United Nations
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Population Division
 
World Urbanization Prospects: The 2005 Revision
Table B : Schematic Contents of Dataset on Urban Agglomerations, 1950-2015
POP/DB/WUP/Rev.2005/2
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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 10 WUP2005F10-Cities_Over_750K.xls Population of each urban agglomeration Thousands All cities with 750,000 inhabitants or more in 2005 228 Stock indicator 1 July 1950, 1955, …., 2010, 2015 A.12
File 11 WUP2005F11-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 2005 228 Stock indicator Average per year 1950-1955, 1955-1960,….2005-2010, 2010-2015 A.14
File 12 WUP2005F12-Percentage_Urban_in_Cities.xls Percentage of the urban population residing in each urban agglomeration Percentage All cities with 750,000 inhabitants or more in 2005 228 Stock indicator 1 July 1950, 1955,…., 2010, 2015 A.15
File 13 WUP2005F13-Percentage_Total_in_Cities.xls Percentage of the total population residing in each urban agglomeration Percentage All cities with 750,000 inhabitants or more in 2005 228 Stock indicator 1 July 1950, 1955,…., 2010, 2015 A.16
File 14 WUP2005F14-30_Largest_Cities.xls Population of the 30 largest urban agglomerations at each point in time Millions The 30 most populous cities Stock indicator 1 July 1950, 1955,…., 2010, 2015 A.11
File 15 WUP2005F15-Capital_Cities.xls Population of capital cities in 2005 Thousands Capital cities 228 Stock indicator 1 July 2005 A.13
File 16 WUP2005F16-City_Size_Class.xls Urban population, number of cities and percentage of urban population by size class of urban settlement Various Not applicable 228 Stock indicator 1 July 1950, 1955,…., 2010, 2015 A.17