variables: 819586

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819586 Annual share of population residing in urban areas at mid-year (projections) people   2024-01-26 11:04:50 2024-07-25 22:55:25     2019-2050 6362     
{
    "unit": "people",
    "isProjection": true,
    "numDecimalPlaces": 1
}
 0     annual_percentage_of_population_at_mid_year_residing_in_urban_areas_by_region__subregion_and_country_projections grapher/un/2024-01-17/urbanization_urban_rural/urbanization_urban_rural#annual_percentage_of_population_at_mid_year_residing_in_urban_areas_by_region__subregion_and_country_projections   2 minor   Annual share of population residing in urban areas at mid-year       Annual share of the population living in urban areas at mid-year.   
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    "The projection method for urban population in the World Urbanization Prospects involves a two-step process using an established extrapolation method based on urban-rural ratios. Initially, the average annual rate of change in the urban-rural ratio is calculated using data from the last two censuses, which informs the rate of change in urban and rural populations. This rate is then extrapolated, assuming a logistic path of urban proportion growth. Subsequently, a \"world norm\" is applied, estimated from empirical urban-rural growth differences in two groups of countries categorized by population size. This norm uses a regression equation to establish a hypothetical urban-rural growth difference for different levels of initial urban percentage.\n\nThe country-specific urban-rural growth difference is then converged with this hypothetical difference over 25 years, allowing the urbanization process of a country to align with a global urbanization pattern. This method ensures that urban-rural growth differences evolve towards a worldwide trend rather than remaining constant."
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