High income - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in High income was 994,850,400 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 994,850,400 in 2020 and a minimum value of 482,762,800 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 482,762,800
1961 492,711,900
1962 502,937,600
1963 513,354,300
1964 523,808,300
1965 534,111,000
1966 544,029,800
1967 553,831,800
1968 563,517,200
1969 573,135,000
1970 582,649,900
1971 592,932,800
1972 602,139,200
1973 611,154,200
1974 620,101,200
1975 628,811,800
1976 636,654,700
1977 644,408,700
1978 652,284,200
1979 660,449,300
1980 668,524,000
1981 676,860,200
1982 684,559,200
1983 691,785,500
1984 698,662,500
1985 705,550,100
1986 712,890,100
1987 720,579,300
1988 728,290,500
1989 736,059,700
1990 744,336,800
1991 753,395,000
1992 760,221,600
1993 768,793,100
1994 777,016,100
1995 786,521,000
1996 794,391,100
1997 802,038,300
1998 809,570,800
1999 817,077,200
2000 824,514,900
2001 833,540,000
2002 843,358,000
2003 852,892,600
2004 862,667,800
2005 872,515,200
2006 882,656,100
2007 893,016,400
2008 903,802,000
2009 913,710,100
2010 922,891,600
2011 929,636,200
2012 937,127,700
2013 944,633,700
2014 952,302,200
2015 959,913,000
2016 967,555,400
2017 974,615,200
2018 981,369,200
2019 987,687,500
2020 994,850,400

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in High income was 81.76 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 81.76 in 2020, while its lowest value was 63.54 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 63.54
1961 64.03
1962 64.52
1963 65.03
1964 65.55
1965 66.05
1966 66.55
1967 67.07
1968 67.58
1969 68.05
1970 68.50
1971 68.90
1972 69.27
1973 69.62
1974 69.98
1975 70.32
1976 70.60
1977 70.88
1978 71.16
1979 71.44
1980 71.72
1981 72.03
1982 72.30
1983 72.54
1984 72.77
1985 73.00
1986 73.25
1987 73.54
1988 73.81
1989 74.05
1990 74.31
1991 74.58
1992 74.79
1993 75.04
1994 75.29
1995 75.58
1996 75.82
1997 76.04
1998 76.27
1999 76.49
2000 76.71
2001 77.05
2002 77.44
2003 77.81
2004 78.16
2005 78.51
2006 78.82
2007 79.12
2008 79.41
2009 79.69
2010 79.96
2011 80.17
2012 80.34
2013 80.51
2014 80.68
2015 80.85
2016 81.02
2017 81.20
2018 81.38
2019 81.57
2020 81.76

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization