Table A.1. Population of urban and rural areas at mid-year and percentage urban, 2005
Population (thousands)
Major area, region and country
Percentage
urban
Urban
Rural
Total
3 150 451
3 314 299
6 464 750
48.7
898 061
2 252 390
202 620
2 049 769
313 204
3 001 095
556 769
2 444 326
1 211 265
5 253 484
759 389
4 494 095
74.1
42.9
26.7
45.6
1 713 071
2 217 068
3 930 140
43.6
264 355
486 918
751 273
35.2
347 164
558 772
905 936
38.3
EASTERN AFRICA
Burundi .................................................
Comoros (1) ..........................................
Djibouti .................................................
Eritrea ...................................................
Ethiopia ................................................
Kenya ...................................................
Madagascar ..........................................
Malawi ..................................................
Mauritius (2) ..........................................
Mozambique .........................................
Réunion ................................................
Rwanda ................................................
Seychelles ............................................
Somalia ................................................
Uganda .................................................
United Republic of Tanzania ..................
Zambia .................................................
Zimbabwe .............................................
63 679
755
295
683
854
12 367
7 106
4 989
2 210
527
6 828
725
1 747
43
2 896
3 627
9 277
4 084
4 667
224 028
6 793
503
110
3 547
65 064
27 150
13 617
10 674
717
12 964
60
7 290
38
5 332
25 190
29 052
7 584
8 343
287 707
7 548
798
793
4 401
77 431
34 256
18 606
12 884
1 245
19 792
785
9 038
81
8 228
28 816
38 329
11 668
13 010
22.1
10.0
37.0
86.1
19.4
16.0
20.7
26.8
17.2
42.4
34.5
92.4
19.3
52.9
35.2
12.6
24.2
35.0
35.9
MIDDLE AFRICA
Angola ..................................................
Cameroon .............................................
Central African Republic ........................
Chad ....................................................
Congo ...................................................
Dem. Republic of the Congo ..................
Equatorial Guinea .................................
Gabon ..................................................
São Tomé and Príncipe .........................
43 741
8 501
8 915
1 536
2 463
2 406
18 477
196
1 157
91
65 900
7 441
7 407
2 501
7 286
1 593
39 072
307
227
66
109 641
15 941
16 322
4 038
9 749
3 999
57 549
504
1 384
157
39.9
53.3
54.6
38.0
25.3
60.2
32.1
38.9
83.6
58.0
NORTHERN AFRICA
Algeria ..................................................
Egypt ....................................................
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya .........................
Morocco ...............................................
Sudan ...................................................
Tunisia ..................................................
Western Sahara ....................................
97 580
20 804
31 662
4 966
18 469
14 771
6 595
313
93 316
12 050
42 371
887
13 009
21 462
3 508
29
190 895
32 854
74 033
5 853
31 478
36 233
10 102
341
51.1
63.3
42.8
84.8
58.7
40.8
65.3
91.6
SOUTHERN AFRICA
Botswana ..............................................
Lesotho ................................................
Namibia ................................................
South Africa ..........................................
Swaziland .............................................
30 430
1 013
336
713
28 119
249
23 626
752
1 459
1 318
19 313
783
54 055
1 765
1 795
2 031
47 432
1 032
56.3
57.4
18.7
35.1
59.3
24.1
WESTERN AFRICA
Benin ....................................................
Burkina Faso ........................................
Cape Verde ...........................................
Côte d'Ivoire ..........................................
Gambia .................................................
Ghana ..................................................
Guinea ..................................................
Guinea-Bissau ......................................
Liberia ..................................................
Mali ......................................................
111 734
3 382
2 418
291
8 165
818
10 576
3 100
470
1 907
4 118
151 903
5 057
10 810
216
9 989
699
11 537
6 302
1 117
1 376
9 400
263 636
8 439
13 228
507
18 154
1 517
22 113
9 402
1 586
3 283
13 518
42.4
40.1
18.3
57.3
45.0
53.9
47.8
33.0
29.6
58.1
30.5
WORLD
MORE DEVELOPED REGIONS (*)
LESS DEVELOPED REGIONS (+)
Least developed countries (#)
Other less developed countries
Less developed regions, excluding China
Sub-Saharan Africa
AFRICA
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Population (thousands)
Major area, region and country
Urban
Rural
Total
1 240
2 346
63 347
2
4 844
2 247
2 463
1 829
11 611
68 183
3
6 814
3 278
3 682
3 069
13 957
131 530
5
11 658
5 525
6 145
40.4
16.8
48.2
38.9
41.6
40.7
40.1
1 552 944
2 352 471
3 905 415
39.8
EASTERN ASIA
China (4) ...............................................
China, Hong Kong SAR (5) ....................
China, Macao SAR (6) ..........................
Dem. People's Republic of Korea ...........
Japan ...................................................
Mongolia ...............................................
Republic of Korea ..................................
677 603
531 817
7 041
460
13 852
84 303
1 501
38 630
846 777
784 026
—
—
8 636
43 782
1 146
9 187
1 524 380
1 315 844
7 041
460
22 488
128 085
2 646
47 817
44.5
40.4
100.0
100.0
61.6
65.8
56.7
80.8
SOUTH-CENTRAL ASIA
Afghanistan ...........................................
Bangladesh ...........................................
Bhutan ..................................................
India .....................................................
Iran (Islamic Republic of) .......................
Kazakhstan ...........................................
Kyrgyzstan ............................................
Maldives ...............................................
Nepal ....................................................
Pakistan ................................................
Sri Lanka ..............................................
Tajikistan ..............................................
Turkmenistan ........................................
Uzbekistan ............................................
492 647
6 839
35 563
240
316 942
46 530
8 498
1 884
97
4 276
55 040
3 141
1 606
2 235
9 755
1 118 249
23 024
106 259
1 923
786 428
22 985
6 328
3 379
232
22 857
102 895
17 602
4 901
2 598
16 838
1 610 896
29 863
141 822
2 163
1 103 371
69 515
14 825
5 264
329
27 133
157 935
20 743
6 507
4 833
26 593
30.6
22.9
25.1
11.1
28.7
66.9
57.3
35.8
29.6
15.8
34.9
15.1
24.7
46.2
36.7
SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA
Brunei Darussalam ................................
Cambodia .............................................
Indonesia ..............................................
Lao People's Dem. Republic ..................
Malaysia ...............................................
Myanmar ..............................................
Philippines ............................................
Singapore .............................................
Thailand ................................................
Timor-Leste ...........................................
Viet Nam ...............................................
243 724
275
2 775
107 248
1 222
17 067
15 483
52 084
4 326
20 749
251
22 246
312 091
99
11 296
115 534
4 702
8 280
35 037
30 971
—
43 484
696
61 993
555 815
374
14 071
222 781
5 924
25 347
50 519
83 054
4 326
64 233
947
84 238
43.8
73.5
19.7
48.1
20.6
67.3
30.6
62.7
100.0
32.3
26.5
26.4
WESTERN ASIA
Armenia ................................................
Azerbaijan .............................................
Bahrain .................................................
Cyprus ..................................................
Georgia .................................................
Iraq .......................................................
Israel ....................................................
Jordan ..................................................
Kuwait ..................................................
Lebanon ...............................................
Occupied Palestinian Territory ...............
Oman ...................................................
Qatar ....................................................
Saudi Arabia .........................................
Syrian Arab Republic .............................
Turkey ..................................................
United Arab Emirates ............................
Yemen ..................................................
138 969
1 932
4 332
701
579
2 337
19 283
6 161
4 691
2 641
3 098
2 651
1 835
776
19 898
9 640
49 248
3 449
5 719
75 354
1 084
4 079
25
256
2 138
9 525
564
1 011
46
479
1 052
732
37
4 675
9 403
23 945
1 047
15 256
214 323
3 016
8 411
727
835
4 474
28 807
6 725
5 703
2 687
3 577
3 702
2 567
813
24 573
19 043
73 193
4 496
20 975
64.8
64.1
51.5
96.5
69.3
52.2
66.9
91.6
82.3
98.3
86.6
71.6
71.5
95.4
81.0
50.6
67.3
76.7
27.3
Mauritania .............................................
Niger .....................................................
Nigeria ..................................................
Saint Helena (3) ....................................
Senegal ................................................
Sierra Leone .........................................
Togo .....................................................
ASIA
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Population (thousands)
Major area, region and country
Percentage
urban
Urban
Rural
Total
525 628
202 762
728 389
72.2
EASTERN EUROPE
Belarus .................................................
Bulgaria ................................................
Czech Republic .....................................
Hungary ................................................
Poland ..................................................
Republic of Moldova ..............................
Romania ...............................................
Russian Federation ...............................
Slovakia ................................................
Ukraine .................................................
203 260
7 048
5 409
7 513
6 695
23 907
1 963
11 650
104 530
3 036
31 509
94 068
2 707
2 317
2 706
3 403
14 622
2 243
10 061
38 672
2 365
14 971
297 328
9 755
7 726
10 220
10 098
38 530
4 206
21 711
143 202
5 401
46 481
68.4
72.2
70.0
73.5
66.3
62.1
46.7
53.7
73.0
56.2
67.8
NORTHERN EUROPE
Channel Islands (7) ...............................
Denmark ...............................................
Estonia .................................................
Faeroe Islands ......................................
Finland (8) ............................................
Iceland ..................................................
Ireland ..................................................
Isle of Man ............................................
Latvia ....................................................
Lithuania ...............................................
Norway (9) ............................................
Sweden ................................................
United Kingdom .....................................
80 225
46
4 649
919
18
3 207
273
2 508
40
1 565
2 284
3 574
7 610
53 534
15 568
104
782
411
29
2 042
21
1 640
37
742
1 148
1 046
1 432
6 134
95 792
149
5 431
1 330
47
5 249
295
4 148
77
2 307
3 431
4 620
9 041
59 668
83.7
30.5
85.6
69.1
38.8
61.1
92.8
60.5
51.8
67.8
66.6
77.4
84.2
89.7
SOUTHERN EUROPE
Albania .................................................
Andorra .................................................
Bosnia and Herzegovina ........................
Croatia ..................................................
Gibraltar ................................................
Greece .................................................
Holy See (10) ........................................
Italy ......................................................
Malta ....................................................
Portugal ................................................
San Marino ...........................................
Serbia and Montenegro .........................
Slovenia ................................................
Spain ....................................................
TFYR Macedonia (11) ...........................
99 090
1 420
61
1 787
2 570
28
6 558
1
39 277
383
6 047
27
5 487
1 004
33 039
1 401
50 299
1 710
6
2 120
1 981
—
4 562
—
18 815
19
4 448
1
5 016
963
10 025
633
149 389
3 130
67
3 907
4 551
28
11 120
1
58 093
402
10 495
28
10 503
1 967
43 064
2 034
66.3
45.4
90.6
45.7
56.5
100.0
59.0
100.0
67.6
95.3
57.6
97.2
52.2
51.0
76.7
68.9
WESTERN EUROPE
Austria ..................................................
Belgium ................................................
France ..................................................
Germany ...............................................
Liechtenstein ........................................
Luxembourg ..........................................
Monaco ................................................
Netherlands ..........................................
Switzerland ...........................................
143 053
5 404
10 129
46 402
62 171
5
385
35
13 072
5 450
42 826
2 786
290
14 094
20 518
29
80
—
3 227
1 802
185 879
8 189
10 419
60 496
82 689
35
465
35
16 299
7 252
77.0
66.0
97.2
76.7
75.2
14.6
82.8
100.0
80.2
75.2
434 432
126 914
561 346
77.4
25 047
12
32
46
292
142
13
45
8 508
14 083
—
50
53
31
128
9
—
2 761
39 129
12
81
99
323
270
22
45
11 269
64.0
100.0
39.1
46.6
90.4
52.7
60.5
100.0
75.5
EUROPE
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
CARIBBEAN
Anguilla .................................................
Antigua and Barbuda .............................
Aruba ....................................................
Bahamas ..............................................
Barbados ..............................................
British Virgin Islands ..............................
Cayman Islands ....................................
Cuba ....................................................
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Population (thousands)
Major area, region and country
Urban
Rural
Total
Dominica ..............................................
Dominican Republic ..............................
Grenada ...............................................
Guadeloupe ..........................................
Haiti ......................................................
Jamaica ................................................
Martinique .............................................
Montserrat ............................................
Netherlands Antilles ..............................
Puerto Rico ...........................................
Saint Kitts and Nevis .............................
Saint Lucia ............................................
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..........
Trinidad and Tobago .............................
Turks and Caicos Islands ......................
United States Virgin Islands ...................
58
5 938
32
447
3 306
1 407
388
1
129
3 861
14
44
55
160
12
105
21
2 957
71
1
5 222
1 243
8
4
54
93
29
116
64
1 146
15
6
79
8 895
103
448
8 528
2 651
396
5
183
3 955
43
161
119
1 305
26
112
72.9
66.8
30.6
99.8
38.8
53.1
97.9
13.5
70.4
97.6
32.2
27.6
45.9
12.2
44.1
94.2
CENTRAL AMERICA
Belize ...................................................
Costa Rica ............................................
El Salvador ...........................................
Guatemala ............................................
Honduras ..............................................
Mexico ..................................................
Nicaragua .............................................
Panama ................................................
103 067
130
2 670
4 112
5 945
3 349
81 334
3 239
2 288
43 962
140
1 657
2 769
6 654
3 856
25 696
2 248
944
147 029
270
4 327
6 881
12 599
7 205
107 029
5 487
3 232
70.1
48.3
61.7
59.8
47.2
46.5
76.0
59.0
70.8
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina ..............................................
Bolivia ...................................................
Brazil ....................................................
Chile .....................................................
Colombia ..............................................
Ecuador ................................................
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) ...................
French Guiana ......................................
Guyana .................................................
Paraguay ..............................................
Peru ......................................................
Suriname ..............................................
Uruguay ................................................
Venezuela .............................................
306 318
34 907
5 896
157 010
14 280
33 150
8 305
3
141
212
3 601
20 305
332
3 185
24 990
68 869
3 841
3 286
29 395
2 015
12 450
4 923
0
46
539
2 557
7 663
117
278
1 759
375 187
38 747
9 182
186 405
16 295
45 600
13 228
3
187
751
6 158
27 968
449
3 463
26 749
81.6
90.1
64.2
84.2
87.6
72.7
62.8
90.2
75.6
28.2
58.5
72.6
73.9
92.0
93.4
NORTHERN AMERICA
Bermuda ...............................................
Canada .................................................
Greenland .............................................
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon ........................
United States of America .......................
266 883
64
25 850
47
5
240 916
63 725
—
6 418
10
1
57 297
330 608
64
32 268
57
6
298 213
80.7
100.0
80.1
82.9
89.0
80.8
23 401
9 655
33 056
70.8
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND
Australia (12) ........................................
New Zealand .........................................
21 248
17 775
3 473
2 935
2 380
556
24 184
20 155
4 028
87.9
88.2
86.2
MELANESIA
Fiji ........................................................
New Caledonia ......................................
Papua New Guinea ...............................
Solomon Islands ...................................
Vanuatu ................................................
1 500
431
151
788
81
50
6 161
417
86
5 099
397
162
7 661
848
237
5 887
478
211
19.6
50.8
63.7
13.4
17.0
23.5
MICRONESIA
Guam ...................................................
Kiribati ..................................................
Marshall Islands ....................................
Micronesia (Fed. States of) ...................
Nauru ...................................................
376
160
47
41
25
14
179
10
52
21
86
—
556
170
99
62
110
14
67.7
94.0
47.4
66.7
22.3
100.0
OCEANIA
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Population (thousands)
Major area, region and country
Percentage
urban
Urban
Rural
Total
Northern Mariana Islands ......................
Palau ....................................................
76
14
4
6
81
20
94.5
69.6
POLYNESIA
American Samoa ...................................
Cook Islands .........................................
French Polynesia ..................................
Niue ......................................................
Pitcairn .................................................
Samoa ..................................................
Tokelau .................................................
Tonga ...................................................
Tuvalu ...................................................
Wallis and Futuna Islands .....................
276
59
13
133
1
—
41
—
25
5
—
380
6
5
124
1
0
144
1
78
5
15
656
65
18
257
1
0
185
1
102
10
15
42.1
91.3
70.4
51.7
36.7
—
22.4
—
24.0
48.1
—
* More developed regions comprise Europe, Northern America, Australia/New Zealand and Japan.
+ Less developed regions comprise all regions of Africa, Asia (except Japan), Latin America and the Caribbean
plus Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
# The least developed countries, as defined by the United Nations General Assembly in 2003, included 50 countries,
of which 34 are in Africa, 10 in Asia,1 in Latin America and the Caribbean and 5 in Oceania.
1 Including the island of Mayotte.
2 Including Agalega, Rodrigues and Saint Brandon.
3 Including Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
4 For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao, Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China.
5 As of 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
6 As of 20 December 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
7 Including the islands of Guernsey and Jersey.
8 Including Åland Islands.
9 Including Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.
10 Refers to the Vatican City State.
11 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
12 Including Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island.
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