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
Cairo Egypt 15.7 34.9
Calcutta India 1.3 4.7
Cali Colombia 5.2 7.2
Campinas Brazil 1.0 1.3
Cape Town South Africa 6.6 13.4
Caracas Venezuela 13.6 15.8
Casablanca Morocco 11.8 22.4
Changchun China 0.4 1.2
Changde China 0.1 0.3
Changsha China 0.1 0.4
Chelyabinsk Russian Federation 0.8 1.0
Chengdu China 0.4 1.2
Chicago United States of America 2.5 3.3
Chittagong Bangladesh 2.1 11.3
Chongqing China 0.3 0.9
Cincinnati United States of America 0.5 0.6
Cleveland United States of America 0.6 0.8
Coimbatore India 0.1 0.5
Cologne Germany 3.7 4.2
Columbus United States of America 0.4 0.5
Conakry Guinea 21.7 72.7
Copenhagen Denmark 25.3 29.7
Córdoba Argentina 3.7 4.2
Curitiba Brazil 1.4 1.8
Dakar Senegal 20.8 47.0
Dalian China 0.2 0.7
Dallas United States of America 1.4 1.8
Damascus Syrian Arab Republic 14.3 27.2
Daqing China 0.1 0.3
Dar Es Salaam United Rep. of Tanzania 5.9 23.5
Datong China 0.1 0.4
Davao Philippines 1.5 2.7
Delhi India 1.1 4.0
Denver United States of America 0.6 0.8
Detroit United States of America 1.4 1.8
Dhaka Bangladesh 7.5 39.9
Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine 2.4 3.4
Donetsk Ukraine 2.2 3.2
Douala Cameroon 10.2 22.4
Durban South Africa 3.0 6.1
Düsseldorf Germany 3.8 4.3
East Rand South Africa 4.2 8.4
Ekaterinburg Russian Federation 1.0 1.3
Esfahan Iran (Islamic Rep. of) 2.9 4.9
Essen Germany 7.9 9.2
Faisalabad Pakistan 1.4 3.9
Fort Lauderdale United States of America 0.5 0.7
Fortaleza Brazil 1.7 2.1
Frankfurt Germany 4.4 5.1
Fushun China 0.1 0.4
Fuzhou China 0.1 0.4

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