Low income - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Low income was 222,498,100 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 222,498,100 in 2020 and a minimum value of 18,378,350 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 18,378,350
1961 19,268,220
1962 20,191,180
1963 21,162,830
1964 22,201,950
1965 23,324,530
1966 24,536,960
1967 25,841,940
1968 27,328,000
1969 28,984,680
1970 30,694,500
1971 32,127,210
1972 33,618,200
1973 35,151,430
1974 36,701,600
1975 38,309,340
1976 39,901,670
1977 41,567,230
1978 43,275,320
1979 44,980,320
1980 46,751,290
1981 48,643,440
1982 50,590,010
1983 52,651,320
1984 54,893,090
1985 57,321,740
1986 59,845,090
1987 62,470,660
1988 65,248,260
1989 68,138,900
1990 71,261,790
1991 74,503,360
1992 77,909,970
1993 81,440,730
1994 84,764,400
1995 88,087,440
1996 91,408,910
1997 94,826,350
1998 98,277,050
1999 101,862,500
2000 105,639,600
2001 109,614,400
2002 113,773,000
2003 118,088,700
2004 122,601,000
2005 127,384,800
2006 132,400,000
2007 137,237,100
2008 142,886,600
2009 148,646,100
2010 154,461,700
2011 160,012,200
2012 165,498,600
2013 171,129,100
2014 177,041,600
2015 183,627,800
2016 190,583,900
2017 197,912,700
2018 205,654,400
2019 213,843,200
2020 222,498,100

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Low income was 33.45 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 33.45 in 2020, while its lowest value was 13.34 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 13.34
1961 13.68
1962 14.02
1963 14.37
1964 14.74
1965 15.12
1966 15.52
1967 15.94
1968 16.43
1969 16.98
1970 17.52
1971 17.88
1972 18.24
1973 18.60
1974 18.93
1975 19.27
1976 19.56
1977 19.87
1978 20.17
1979 20.45
1980 20.74
1981 21.06
1982 21.38
1983 21.72
1984 22.10
1985 22.51
1986 22.91
1987 23.30
1988 23.70
1989 24.08
1990 24.48
1991 24.86
1992 25.24
1993 25.60
1994 25.87
1995 26.12
1996 26.35
1997 26.60
1998 26.83
1999 27.06
2000 27.29
2001 27.53
2002 27.77
2003 28.00
2004 28.25
2005 28.52
2006 28.80
2007 29.02
2008 29.37
2009 29.72
2010 30.06
2011 30.34
2012 30.58
2013 30.83
2014 31.09
2015 31.44
2016 31.80
2017 32.18
2018 32.58
2019 33.01
2020 33.45

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization