Data for 2010
Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 2010
2010, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 2010 covers 222 countries. 14 countries share the highest reading, 100.0000; Montserrat is lowest, at 9.1678. The middle country reads 60.8043. Against 2009, 209 values changed (170 up, 39 down), the same countries are covered.
Urban Population Share (National Definitions) · Data for 2010
Highest14 countries share it
100.0000LowestMontserrat
9.1678Shaded 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), 2010, 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
| 100.0000 | |
| 100.0000 | |
| 100.0000 | |
| 100.0000 | |
| 100.0000 | |
| 100.0000 | |
| 100.0000 | |
| 100.0000 | |
| 100.0000 | |
| 100.0000 | |
| 100.0000 | |
| 100.0000 | |
| 100.0000 | |
| 100.0000 | |
| 98.5066 | |
| 97.0746 | |
| 94.5724 | |
| 94.3333 | |
| 94.2412 | |
| 94.0765 | |
| 93.7589 | |
| 93.4588 | |
| 91.7316 | |
| 91.2491 | |
| 90.9930 | |
| 90.9488 | |
| 90.6229 | |
| 90.3748 | |
| 88.8026 | |
| 88.7605 | |
| 88.4879 | |
| 88.1177 | |
| 87.6392 | |
| 87.3503 | |
| 86.9560 | |
| 86.8652 | |
| 86.3191 | |
| 86.2199 | |
| 86.1853 | |
| 85.8614 | |
| 85.1334 | |
| 84.9719 | |
| 84.3438 | |
| 84.2785 | |
| 83.8853 | |
| 83.3714 | |
| 82.4198 | |
| 82.2601 | |
| 82.0792 | |
| 81.9685 | |
| 81.0121 | |
| 80.9952 | |
| 80.6998 | |
| 80.6627 | |
| 80.3057 | |
| 80.0000 | |
| 79.2450 | |
| 78.5138 | |
| 77.4021 | |
| 77.0963 | |
| 76.7233 | |
| 76.6099 | |
| 76.5244 | |
| 76.3631 | |
| 75.2507 | |
| 75.1580 | |
| 74.5501 | |
| 74.1643 | |
| 73.6696 | |
| 73.6087 | |
| 73.4116 | |
| 73.3496 | |
| 73.3154 | |
| 71.5149 | |
| 71.5081 | |
| 70.8625 | |
| 70.6487 | |
| 70.6093 | |
| 69.7856 | |
| 69.5305 | |
| 69.3471 | |
| 69.0583 | |
| 68.6374 | |
| 68.2164 | |
| 67.9983 | |
| 67.8298 | |
| 67.8271 | |
| 67.8048 | |
| 67.5229 | |
| 67.1235 | |
| 67.1047 | |
| 66.7713 | |
| 66.7038 | |
| 66.6280 | |
| 66.4338 | |
| 66.4076 | |
| 66.0572 | |
| 65.4328 | |
| 65.0926 | |
| 64.3304 | |
| 64.3070 | |
| 64.1613 | |
| 63.4946 | |
| 62.7405 | |
| 62.6299 | |
| 62.3923 | |
| 62.0157 | |
| 61.8911 | |
| 61.7974 | |
| 61.0789 | |
| 60.8475 | |
| 60.7610 | |
| 60.3070 | |
| 60.1310 | |
| 59.5123 | |
| 59.3506 | |
| 59.2366 | |
| 58.3288 | |
| 58.1207 | |
| 56.8423 | |
| 56.0111 | |
| 55.6962 | |
| 55.2825 | |
| 55.1969 | |
| 55.0541 | |
| 54.5651 | |
| 54.2054 | |
| 54.0900 | |
| 53.9038 | |
| 53.7536 | |
| 53.2848 | |
| 53.1219 | |
| 52.0415 | |
| 51.9396 | |
| 51.8816 | |
| 51.6778 | |
| 51.3322 | |
| 51.3274 | |
| 51.3270 | |
| 50.8505 | |
| 50.7297 | |
| 50.1195 | |
| 49.8521 | |
| 49.2340 | |
| 48.4604 | |
| 48.1408 | |
| 47.2374 | |
| 46.9172 | |
| 46.3428 | |
| 46.0680 | |
| 46.0626 | |
| 45.9542 | |
| 45.7392 | |
| 45.5208 | |
| 45.1915 | |
| 44.0019 | |
| 43.6372 | |
| 42.9057 | |
| 42.8917 | |
| 42.6603 | |
| 41.7946 | |
| 40.3046 | |
| 40.0096 | |
| 39.9559 | |
| 39.3914 | |
| 39.2805 | |
| 39.1510 | |
| 38.6417 | |
| 38.6245 | |
| 38.5735 | |
| 37.9299 | |
| 37.5546 | |
| 37.2537 | |
| 36.7646 | |
| 35.8743 | |
| 35.6347 | |
| 35.2678 | |
| 34.8159 | |
| 33.9052 | |
| 33.8075 | |
| 32.7285 | |
| 32.7174 | |
| 31.8713 | |
| 31.3056 | |
| 30.9862 | |
| 30.9042 | |
| 30.6469 | |
| 30.6233 | |
| 30.2504 | |
| 29.6399 | |
| 29.1415 | |
| 28.8541 | |
| 28.1969 | |
| 27.8652 | |
| 27.7254 | |
| 27.4005 | |
| 26.5274 | |
| 26.4592 | |
| 26.0170 | |
| 24.7425 | |
| 24.1151 | |
| 23.4244 | |
| 23.1359 | |
| 22.3331 | |
| 22.2904 | |
| 22.2615 | |
| 21.8472 | |
| 21.1232 | |
| 20.1194 | |
| 19.8302 | |
| 18.7991 | |
| 18.5125 | |
| 17.5356 | |
| 17.4938 | |
| 17.2486 | |
| 16.9256 | |
| 16.2416 | |
| 15.4777 | |
| 14.4154 | |
| 13.0022 | |
| 10.9843 | |
| 9.1678 |
02In 2010
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
Anguillashared100.0000
Bahrainshared100.0000
Bermudashared100.0000
Cayman Islandsshared100.0000
Gibraltarshared100.0000
Lowest
Montserrat9.1678
Burundi10.9843
Papua New Guinea13.0022
Liechtenstein14.4154
Malawi15.4777
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 60.8043. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032009 → 2010
Since 2009
What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 209values changed, of 222 in both
- 170 · 39rose · fell
- 13unchanged
Rose most
Equatorial Guinea50.4723 → 53.1219+2.6496
Nepal59.8639 → 62.0157+2.1518
Bahrain98.3278 → 100.0000+1.6722
Türkiye67.8401 → 69.3471+1.5070
Costa Rica70.1398 → 71.5081+1.3683
Fell most
Saint Lucia18.9806 → 18.5125−0.4681
Antigua and Barbuda26.4808 → 26.0170−0.4638
Trinidad and Tobago54.3920 → 54.0900−0.3021
American Samoa86.6036 → 86.3191−0.2845
Uzbekistan51.6105 → 51.3322−0.2783
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 2010.
209 distinct values among 222
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 14 countries share 100.0000. 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
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Download urban-population-share-2010-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 (2010). Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/urban-population-share/2010
0676 held
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Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 2011222 countries
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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), 2010: questions and answers
Which country has the highest urban population in Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 2010?
14 countries share the highest reading, 100.0000, so no single country is named.
What year does Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 2010 describe?
2010.
How many countries does Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 2010 cover?
222.
Where can I download Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 2010?
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), 2010 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Urban Population Share (National Definitions), 2025.