Countries historical urban population per urban land area in South America

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This scatter chart displays urban population (people) against urban land area (km²). The data is from our countries entity and is filtered where the region is South America.

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There are 2 fields used on this chart (including filters):
  • Urban Land Area: Urban land area in square kilometers, based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons. This field is expressed in km².
  • Urban Population: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages. This field is expressed in people.

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This chart is based on data from: World Bank

Updated: 30 days ago

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