Fragile and conflict affected situations - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 395,821,400 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 395,821,400 in 2020 and a minimum value of 37,286,200 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 37,286,200
1961 39,045,850
1962 40,882,590
1963 42,824,650
1964 44,861,700
1965 47,028,160
1966 49,276,100
1967 51,629,910
1968 54,066,340
1969 56,610,440
1970 59,282,410
1971 62,180,020
1972 65,145,230
1973 68,188,330
1974 71,204,710
1975 74,351,010
1976 77,646,710
1977 81,052,560
1978 84,550,480
1979 88,079,300
1980 91,684,090
1981 95,577,430
1982 99,556,530
1983 103,769,500
1984 108,287,400
1985 112,994,800
1986 117,860,000
1987 122,890,800
1988 128,031,600
1989 133,301,400
1990 140,188,100
1991 145,703,800
1992 151,550,900
1993 157,500,500
1994 163,301,900
1995 169,102,800
1996 174,873,500
1997 180,680,100
1998 186,550,200
1999 192,662,800
2000 199,097,200
2001 206,315,200
2002 213,804,000
2003 221,574,500
2004 229,542,600
2005 237,732,400
2006 246,130,500
2007 254,361,700
2008 263,565,900
2009 273,106,200
2010 283,018,300
2011 293,072,500
2012 303,395,900
2013 314,018,400
2014 324,831,500
2015 336,059,500
2016 347,311,500
2017 358,661,300
2018 370,355,300
2019 382,674,700
2020 395,821,400

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 42.64 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 42.64 in 2020, while its lowest value was 17.98 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 17.98
1961 18.41
1962 18.83
1963 19.27
1964 19.71
1965 20.17
1966 20.63
1967 21.09
1968 21.54
1969 22.00
1970 22.47
1971 22.98
1972 23.48
1973 23.95
1974 24.38
1975 24.80
1976 25.23
1977 25.64
1978 26.05
1979 26.44
1980 26.82
1981 27.27
1982 27.72
1983 28.20
1984 28.73
1985 29.26
1986 29.80
1987 30.33
1988 30.84
1989 31.31
1990 31.93
1991 32.28
1992 32.62
1993 32.94
1994 33.20
1995 33.47
1996 33.74
1997 34.02
1998 34.31
1999 34.60
2000 34.89
2001 35.26
2002 35.63
2003 35.98
2004 36.33
2005 36.69
2006 37.04
2007 37.34
2008 37.74
2009 38.15
2010 38.58
2011 38.97
2012 39.35
2013 39.74
2014 40.13
2015 40.55
2016 40.96
2017 41.36
2018 41.77
2019 42.19
2020 42.64

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization