Where the largest city hosts the most people
How much of a country's population lives in its biggest cities? Aron Strandberg did some research using World Bank data to find out. Singapore has, unsurprisingly, a 100 percent urban population while 15.8 percent of Britain's population lives in London. Read more on the Independent.
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This chart shows the % of the populaton living in the largest metropolitan area in selected countries.
Top twenty countries worldwide with the largest urban population in 2018 (in millions)
Top thirty most urbanized countries worldwide in 2018
United Kingdom: The largest cities in 2021 (in million residents)
Share of population in urban areas in Southeast Asia in 2021, by country
Share of the urban population in the total population in the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2018
Share of urban population worldwide in 2024, by continent
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