Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Population Division

Urban and Rural Areas 1996

	Population (thousands)
	Urban		Rural
Country or area	1996	2030	1996	2030
World total	2635645	5117038	3132129	3254564
More developed regions (*)	882890	1014759	292150	197388
Less developed regions (+)	1752755	4102279	2839979	3057176
Least developed countries (#)	138316	557663	456195	709539

(*) More developed regions comprise all regions of Europe and Northern America, Australia/New Zealand and Japan.

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(+) Less developed regions comprise all regions of Africa, Asia (excluding Japan) and Latin America and the Caribbean, and the regions of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.

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(#) As of 1995, the least developed countries as defined by the United Nations General Assembly, comprise 48 countries, of which 33 are in Africa, 9 in Asia, 1 in Latin America and 5 in Oceania. They are also included in the less developed regions.

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United Nations publication, (ST/ESA/SER.A/166), Sales No. E.97.XIII.3, Copyright (C) United Nations 1997