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Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1956

1956, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1956 covers 222 countries. 9 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; Burundi is lowest, at 1.523. The middle country reads 31.113. Against 1955, 212 values changed (199 up, 13 down), the same countries are covered.

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Urban Population Share (National Definitions) · Data for 1956

Highest9 countries share it

100.000

LowestBurundi

1.523

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), 1956, 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), 1956: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
AnguillaAIACaribbean100.000
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean100.000
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe100.000
MonacoMCOWestern Europe100.000
NauruNRUMicronesia100.000
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean100.000
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia100.000
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean100.000
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe100.000
MacauMACEastern Asia95.523
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe90.204
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia85.200
BahrainBHRWestern Asia79.847
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand79.799
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe79.509
UruguayURYSouth America79.335
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia78.899
IcelandISLNorthern Europe77.378
GermanyDEUWestern Europe73.777
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean72.736
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe71.803
IsraelISRWestern Asia71.405
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia70.973
SwedenSWENorthern Europe69.235
ArgentinaARGSouth America68.919

02In 1956

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Anguillashared100.000
  2. Cayman Islandsshared100.000
  3. Gibraltarshared100.000
  4. Saint Martinshared100.000
  5. Monacoshared100.000

Lowest

  1. Burundi1.523
  2. Solomon Islands1.803
  3. Lesotho2.132
  4. Rwanda2.298
  5. Bhutan2.303

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 31.113. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031955 → 1956

Since 1955

What changed between 1955 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 212values changed, of 222 in both
  • 199 · 13rose · fell
  • 10unchanged

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 1956.

  • 214 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 9 countries share 100.000. 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 (1956). Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1956 [data set], describing 1956. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/urban-population-share/1956

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07Questions

Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1956: questions and answers

Which country has the highest urban population in Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1956?

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

What year does Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1956 describe?

1956.

How many countries does Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1956 cover?

222.

Where can I download Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1956?

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), 1956 the newest?

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

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