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Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1969

1969, 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), 1969 covers 222 countries. 10 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; Burundi is lowest, at 2.753. The middle country reads 39.350. Against 1968, 212 values changed (201 up, 11 down), the same countries are covered.

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Urban Population Share (National Definitions) · Data for 1969

Highest10 countries share it

100.000

LowestBurundi

2.753

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), 1969, 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), 1969: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
AnguillaAIACaribbean100.000
BermudaBMUNorthern America100.000
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean100.000
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe100.000
MonacoMCOWestern Europe100.000
NauruNRUMicronesia100.000
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean100.000
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia100.000
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean100.000
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe100.000
MacauMACEastern Asia96.817
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe89.354
GuamGUMMicronesia88.688
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia87.326
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand84.783
IcelandISLNorthern Europe84.754
IsraelISRWestern Asia83.745
UruguayURYSouth America81.809
SwedenSWENorthern Europe80.643
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia80.488
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia80.225
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia80.042
GermanyDEUWestern Europe79.601
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe79.195
BahrainBHRWestern Asia78.975

02In 1969

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Anguillashared100.000
  2. Bermudashared100.000
  3. Cayman Islandsshared100.000
  4. Gibraltarshared100.000
  5. Saint Martinshared100.000

Lowest

  1. Burundi2.753
  2. Bhutan3.007
  3. Rwanda3.141
  4. Nepal3.866
  5. Malawi5.381

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 39.350. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031968 → 1969

Since 1968

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 212values changed, of 222 in both
  • 201 · 11rose · fell
  • 10unchanged

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 1969.

  • 213 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 10 countries share 100.000. 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 (1969). Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1969 [data set], describing 1969. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/urban-population-share/1969

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