Table 4.
Total and percentage of population by official urban designation, GHSL–official comparisons and DoU category. Total population is expressed in thousands. Official figures from 2011 census year for India and 2010 census years for Mexico and the United States. GHSL estimate for 2014; DoU estimate for 2015.
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| Status | Population | Percent | Population | Percent | Population | Percent |
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| Urban | 377,108 | 31.28 | 85,568 | 77.82 | 247,516 | 80.77 |
| Rural | 833,746 | 68.72 | 20,685 | 22.18 | 59,141 | 19.23 |
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| GHSL threshold versus Official Designation | ||||||
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| Urban agreement | 129,362 | 10.68 | 60,550 | 56.99 | 177,569 | 57.90 |
| Urban, not built-up | 247,747 | 20.46 | 25,018 | 23.55 | 69,948 | 22.81 |
| Rural, but built-up | 5521 | 0.46 | 96 | 0.09 | 2287 | 0.75 |
| Rural agreement | 828,225 | 68.40 | 20,589 | 19.38 | 56,854 | 18.54 |
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| Degree of Urbanization Category | ||||||
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| Urban centre | 296,221 | 24.52 | 60,861 | 57.45 | 144,458 | 47.37 |
| Dense urban | 45,516 | 3.77 | 10,235 | 9.66 | 21,038 | 6.90 |
| Semi-dense urban | 1988 | 0.16 | 1679 | 1.59 | 9545 | 3.13 |
| Suburban or peri-urban | 38,501 | 3.19 | 5818 | 5.49 | 38,801 | 12.72 |
| Rural | 128,965 | 10.68 | 3785 | 3.57 | 12,905 | 4.23 |
| Low-density rural | 131,087 | 10.85 | 4529 | 4.28 | 40,953 | 13.43 |
| Very low-density rural | 565,639 | 46.83 | 19,026 | 17.96 | 37,252 | 12.22 |