IDA total - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in IDA total was 648,400,600 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 648,400,600 in 2020 and a minimum value of 51,655,570 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 51,655,570
1961 54,069,240
1962 56,585,550
1963 59,277,460
1964 62,146,800
1965 65,179,760
1966 68,353,460
1967 71,778,530
1968 75,394,340
1969 79,195,810
1970 83,124,540
1971 87,370,940
1972 91,801,140
1973 96,454,220
1974 101,353,800
1975 104,593,600
1976 110,075,500
1977 115,859,600
1978 121,992,200
1979 128,204,800
1980 134,836,000
1981 141,620,200
1982 147,980,300
1983 154,719,200
1984 161,918,300
1985 169,542,200
1986 177,480,700
1987 185,740,200
1988 194,324,400
1989 203,162,100
1990 212,513,500
1991 221,638,300
1992 230,966,400
1993 240,454,500
1994 249,899,000
1995 259,570,000
1996 269,503,100
1997 279,737,800
1998 290,142,700
1999 300,715,400
2000 311,675,000
2001 323,638,200
2002 336,153,800
2003 349,083,900
2004 362,441,200
2005 376,345,900
2006 390,781,000
2007 405,376,200
2008 421,143,100
2009 437,372,700
2010 454,173,900
2011 470,960,000
2012 487,770,500
2013 505,077,600
2014 523,035,200
2015 542,031,000
2016 561,746,800
2017 582,175,600
2018 603,410,900
2019 625,488,100
2020 648,400,600

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in IDA total was 37.99 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 37.99 in 2020, while its lowest value was 13.64 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 13.64
1961 13.94
1962 14.24
1963 14.55
1964 14.88
1965 15.21
1966 15.55
1967 15.90
1968 16.27
1969 16.65
1970 17.04
1971 17.46
1972 17.90
1973 18.34
1974 18.79
1975 18.90
1976 19.38
1977 19.86
1978 20.36
1979 20.83
1980 21.32
1981 21.79
1982 22.16
1983 22.54
1984 22.96
1985 23.39
1986 23.82
1987 24.25
1988 24.69
1989 25.11
1990 25.56
1991 25.94
1992 26.31
1993 26.67
1994 26.99
1995 27.32
1996 27.64
1997 27.98
1998 28.31
1999 28.63
2000 28.95
2001 29.34
2002 29.76
2003 30.17
2004 30.59
2005 31.02
2006 31.46
2007 31.88
2008 32.35
2009 32.83
2010 33.31
2011 33.76
2012 34.19
2013 34.62
2014 35.06
2015 35.53
2016 36.01
2017 36.49
2018 36.98
2019 37.48
2020 37.99

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization