World Development Report 1984

Urban population Percentage of urban population Number of
As percentage Average annual In cities of cities of
of total growth rate In largest over 500,000 over 500.000
population (percent) city persons persons
19601 1982a 1960-70 1970-82 1960 1980 1960 1980 1960 1980
65 Tunisia 36 54 3.8 4.0 40 30 40 30 1 1
66 Colombia 48 65 5.2 2.7 17 26 28 51 3 4
67 Paraguay 36 40 2.9 3.3 44 44 0 44 0
68 Angola 10 22 5.7 5.6 44 64 0 64 0 1
69 Cuba 55 68 2.9 2.1 32 38 32 38 1 1
70 Korea, Dem Rep. 40 63 5.0 4.2 15 12 15 19 1 2
71 Lebanon 40 77 6.9 2 8 64 79 64 79 1 1
72 Mongolia 36 53 5.3 4 2 53 52 0 0 0 0
Upper middle-income 4i.. 6 4. . 3 9, 28 , 29 38.- 51 32, 70,1
73 Syrian Arab Rep. 37 49 4.8 4.4 35 33 35 55 1 2
74 Jordan 43 60 4.7 4.0 31 37 0 37 0 1
75 Malaysa 25 30 3.5 3.4 19 27 0 27 0 1
76 Korea, Rep. of 28 61 6.5 5.0 35 41 61 77 3 7
77 Panama 21 53 11.1 3.2 61 66 0 66 0 1
78 Chile 68 82 3.1 2 4 38 44 38 44 1 1
79 Brazil 45 69 5.0 41 14 15 35 52 6 14
80 Mexico 51 68 4.7 4.2 28 32 36 48 3 7
81 Algera 30 45 3.5 5 4 27 12 27 12 1 1
82 Portugal 23 32 1 8 2.5 47 44 47 44 1 1
83 Argentina 74 83 2 1 1.9 46 45 54 60 3 5
84 Uruguay 80 84 1.3 0.6 56 52 56 52 1 1
65 South Africa 47 50 2.6 3.2 16 13 44 53 4 7
86 Yugoslavia 28 44 3.2 2.8 11 10 11 23 1 3
87 Venezuela 67 84 5.1 4 3 26 26 26 44 1 4
88 Greece 43 64 2.6 2 5 51 57 51 70 1 2
89 Israel 77 90 4.3 3 1 46 35 46 35 1 1
90 Hong Kong 89 91 2 6 2.4 100 100 100 100 1 1
91 Singapore 100 100 2.3 1.5 100 100 100 100 1 1
92 Tr ndad and Tobago 22 22 1.8 0.7 . 0 0 0 0
93 Iran, Islamic Rep. 34 52 5.3 5.1 26 28 26 47 1 6
94 Iraq 43 70 5.8 5.3 35 55 35 70 1 3
High-income
oil exporters 20 6 85.. e3. '9'. 28. 0. 3-1 u) 3,
95 Oman 4 20 6.3 15.6 .
96Libya 23 58 8 4 8.0 57 64 0 64 0 1
97 Saudi Arabia 30 69 8 4 76 15 18 0 33 0 2
98 Kuwait 72 91 10.1 7.4 75 30 0 0 0 0
99 United Arab Emnirates 40 79 14.9 14.4 . ..
Industrial market
economies 6.3; 78, 1 9 1 3 i6 13,9 Is3 955 10-4,1 152t
100 Ireland 46 59 1.6 2.5 51 48 51 48 1 1
101 Spain 57 76 2 6 21 13 17 37 44 5 6
102 Italy 59 70 1.5 1 1 13 17 46 52 7 9
103 New Zealand 76 85 2.3 1 5 25 30 0 30 0 1
104 United Kingdom 86 91 0.9 0 3 24 20 61 55 15 17
105 Austria 50 55 0.9 0.7 51 39 51 39 1 1
106 Japan 63 78 2.4 1.8 18 22 35 42 5 9
107 Belgium 66 73 1.2 0.4 17 14 28 24 2 2
108 Finland 38 64 3.2 2 4 28 27 0 27 0 1
109 Netnerlands 80 76 1.0 0 6 9 9 27 24 a 3
110 Australia 81 89 2.5 2.0 26 24 62 68 4 5
111 Canada 69 76 2.7 1 2 14 18 31 62 2 9
112 France 62 79 2 4 1 4 25 23 34 34 4 6
113 Germany, Fed Rep 77 85 1.4 0 5 20 18 48 45 11 11
114 Denmark 74 85 1 6 0.8 40 32 40 32 1 1
115 United States 70 78 1 8 1.5 13 12 61 77 40 65
116 Sweden 73 88 1.8 1.0 15 15 15 35 1 3
117 Norway 32 54 3 5 2.6 50 32 50 32 1 1
118 Switzerland 51 59 2.2 0.8 19 22 19 22 1 1
East European
nonmarket economies 48 . 6 2 . 1P, 9 7. 23; 32. 36.' 65,
119 Hungary 40 55 2.1 1.4 45 37 45 37 1 1
120 Rumania 32 5 1 3.4 2 7 22 17 22 17 1 1
121 Albania 31 38 3.8 3.4 27 25 0 0 0 0
122 Bulgaria 39 66 3.8 2.3 23 18 23 18 1 1
123 Czechoslovakia 47 64 21 1.8 17 12 17 12 1 1
124 German Dem. Rep. 72 77 0 1 0 2 9 9 14 17 2 3
125 Poland 48 58 1.8 1.7 17 15 41 47 5 8
126 USSR 49 63 2 7 1.8 6 4 21 33 25 50
a Figures in italics are for years otner tnan those specified.
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