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Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1983

1983, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1983 covers 222 countries. 10 countries share the highest reading, 100.00000; Burundi is lowest, at 4.87713. The middle country reads 49.58287. Against 1982, 211 values changed (190 up, 21 down), the same countries are covered.

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Urban Population Share (National Definitions) · Data for 1983

Highest10 countries share it

100.00000

LowestBurundi

4.87713

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), 1983, 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), 1983: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
AnguillaAIACaribbean100.00000
BermudaBMUNorthern America100.00000
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 Asia98.83467
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia97.24103
AndorraANDSouthern Europe94.97835
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia92.27413
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe89.71171
IsraelISRWestern Asia89.57096
GuamGUMMicronesia89.11792
IcelandISLNorthern Europe88.88634
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia87.56969
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe87.04285
QatarQATWestern Asia86.88696
UruguayURYSouth America86.38440
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand85.53722
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe84.27214
ArgentinaARGSouth America84.12224

02In 1983

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Anguillashared100.00000
  2. Bermudashared100.00000
  3. Cayman Islandsshared100.00000
  4. Gibraltarshared100.00000
  5. Saint Martinshared100.00000

Lowest

  1. Burundi4.87713
  2. Rwanda4.94744
  3. Uganda7.42521
  4. South Sudan8.51886
  5. Malawi9.73139

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 49.58287. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031982 → 1983

Since 1982

What changed between 1982 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 211values changed, of 222 in both
  • 190 · 21rose · fell
  • 11unchanged

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 1983.

  • 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.

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 (1983). Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1983 [data set], describing 1983. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/urban-population-share/1983

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07Questions

Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1983: questions and answers

Which country has the highest urban population in Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1983?

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

What year does Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1983 describe?

1983.

How many countries does Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1983 cover?

222.

Where can I download Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1983?

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), 1983 the newest?

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

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