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: 2025-12-19
Last updated by source: 2025-12-19


Categories:

Civil Society/Population/Culture


Find this variable in:

Basic Cross-section - 2026 Basic Time-series - 2026 OECD Cross-section - 2026 OECD Time-series - 2026 Standard Cross-section - 2026 Standard Time-series - 2026 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section: 192
Basic time-series: 192
Standard cross-section: 192
Standard time-series: 192
OECD cross-section: 32
OECD time-series: 32

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1960-2024
Basic time-series: 1960-2024
OECD time-series: 1960-2024

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This variable has information from the year 1960 to the year 2024