|
Urban and rural population
|
|
|
|
Argentina
|
Bolivia
|
Brazil
|
Chile
|
Colombia
|
Costa Rica
|
|
Urban Population (2000)
|
89.6%
|
64.6%
|
80.4%
|
85.7%
|
73.7%
|
50.4%
|
|
Population
of the main metropolitan area (1990)
|
34.5%
|
17.4%
|
10.2%
|
35.4%
|
15.8%
|
26.1%
|
|
Population
of the two main metropolitan areas (1990)
|
38.2%
|
28.3%
|
16.9%
|
40.7%
|
22.6%
|
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Population of local cities with 100.000 or more inhabitants
|
61.7%
|
41.3%
|
47.9%
|
60.7%
|
49.2%
|
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Percentage of woman head of urban households
|
27.6% (1999)
|
20.7% (1997)
|
25.4% (1999)
|
24.0% (1998)
|
28.8% (1999)
|
27.9% (1999)
|
|
|
Ecuador
|
El Salvador
|
Guatemala
|
Honduras
|
Mexico
|
Nicaragua
|
|
Urban Population (2000)
|
62.7%
|
55.2%
|
39.4%
|
48.2%
|
75.0%
|
55.0%
|
|
Population
of the main metropolitan area (1990)
|
15.6%
|
20.4%
|
19.6%
|
14.5%
|
18.5%
|
18.8%
|
|
Population
of the two main metropolitan areas (1990)
|
27.0%
|
23.1%
|
20.7%
|
19.1%
|
22.1%
|
21.7%
|
|
Population of local cities with 100.000 or more inhabitants
|
36.6%
|
28.0%
|
19.6%
|
19.1%
|
46.7%
|
22.8%
|
|
Percentage of woman head of urban households
|
20.1% (1999)
|
30.2% (1997)
|
24.3% (1999)
|
30.3% (1998)
|
19.1% (1999)
|
36.6% (1999)
|
|
|
Panama
|
Paraguay
|
Peru
|
Dominic Republic
|
Uruguay
|
Venezuela
|
|
Urban Population (2000)
|
57.6%
|
56.1%
|
72.3%
|
60.0%
|
93.0%
|
87.4%
|
|
Population
of the main metropolitan area (1990)
|
36.6%
|
29.5%
|
27.9%
|
21.9%
|
50.3%
|
15.3%
|
|
Population
of the two main metropolitan areas (1990)
|
40.5%
|
32.7%
|
30.6%
|
27.1%
|
53.3%
|
22.5%
|
|
Population of local cities with 100.000 or more inhabitants
|
36.6%
|
32.7%
|
46.2%
|
30.7%
|
50.3%
|
58.2%
|
|
Percentage of woman head of urban households
|
26.0% (1999)
|
26.0% (1997)
|
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|
31.4% (1998)
|
30.5% (1999)
|
27.2% (1999)
|
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