Data
3.0%
120
19.6%
415,605,624
3,943
2,120,319,475
Total
4.3%
8
19.9%
18,360,012
187
92,142,320
Western Asia
3.6%
12
11.5%
16,733,386
335
145,840,985
Sub-Saharan Africa
4.6%
12
33.1%
36,507,583
260
110,279,412
Southeast Asia
2.5%
16
21.3%
70,900,333
641
332,207,361
South & Central Asia
3.0%
16
21.2%
77,841,364
534
367,040,756
Other Developed Countries
6.4%
8
41.9%
22,517,636
125
53,744,935
Northern Africa
2.9%
16
24.4%
70,402,342
547
288,937,443
Latin America & the Caribbean
2.1%
16
14.1%
45,147,989
764
319,222,933
Europe
2.9%
16
13.9%
57,194,979
550
410,903,331
East Asia & the Pacific
%
N
%
Population
in 2000
in 2000
Region
Sample Cities
Sample Population
Cities
Urban Pop.
 
nTo address the lack of data, we construct a sample of urban areas
nThe sample is representative of the global urban population in cities with population over 100,000
nRandom sub-sample of UN Habitat sample
nStratified by region, city size and income level