Financial systems and development

Table 31. Urbanization
Urban population
Number of
As percentage Average annual Percentage of urban population
cities of
of total growth rate In cities ofoacer over 500,000
population (percent) In largest ciscv 500,000 persons persons
1965 1987 1965-8O 1980-87 1960 1980 1960 1980 1960 1980
Low-ncoeecnmis17 w 30 w 3.5 w 8.8 w 1w 13 w 30 w 43 w 59 t W165
China and India 18 w 33 w 3.0 w 10.1 w 6 w 6 w 36 w 43 w 49 t 114 t
Other low-income 14 w 24 w 4.8 w 5.6 w 24 w 29 w 17 w 43 w l t Si t
I Ethiopia 8 12 4.9 4.6 30 37 0 37 0 1
2 Bhutan 3 5 3.9 4.9 . .. 0 0 0 0
3 Chad 9 30 7.8 7.8 .. 39 0 0 0 0
4 Zaire 26 38 4.5 4.6 14 28 14 38 1 2
5 Bangladesh 6 13 6.4 5.8 20 30 20 51 1 3
6 Malawi 5 13 7.5 8.6 . 19 0 0 0 0
7 Nepal 4 9 6.4 7.8 41 27 0 0 0 0
8 Lao PDR 8 17 5.2 6.1 69 48 0 0 0 0
9 Mozambique 5 23 9.4 10.7 75 83 0 83 0 1
10 Tanzania 5 29 10.8 11.3 34 50 0 50 0 I
i 1Burkina Faso 5 8 4.1 5.3 .. 41 0 0 0 0
12 Madagaucar 12 23 5.4 6.4 44 36 0 36 0 1
13 Mali 13 19 4.3 3.4 32 24 0 0 0 0
14 Burundi 2 7 6.0 9.2 . . 0 0 0 0
15 Zainbia 23 53 7.2 6.6 .. 35 0 35 0 1
16 Niger 7 18 7.0 7.5 . 31 0 0 0 0
17 Uganda 7 10 5.0 5.0 38 52 0 52 0 I
18 China 18 38 2.3 11.0 6 6 42 45 38 78
19 Somalia 20 36 5.5 5.5 .. 34 0 0 0 0
20OTogo I11 24 6.6 6.9 .. 60 0 00 0
21 India 19 27 3.9 4.1 7 6 26 39 1 36
22 Rwanda 3 7 7.5 8.1 . .. 0 0 0 0
23 Sierra Leone 15 26 4.3 5.0 37 47 0 0 0 0
24 Benin I11 39 9.0 7.9 .. 63 0 63 0 1
25 Central African Rep. 27 45 4.3 4.7 40 36 0 0 0 0
26 Kenya 9 22 8.0 8.6 40 57 0 57 0 1
27 Sudan 13 21 5.7 4.2 30 31 0 31 0 1
28 Pakistan 24 31 4.3 4.5 20 21 33 51 2 7
29 Haiti 18 29 4.2 4.1 42 56 0 56 0 1
30 Lesotho 6 19 7.8 7.2 . .. 0 0 0 0
31 Nigeria 17 33 5.7 6.3 13 17 22 58 2 9
32 Ghana 26 32 3.2 4.1 25 35 0 48 0 2
33 Sri Lanka 20 21 2.3 1.2 28 16 0 16 0 1
34 Yemen, PDR 30 42 3.5 4.6 61 49 0 0 0 0
35 Mauritania 10 38 9.2 7.9 . 39 0 0 0 0
36 Indonesia 16 27 4.8 5.0 20 23 34 50 3 9
37 Liberia 22 42 6.2 5.9 . 0 0 0 0
38 Afghanistan 9 . 6.0 . 33 17 0 17 0 I
39 Burnsa 21 24 3.2 2.3 23 23 23 23 1 2
40 Guinea 12 24 5.3 5.7 37 80 0 80 0 I
41 Kampuchea,Dem. 11 .- 0.5 .
42 Viet Nam .. 21 .. 3.9 .. 21 .. 50 .. 4
Middle-income economies 42 w 57 w 3.9 w 3.4 w 29 w 31 w 34 w 47 w Si t 112t
Lower-middle-income 39 w St w 3.8 w 3.5 w 31 w 34 w 32 w 46 w 29 t 61t
43 Senegal 33 37 2.9 3.8 53 65 0 65 0 1
44 Bolivia 40 50 3.1 4.4 47 44 0 44 0 1
45 Zimbabwe 14 26 6.0 6.3 40 50 0 50 0 1
46 PhOippines 32 41 4.2 3.8 27 30 27 34 1 2
47 YemenArab Rep. 5 23 10.1 8.4 .. 25 0 0 0 0
48 Morocco 32 47 4.3 4.5 16 26 16 50 1 4
49 Egypt, Arab Rep. 41 48 2.9 3.7 38 39 53 53 2 2
50 Papua New Guinea 5 15 8.1 4.8 .. 25 0 0 0 0
51 Dominican Rep. 35 58 5.2 4.4 50 54 0 54 0 1
52 C6te d'Ivoire 23 44 7.5 6.9 27 34 0 34 0 1
53 Honduras 26 42 5.5 5.8 31 33 0 0 0 0
54 Nicaragua 43 58 4.7 4.7 41 47 0 47 0 1
55 Thailand 13 21 5.1 4.9 65 69 65 69 1
56 El Salvador 39 44 3.2 1.9 26 22 0 0 0 0
57 Congo, People's Rep. 34 41 3.4 4.6 77 56 0 0 0 0
58 Jamaica 38 51 2.9 2.6 77 66 0 66 0 1
59 Guatemala 34 33 2.7 2.9 41 36 41 36 1 1
60 Cameroon 16 46 8.1 7.4 26 21 0 21 0 1
61 Paraguay 36 46 3.8 4.6 44 44 0 44 0 1
62 Ecuador 37 55 4.7 5.0 31 29 0 51 0 2
63 Botswana 4 21 12.4 8.1 .. .
64 Tunisia 40 54 4.0 2.9 40 30 40 30 1 1
65 Turkey 34 47 4.2 3.4 18 24 32 42 3 4
66 Colombia 54 69 3.4 2.9 17 26 28 51 3 4
67 Chile 72 85 2.6 2.3 38 44 38 44 1 1
Note: For data comparability and coverage, see the technical notes. Figures in italics are for yearnsother than those specified.
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