World Urbanization Prospects, the 2011 Revision

Data Sources / Statistical Concepts (Definitions)

The following data in EXCEL format can be downloaded by clicking on the titles below.

1. Data sources and statistical concepts for estimating the urban population

2. Data sources and statistical concepts for estimating urban agglomerations and capital (corrected on 6 June 2012)

Estimates of urban population for all countries and areas of the world, as well as estimates of the population increase (or decline) in cities and urban agglomeration critically depend on the definitions and statistical concepts applied. The two EXCEL spreadsheets provide detailed documentation of both the data sources and the statistical concepts used for the estimations and projections.

The following data is available in printable format also.

3. Data sources in HTML as well as PRINT format