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Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1976

1976, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1976 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 49 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 22.694. Against 1975, 170 values changed (136 up, 34 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation) · Data for 1976

Highest2 countries share it

100.000

Lowest49 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), 1976, 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), 1976: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe100.0000.0000.000
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe100.0000.0000.000
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia97.6692.1740.158
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia93.9455.0810.973
MacauMACEastern Asia84.46414.8840.652
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia77.53117.7084.761
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa71.74311.53716.720
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe68.89222.3858.723
LebanonLBNWestern Asia67.54419.70512.751
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia64.62128.3117.068
South KoreaKOREastern Asia64.57519.36116.063
JapanJPNEastern Asia62.93726.79810.264
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia61.28026.52812.192
ArgentinaARGSouth America54.20126.16919.631
UruguayURYSouth America53.42830.56116.012
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe52.86731.97515.157
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean50.45235.68213.865
JordanJORWestern Asia50.07425.12324.803
VenezuelaVENSouth America49.84232.47417.685
JamaicaJAMCaribbean49.10123.71827.181
BarbadosBRBCaribbean48.99039.06711.943
ColombiaCOLSouth America48.98522.97328.041
ChileCHLSouth America47.54021.90030.560
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia47.35034.34518.305
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa47.17539.41613.409

02In 1976

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. Singapore97.669
  4. Hong Kong93.945
  5. Macau84.464

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

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestMonaco100.000

    Lowest10 share it

    Middle country: 33.758

  • Population in rural areas (%)

    Highest8 share it

    Lowest3 share it

    Middle country: 37.767

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 170values changed, of 222 in both
  • 136 · 34rose · fell
  • 52unchanged

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 1976.

  • 173 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 49 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 (1976). Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-in-cities/1976

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07Questions

Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1976: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population living in cities in Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1976?

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

What year does Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1976 describe?

1976.

How many countries does Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1976 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 1976?

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), 1976 the newest?

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

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