Equatorial Guinea - Urban population

The value for Urban population in Equatorial Guinea was 1,025,582 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,025,582 in 2020 and a minimum value of 65,206 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 65,206
1961 67,657
1962 68,791
1963 70,020
1964 71,478
1965 73,224
1966 75,390
1967 77,854
1968 80,163
1969 81,664
1970 81,936
1971 80,825
1972 78,561
1973 75,597
1974 72,604
1975 70,117
1976 68,196
1977 66,822
1978 66,360
1979 67,219
1980 69,661
1981 73,931
1982 79,864
1983 86,764
1984 96,243
1985 105,424
1986 113,921
1987 121,852
1988 129,472
1989 137,255
1990 145,647
1991 154,733
1992 164,443
1993 174,840
1994 186,039
1995 201,161
1996 217,619
1997 235,468
1998 254,764
1999 275,466
2000 297,586
2001 321,086
2002 346,134
2003 372,910
2004 401,728
2005 432,777
2006 466,233
2007 502,050
2008 540,133
2009 580,245
2010 622,236
2011 666,013
2012 711,522
2013 748,580
2014 786,523
2015 825,201
2016 864,455
2017 904,178
2018 944,327
2019 984,809
2020 1,025,582

Development Relevance: Explosive growth of cities globally signifies the demographic transition from rural to urban, and is associated with shifts from an agriculture-based economy to mass industry, technology, and service. In principle, cities offer a more favorable setting for the resolution of social and environmental problems than rural areas. Cities generate jobs and income, and deliver education, health care and other services. Cities also present opportunities for social mobilization and women's empowerment.

Limitations and Exceptions: Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverage. There is no consistent and universally accepted standard for distinguishing urban from rural areas, in part because of the wide variety of situations across countries. Most countries use an urban classification related to the size or characteristics of settlements. Some define urban areas based on the presence of certain infrastructure and services. And other countries designate urban areas based on administrative arrangements. Because of national differences in the characteristics that distinguish urban from rural areas, the distinction between urban and rural population is not amenable to a single definition that would be applicable to all countries. Estimates of the world's urban population would change significantly if China, India, and a few other populous nations were to change their definition of urban centers. Because the estimates of city and metropolitan area are based on national definitions of what constitutes a city or metropolitan area, cross-country comparisons should be made with caution.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The indicator is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. To estimate urban populations, UN ratios of urban to total population were applied to the World Bank's estimates of total population. Countries differ in the way they classify population as "urban" or "rural." The population of a city or metropolitan area depends on the boundaries chosen.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization