Annual growth rate of urban population share, 2015

The average yearly growth rate of the share of the population living in urban settings. For example, the rate for 2015 represents the average annual growth from2010 to 2015

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Data source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018)Learn more about this data

Note: Because the estimates of city and metropolitan areas are based on national definitions of what constitutes a city ormetropolitan area, cross-country comparisons should be made with caution.

Annual growth rate of urban population share

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