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Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 2003

2003, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 2003 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 39 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 32.029. Against 2002, 179 values changed (139 up, 40 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation) · Data for 2003

Highest2 countries share it

100.000

Lowest39 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), 2003, 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), 2003: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe100.0000.0000.000
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe100.0000.0000.000
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia99.6710.2590.071
MacauMACEastern Asia99.1000.7610.139
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia95.8483.6390.513
BahrainBHRWestern Asia87.25610.5332.211
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia84.36010.7414.899
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia75.70619.0665.227
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa75.51314.9799.508
South KoreaKOREastern Asia74.50114.55410.945
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa68.59817.19114.211
JapanJPNEastern Asia68.09222.8869.022
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe67.17226.9085.920
PalestinePSEWestern Asia63.27027.0829.648
JordanJORWestern Asia62.83625.92211.242
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia62.39624.66312.941
VenezuelaVENSouth America61.91226.00212.086
ArgentinaARGSouth America61.16922.99315.838
ChileCHLSouth America60.98717.01421.998
IsraelISRWestern Asia60.51531.4698.016
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa60.27119.29020.439
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia59.82529.14911.026
MonacoMCOWestern Europe59.81840.1820.000
BahamasBHSCaribbean58.63917.64323.718
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa57.90837.9814.110

02In 2003

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. Singapore99.671
  4. Macau99.100
  5. Hong Kong95.848

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

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestBermuda98.488

    Lowest7 share it

    Middle country: 31.112

  • Population in rural areas (%)

    Highest5 share it

    Lowest3 share it

    Middle country: 29.264

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 179values changed, of 222 in both
  • 139 · 40rose · fell
  • 43unchanged

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 2003.

  • 183 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 39 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 (2003). Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-in-cities/2003

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07Questions

Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population living in cities in Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 2003?

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

What year does Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 2003 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation), 2003?

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), 2003 the newest?

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

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