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Share of the population which live in urban versus rural areas. Here, 'majority urban' indicates more than 50 percent of the population live in urban centres; 'majority
rural' indicates less than 50 percent. Urban populations are defined based on the definition of urban areas by national statistical offices. This is based on estimates to
2016, combined with UN projections to 2050.
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2050
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- Access to electricity, urban vs. rural
- City population
- Employment in agriculture vs. urban population
- European long-term urban and rural population sharesDe Vries (1500 to 1980)
- European urban and rural populations over the long runDe Vries (1500 to 1980)
- European urban population shares from 1500-1980
- GDP per capita vs population density
- Growth of cities
- Level of urbanization vs. GNP per capita
- Minimum number of inhabitants for a settlement to classify as an urban area
- Number of countries with a given minimum urban population threshold
- Number of people living in the capital city
- Number of people living in urban and rural areasUN (1960 to 2017)
- Number of people living in urban slum households
- Population density
- Population density by city
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million
- Population living in urban and rural areasUN (1500 to 2016)
- Share of people living in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million
- Share of people living in urban areasUN (1960 to 2017)
- Share of people living in urban areasEuropean Commission (2015)
- Share of the population living in urban areas
- Share of the population living in urbanized areas
- Share of the urban population who live in the largest city
- Share of urban population living in slums
- Transport CO₂ emissions vs. population density of cities
- Urban and rural population projected to 2050Historical sources & UN (1500 to 2050)
- Urban and rural populations in the United StatesUS Census Bureau (1790 to 2010)
- Urban area over the long-termHYDE (10,000 BC to 2000)
- Urban land area
- Urban population living in slums
- Urban population vs. GDP per capita
- Urbanization over the past 500 yearsHistorical sources & UN (1500 to 2016)