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Urban population in the Lower Mekong 1964 to 2014

The percentage of the total population in each Lower Mekong country in 10 year intervals from 1964 until 2014. This dataset built from World Bank data for an interactive visualization on the OD Mekong Urban administration and development page (https://opendevelopmentmekong.net/topics/urban-administration-and-development/). Source: World Bank. http://beta.data.worldbank.org/?end=2014&indicators=SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS&start=1964

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Additional Info

Field Value
Dataset topic category Urban administration and development
Language
  • English
Use limitations You may extract, download, and make copies of the information contained in the Datasets, and you may share that information with third parties (with the exception of "Restricted data" (http://www.worldbank.org/terms-of-use-datasets-restricted). http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/0,,contentMDK:22547097~pagePK:50016803~piPK:50016805~theSitePK:13,00.html
Dataset reference date April 8, 2016
Temporal extent's start date January 1, 1964
Temporal extent's end date December 31, 2014
GeoNames
  • Cambodia
  • Viet Nam
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Thailand
  • Myanmar
Logical Consistency The data represents snapshots of the urban population percentage for each country in 10 year intervals starting from 1964. It does not show the percentage data for each year between 1964 and 2014. That is, there are six data records for each country.
Completeness The data represents snapshots of the urban population percentage for each country in 10 year intervals starting from 1964. It does not show the percentage data for each year between 1964 and 2014. That is, there are six data records for each country.
Process Step From the World Bank's data site, select the Urban population (% of total) indicator. Slide the year selectors from 1964 to 2014. Scrolling down to the results table, copy the data for each Lower Mekong country (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam) to an Excel spreadsheet file and save.
Lineage World Bank. Urban population (% of total). http://beta.data.worldbank.org/?end=2014&indicators=SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS&start=1964
Responsible party ODI Researcher: David Hill World Bank: +1 202 473 7824 or +1 800 590 1906 or by sending an email to data@worldbank.org.
Attributes Excel spreadsheet with two tabs, one for data and one for source and notes.
License CC-BY-4.0
Copyright No
Version 1.0
Date uploaded April 8, 2016, 08:57 (UTC)
Date modified April 8, 2016, 08:58 (UTC)