Related research and data

• Urbanization

Charts

• Access to basic handwashing facilities in urban vs. rural areas
• Access to electricity in urban vs. rural areas
• Annual growth rate of population share in cities with at least 300,000 inhabitants
• Annual growth rate of urban population share
• Do more people live in urban or rural areas?UN national definitions, HYDE
• Employment in agriculture vs. urban populationNational definitions (UN)
• Minimum number of inhabitants for a settlement to qualify as an urban area
• Number of countries with a given minimum urban population threshold
• Number of people living in cities of different sizes
• Number of people living in cities with more than 1 million residents
• Number of people living in the capital city
• Number of people living in the world's largest cities
• Number of people living in urban and rural areasUN national definitions
• Number of people living in urban slum households
• Population density of the capital city
• Population density of the world's largest cities
• Population density vs. GDP per capita
• Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas
• Sanitation facilities usage in urban areas
• Share of children who are stunted in urban and rural areas
• Share of city residents with convenient access to public transport
• Share of population living in cities
• Share of population living in cities with more than 1 million residents
• Share of population living in cities, towns and rural areas
• Share of population living in cities, towns and suburbs vs. GDP per capita
• Share of population living in multidimensional poverty in urban vs. rural areasCurrent estimates, scatterplot
• Share of population living in rural areasDEGURBA
• Share of population living in urban and rural areasDEGURBA
• Share of population living in urban and rural areasNational definitions (UN)
• Share of population living in urban areasDEGURBA
• Share of population living in urban areasNational definitions (UN)
• Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050UN national definitions, HYDE
• Share of population living in urban areas vs. GDP per capitaUN national definitions
• Share of population living in urbanized areasHYDE
• Share of rural and urban population with access to clean fuels for cooking
• Share of rural population living near a road
• Share of urban and rural population using safely managed drinking water
• Share of urban and rural population using safely managed sanitation services
• Share of urban population living in inadequate housing
• Share of urban population living in slums
• Share of urban population who live in the largest city
• Share of urban population with convenient access to open public spaces
• Urban and rural population projected to 2050UN national definitions, HYDE
• Urban area over the long-termHYDE
• Urban policies that respond to population dynamics
• Urban population vs. female labor force participation rate
• Using safely managed drinking water in urban vs. rural areas