Urban population

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About this dataset

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Columns (4)

countrystringiso3stringyearstringvaluenumber

Sample rows

iso3yearvaluecountry
AFE2025305299615Africa Eastern and Southern
AFW2025284931860Africa Western and Central
ARB2025302195991Arab World
CSS20252282886Caribbean small states
CEB202561791785Central Europe and the Baltics
EAR20251712598191Early-demographic dividend
EAS20251548592669East Asia & Pacific
EAP20251330364886East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

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