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World Urbanization Prospects, the 2011 Revision

Map 1: Percentage of urban population and agglomerations by size class, 1960
 
Percentage urban and urban agglomeration by size class, 1970
 
Select year:   1960   1980   2011   2025  

Overview

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division: World Urbanization Prospects, the 2011 Revision.
New York 2012

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