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Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1952

1952, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1952 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Vatican City is highest, at 100.00; 78 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 9.88. Against 1951, 143 values changed (133 up, 10 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation) · Data for 1952

HighestVatican City

100.00

Lowest78 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1952, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1952: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe100.000.0000.000
MacauMACEastern Asia89.789.6020.621
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia88.059.5792.368
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia86.4713.2110.318
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe65.2125.2779.513
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe55.6428.53415.828
UruguayURYSouth America46.4334.07619.493
JapanJPNEastern Asia45.2541.42413.331
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia42.7543.49613.751
BarbadosBRBCaribbean42.4244.62612.959
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa42.2930.60327.106
ArgentinaARGSouth America41.7732.05626.174
JamaicaJAMCaribbean40.1825.92933.892
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia38.3249.34612.336
LebanonLBNWestern Asia37.7141.23621.056
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe37.6639.44422.894
South KoreaKOREastern Asia35.1836.97527.846
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean34.8945.18919.919
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia34.6948.27517.035
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa33.9745.96020.066
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe33.4630.10536.439
RussiaRUSEastern Europe32.7939.23827.972
UkraineUKREastern Europe32.0734.91433.014
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia31.9827.71840.300
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa31.4853.84014.679

02In 1952

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Vatican City100.00
  2. Macau89.78
  3. Hong Kong88.05
  4. Singapore86.47
  5. Malta65.21

Lowest

  1. Zambiashared0.00
  2. Kosovoshared0.00
  3. Samoashared0.00
  4. Vanuatushared0.00
  5. United States Virgin Islandsshared0.00

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 9.88. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Population in towns and semi-dense areas (%)

    Highest2 share it

    Lowest17 share it

    Middle country: 35.792

  • Population in rural areas (%)

    Highest16 share it

    Lowest3 share it

    Middle country: 49.331

031951 → 1952

Since 1951

What changed between 1951 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 143values changed, of 222 in both
  • 133 · 10rose · fell
  • 79unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2025 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1952.

  • 145 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 78 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1952). Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1952 [data set], describing 1952. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-in-cities/1952

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07Questions

Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1952: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population living in cities in Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1952?

Vatican City, at 100.00, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1952 describe?

1952.

How many countries does Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1952 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1952?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1952 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 2025.

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