United States Urban and rural Stats
Definitions
- Female rural population: Total number of females living in rural areas by country.
- Female rural population per thousand people: Total number of females living in rural areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Female urban population: Total number of females living in urban areas by country.
- Female urban population per thousand people: Total number of females living in urban areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Females living in cities proper: Total number of females living in cities proper. The UN definition for city proper varies for each country but usually refers to a locality with legal boundaries, some form of local government and does not include its outlying suburbs and districts. Numbers only include cities proper with a population over 100,000.
- Male rural population: Total number of males living in rural areas by country.
- Male urban population: Total number of males living in urban areas by country.
- Male urban population per thousand people: Total number of males living in urban areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Males living in cities proper: Total number of males living in cities proper. The UN definition for city proper varies for each country but usually refers to a locality with legal boundaries, some form of local government and does not include its outlying suburbs and districts. Numbers only include cities proper with a population over 100,000.
- Population living in cities proper: Each city population by sex, city and city type.
- Population living in urban agglomerations: Total population living in urban agglomerations. An urban agglomeration should not be confused with a metropolitan area, whereas an agglomeration refers to multiple connected urban cities, while a metropolitan area refers to a central urban area with outlying suburban cities and districts.
- Rural population: Total population living in rural areas by country.
- Rural population per thousand people: Total population living in rural areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Urban population: Total population living in urban areas by country.
- Urban population per thousand people: Total population living in urban areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
SOURCES: 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
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