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