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Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1950

1950, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1950 covers 222 countries. 9 countries share the highest reading, 100.00000; Solomon Islands is lowest, at 0.96275. The middle country reads 26.33789.

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Urban Population Share (National Definitions) · Data for 1950

Highest9 countries share it

100.00000

LowestSolomon Islands

0.96275

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 Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1950, 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

Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1950: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
AnguillaAIACaribbean100.00000
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean100.00000
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe100.00000
MonacoMCOWestern Europe100.00000
NauruNRUMicronesia100.00000
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean100.00000
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia100.00000
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean100.00000
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe100.00000
MacauMACEastern Asia96.89703
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe88.90178
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia85.20000
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe80.29731
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia78.19165
UruguayURYSouth America78.03000
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand75.83220
IcelandISLNorthern Europe71.92078
IsraelISRWestern Asia71.88338
GermanyDEUWestern Europe70.40447
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe68.65896
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean67.50405
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe66.95494
ArgentinaARGSouth America64.70093
SwedenSWENorthern Europe64.67897
United StatesUSANorthern America63.98033

02In 1950

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Anguillashared100.00000
  2. Cayman Islandsshared100.00000
  3. Gibraltarshared100.00000
  4. Saint Martinshared100.00000
  5. Monacoshared100.00000

Lowest

  1. Solomon Islands0.96275
  2. Burundi1.16671
  3. Eswatini1.28481
  4. Papua New Guinea1.70000
  5. Lesotho1.75000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 26.33789. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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 1950.

  • 213 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 9 countries share 100.00000. 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.

04The files

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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 (1950). Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1950 [data set], describing 1950. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/urban-population-share/1950

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06Questions

Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1950: questions and answers

Which country has the highest urban population in Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1950?

9 countries share the highest reading, 100.00000, so no single country is named.

What year does Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1950 describe?

1950.

How many countries does Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1950 cover?

222.

Where can I download Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1950?

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

Is Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1950 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 2025.

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