Annual growth rate of population share in cities with at least 300,000 inhabitants
Use escrito dataset owid.annual-rate-of-change-in-urban-populations
Average annual growth in the share of population living in cities with at least 300,000 people, calculated over five-year periods. For example, 2020 reflects average growth between 2015–2020. City boundaries are defined using a consistent global approach based on satellite imagery and population data. Expected average annual growth in the share of population living in cities with at least 300,000 people, calculated over five-year periods. City boundaries are defined using a consistent global approach based on satellite imagery and population data.
Cite as: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. “Annual growth rate of the share of population in cities with 300,000 or more people” [dataset]. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), “Global Human Settlement Layer Dataset” [original data].
- Publisher
- Our World in Data
- Tier
- Official
- Covers
- 1955–2100
- Places
- Countries, regions and groups of the world
- Updated
- annual
- Last modified
- 2025-12-10
- Units
- %
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Method
- https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-rate-of-change-in-urban-populations
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| entity | text | country, region or group |
| code | text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, OWID_ for OWID's own groups, empty for most regions |
| year | integer | |
| popshare_citysize_above_300k_growth_estimates | number | Annual growth rate of the share of population in cities with 300,000 or more people (%) |
| popshare_citysize_above_300k_growth_projections | number | Projected annual growth rate of the share of population in cities with 300,000 or more people (%) |
Dimensions
| Name | Values |
|---|---|
| entity | |
| year |