Lao People's Democratic Republic 418 2 437 4 524 6 961
109 Malaysia 8 458 24 364 7 679 32 042
110 Myanmar 104 16 468 37 387 53 856
111 Philippines 608 49 962 56 550 106 512
112 Singapore 702 5 792 0 5 792
113 Thailand 764 34 556 34 627 69 183
114 Timor-Leste 626 405 919 1 324
115 Viet Nam 704 34 659 61 832 96 491
116 Western Asia 922 195 050 77 249 272 298
117 Armenia 51 1 853 1 081 2 934
118 Azerbaijan 9 31 5 526 4 398 9 924
119 Bahrain 48 1 399 168 1 567
120 Cyprus 10 196 794 395 1 189
121 Georgia 11 268 2 291 1 616 3 907
122 Iraq 368 27 724 11 616 39 340
123 Israel 376 7 812 641 8 453
124 Jordan 400 9 010 893 9 904
125 Kuwait 414 4 197 0 4 197
126 Lebanon 422 5 398 695 6 094
127 Oman 512 4 083 747 4 830
128 Qatar 634 2 672 23 2 695
129 Saudi Arabia 682 28 133 5 421 33 554
130 State of Palestine 12 275 3 848 1 204 5 053
131 Syrian Arab Republic 760 9 903 8 381 18 284
132 Turkey 792 61 555 20 362 81 917
133 United Arab Emirates 784 8 256 1 286 9 542
134 Yemen 887 10 595 18 320 28 915
135 EUROPE 908 552 911 189 737 742 648
136 Eastern Europe 923 203 248 88 706 291 953
137 Belarus 112 7 429 2 023 9 452
138 Bulgaria 100 5 278 1 759 7 037
139 Czechia 203 7 841 2 785 10 625
140 Hungary 348 6 913 2 776 9 689
141 Poland 616 22 885 15 220 38 105
142 Republic of Moldova 13 498 1 723 2 318 4 041
143 Romania 642 10 573 9 008 19 581
144 Russian Federation 643 107 157 36 808 143 965
145 Slovakia 703 2 928 2 522 5 450
146 Ukraine 14 804 30 521 13 488 44 009
147 Northern Europe 924 86 071 18 690 104 762
148 Channel Islands 15 830 51 115 166
149 Denmark 208 5 057 698 5 754
150 Estonia 233 900 407 1 307
151 Faeroe Islands 234 21 29 49
152 Finland 16 246 4 732 810 5 543
153 Iceland 352 317 21 338
154 Ireland 372 3 035 1 769 4 804
155 Isle of Man 833 45 40 85
156 Latvia 428 1 315 615 1 930
157 Lithuania 440 1 947 930 2 876
158 Norway 17 578 4 403 950 5 353
159 Sweden 752 8 728 1 255 9 983
160 United Kingdom 826 55 521 11 052 66 574
161 Southern Europe 925 108 606 43 255 151 860
162 Albania 8 1 770 1 164 2 934
163 Andorra 20 68 9 77
164 Bosnia and Herzegovina 70 1 690 1 813 3 504
165 Croatia 191 2 372 1 793 4 165
166 Gibraltar 292 35 0 35
167 Greece 300 8 809 2 333 11 142
168 Holy See 18 336 1 0 1
169 Italy 380 41 763 17 528 59 291
170 Malta 470 409 23 432
171 Montenegro 499 420 209 629
172 Portugal 620 6 711 3 580 10 291
173 San Marino 674 33 1 34
174 Serbia 19 688 4 915 3 847 8 762
175 Slovenia 705 1 135 946 2 081
176 Spain 20 724 37 267 9 130 46 397
177 TFYR Macedonia 21 807 1 209 876 2 085
178 Western Europe 926 154 987 39 086 194 073
179 Austria 40 5 102 3 650 8 752
180 Belgium 56 11 269 230 11 499
181 France 250 52 476 12 757 65 233
182 Germany 276 63 622 18 671 82 293
183 Liechtenstein 438 5 33 38
184 Luxembourg 442 537 53 590
185 Monaco 492 39 0 39
186 Netherlands 528 15 631 1 454 17 084
187 Switzerland 756 6 305 2 239 8 544
188 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 904 526 057 125 955 652 012
189 Caribbean 915 31 493 12 663 44 155
190 Anguilla 660 15 0 15
191 Antigua and Barbuda 28 25 78 103
192 Aruba 533 46 60 106
193 Bahamas 44 332 68 399
194 Barbados 52 89 197 286
195 British Virgin Islands 92 15 17 32
196 Caribbean Netherlands 22 535 19 6 26
197 Cayman Islands 136 62 0 62
198 Cuba 192 8 851 2 638 11 489
199 Curaçao 531 144 18 162
200 Dominica 212 52 22 74
201 Dominican Republic 214 8 823 2 060 10 883
202 Grenada 308 39 69 108
203 Guadeloupe 23 312 442 7 449
204 Haiti 332 6 143 4 970 11 113
205 Jamaica 388 1 614 1 285 2 899
206 Martinique 474 343 42 385
207 Montserrat 500 0 5 5
208 Puerto Rico 630 3 424 235 3 659
209 Saint Kitts and Nevis 659 17 39 56
210 Saint Lucia 662 34 146 180
211 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 670 58 53 110
212 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 534 41 0 41
213 Trinidad and Tobago 780 730 643 1 373
214 Turks and Caicos Islands 796 33 2 36
215 United States Virgin Islands 850 100 4 105
216 Central America 916 134 212 45 405 179 616
217 Belize 84 175 208 382
218 Costa Rica 188 3 930 1 023 4 953
219 El Salvador 222 4 618 1 794 6 412
220 Guatemala 320 8 804 8 441 17 245
221 Honduras 340 5 377 4 040 9 417
222 Mexico 484 104 811 25 948 130 759
223 Nicaragua 558 3 678 2 607 6 285
224 Panama 591 2 818 1 344 4 163
225 South America 931 360 353 67 888 428 241
226 Argentina 32 41 056 3 633 44 689
227 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 68 7 786 3 429 11 216
228 Brazil 76 182 546 28 321 210 868
229 Chile 152 15 934 2 263 18 197
230 Colombia 170 39 956 9 508 49 465
231 Ecuador 218 10 762 6 101 16 863
232 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 24 238 2 1 3
233 French Guiana 254 247 43 290
234 Guyana 328 208 574 782
235 Paraguay 600 4 247 2 649 6 897
236 Peru 604 25 360 7 192 32 552
237 Suriname 740 375 193 568
238 Uruguay 858 3 308 162 3 470
239 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 862 28 563 3 819 32 381
240 NORTHERN AMERICA 905 298 987 64 857 363 844
241 Bermuda 60 61 0 61
242 Canada 124 30 084 6 869 36 954
243 Greenland 304 49 7 57
244 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 666 6 1 6
245 United States of America 840 268 787 57 980 326 767
246 OCEANIA 909 28 129 13 132 41 261
247 Australia/New Zealand 927 25 417 4 105 29 522
248 Australia 25 36 21 307 3 465 24 772
249 New Zealand 554 4 110 639 4 750
250 Melanesia 928 2 039 8 477 10 516
251 Fiji 242 513 399 912
252 New Caledonia 540 198 82 280
253 Papua New Guinea 598 1 109 7 310 8 418
254 Solomon Islands 90 148 475 623
255 Vanuatu 548 71 211 282
256 Micronesia 954 366 166 532
257 Guam 316 157 9 166
258 Kiribati 296 64 54 118
259 Marshall Islands 584 41 12 53
260 Micronesia (Fed. States of) 583 24 82 106
261 Nauru 520 11 0 11
262 Northern Mariana Islands 580 51 5 55
263 Palau 585 18 4 22
264 Polynesia 957 307 384 692
265 American Samoa 16 49 7 56
266 Cook Islands 184 13 4 17
267 French Polynesia 258 177 109 286
268 Niue 570 1 1 2
269 Samoa 882 36 162 198
270 Tokelau 772 0 1 1
271 Tonga 776 25 84 109
272 Tuvalu 798 7 4 11
273 Wallis and Futuna Islands 876 0 12 12
sands) and Percentage Urban, 2018
Percentage
urban
55.3
78.7
50.6
33.6
53.9
48.0
81.5
52.6
66.6
40.6
32.2
40.4
42.5
28.0
13.0
29.0
77.8
40.1
20.8
27.0
37.2
16.9
40.8
46.1
36.0
99.6
17.2
56.7
45.0
19.6
23.8
33.8
43.5
32.2
49.5
65.5
56.4
41.4
23.1
66.9
44.5
72.1
89.4
72.8
52.0
72.6
42.7
80.1
62.5
34.6
68.9
86.7
63.6
69.4
28.2
50.0
66.4
23.8
46.4
47.3
29.4
65.7
50.8
61.3
56.1
36.1
43.4
51.2
 42.4
53.7
16.4
50.3
39.8
47.2
42.1
41.7
49.9
62.9
59.2
100.0
100.0
78.2
61.9
91.6
68.4
81.5
36.2
48.2
57.4
36.4
27.1
51.6
50.5
35.8
25.5
36.6
40.9
34.0
74.9
39.8
19.7
36.7
18.5
48.9
77.6
23.4
55.3
35.0
76.0
30.6
46.9
100.0
49.9
30.6
35.9
71.6
63.1
55.7
89.3
66.8
58.6
70.5
92.4
91.0
100.0
88.6
84.5
99.1
83.8
76.2
54.2
75.1
86.5
36.6
74.5
69.6
78.6
75.0
73.8
71.4
60.1
42.6
54.0
74.4
53.7
69.4
82.2
30.9
87.9
68.9
42.1
85.4
93.8
63.2
52.6
 68.1
67.7
82.2
87.4
83.4
71.5
60.3
88.1
48.2
56.9
100.0
79.1
100.0
70.4
94.6
66.8
65.2
97.2
56.1
54.5
80.3
58.0
79.9
58.3
98.0
80.4
77.3
14.3
91.0
100.0
91.5
73.8
80.7
71.3
100.0
24.6
43.4
83.0
31.1
47.7
74.9
100.0
77.0
89.1
 70.5
81.1
36.3
98.5
55.3
55.7
89.0
9.1
93.6
30.8
18.7
52.2
100.0
53.2
93.1
95.7
74.7
45.7
79.3
72.0
51.1
57.1
80.2
58.5
67.7
84.1
91.9
69.4
86.6
87.6
80.8
63.8
77.7
85.3
26.6
61.6
77.9
66.1
95.3
88.2
82.2
100.0
81.4
86.8
 90.2
82.3
68.2
86.1
86.0
86.5
19.4
56.2
70.7
13.2
23.7
25.3
68.7
94.8
54.1
77.0
22.7
100.0
91.6
79.9
44.4
87.2
75.1
61.8
44.8
18.2
0.0
23.1
62.4
0.0
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Población urbana y rural de los países latinoamericanos y el Caribe.

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Población urbana y rural - 2018

Codigo
Región, subregión Urbana Rural Total
País
Latinoamérica y el Caribe 904 526057.19 125954.81 652012001.00
El Caribe 915 31492.82 12662.51 44155.32
Anguilla 660 15.05 0.00 15.05
Antigua and Barbuda 28 25.35 77.70 103.05
Aruba 533 45.87 59.80 105.67
Bahamas 44 331.51 67.78 399.29
Barbados 52 89.20 197.19 286.39
British Virgin Islands 92 15.14 16.58 31.72
Cayman Islands 136 62.35 0.00 62.35
Cuba 192 8850.82 2638.27 11489.08
Curaçao 531 144.04 17.54 161.58
Dominica 212 52.38 21.93 74.31
Dominican Republic 214 8823.30 2059.69 10883.00
Grenada 308 39.30 69.04 108.34
Haiti 332 6143.01 4969.94 11112.95
Jamaica 388 1613.82 1284.86 2898.68
Martinique 474 342.90 42.17 385.07
Montserrat 500 0.47 4.73 5.20
Puerto Rico 630 3424.04 234.97 3659.01
Saint Kitts and Nevis 659 17.19 38.66 55.85
Saint Lucia 662 33.56 146.11 179.67
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 670 57.52 52.68 110.20
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 534 40.55 0.00 40.55
Trinidad and Tobago 780 730.01 642.59 1372.60
Turks and Caicos Islands 796 33.48 2.48 35.96
United States Virgin Islands 850 100.42 4.49 104.91
Centroamérica 916 134211.65 45404.52 179616.16
Belize 84 174.87 207.57 382.44
Costa Rica 188 3929.85 1023.35 4953.20
El Salvador 222 4617.81 1793.75 6411.56
Guatemala 320 8804.38 8440.97 17245.35
Honduras 340 5376.80 4040.37 9417.17
Mexico 484 104811.50 25947.58 130759.07
Nicaragua 558 3677.99 2606.77 6284.76
Panama 591 2818.46 1344.16 4162.62
Suramérica 931 360352.73 67887.79 428240.51
Argentina 32 41055.87 3633.00 44688.86
Bolivia 68 7786.49 3429.19 11215.67
Brasil 76 182546.46 28321.50 210.867,954
Chile 152 15934.21 2263.00 18197.21
Colombia 170 39956.41 9508.27 49464.68
Ecuador 218 10762.37 6101.06 16863.43
Guiana Francesa 254 247.20 42.57 289.76
Guyana 328 208.12 574.10 782.23
Paraguay 600 4247.43 2649.48 6896.91
Peru 604 25360.10 7191.72 32551.82
Suriname 740 375.42 192.88 568.30
Uruguay 858 3307.66 161.89 3469.55
Venezuela 862 28562.72 3818.50 32381.22
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% Urbana
80.7
71.3
100.0
24.6
43.4
83.0
31.1
47.7
100.0
77.0
89.1
70.5
81.1
36.3
55.3
55.7
89.0
9.1
93.6
30.8
18.7
52.2
100.0
53.2
93.1
95.7
74.7
45.7
79.3
72.0
51.1
57.1
80.2
58.5
67.7
84.1
91.9
69.4
86.6
87.6
80.8
63.8
85.3
26.6
61.6
77.9
66.1
95.3
88.2
 Población urbana y rural - 2018
Región, subregión
Urbana Rural Total % Urbana
Latinoamérica y el Caribe 526.057,192 125.954,809 652.012,001 80.7
El Caribe 31.492,818 12.662,505 44.155,323 71.3
Centroamérica 134.211,645 45.404,518 179.616,163 74.7
Suramérica 360.352,729 67.887,786 428.240,515 84.1
Notes
(a) More developed regions comprise Europe, Northern America, Australia/New Zealand and Japan.
(b) Less developed regions comprise all regions of Africa, Asia (except Japan), Latin America and the Caribbean plus Melanesia,
Micronesia and Polynesia.
(c) The group of least developed countries, as defined by the United Nations General Assembly in its resolutions (59/209, 59/210,
60/33, 62/97, 64/L.55, 67/L.43, 64/295 and 68/18) included 47 countries in June 2017: 33 in Africa, 9 in Asia, 4 in Oceania and one
in Latin America and the Caribbean.
(d) Other less developed countries comprise the less developed regions excluding the least developed countries.
(e) The country classification by income level is based on 2016 GNI per capita from the World Bank.
(f) Sub-Saharan Africa refers to all of Africa except Northern Africa.
(1) Including Agalega, Rodrigues and Saint Brandon.
(2) Including Zanzibar.
(3) Including Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
(4) For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao, Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China,
and Taiwan Province of China.
(5) As of 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
(6) As of 20 December 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
(7) The regions Southern Asia and Central Asia are combined into South-Central Asia.
(8) Including Sabah and Sarawak.
(9) Including Nagorno-Karabakh.
(10) Refers to the whole country.
(11) Including Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
(12) Including East Jerusalem.
(13) Including Transnistria.
(14) Including Crimea.
(15) Refers to Guernsey, and Jersey.
(16) Including Åland Islands.
(17) Including Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.
(18) Refers to the Vatican City State.
(19) Including Kosovo.
(20) Including Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla.
(21) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
(22) Refers to Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius.
(23) Including Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin (French part).
(24) A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
(25) Including Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island.