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High-Income World Metropolitan Areas:
Core City & Suburban Population Trends

High-Income World Metropolitan Areas: Index

      Share of Change in Population  
  Since Areas Core Cities Suburbs Classification  
United States 1950 39 7.3% 92.7% Urbanized areas over 1,000,000 any census since 1950
Canada 1951 4 5.3% 94.7% Metropolitan areas over 1,000,000
Western Europe 1965 42 -13.0% 113.0% Metropolitan areas over 1,000,000
Japan 1965 8 7.6% 92.4% Metropolitan areas over 1,000,000
Australia & New Zealand 1965 6 7.2% 92.8% Metropolitan areas over 1,000,000
Hong Kong 1965 1 55.5% 44.5% Metropolitan area
Israel 1965 1 -1.6% 101.6% Metropolitan area over 1,000,000
Singapore 1965 0     Note  
Total   101 4.7% 95.3%    
             
Data (x1,000,000)
    EARLIER     LATEST  
  Metropolitan/Urban Area Core City Suburbs Metropolitan/Urban Area Core City Suburbs
United States 52,233 34,132 18,101 120,068 39,109 80,959
Canada 3,699 2,242 1,457 11,160 2,639 8,521
Western Europe 86,480 42,259 44,221 110,736 39,094 71,642
Japan 44,070 17,076 26,994 67,175 18,839 48,336
Australia & New Zealand 6,690 1,126 5,564 12,695 1,556 11,139
Hong Kong 3,275 1,452 1,823 6,708 3,359 3,349
Israel 715 393 322 2,786 360 2,426
Total 197,162 98,680 98,482 331,328 104,956 226,372
Change       134,166 6,276 127,890
Share of Growth         4.7% 95.3%
             
Note            
Singapore excluded because central city & metropolitan area are the same    

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