Middle income - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Middle income was 3,116,764,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,116,764,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of 512,872,100 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 512,872,100
1961 530,272,800
1962 550,696,000
1963 573,826,900
1964 597,676,100
1965 616,893,200
1966 637,013,700
1967 657,686,700
1968 679,035,700
1969 701,154,800
1970 723,941,900
1971 747,890,000
1972 772,856,800
1973 799,266,000
1974 827,123,300
1975 853,340,400
1976 881,487,000
1977 910,010,800
1978 942,472,800
1979 978,859,100
1980 1,016,457,000
1981 1,055,599,000
1982 1,095,311,000
1983 1,134,680,000
1984 1,175,178,000
1985 1,216,804,000
1986 1,259,658,000
1987 1,303,670,000
1988 1,348,498,000
1989 1,393,270,000
1990 1,438,985,000
1991 1,483,867,000
1992 1,528,580,000
1993 1,573,497,000
1994 1,618,917,000
1995 1,664,632,000
1996 1,711,024,000
1997 1,758,198,000
1998 1,805,984,000
1999 1,853,955,000
2000 1,902,591,000
2001 1,953,918,000
2002 2,008,072,000
2003 2,063,368,000
2004 2,119,556,000
2005 2,176,676,000
2006 2,233,946,000
2007 2,291,615,000
2008 2,350,444,000
2009 2,410,411,000
2010 2,471,539,000
2011 2,533,172,000
2012 2,596,274,000
2013 2,660,436,000
2014 2,725,300,000
2015 2,790,565,000
2016 2,856,458,000
2017 2,923,145,000
2018 2,988,849,000
2019 3,053,551,000
2020 3,116,764,000

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Middle income was 53.27 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 53.27 in 2020, while its lowest value was 24.13 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.

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Year Value
1960 24.13
1961 24.64
1962 25.13
1963 25.58
1964 26.04
1965 26.27
1966 26.48
1967 26.71
1968 26.94
1969 27.16
1970 27.38
1971 27.63
1972 27.90
1973 28.22
1974 28.58
1975 28.88
1976 29.24
1977 29.60
1978 30.07
1979 30.63
1980 31.19
1981 31.76
1982 32.30
1983 32.79
1984 33.30
1985 33.81
1986 34.31
1987 34.81
1988 35.31
1989 35.80
1990 36.28
1991 36.76
1992 37.24
1993 37.71
1994 38.19
1995 38.67
1996 39.15
1997 39.63
1998 40.12
1999 40.62
2000 41.12
2001 41.69
2002 42.30
2003 42.93
2004 43.56
2005 44.19
2006 44.82
2007 45.44
2008 46.06
2009 46.69
2010 47.31
2011 47.92
2012 48.52
2013 49.13
2014 49.73
2015 50.33
2016 50.93
2017 51.53
2018 52.12
2019 52.70
2020 53.27

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization