IDA blend - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in IDA blend was 248,003,500 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 248,003,500 in 2020 and a minimum value of 22,287,060 in 1960.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 22,287,060
1961 23,213,360
1962 24,121,320
1963 25,090,990
1964 26,111,750
1965 27,182,290
1966 28,308,470
1967 29,498,400
1968 30,745,720
1969 32,046,650
1970 33,421,560
1971 34,987,810
1972 36,595,850
1973 38,316,480
1974 40,154,120
1975 42,110,810
1976 44,187,930
1977 46,344,200
1978 48,626,070
1979 50,990,180
1980 53,343,710
1981 55,934,200
1982 58,577,240
1983 61,339,960
1984 64,222,630
1985 67,217,110
1986 70,332,690
1987 73,566,450
1988 76,890,260
1989 80,359,790
1990 84,066,670
1991 87,444,780
1992 90,920,100
1993 94,447,030
1994 98,053,940
1995 101,775,600
1996 105,651,100
1997 109,655,400
1998 113,727,500
1999 117,787,600
2000 121,970,500
2001 126,587,400
2002 131,319,800
2003 136,125,000
2004 141,097,500
2005 146,271,300
2006 151,670,600
2007 157,314,700
2008 163,199,200
2009 169,295,200
2010 175,757,600
2011 182,311,100
2012 188,787,600
2013 195,460,800
2014 202,346,500
2015 209,437,700
2016 216,720,500
2017 224,185,900
2018 231,887,000
2019 239,831,600
2020 248,003,500

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in IDA blend was 43.19 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 43.19 in 2020, while its lowest value was 18.51 in 1960.

Definition: 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.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 18.51
1961 18.83
1962 19.10
1963 19.38
1964 19.67
1965 19.97
1966 20.27
1967 20.58
1968 20.89
1969 21.21
1970 21.54
1971 21.96
1972 22.36
1973 22.79
1974 23.23
1975 23.67
1976 24.12
1977 24.54
1978 24.97
1979 25.39
1980 25.76
1981 26.20
1982 26.62
1983 27.04
1984 27.47
1985 27.91
1986 28.35
1987 28.79
1988 29.23
1989 29.68
1990 30.19
1991 30.56
1992 30.94
1993 31.31
1994 31.67
1995 32.04
1996 32.42
1997 32.79
1998 33.16
1999 33.51
2000 33.86
2001 34.32
2002 34.79
2003 35.24
2004 35.69
2005 36.15
2006 36.61
2007 37.09
2008 37.56
2009 38.04
2010 38.54
2011 39.02
2012 39.47
2013 39.92
2014 40.38
2015 40.84
2016 41.30
2017 41.76
2018 42.23
2019 42.71
2020 43.19

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization