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Cities larger than the capital Shanghai Johannesburg is the largest city, Durban is slightly smaller than Cape Town but larger than Pretoria and Bloemfontein combined
Rate of urbanization 2.7%
Ranked 66th. 93% more than South Africa
1.4%
Ranked 128th.
Slum population 180.56 million
Ranked 1st. 26 times more than South Africa
7.06 million
Ranked 14th.

Slum population per thousand people 135.63
Ranked 31st.
143.05
Ranked 28th. 5% more than China

Slum population proportion 29.1%
Ranked 37th. 27% more than South Africa
23%
Ranked 42nd.

Urban areas over 1,000,000 84
Ranked 1st. 17 times more than South Africa
5
Ranked 16th.
Urban areas over 1,000,000 per million people 0.0622
Ranked 76th.
0.103
Ranked 42nd. 65% more than China
Urban areas over 2,000,000 46
Ranked 1st. 12 times more than South Africa
4
Ranked 9th.
Urban areas over 2,000,000 per million people 0.0341
Ranked 49th.
0.0823
Ranked 19th. 2 times more than China
Urban areas over 500,000 174
Ranked 1st. 29 times more than South Africa
6
Ranked 29th.
Urban areas over 500,000 per million people 0.129
Ranked 86th. 4% more than South Africa
0.123
Ranked 88th.
Urban population 59,505
Ranked 150th.
73,542
Ranked 101st. 24% more than China

Urban population per thousand people 3.76e-08
Ranked 219th.
1.23e-06
Ranked 188th. 33 times more than China

SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of national capitals and largest cities by country (Countries); Wikipedia: Urbanization by country (Countries) ([1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; Demographia World Urban Areas (Built-Up Urban Areas and World Agglomerations): 10th Annual Edition, May 2014 Revision, Table 1, p. 20 ff.); Demographia World Urban Areas (Built-Up Urban Areas and World Agglomerations): 10th Annual Edition, May 2014 Revision, Table 1, p. 20 ff.; Wikipedia: List of urban areas by population (Number of urban areas by country) (Demographia World Urban Areas (World Agglomerations): 9th Annual Edition, March 2013); Wikipedia: List of urban areas by population (Number of urban areas by country) (Demographia World Urban Areas (World Agglomerations): 9th Annual Edition, March 2013). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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