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Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 2001

2001, 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), 2001 covers 222 countries. 11 countries share the highest reading, 100.0000; Burundi is lowest, at 8.2411. The middle country reads 56.0225. Against 2000, 210 values changed (174 up, 36 down), the same countries are covered.

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Urban Population Share (National Definitions) · Data for 2001

Highest11 countries share it

100.0000

LowestBurundi

8.2411

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), 2001, 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), 2001: 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 Asia99.9999
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia99.2348
QatarQATWestern Asia96.4674
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean94.3774
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe93.9000
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe93.3622
GuamGUMMicronesia93.2781
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean92.9313
IcelandISLNorthern Europe92.0452
AndorraANDSouthern Europe91.8950
UruguayURYSouth America91.3759
IsraelISRWestern Asia91.3650
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean91.0601
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia90.2518

02In 2001

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. Burundi8.2411
  2. Montserrat9.5000
  3. Uganda11.9014
  4. Papua New Guinea13.1864
  5. Sri Lanka14.5740

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 56.0225. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 210values changed, of 222 in both
  • 174 · 36rose · 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 2001.

  • 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 (2001). Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/urban-population-share/2001

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