World Bank Document

Urban population
Percentage of urban population
Number of
As percentage Average annual In cities of cities of
of total
growth rate In largest over 500,000 over 500,000
population (percent) city persons persons
1965a 1983 1965-73 1973-83 1960 1980 1960 1980 1960 1980
65 Paraguay 36 41 3.2 3.3 44 44 0 44 0 1
66 Ecuador 37 46 3 9 3.9 31 29 0 51 0 2
67 Colombia 54 66 4.4 2.9 17 26 28 51 3 4
68 Angola 13 23 5.9 6.0 44 64 0 64 0 1
69 Cuba 58 70 2.8 1.9 32 38 38 32 1 1
70 Korea. Dem. Rep. 45 62 4.9 42 15 12 15 19 1 2
71 Lebanon 50 78 6.2 1.6 64 79 64 79 1 1
72 Mongoita 42 54 4.6 4.2 53 52 0 0 0 0
Uppermiddle4ncome 49w 64w 4.0w 3.8w 28w 29w 38w 51 w 32t 70t
73 Jordan 47 72 47 4.8 31 37 0 37 0 1
74 Syrian Arab Rep. 40 48 4.8 4.2 35 33 35 55 1 2
75 Malaysia 26 31 3.3 3 5 19 27 0 27 0 1
76 Ch le 72 82 2.8 24 38 44 38 44 1 1
77 Brazil 51 71 4.5 4.1 14 15 35 52 6 14
78 Korea. Rep. of 32 62 65 4.8 35 41 61 77 3 7
79 Argentina 76 84 2.1 2.1 46 45 54 60 3 5
80 Panama 44 50 4.1 3 0 61 66 0 66 0 1
81 Portugal 24 30 1 2 2.5 47 44 47 44 1 1
82 Mexico 55 69 4.8 4.1 28 32 36 48 3 7
83 Algeria 38 46 2.5 5.4 27 12 27 12 1 1
84 South Atrfca 47 55 2.6 3.9 16 13 44 53 4 7
85 Uruguay 81 85 0.8 0.8 56 52 56 52 1 1
86 Yugoslavia 31 45 31 2.8 11 10 11 23 1 3
87 Venezuela 72 85 4.8 4.3 26 26 26 44 1 4
88 Greece 48 64 2.5 2.6 51 57 51 70 1 2
89 Israel 81 90 3.8 2.7 46 35 46 35 1 1
90 Hong Kong 89 92 2.1 2 7 100 100 100 100 1 1
91 Sngapore 100 100 1.8 1.3 100 100 100 100 1 1
92 Trnidad and Tobago 22 22 0.6 1.0 . . 0 0 0 0
93 Iran, Islamic Rep 37 53 5.4 5.1 26 28 26 47 1 6
94 Iraq 50 69 5 7 5.3 35 55 35 70 1 3
High-income
oil exporters 37 w 68 w 8.9 w 7.9 w 29 w 28 w 0 w 34 w 0t 3t
95 Oman 4 25 10.8 17.6 . .
96 Libya 29 61 8.9 8.1 57 64 0 64 0 1
97 Saudi Arabia 39 71 84 7.4 15 18 0 33 0 2
98 Kuwa(t 75 92 9.3 7.8 75 30 0 0 0 0
99 UnitedArabEmirates 56 79 16.7 11.2 .. . .. ..
Industrial market
economies 71w 77w 1.7w 1.0w 18w 18w 48w 55w 104t 152t
100 Spain 61 76 2.5 2.0 13 17 37 44 5 6
101 Ireland 49 56 2.0 2.2 51 48 51 48 1 1
102 Italy 62 71 1.4 1.1 13 17 46 52 7 9
103 NewZealand 79 83 1.9 08 25 30 0 30 0 1
104 Belgium 68 89 09 1.3 17 14 28 24 2 2
105 United Kingdom 87 91 07 0.3 24 20 61 55 15 17
106 Austria 51 56 0.8 0.6 51 39 51 39 1 1
107 Netherlands 79 52 0.8 -1.1 9 9 27 24 3 3
108 Japan 67 76 2.4 1.3 18 22 35 42 5 9
109 France 67 80 2.0 1 2 25 23 34 34 4 6
110 Finland 44 60 28 1.9 28 27 0 27 0 1
111 Germany, Fed. Rep. 79 86 1.2 0.3 20 18 48 45 11 11
112 Australia 83 86 2.6 1.5 26 24 62 68 4 5
113 Denmark 77 85 1 3 0.7 40 32 40 32 1 1
114 Canada 73 75 1.9 1.2 14 18 31 62 2 9
115 Sweden 77 85 1.6 0.7 15 15 15 35 1 3
116 Norway 37 55 3.4 2.4 50 32 50 32 1 1
117 Unted States 72 74 1 6 1.2 13 12 61 77 40 65
118 Switzerland 53 59 1.9 0.7 19 22 19 22 1 1
East European
nonmarketeconomies 51 w 64 w 48 w -2.2 w 9 w 7 w 23 w 32 w 36t 65 t
119 Hungary 43 55 22 1 4 45 37 45 37 1 1
120 Albania 32 38 3.5 3 2 27 25 0 0 0 0
121 Bulgaria 46 67 3.2 2.1 23 18 23 18 1 1
122 Czechoslovakia 51 65 1.8 1.8 17 12 17 12 1 1
123 German Dem. Rep. 73 76 0.2 0.2 9 9 14 17 2 3
124 Poland 50 59 1.5 1.9 17 15 41 47 5 8
125 Romania 34 51 4.2 3.1 22 17 22 17 1 1
126 USSR 52 65 5.9 -34 6 4 21 33 25 50
a. Figures in italics are for years other than those specified.
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