Table 2. Distribution of countries by percentage urban for selected years.
| Percentage urban | 1950 | 2000 | 2020 | 2050 |
| Note: The distributions are calculated among 201 countries and areas. The percentage urban refers to the proportion shared by the urban population out of the total population.
Source: United Nations (2018) (11). | ||||
| Levels | ||||
| <20 | 38.3 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| 20–30 | 18.9 | 12.4 | 9.0 | 3.5 |
| 30–50 | 22.4 | 23.4 | 19.9 | 12.9 |
| 50–70 | 13.9 | 27.4 | 28.9 | 24.9 |
| ≥70 | 6.5 | 29.4 | 38.3 | 58.7 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| By selected regions | ||||
| World | 29.6 | 46.7 | 56.2 | 68.4 |
| More developed regions | 54.8 | 74.2 | 79.1 | 86.6 |
| Less developed regions | 17.7 | 40.1 | 51.7 | 65.6 |
| Europe | 51.7 | 71.1 | 74.9 | 83.7 |
| Northern America | 63.9 | 79.1 | 82.6 | 89.0 |
| Australia/New Zealand | 76.2 | 84.5 | 86.3 | 91.0 |
| Latin American and the Caribbean | 41.3 | 75.5 | 81.2 | 87.8 |
| South-Eastern Asia | 15.6 | 37.9 | 50.0 | 66.0 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.1 | 31.4 | 41.4 | 58.1 |