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Estimated Urban Land Area: Selected Nations

NATIONAL URBAN LAND ESTIMATES    
Nation Urban Land Area/Total Land Area Urban Areas Over 1,000,000 Land Area/Total Land Area Share of Urban Land in Urban Areas Over 1,000,000 Share of Urban Population in Urban Areas Over 1,000,000
Australia 0.25% 0.11% 41% 59%
Canada All 0.27% 0.05% 17% 43%
.... Agricultural Belt 3.29% 0.55% 17% 43%
France 12.38% 0.98% 8% 30%
Germany 27.53% 2.09% 8% 29%
Great Britain 5.94% 1.53% 26% 30%
. . England & Wales 7.91% 2.08% 26% 31%
. . Scotland 2.14% 0.47% 22% 27%
Ireland 4.06% 0.53% 13% 48%
Italy 20.09% 1.18% 6% 27%
Japan 14.29% 5.66% 40% 65%
Netherlands 28.28% 2.52% 9% 23%
New Zealand 1.42% 0.20% 14% 32%
Spain 9.25% 0.40% 4% 32%
Switzerland 17.54% 0.00% 0% 0%
United States 2.62% 0.95% 36% 53%
         
Sources        
USA, France, Australia, Canada, Great Britain from national statistical authorities.      
Other nations based upon Demographia World Urban Area estimates (www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf) and University of Avignon data adjusted to account for smaller urban areas not covered in estimates.      
Where insufficient smaller urban area data is available, the international threshold of 400 per square kilometer is used for the remainder.      

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