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Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1961

1961, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1961 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Vatican City is highest, at 100.000; 67 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 13.691. Against 1960, 154 values changed (148 up, 6 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation) · Data for 1961

HighestVatican City

100.000

Lowest67 countries share it

0.000

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), 1961, 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), 1961: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe100.0000.0000.000
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia92.8476.9400.214
MacauMACEastern Asia90.4098.9360.655
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia90.3928.1091.500
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe68.81622.4798.704
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe55.79728.68015.523
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia55.13635.7349.131
JapanJPNEastern Asia53.41634.55312.032
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia50.91838.90810.174
UruguayURYSouth America49.68432.64717.669
JamaicaJAMCaribbean48.69220.39230.916
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa48.33928.35623.305
ArgentinaARGSouth America46.98929.74423.266
LebanonLBNWestern Asia45.04237.96516.993
BarbadosBRBCaribbean45.02742.75912.214
South KoreaKOREastern Asia43.37934.49522.126
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia41.07042.97715.954
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa40.31943.11516.565
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean40.03643.61216.352
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe39.14539.87920.977
JordanJORWestern Asia38.26722.29639.437
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia37.88238.16523.953
RussiaRUSEastern Europe37.87037.08825.042
VenezuelaVENSouth America37.64537.38924.966
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe37.33828.01934.643

02In 1961

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Vatican City100.000
  2. Singapore92.847
  3. Macau90.409
  4. Hong Kong90.392
  5. Malta68.816

Lowest

  1. Samoashared0.000
  2. Vanuatushared0.000
  3. United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000
  4. British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
  5. Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 13.691. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestMonaco100.000

    Lowest14 share it

    Middle country: 35.706

  • Population in rural areas (%)

    Highest13 share it

    Lowest3 share it

    Middle country: 44.823

031960 → 1961

Since 1960

What changed between 1960 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 154values changed, of 222 in both
  • 148 · 6rose · fell
  • 68unchanged

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 1961.

  • 156 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 67 countries share 0.000. 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 (1961). Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1961 [data set], describing 1961. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-in-cities/1961

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07Questions

Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1961: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population living in cities in Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1961?

Vatican City, at 100.000, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1961 describe?

1961.

How many countries does Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1961 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1961?

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), 1961 the newest?

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

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