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Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 2000

2000, 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), 2000 covers 222 countries. 11 countries share the highest reading, 100.0000; Montserrat is lowest, at 8.0172. The middle country reads 56.0649. Against 1999, 210 values changed (172 up, 38 down), the same countries are covered.

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Urban Population Share (National Definitions) · Data for 2000

Highest11 countries share it

100.0000

LowestMontserrat

8.0172

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), 2000, 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), 2000: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
AnguillaAIACaribbean100.0000
BermudaBMUNorthern America100.0000
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean100.0000
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe100.0000
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia100.0000
MonacoMCOWestern Europe100.0000
NauruNRUMicronesia100.0000
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean100.0000
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia100.0000
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean100.0000
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe100.0000
MacauMACEastern Asia99.9958
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia99.0000
QatarQATWestern Asia96.2943
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean94.4035
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe93.7710
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe93.2783
GuamGUMMicronesia93.1395
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean92.6234
AndorraANDSouthern Europe92.2559
IcelandISLNorthern Europe91.9674
IsraelISRWestern Asia91.2810
UruguayURYSouth America91.2770
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean90.8692
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia90.1578

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Anguillashared100.0000
  2. Bermudashared100.0000
  3. Cayman Islandsshared100.0000
  4. Gibraltarshared100.0000
  5. Hong Kongshared100.0000

Lowest

  1. Montserrat8.0172
  2. Burundi8.0438
  3. Uganda11.6415
  4. Papua New Guinea13.2229
  5. Sri Lanka14.6197

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 56.0649. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 210values changed, of 222 in both
  • 172 · 38rose · fell
  • 12unchanged

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 2000.

  • 212 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 11 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 (2000). Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/urban-population-share/2000

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