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Korea - Urban Population 1973

Name: Korea Urban Population 1973
Creator: World Bank
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Urban population as % of total · World Bank

45.15% +1.36% from 1972 Global rank: 120th

Korea's urban population was 45.15% in 1973, increased +1.36% from 43.79% in 1972. This was the 120th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1973▾

Urban Population by Country - 1973
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	3.28%	4.4%
2nd	Rwanda	3.75%	5.8%
3rd	Bhutan	4.86%	18.7%
4th	Nepal	5.09%	17.5%
5th	Burkina Faso	6.20%	1.6%
6th	Uganda	6.34%	0.7%
7th	Malawi	6.95%	6.4%
8th	Yemen, Republic of	7.43%	7.8%
9th	Solomon Islands	8.26%	4.4%
10th	Bangladesh	8.49%	5.0%
11th	South Sudan	8.50%	-0.1%
12th	Mozambique	8.88%	6.7%
13th	Tanzania	9.05%	12.8%
14th	Lao PDR	10.50%	3.1%
15th	Lesotho	10.62%	4.0%
16th	Niger	10.87%	5.8%
17th	Botswana	11.15%	5.4%
18th	Kenya	11.80%	5.7%
19th	Mali	11.85%	3.1%
20th	Vanuatu	12.11%	3.1%
21st	Papua New Guinea	12.23%	4.8%
22nd	Eswatini	12.62%	7.4%
23rd	Afghanistan	12.69%	4.4%
24th	Eritrea	13.28%	1.2%
25th	Chad	13.34%	6.9%
26th	Timor-Leste	13.39%	3.2%
27th	Thailand	14.32%	2.9%
28th	Tuvalu	14.71%	0.7%
29th	Maldives	14.74%	9.4%
30th	Guinea-Bissau	15.35%	0.9%
31st	Madagascar	15.58%	3.5%
32nd	Gambia, The	16.13%	6.6%
33rd	Angola	16.55%	5.0%
34th	China	17.20%	0.4%
35th	Indonesia	17.88%	2.4%
36th	British Virgin Islands	18.02%	2.9%
37th	Liechtenstein	18.34%	-0.1%
38th	Mauritania	18.45%	6.6%
39th	Sudan	18.57%	1.6%
40th	Zimbabwe	18.88%	2.6%
41st	Guinea	19.62%	4.5%
42nd	Tonga	20.24%	0.1%
43rd	Haiti	20.44%	0.2%
44th	Viet Nam	20.54%	-0.3%
45th	India	20.64%	1.8%
46th	Comoros	20.81%	1.6%
47th	Benin	20.85%	5.3%
48th	Cabo Verde	20.85%	1.8%
49th	Samoa	20.85%	0.6%
50th	Nigeria	22.27%	3.2%
51st	Sri Lanka	22.40%	-0.2%
52nd	Togo	22.61%	1.7%
53rd	St. Lucia	23.20%	1.9%
54th	Myanmar	23.93%	0.7%
55th	Cameroon	24.24%	6.6%
56th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	24.77%	1.9%
57th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	24.80%	1.1%
58th	Namibia	25.18%	0.3%
59th	Kiribati	25.48%	1.5%
60th	Pakistan	25.65%	1.2%
61st	Micronesia, Federated States of	25.65%	0.6%
62nd	Equatorial Guinea	26.21%	0.0%
63rd	Sierra Leone	26.62%	2.7%
64th	Virgin Islands (US)	26.73%	4.5%
65th	Kosovo	28.29%	2.2%
66th	Liberia	28.64%	3.1%
67th	Ghana	29.76%	0.8%
68th	Faroe Islands	29.86%	2.2%
69th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	29.91%	3.2%
70th	Guyana	29.97%	-0.2%
71st	Côte d'Ivoire	30.31%	2.6%
72nd	Malaysia	30.53%	1.3%
73rd	Honduras	30.93%	2.3%
74th	São Tomé and Principe	31.19%	1.2%
75th	Albania	32.19%	0.7%
76th	Central African Republic	32.21%	5.0%
77th	Grenada	32.48%	0.2%
78th	Philippines	32.49%	0.6%
79th	Senegal	33.02%	1.6%
80th	Cambodia	33.03%	12.5%
81st	Türkiye	33.37%	3.2%
82nd	Antigua and Barbuda	33.78%	0.2%
83rd	Channel Islands	34.09%	-1.2%
84th	Zambia	34.44%	3.8%
85th	Moldova	34.80%	2.9%
86th	St. Kitts and Nevis	34.97%	0.7%
87th	Morocco	36.32%	1.8%
88th	Fiji	36.34%	0.9%
89th	Guatemala	36.38%	0.0%
90th	Tajikistan	36.49%	-0.8%
91st	Montenegro	36.76%	3.4%
92nd	Portugal	36.91%	1.6%
93rd	Uzbekistan	37.68%	1.5%
94th	Paraguay	37.70%	0.8%
95th	Kyrgyz Republic	37.90%	0.3%
96th	Gabon	38.91%	6.6%
97th	Congo, Republic of	39.22%	0.8%
98th	Dominica	39.81%	1.5%
99th	Oman	39.81%	6.0%
100th	Algeria	39.93%	0.3%
101st	El Salvador	39.96%	0.6%
102nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	40.10%	0.8%
103rd	Slovenia	40.30%	3.2%
104th	Costa Rica	40.66%	1.2%
105th	Ecuador	40.82%	1.3%
106th	Serbia	42.22%	1.7%
107th	Cyprus	42.71%	2.9%
108th	Croatia	42.72%	1.8%
109th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	43.22%	0.1%
110th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	43.35%	0.5%
111th	Jamaica	43.52%	1.6%
112th	Seychelles	43.71%	4.8%
113th	Dominican Republic	43.78%	2.9%
114th	Trinidad and Tobago	43.98%	4.1%
115th	Mauritius	44.04%	-0.1%
116th	Slovak Republic	44.14%	2.7%
117th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	44.25%	2.1%
118th	Syrian Arab Republic	44.46%	0.8%
119th	Romania	44.82%	2.1%
120th	Korea	45.15%	3.1%
121st	Mongolia	47.19%	1.6%
122nd	Turkmenistan	47.80%	-0.1%
123rd	South Africa	47.97%	0.1%
124th	Belarus	48.00%	3.1%
125th	Tunisia	48.36%	2.4%
126th	Panama	48.36%	0.4%
127th	Nicaragua	48.69%	0.9%
128th	Georgia	48.97%	0.7%
129th	North Macedonia	49.75%	1.4%
130th	Barbados	50.64%	4.6%
131st	Azerbaijan	51.25%	1.1%
132nd	Kazakhstan	51.61%	0.7%
133rd	Turks and Caicos Islands	52.07%	0.6%
134th	Austria	52.37%	0.5%
135th	Ireland	53.17%	0.8%
136th	Jordan	53.24%	1.6%
137th	Lithuania	53.85%	2.3%
138th	Poland	53.86%	1.3%
139th	Belize	53.86%	-0.4%
140th	New Caledonia	54.05%	1.4%
141st	Isle of Man	54.12%	-1.6%
142nd	Saudi Arabia	55.05%	3.5%
143rd	Hungary	56.02%	0.4%
144th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	56.12%	1.0%
145th	Bulgaria	56.27%	2.0%
146th	French Polynesia	56.50%	2.1%
147th	Brazil	57.14%	2.7%
148th	Libya	57.32%	5.5%
149th	Ukraine	57.38%	1.4%
150th	American Samoa	57.57%	1.6%
151st	West Bank and Gaza	58.08%	1.6%
152nd	Switzerland	58.71%	0.7%
153rd	Puerto Rico (US)	59.86%	1.7%
154th	Iraq	59.98%	1.6%
155th	Peru	60.34%	1.3%
156th	Palau	60.40%	0.9%
157th	Colombia	60.78%	1.3%
158th	Marshall Islands	61.29%	2.3%
159th	Mexico	61.37%	1.3%
160th	Finland	61.55%	0.8%
161st	Cuba	62.06%	1.3%
162nd	Armenia	62.28%	1.2%
163rd	Brunei Darussalam	63.24%	-0.5%
164th	Netherlands	63.51%	0.7%
165th	Aruba	63.93%	0.8%
166th	Lebanon	64.06%	2.4%
167th	Latvia	64.66%	1.0%
168th	Russian Federation	65.11%	1.5%
169th	Italy	65.38%	0.4%
170th	European Union	65.92%	0.6%
171st	Suriname	65.96%	0.0%
172nd	Greece	66.19%	0.9%
173rd	San Marino	66.31%	3.9%
174th	Czechia	66.44%	1.1%
175th	Estonia	66.66%	0.8%
176th	Djibouti	66.79%	1.8%
177th	Bahamas, The	67.04%	1.4%
178th	Norway	67.75%	0.9%
179th	Spain	67.97%	0.9%
180th	Belgium	71.88%	0.6%
181st	France	72.66%	0.5%
182nd	United States	73.59%	0.0%
183rd	Greenland	73.94%	0.3%
184th	Japan	74.63%	1.3%
185th	Canada	75.88%	-0.2%
186th	Luxembourg	76.19%	0.9%
187th	United Kingdom	77.11%	0.2%
188th	Chile	77.38%	0.9%
189th	Bahrain	78.31%	0.2%
190th	Qatar	78.94%	0.7%
191st	Curaçao	79.59%	0.3%
192nd	Germany	79.76%	0.0%
193rd	Argentina	80.17%	0.5%
194th	Denmark	81.30%	0.6%
195th	New Zealand	82.26%	0.4%
196th	Sweden	82.27%	0.3%
197th	Uruguay	82.55%	0.3%
198th	Andorra	83.19%	2.2%
199th	United Arab Emirates	83.23%	0.7%
200th	Kuwait	85.71%	2.6%
201st	Australia	85.82%	0.1%
202nd	Israel	85.83%	0.6%
203rd	Iceland	86.20%	0.5%
204th	Northern Mariana Islands	86.39%	0.0%
205th	Hong Kong SAR, China	88.72%	0.4%
206th	Guam	88.75%	0.0%
207th	Malta	89.40%	0.0%
208th	Macao SAR, China	97.50%	0.2%
209th	Bermuda	100.00%	0.0%
210th	Cayman Islands	100.00%	0.0%
211th	Gibraltar	100.00%	0.0%
212th	St. Martin (French part)	100.00%	0.0%
213th	Monaco	100.00%	0.0%
214th	Nauru	100.00%	0.0%
215th	Singapore	100.00%	0.0%
216th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	100.00%	0.0%

FAQ

What was Korea's urban population in 1973?▾

Korea's urban population in 1973 was 45.15%. This ranked 120th globally.

How did Korea's urban population change in 1973?▾

Korea's urban population increased by 3.1% in 1973 compared to 1972.

Which country had the highest urban population in 1973?▾

Bermuda had the highest urban population in 1973 at 100.00%.

What is the urban population of Korea in 1973?▾

The urban population of Korea in 1973 was 45.15%. This ranked 120th globally.

How does 1973 compare to 1972 for Korea's urban population?▾

Korea's urban population went from 43.79% in 1972 to 45.15% in 1973, a 3.1% increase.

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