Data for 1965
Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1965
1965, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1965 covers 222 countries. 10 countries share the highest reading, 100.00000; Burundi is lowest, at 2.29545. The middle country reads 37.27202. Against 1964, 212 values changed (202 up, 10 down), the same countries are covered.
Urban Population Share (National Definitions) · Data for 1965
Highest10 countries share it
100.00000LowestBurundi
2.29545Shaded 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), 1965, 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
| 100.00000 | |
| 100.00000 | |
| 100.00000 | |
| 100.00000 | |
| 100.00000 | |
| 100.00000 | |
| 100.00000 | |
| 100.00000 | |
| 100.00000 | |
| 100.00000 | |
| 95.86234 | |
| 89.48589 | |
| 86.92075 | |
| 85.93872 | |
| 83.18798 | |
| 82.91581 | |
| 82.31817 | |
| 81.16402 | |
| 81.14613 | |
| 80.42127 | |
| 79.06667 | |
| 78.25754 | |
| 77.81854 | |
| 77.59497 | |
| 77.27172 | |
| 77.11448 | |
| 76.86524 | |
| 75.44365 | |
| 72.94603 | |
| 72.28168 | |
| 72.23404 | |
| 71.77602 | |
| 71.62060 | |
| 68.99545 | |
| 68.01162 | |
| 67.87783 | |
| 67.80209 | |
| 67.43927 | |
| 67.18443 | |
| 66.87629 | |
| 65.83894 | |
| 62.45304 | |
| 61.97226 | |
| 61.92094 | |
| 61.16000 | |
| 61.11251 | |
| 60.36299 | |
| 60.07549 | |
| 59.97471 | |
| 59.66220 | |
| 58.80232 | |
| 58.34101 | |
| 58.30646 | |
| 56.68654 | |
| 56.48677 | |
| 56.05751 | |
| 55.85484 | |
| 54.95443 | |
| 54.60069 | |
| 54.40079 | |
| 54.25550 | |
| 54.08319 | |
| 53.39391 | |
| 52.95314 | |
| 52.41483 | |
| 52.41078 | |
| 51.56529 | |
| 51.36082 | |
| 51.15759 | |
| 50.88086 | |
| 50.61480 | |
| 50.59090 | |
| 50.22163 | |
| 49.97024 | |
| 49.64630 | |
| 49.08459 | |
| 48.98662 | |
| 48.66493 | |
| 48.60891 | |
| 47.89705 | |
| 47.53643 | |
| 47.50161 | |
| 47.39768 | |
| 47.35929 | |
| 46.78337 | |
| 45.78225 | |
| 45.69975 | |
| 45.02367 | |
| 44.53175 | |
| 44.41191 | |
| 44.13062 | |
| 42.61738 | |
| 42.47418 | |
| 42.34621 | |
| 42.06605 | |
| 42.06603 | |
| 41.85153 | |
| 41.71075 | |
| 40.86693 | |
| 40.79225 | |
| 39.63913 | |
| 39.01222 | |
| 38.91604 | |
| 38.58059 | |
| 38.36308 | |
| 38.34361 | |
| 38.15591 | |
| 38.02342 | |
| 37.90371 | |
| 37.71606 | |
| 37.28543 | |
| 37.25861 | |
| 37.13989 | |
| 36.58434 | |
| 36.41836 | |
| 36.30953 | |
| 36.17845 | |
| 36.03183 | |
| 35.84762 | |
| 35.52345 | |
| 35.20687 | |
| 35.17725 | |
| 34.90993 | |
| 34.57641 | |
| 34.12186 | |
| 32.74586 | |
| 32.51590 | |
| 32.50859 | |
| 31.96355 | |
| 31.68865 | |
| 31.42848 | |
| 31.32842 | |
| 31.23371 | |
| 30.98469 | |
| 30.88487 | |
| 29.71943 | |
| 29.38872 | |
| 27.82554 | |
| 27.15498 | |
| 26.58459 | |
| 26.50347 | |
| 26.17028 | |
| 26.05340 | |
| 25.68632 | |
| 25.41934 | |
| 24.70735 | |
| 24.67992 | |
| 24.49902 | |
| 24.36823 | |
| 24.19150 | |
| 23.69660 | |
| 23.34150 | |
| 23.20725 | |
| 22.98715 | |
| 22.86163 | |
| 22.83320 | |
| 22.54490 | |
| 22.11606 | |
| 21.85957 | |
| 21.40975 | |
| 21.40432 | |
| 21.05581 | |
| 20.70426 | |
| 20.34119 | |
| 20.29869 | |
| 19.96927 | |
| 19.92248 | |
| 19.83780 | |
| 19.55717 | |
| 19.24331 | |
| 18.61972 | |
| 17.98368 | |
| 17.53641 | |
| 17.39521 | |
| 17.15354 | |
| 17.06628 | |
| 16.53843 | |
| 16.18073 | |
| 15.66322 | |
| 14.85034 | |
| 14.53192 | |
| 14.38555 | |
| 13.88725 | |
| 13.19253 | |
| 13.14357 | |
| 12.97074 | |
| 12.90797 | |
| 12.46712 | |
| 12.41776 | |
| 12.30809 | |
| 11.73784 | |
| 11.51682 | |
| 11.46053 | |
| 10.69152 | |
| 10.36509 | |
| 10.21045 | |
| 9.52934 | |
| 9.39357 | |
| 9.33217 | |
| 9.11698 | |
| 8.85177 | |
| 8.57032 | |
| 8.41194 | |
| 8.28110 | |
| 7.80484 | |
| 6.76411 | |
| 6.61699 | |
| 6.58620 | |
| 6.06505 | |
| 5.45354 | |
| 5.41918 | |
| 5.41751 | |
| 5.03538 | |
| 4.97257 | |
| 4.56763 | |
| 4.48958 | |
| 4.46255 | |
| 3.83373 | |
| 3.72167 | |
| 2.88196 | |
| 2.70774 | |
| 2.29545 |
02In 1965
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
Anguillashared100.00000
Bermudashared100.00000
Cayman Islandsshared100.00000
Gibraltarshared100.00000
Saint Martinshared100.00000
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 37.27202. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031964 → 1965
Since 1964
What changed between 1964 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 212values changed, of 222 in both
- 202 · 10rose · fell
- 10unchanged
Rose most
Trinidad and Tobago23.83664 → 26.50347+2.66683
Bulgaria43.03807 → 45.69975+2.66167
Brunei52.18804 → 54.60069+2.41265
Norway53.61341 → 55.85484+2.24143
Gabon17.74729 → 19.96927+2.22198
Fell most
United States Virgin Islands43.21788 → 38.58059−4.63729
Antigua and Barbuda37.29956 → 36.41836−0.88120
Montserrat13.95872 → 13.19253−0.76619
Northern Mariana Islands81.05368 → 80.42127−0.63242
China18.30000 → 17.98368−0.31632
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.
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 1965.
213 distinct values among 222
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 10 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.
05The files
Download and cite
The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.
- .csv
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The publisher’s original
UN DESA Population Division’s own file, on its own site.
WUP2025-F15-National-Definitions_percPop_by_category.xlsx
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 (1965). Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1965 [data set], describing 1965. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/urban-population-share/1965
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07Questions
Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1965: questions and answers
Which country has the highest urban population in Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1965?
10 countries share the highest reading, 100.00000, so no single country is named.
What year does Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1965 describe?
1965.
How many countries does Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1965 cover?
222.
Where can I download Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1965?
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), 1965 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 2025.