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URBANIZATION
| Country | Urban Population | Population in urban agglomeration of more than one million | Population in largest city | Access to improved sanitation facilities | |||||||||
| ( Millions) | ( % of total Population) | ( % of total population) | ( % of urban population) | Urban % of population | Rural % of population | ||||||||
| 1980 | 1999 | 1980 | 1999 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 | 1980 | 2000 | 1980 | 2000 | 1980 | 2000 | |
| BANGLADESH | 12.5 | 30.6 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 26 | 39 | 78 | 82 | 27 | 44 |
| INDIA | 158.8 | 280.1 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 58 | 73 | 8 | 14 |
| NEPAL | 0.9 | 2.7 | 7 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 68 | 75 | 16 | 20 |
| PAKISTAN | 23.2 | 49.1 | 28 | 36 | 15 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 78 | 94 | 13 | 42 |
| SRI LANKA | 3.2 | 4.4 | 22 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | 93 | 91 | 79 | 83 |
Data sources: The
data on urban population and population in urban conglomerations and in
the largest city come from the United Nations Population Division's,World
Urbanization Prospects : The 1999 Version . The total population figures
are World Bank estimates. The data on access to sanitation in urban and
rural areas are from the World Health organization.
Report : World Development Indicators : 2001, The World Bank, Washington,
2001.