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Table 1 Urbanization trends

From: Urban infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean: public policy priorities

 

Urban population (millions)

Urban population (percent of population)

Population in urban areas with more than 1 million inhabitants (percent of total population)

Population in largest city (percent of urban population)

1990

2012

1990

2011

1990

2011

1990

2011

World

2259

3690

43

53

17

21

17

15

Low-income

108

239

21

28

8

11

35

33

Middle-income

1320

2426

36

50

14

19

15

13

High-income

831

1025

74

80

–

–

18

18

Low- and middle-income

1428

2664

35

46

13

18

16

14

East Asia and the Pacific

451

988

28

50

–

–

9

7

Europe and Central Asia

140

163

57

60

16

19

20

20

Latin America and the Caribbean

295

459

70

79

32

35

23

21

Middle East and North Africa

117

202

52

60

21

21

26

21

South Asia

284

517

25

31

10

13

9

11

Sub-Saharan Africa

141

335

28

37

12

14

28

26

  1. Source World Bank, Human Development Indicators database. Accessed in October 2013