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Indicator full name: % of urban population

Unit: %

Dimensions:

Country/Area (COUNTRY/AREA)
Supranational group of countries (COUNTRY_GRP)
Sex (SEX)
Year of measure (YEAR)

Years data is available: 1950—2050

Indicator is part of data set(s):

HFA-DB

Last updated: 04 October 2023

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Countries with no data (2):

North Macedonia
United Kingdom

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Data set notes

European Health for All database

Indicators: 618

Updated: 20 November 2023

Contact: Data and Digital Health Unit (DDH)

The following abbreviations are used in the indicator titles:

• SDR: age-standardized death rates (see HFA-DB user manual/Technical notes, page 13, for details)

• FTE: full-time equivalent

• PP: physical persons

• PPP$: purchasing power parities expressed in US $, an internationally comparable scale reflecting the relative domestic purchasing powers of currencies.

More information: http://www.euro.who.int/en/data-and-evidence/databases/european-health-for-all-database-hfa-db

Indicator notes

% of urban population
Indicator code: E998003.T

The population of areas classified as urban according to criteria used by each country, as reported to the UN.

Data source:

World Urbanization Prospects: The 2011 Revision

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division

Detailed metadata available from: http://esa.un.org/unpd/wup/index.htm_

Country/Area notes

North Macedonia

Source: State Statistical Office (SSO)