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- 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 cities, towns and rural areas
- 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 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