Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

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About this dataset

Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Columns (4)

countrystringiso3stringyearstringvaluenumber

Sample rows

iso3yearvaluecountry
AFE202528.5416572551401Africa Eastern and Southern
AFW202522.0507421669744Africa Western and Central
ARB202527.606564318092Arab World
CSS2025Caribbean small states
CEB202517.6613659803635Central Europe and the Baltics
EAR202517.2927446555997Early-demographic dividend
EAS202511.3150104885276East Asia & Pacific
EAP20257.66946090105547East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

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