Upper middle income - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Upper middle income was 1,703,135,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,703,135,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of 318,086,300 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 318,086,300
1961 328,547,400
1962 341,412,400
1963 356,658,700
1964 372,309,500
1965 383,000,400
1966 394,362,200
1967 405,989,000
1968 417,909,400
1969 430,235,000
1970 442,880,800
1971 456,002,500
1972 468,907,100
1973 482,679,200
1974 497,318,000
1975 511,734,200
1976 525,649,500
1977 539,438,800
1978 556,461,900
1979 576,875,300
1980 597,602,600
1981 619,185,800
1982 641,918,800
1983 663,560,000
1984 685,619,500
1985 708,234,900
1986 731,491,900
1987 755,483,800
1988 779,885,700
1989 803,955,400
1990 827,389,200
1991 852,007,600
1992 876,286,400
1993 900,643,300
1994 925,361,800
1995 950,229,400
1996 975,360,700
1997 1,000,880,000
1998 1,026,693,000
1999 1,052,482,000
2000 1,078,462,000
2001 1,106,674,000
2002 1,136,278,000
2003 1,166,470,000
2004 1,197,049,000
2005 1,227,999,000
2006 1,258,621,000
2007 1,289,096,000
2008 1,320,101,000
2009 1,351,597,000
2010 1,383,476,000
2011 1,415,357,000
2012 1,448,267,000
2013 1,481,525,000
2014 1,514,857,000
2015 1,547,862,000
2016 1,580,869,000
2017 1,614,034,000
2018 1,645,528,000
2019 1,675,385,000
2020 1,703,135,000

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Upper middle income was 67.57 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 67.57 in 2020, while its lowest value was 28.01 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 28.01
1961 28.84
1962 29.55
1963 30.16
1964 30.78
1965 30.95
1966 31.09
1967 31.27
1968 31.44
1969 31.60
1970 31.75
1971 31.91
1972 32.09
1973 32.34
1974 32.66
1975 33.01
1976 33.35
1977 33.70
1978 34.23
1979 34.96
1980 35.68
1981 36.43
1982 37.17
1983 37.83
1984 38.50
1985 39.18
1986 39.84
1987 40.49
1988 41.13
1989 41.76
1990 42.36
1991 43.03
1992 43.71
1993 44.39
1994 45.09
1995 45.79
1996 46.49
1997 47.21
1998 47.94
1999 48.68
2000 49.44
2001 50.32
2002 51.27
2003 52.23
2004 53.21
2005 54.19
2006 55.16
2007 56.12
2008 57.08
2009 58.04
2010 59.00
2011 59.91
2012 60.80
2013 61.67
2014 62.55
2015 63.42
2016 64.28
2017 65.13
2018 65.96
2019 66.78
2020 67.57

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization