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) | ||||
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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 |