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Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1952

1952, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

The share of a country's people living in places its own government classifies as urban. It is the familiar per-cent-urban figure and tracks one of the great shifts of the last century — but each country draws the line between town and countryside in its own way.

Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1952 covers 222 countries. 9 countries share the highest reading, 100.0000; Solomon Islands is lowest, at 1.1952. The middle country reads 28.3015. Against 1951, 211 values changed (198 up, 13 down), the same countries are covered.

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Urban Population Share (National Definitions) · Data for 1952

Highest9 countries share it

100.0000

LowestSolomon Islands

1.1952

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1952, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1952: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
AnguillaAIACaribbean100.0000
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean100.0000
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe100.0000
MonacoMCOWestern Europe100.0000
NauruNRUMicronesia100.0000
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean100.0000
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia100.0000
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean100.0000
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe100.0000
MacauMACEastern Asia96.2891
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe89.4188
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia85.2000
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe80.2437
UruguayURYSouth America78.4725
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia77.8307
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand77.3934
IcelandISLNorthern Europe74.8118
GermanyDEUWestern Europe71.6194
IsraelISRWestern Asia71.3696
BahrainBHRWestern Asia70.4369
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe69.6932
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean69.4405
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe67.3204
SwedenSWENorthern Europe66.2056
ArgentinaARGSouth America66.1079

02In 1952

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Anguillashared100.0000
  2. Cayman Islandsshared100.0000
  3. Gibraltarshared100.0000
  4. Saint Martinshared100.0000
  5. Monacoshared100.0000

Lowest

  1. Solomon Islands1.1952
  2. Burundi1.2673
  3. Eswatini1.6134
  4. Papua New Guinea1.7776
  5. Lesotho1.8013

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.3015. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031951 → 1952

Since 1951

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 211values changed, of 222 in both
  • 198 · 13rose · fell
  • 11unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2025 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 1952.

  • 214 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 9 countries share 100.0000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (1952). Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1952 [data set], describing 1952. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/urban-population-share/1952

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