Population by degree of urbanization and by urban agglomeration from 1950 to 2100

Chris Jacobs-crisioni, Marcello Schiavina, Alfredo Alessandrini and Lewis Dijkstra ()
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Lewis Dijkstra: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en

No JRC144219, JRC Research Reports from Joint Research Centre

Abstract: The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission has produced long timeseries of global population by degree of urbanization, as well as for each city in the world. These long timeseries describe population changes by degree of urbanization, that is for cities, towns and semi-dense areas, and rural areas, as well as for individual cities from 1950 to 2100. They were produced as inputs for the 2025 UN World Urbanization Prospects report, complementing UN statistics on urban/rural population according to national definitions. The timeseries were obtained by combining three sources, namely rescaled GHS-POP grids for the period 1975-2020, supplemented with backcast population estimates for the period 1975-1950, and population grids projected by the CRISP model for the period 2020-2100. The report outlines the various sources and relevant inputs and shows a selection of results to characterize the data produced.

Date: 2025-11
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