Estimated Urban Land Area: Selected Nations
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NATIONAL URBAN LAND ESTIMATES |
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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 |
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Australia |
0.25% |
0.11% |
41% |
59% |
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Canada All |
0.27% |
0.05% |
17% |
43% |
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.... Agricultural Belt |
3.29% |
0.55% |
17% |
43% |
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France |
12.38% |
0.98% |
8% |
30% |
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Germany |
27.53% |
2.09% |
8% |
29% |
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Great Britain |
5.94% |
1.53% |
26% |
30% |
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. . England & Wales |
7.91% |
2.08% |
26% |
31% |
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. . Scotland |
2.14% |
0.47% |
22% |
27% |
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Ireland |
4.06% |
0.53% |
13% |
48% |
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Italy |
20.09% |
1.18% |
6% |
27% |
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Japan |
14.29% |
5.66% |
40% |
65% |
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Netherlands |
28.28% |
2.52% |
9% |
23% |
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New Zealand |
1.42% |
0.20% |
14% |
32% |
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Spain |
9.25% |
0.40% |
4% |
32% |
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Switzerland |
17.54% |
0.00% |
0% |
0% |
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United States |
2.62% |
0.95% |
36% |
53% |
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USA, France, Australia, Canada, Great Britain from national statistical authorities. |
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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. |
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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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