Lower middle income - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Lower middle income was 1,413,629,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,413,629,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of 194,785,800 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 194,785,800
1961 201,725,400
1962 209,283,600
1963 217,168,200
1964 225,366,600
1965 233,892,800
1966 242,651,500
1967 251,697,700
1968 261,126,300
1969 270,919,800
1970 281,061,100
1971 291,887,500
1972 303,949,600
1973 316,586,800
1974 329,805,300
1975 341,606,100
1976 355,837,500
1977 370,572,000
1978 386,010,900
1979 401,983,900
1980 418,854,000
1981 436,412,900
1982 453,392,600
1983 471,120,300
1984 489,558,200
1985 508,569,200
1986 528,165,800
1987 548,185,900
1988 568,612,300
1989 589,315,000
1990 611,596,000
1991 631,859,800
1992 652,293,300
1993 672,853,700
1994 693,555,300
1995 714,402,500
1996 735,663,400
1997 757,317,600
1998 779,291,100
1999 801,473,000
2000 824,129,400
2001 847,244,000
2002 871,794,400
2003 896,897,200
2004 922,506,800
2005 948,677,100
2006 975,325,800
2007 1,002,519,000
2008 1,030,343,000
2009 1,058,814,000
2010 1,088,062,000
2011 1,117,815,000
2012 1,148,006,000
2013 1,178,912,000
2014 1,210,443,000
2015 1,242,703,000
2016 1,275,589,000
2017 1,309,111,000
2018 1,343,322,000
2019 1,378,166,000
2020 1,413,629,000

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Lower middle income was 42.44 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 42.44 in 2020, while its lowest value was 19.68 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 19.68
1961 19.92
1962 20.20
1963 20.48
1964 20.77
1965 21.06
1966 21.34
1967 21.62
1968 21.92
1969 22.21
1970 22.51
1971 22.84
1972 23.23
1973 23.63
1974 24.04
1975 24.32
1976 24.74
1977 25.15
1978 25.58
1979 26.01
1980 26.44
1981 26.88
1982 27.24
1983 27.62
1984 28.00
1985 28.39
1986 28.79
1987 29.18
1988 29.58
1989 29.96
1990 30.39
1991 30.73
1992 31.06
1993 31.39
1994 31.72
1995 32.04
1996 32.37
1997 32.70
1998 33.03
1999 33.37
2000 33.71
2001 34.05
2002 34.45
2003 34.85
2004 35.26
2005 35.67
2006 36.08
2007 36.50
2008 36.93
2009 37.36
2010 37.79
2011 38.23
2012 38.68
2013 39.13
2014 39.58
2015 40.04
2016 40.51
2017 40.98
2018 41.46
2019 41.95
2020 42.44

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization