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Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1974

1974, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1974 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 57 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 22.139. Against 1973, 163 values changed (150 up, 13 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation) · Data for 1974

Highest2 countries share it

100.000

Lowest57 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), 1974, 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), 1974: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe100.0000.0000.000
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe100.0000.0000.000
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia96.9422.8940.164
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia93.9644.9791.057
MacauMACEastern Asia86.90712.4640.629
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia75.29419.5795.127
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa70.03212.54017.428
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe69.23321.8168.951
LebanonLBNWestern Asia64.87722.44912.674
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia62.75029.9607.291
South KoreaKOREastern Asia62.73120.72216.546
JapanJPNEastern Asia62.25827.31110.432
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia59.89627.78712.318
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe53.20331.68315.114
ArgentinaARGSouth America53.18626.83719.977
UruguayURYSouth America52.99830.91816.084
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean49.94536.15313.902
JamaicaJAMCaribbean49.31223.03827.651
BarbadosBRBCaribbean48.68939.60811.703
ColombiaCOLSouth America48.35123.24028.409
JordanJORWestern Asia48.18425.75826.058
VenezuelaVENSouth America48.10333.64918.248
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa47.15539.27213.573
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia46.67834.68918.633
ChileCHLSouth America46.02522.70831.267

02In 1974

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Gibraltarshared100.000
  2. Vatican Cityshared100.000
  3. Singapore96.942
  4. Hong Kong93.964
  5. Macau86.907

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 22.139. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestMonaco100.000

    Lowest12 share it

    Middle country: 33.668

  • Population in rural areas (%)

    Highest10 share it

    Lowest3 share it

    Middle country: 38.841

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 163values changed, of 222 in both
  • 150 · 13rose · fell
  • 59unchanged

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 1974.

  • 165 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 57 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 (1974). Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-in-cities/1974

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07Questions

Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1974: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population living in cities in Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1974?

2 countries share the highest reading, 100.000, so no single country is named.

What year does Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1974 describe?

1974.

How many countries does Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1974 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1974?

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), 1974 the newest?

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

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