United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Population Division

Urban Agglomerations 1996

 Population residing
in agglomeration, 1996,
as a percentage of
Agglomeration Country Total
population
Urban
population
Aachen Germany 1.3 1.5
Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire 20.8 47.1
Accra Ghana 9.7 26.8
Adana Turkey 1.8 2.6
Addis Ababa Ethiopia 4.4 27.7
Adelaide Australia 5.8 6.8
Agra India 0.1 0.4
Ahmedabad India 0.4 1.5
Aleppo Syrian Arab Republic 13.1 24.8
Alexandria Egypt 5.8 12.9
Algiers Algeria 13.4 23.7
Alma-Ata Kazakstan 7.5 12.5
Amman Jordan 22.1 30.7
Amsterdam Netherlands 7.2 8.1
Ankara Turkey 4.7 6.7
Anshan China 0.1 0.4
Arbil Iraq 9.1 12.1
Asansol India 0.1 0.4
Asunción Paraguay 22.5 42.3
Athens Greece 29.5 49.7
Atlanta United States of America 0.9 1.2
Baghdad Iraq 21.4 28.5
Baku Azerbaijan 24.6 43.9
Baltimore United States of America 0.7 1.0
Bandung Indonesia 1.5 4.1
Bangalore India 0.5 1.9
Bangkok Thailand 11.4 56.2
Baotou China 0.1 0.4
Barcelona Spain 7.1 9.2
Barranquilla Colombia 3.2 4.4
Beijing China 0.9 3.0
Beirut Lebanon 60.8 69.1
Belém Brazil 0.9 1.2
Belgrade Yugoslavia 11.8 20.5
Belo Horizonte Brazil 2.4 3.0
Benxi China 0.1 0.3
Berlin Germany 4.1 4.7
Bhopal India 0.1 0.5
Bielefeld Germany 1.6 1.8
Birmingham United Kingdom 3.9 4.4
Bogotá Colombia 17.1 23.4
Bombay India 1.7 6.1
Boston United States of America 1.1 1.4
Brasília Brazil 1.1 1.4
Brazzaville Congo 39.3 66.3
Brisbane Australia 8.2 9.7
Brussels Belgium 11.0 11.4
Bucharest Romania 9.3 16.5
Budapest Hungary 20.1 30.9
Buenos Aires Argentina 33.9 38.3
Bursa Turkey 1.8 2.5

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United Nations publication, (ST/ESA/SER.A/163), Sales No. E.97.XIII.2, Copyright (C) United Nations 1997