Share of Change in Population
Nation	Since	Areas	Core Cities	Suburbs	Classification
United States	1950	52	8.40%	91.60%	Metropolitan regions over 1,000,000
Canada	1951	4	5.30%	94.70%	Metropolitan areas over 1,000,000
Western Europe	1965	42	-13.00%	113.00%	Metropolitan areas over 1,000,000
Japan	1965	8	7.60%	92.40%	Metropolitan areas over 1,000,000
Australia & New Zealand	1965	6	7.20%	92.80%	Metropolitan areas over 1,000,000
Hong Kong	1965	1	55.50%	44.50%	Metropolitan area
Israel	1965	1	-1.60%	101.60%	Metropolitan area over 1,000,000
Total		114	5.60%	94.40%
	EARLIER (000s)			LATEST (000s)
Nation	Metropolitan Area	Core City	Suburbs	Metropolitan Area	Core City	Suburbs
United States	78,592	34,212	44,380	163,256	41,362	121,894
Canada	3,699	2,242	1,457	11,160	2,639	8,521
Western Europe	86,480	42,259	44,221	110,736	39,094	71,642
Japan	44,070	17,076	26,994	67,175	18,839	48,336
Australia & New Zealand	6,690	1,126	5,564	12,695	1,556	11,139
Hong Kong	3,275	1,452	1,823	6,708	3,359	3,349
Israel	715	393	322	2,786	360	2,426
Total	223,521	98,760	124,761	374,516	107,209	267,307
Change				150,995	8,449	142,546
Share of Growth					5.60%	94.40%