United Nations, DESA - Population Division

Population Estimates and Projections Section

World Urbanization Prospects: The 2009 Revision - CD-ROM Edition

Data files in Excel format (.XLS)
The following pre-formatted tables are in Excel format (version 97-2003 and later).

 

Table B : Schematic Contents of Dataset on Urban Agglomerations, 1950-2025
POP/DB/WUP/Rev.2009/2
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File
number
File  name Indicator presented Units Geographical
coverage
Number
of countries
or areas
Type of
indicator
Reference
date
Time period
covered
Table in
World
Urbanization
Prospects
File 0 WUP2009-F00-
Locations.xls
Location list with codes (numerical and ISO3), description, major area, region and development group.   All countries and areas 230        

Five-year Indicators

File 11a WUP2009-F11a-
30_Largest_Cities.xls
Population of the 30 largest urban agglomerations ranked by population size at each point in time Millions The 30 most populous cities at each point in time … Stock indicator 1 July 1950, 1955,….,  2020, 2025 A.11
File 11b WUP2009-F11b-
30_Largest_Cities_in_2009_by_time.xls
Time series of the population of the 30 largest urban agglomerations in 2009 Millions The 30 most populous cities in 2009 … Stock indicator 1 July 1950, 1955,….,  2020, 2025 A.11
File 12 WUP2009-F12-
Cities_Over_750K.xls
Population of each urban agglomeration Thousands All cities with 750,000 inhabitants or more in 2009 230 Stock indicator 1 July 1950, 1955,….,  2020, 2025 A.12
File 14 WUP2009-F14-
Growth_Rate_Cities.xls
Average annual rate of change of the population of each urban agglomeration Per cent All cities with 750,000 inhabitants or more in 2009 230 Stock indicator Average per year 1950-1955, 1955-1960,…. 2015-2020, 2020-2025 A.14
File 15 WUP2009-F15-
Percentage_Urban_in_Cities.xls
Percentage of the urban population residing in each urban agglomeration Per cent All cities with 750,000 inhabitants or more in 2009 230 Stock indicator 1 July 1950, 1955,….,  2020, 2025 A.15
File 16 WUP2009-F16-
Percentage_Total_in_Cities.xls
Percentage of the total population residing in each urban agglomeration Per cent All cities with 750,000 inhabitants or more in 2009 230 Stock indicator 1 July 1950, 1955,….,  2020, 2025 A.16
File 17a WUP2009-F17a-
City_Size_Class.xls
Urban population, number of cities and percentage of urban population by size class of urban settlement Various All countries and areas with 100,000 inhabitants or more in 2009 197 Stock indicator 1 July 1950, 1955,….,  2020, 2025 A.17
File 17b WUP2009-F17b-
City_Size_Class-Number.xls
Number of cities classified by size class of urban settlement Number of cities All countries and areas with 100,000 inhabitants or more in 2009 197 Stock indicator 1 July 1950, 1955,….,  2020, 2025 A.17
File 17c WUP2009-F17c-
City_Size_Class-Percentage.xls
Percentage of urban population in cities classified by size class of urban settlement Per cent All countries and areas with 100,000 inhabitants or more in 2009 197 Stock indicator 1 July 1950, 1955,….,  2020, 2025 A.17
File 17d WUP2009-F17d-
City_Size_Class-Population.xls
Population in cities classified by size class of urban settlement Thousands All countries and areas with 100,000 inhabitants or more in 2009 197 Stock indicator 1 July 1950, 1955,….,  2020, 2025 A.17
 

Annual Indicators

File 13 WUP2009-F13-
Capital_Cities.xls
Population of capital cities in 2009 Thousands Capital cities 230 Stock indicator 1 July 2009 A.13
File 22 WUP2009-F22-
Cities_Over_750K_Annual.xls
Population of each urban agglomeration Thousands All cities with 750,000 inhabitants or more in 2009 230 Stock indicator 1 July 1950, 1951, 1952,… 2024, 2025  
 
 
 

Suggested citation:
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2010). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2009 Revision. CD-ROM Edition - Data in digital form (POP/DB/WUP/Rev.2009).

 
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