The Human Impacts Database

A collection of useful numbers for quantifying the impacts of the human presence on Earth.

This quantity comes from a time series measurement and the most recent value (2018) is reported.


Value:		≈ 55 %
HuID:		93995
Relevant Year(s):		2018
Summary:		"Urban" does not follow a singular definition and is reported by what each country reports as the "urban" population. As explained by the United Nations population division, "When the definition used in the latest census was not the same as in previous censuses, the data were adjusted whenever possible so as to maintain consistency." See the source for more information.
Source:		FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization) of the United Nations Annual Population. (2021)
Dataset:		Global rural and urban populations 1950 — 2018 (FAOSTAT_rural_urban_population.csv) global resolution
Trend:
Original Data License:		CC-BY-NC-SA IGO 3.0 (FAO Modified)
Added By:		gchure