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People > Cities Stats: compare key data on Australia & South Africa

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STAT Australia South Africa HISTORY
Cities larger than the capital Sydney , Melbourne , Brisbane , Perth , Adelaide , Gold Coast , Newcastle Johannesburg is the largest city, Durban is slightly smaller than Cape Town but larger than Pretoria and Bloemfontein combined
Rate of urbanization 1.2%
Ranked 148th.
1.4%
Ranked 128th. 17% more than Australia
Urban areas over 1,000,000 5
Ranked 19th. The same as South Africa
5
Ranked 16th.
Urban areas over 1,000,000 per million people 0.225
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than South Africa
0.103
Ranked 42nd.
Urban areas over 2,000,000 2
Ranked 29th.
4
Ranked 9th. Twice as much as Australia
Urban areas over 2,000,000 per million people 0.0898
Ranked 16th. 9% more than South Africa
0.0823
Ranked 19th.
Urban areas over 500,000 6
Ranked 31st. The same as South Africa
6
Ranked 29th.
Urban areas over 500,000 per million people 0.27
Ranked 25th. 2 times more than South Africa
0.123
Ranked 88th.
Urban population 95,896
Ranked 18th. 30% more than South Africa
73,542
Ranked 101st.

Urban population per thousand people 4e-06
Ranked 143th. 3 times more than South Africa
1.23e-06
Ranked 188th.

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); 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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