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- Access to electricity, urban vs. rural
- City population
- Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
- Employment in agriculture vs. urban population
- GDP per capita vs population density
- Level of urbanization vs. GNP per capita
- Number of countries with a given minimum urban population threshold
- Number of people living in the capital city
- Number of people living in urban and rural areasUN (1960 to 2017)
- Number of people living in urban slum households
- Population density
- Population density by city
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million
- Population living in urban and rural areasUN
- Share of people living in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million
- Share of people living in urban areasEuropean Commission (2015)
- Share of people living in urban areasUN
- Share of the population living in urban areas
- Share of the population living in urbanized areas
- Share of the urban population who live in the largest city
- Share of urban population living in slums
- Transport CO₂ emissions vs. population density of cities
- Urban and rural population projected to 2050Historical sources & UN (with projections)
- Urban and rural populations in the United StatesUS Census Bureau
- Urban area over the long-termHYDE
- Urban land area
- Urban population living in slums
- Urban population vs. GDP per capita
- Urbanization over the past 500 yearsHistorical sources & UN