Variable: Urban population (% of total population)

QoG Code: (wdi_popurb)


Dataset: World Development Indicators

Description:

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-01-23
Last updated by source: 2023-01-22


Categories:

Civil Society/Population/Culture


Find this variable in:

Basic Cross-section - 2024 Basic Time-series - 2024 OECD Cross-section - 2024 OECD Time-series - 2024 Standard Cross-section - 2024 Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section: 193
Basic time-series: 201
Standard cross-section: 193
Standard time-series: 201
OECD cross-section: 38
OECD time-series: 40

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1960-2022
Basic time-series: 1960-2022
OECD time-series: 1960-2022

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