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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Digit Earth. 2018 Nov 26;13(1):22–44. doi: 10.1080/17538947.2018.1550120

Table 3.

Area and allocated population values in the agreement categories for the overlay of census and GHSL-derived urban areas

Count and Percentage, 50% Built-up Count and Percentage, 25% Built-up Count and Percentage, 1% Built-up
GHS_LDSMT
2015
GHS_LDSMT
2017
GHS_LDSMT
2015
GHS_LDSMT
2017
GHS_LDSMT
2015
GHS_LDSMT
2017
Count % Count % Count % Count % Count % Count %
Population Urban Inclusive (UI) 6,058,223 92.53 6,058,281 92.53 6,090,106 93.01 6,100,635 93.17 6,216,655 94.95 6,256,290 95.55
Urban Agreement 4,142,377 68.38 4,062,046 67.05 4,802,149 78.85 4,942,501 81.02 5,605,079 90.16 5,776,605 92.33
Census urban only 1,890,699 31.21 1,977,354 32.64 1,229,289 20.19 1,096,498 17.97 427,773 6.88 262,820 4.20
GHSL only 25,147 0.42 18,881 0.31 58,668 0.96 61,635 1.01 183,803 2.96 216,865 3.47
Census rural only 489,406 7.47 489,348 7.47 457,523 6.99 446,994 6.83 330,974 5.05 291,339 4.45
Area (km2) Urban Inclusive (UI) 8,408 40.05 8,295 39.52 8,810 41.97 8,776 41.80 10,623 50.60 10,891 51.88
Urban Agreement 2,637 31.36 2,452 29.56 3,853 43.73 4,086 46.56 6,023 56.70 6,621 60.79
Census urban only 5,457 64.90 5,654 68.15 4,236 48.08 4,017 45.77 2,067 19.46 1,482 13.60
GHSL only 314 3.73 190 2.29 721 8.19 673 7.67 2,533 23.84 2,789 25.60
Census rural only 12,585 59.95 12,698 60.48 12,183 58.03 12,217 58.20 10,370 49.40 10,102 48.12
Population Density (persons/km2) Urban Inclusive (UI) 721 730 691 695 585 574
Urban Agreement 1,571 1,657 1,246 1,209 931 872
Census urban only 346 350 290 273 207 177
GHSL only 80 100 81 92 73 78
Census rural only 39 39 38 37 32 29