Data for 1984
Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1984
1984, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1984 covers 222 countries. 10 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; Rwanda is lowest, at 4.981. The middle country reads 50.040. Against 1983, 211 values changed (190 up, 21 down), the same countries are covered.
Urban Population Share (National Definitions) · Data for 1984
Highest10 countries share it
100.000LowestRwanda
4.981Shaded 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), 1984, 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
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 98.954 | |
| 97.743 | |
| 95.290 | |
| 92.512 | |
| 89.759 | |
| 89.730 | |
| 89.309 | |
| 89.122 | |
| 88.434 | |
| 88.328 | |
| 87.990 | |
| 86.821 | |
| 85.448 | |
| 84.558 | |
| 84.420 | |
| 83.689 | |
| 83.097 | |
| 83.030 | |
| 82.580 | |
| 82.246 | |
| 81.338 | |
| 80.648 | |
| 79.967 | |
| 79.734 | |
| 79.296 | |
| 78.478 | |
| 78.001 | |
| 76.738 | |
| 76.574 | |
| 76.292 | |
| 76.218 | |
| 75.451 | |
| 75.323 | |
| 74.849 | |
| 74.150 | |
| 73.487 | |
| 73.141 | |
| 73.039 | |
| 72.740 | |
| 71.846 | |
| 71.638 | |
| 71.200 | |
| 70.973 | |
| 70.861 | |
| 70.820 | |
| 70.473 | |
| 69.974 | |
| 69.127 | |
| 68.602 | |
| 68.234 | |
| 67.360 | |
| 67.257 | |
| 66.865 | |
| 66.804 | |
| 66.599 | |
| 66.588 | |
| 66.160 | |
| 65.939 | |
| 65.698 | |
| 65.610 | |
| 64.802 | |
| 64.646 | |
| 64.427 | |
| 63.959 | |
| 63.524 | |
| 63.443 | |
| 63.360 | |
| 63.149 | |
| 62.869 | |
| 62.774 | |
| 61.681 | |
| 61.228 | |
| 60.796 | |
| 60.053 | |
| 60.051 | |
| 59.111 | |
| 58.773 | |
| 58.764 | |
| 57.741 | |
| 57.359 | |
| 56.148 | |
| 56.037 | |
| 55.274 | |
| 55.231 | |
| 54.482 | |
| 54.384 | |
| 53.652 | |
| 53.583 | |
| 53.400 | |
| 53.119 | |
| 53.042 | |
| 52.968 | |
| 52.841 | |
| 52.187 | |
| 52.035 | |
| 51.644 | |
| 51.092 | |
| 50.769 | |
| 50.555 | |
| 50.227 | |
| 50.211 | |
| 49.869 | |
| 49.807 | |
| 49.336 | |
| 48.977 | |
| 48.789 | |
| 48.320 | |
| 48.014 | |
| 47.700 | |
| 46.881 | |
| 46.693 | |
| 46.166 | |
| 45.114 | |
| 44.422 | |
| 44.365 | |
| 44.284 | |
| 43.988 | |
| 43.955 | |
| 43.864 | |
| 43.657 | |
| 42.758 | |
| 41.821 | |
| 40.984 | |
| 39.794 | |
| 39.087 | |
| 38.989 | |
| 38.269 | |
| 38.245 | |
| 38.184 | |
| 37.501 | |
| 37.367 | |
| 37.316 | |
| 36.607 | |
| 36.331 | |
| 36.249 | |
| 35.736 | |
| 35.605 | |
| 35.040 | |
| 34.643 | |
| 34.425 | |
| 34.287 | |
| 33.525 | |
| 33.349 | |
| 33.279 | |
| 33.117 | |
| 32.870 | |
| 32.309 | |
| 32.110 | |
| 31.774 | |
| 31.769 | |
| 31.436 | |
| 30.580 | |
| 30.497 | |
| 30.486 | |
| 29.522 | |
| 29.517 | |
| 29.232 | |
| 28.564 | |
| 28.100 | |
| 27.917 | |
| 27.722 | |
| 26.619 | |
| 26.467 | |
| 26.398 | |
| 26.202 | |
| 25.984 | |
| 25.404 | |
| 25.313 | |
| 25.151 | |
| 24.953 | |
| 24.833 | |
| 24.461 | |
| 23.014 | |
| 22.617 | |
| 22.477 | |
| 22.066 | |
| 21.447 | |
| 21.195 | |
| 20.926 | |
| 20.817 | |
| 20.684 | |
| 20.200 | |
| 19.916 | |
| 19.080 | |
| 18.531 | |
| 17.924 | |
| 17.701 | |
| 17.129 | |
| 17.113 | |
| 17.040 | |
| 16.591 | |
| 16.523 | |
| 16.471 | |
| 16.464 | |
| 15.514 | |
| 15.465 | |
| 15.202 | |
| 15.163 | |
| 14.634 | |
| 13.823 | |
| 13.778 | |
| 13.499 | |
| 12.500 | |
| 12.290 | |
| 11.264 | |
| 11.202 | |
| 10.947 | |
| 9.932 | |
| 8.733 | |
| 7.743 | |
| 5.067 | |
| 4.981 |
02In 1984
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
Anguillashared100.000
Bermudashared100.000
Cayman Islandsshared100.000
Gibraltarshared100.000
Saint Martinshared100.000
Lowest
Rwanda4.981
Burundi5.067
Uganda7.743
South Sudan8.733
Malawi9.932
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 50.040. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031983 → 1984
Since 1983
What changed between 1983 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
Botswana19.567 → 22.617+3.051
United States Virgin Islands46.869 → 49.869+3.000
Cabo Verde28.131 → 30.486+2.355
Turks and Caicos Islands59.502 → 61.681+2.178
Dominica50.947 → 53.042+2.095
Fell most
Belize50.340 → 49.807−0.532
Sri Lanka20.999 → 20.684−0.315
Turkmenistan46.445 → 46.166−0.279
United Arab Emirates79.997 → 79.734−0.264
Samoa21.028 → 20.817−0.212
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 1984.
213 distinct values among 222
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 10 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.
- .csv
For a spreadsheet or code
222 rows · 8.5 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel
Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
Download urban-population-share-1984-nations-inquiry.csv - ↗
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 (1984). Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/urban-population-share/1984
0676 held
Other years
‹ The year before
Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1983222 countries
The year after ›
Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1985222 countries
All of them
Urban Population Share (National Definitions): every year76 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1984: questions and answers
Which country has the highest urban population in Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1984?
10 countries share the highest reading, 100.000, so no single country is named.
What year does Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1984 describe?
1984.
How many countries does Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1984 cover?
222.
Where can I download Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 1984?
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), 1984 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 2025.