OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance 2018
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ANNEX A. Defining regions and functional urban areas
Table A.1. Territorial grid of OECD member countries
Code |
Region |
Territorial level 2 (TL2) |
Non-official grid (NOG) |
Territorial level 3 (TL3) |
---|---|---|---|---|
AUS |
Australia |
States/territories (8) |
- |
Statistical Areas Level 4 and Greater Capital City Statistical Area (49) |
AUT |
Austria |
Bundesländer (9) |
- |
Gruppen von Politischen Bezirken (35) |
BEL |
Belgium |
Régions (3) |
- |
Arrondissements (44) |
CAN |
Canada |
Provinces and territories (13) |
LFS, Economic areas (71) |
Census divisions (294) |
CHL |
Chile |
Regions (15) |
Provincias (54) |
|
CZE |
Czech Republic |
Oblasti (8) |
- |
Kraje (14) |
DNK |
Denmark |
Regioner (5) |
- |
Landsdeler (11) |
EST |
Estonia |
Region (1) |
- |
Groups of maakond (5) |
FIN |
Finland |
Suuralueet (5) |
- |
Maakunnat (19) |
FRA |
France |
Régions de France métropolitaine (13) + Régions d’outre-mer (5) |
Régions (avant la réforme territoriale de 2016) (22) |
Dpartements de France métropolitaine (96) + Départements d’outre-mer (5) |
DEU |
Germany |
Bundesländer (16) |
Raumordnungsregionen / Spatial planning regions (96) |
Kreise (402) |
GRC |
Greece |
Regions (13) |
- |
Regional units and combination of regional units (52) |
HUN |
Hungary |
Planning statistical regions (7) |
- |
Counties and Budapest (20) |
ISL |
Iceland |
Regions (2) |
- |
Landsvaedi (8) |
IRL |
Ireland |
Groups Regional Authority Regions (2) |
- |
Regional Authority Regions (8) |
ISR |
Israel |
Districts (6) |
- |
Districts (6) |
ITA |
Italy |
Regioni (21) |
- |
Province (110) |
JPN |
Japan |
Groups of prefectures (10) |
- |
Prefectures (47) |
KOR |
Korea |
Regions (7) |
- |
Special city, metropolitan area and province (17) |
LVA |
Latvia |
Region (1) |
- |
Statistical regions (6) |
LUX |
Luxembourg |
State (1) |
- |
State (1) |
MEX |
Mexico |
Estados (32) |
- |
Grupos de municipios (209) |
NDL |
Netherlands |
Provinces (12) |
- |
COROP regions (40) |
NZL |
New Zealand |
Regional councils (14) |
- |
Regional councils (14) |
NOR |
Norway |
Landsdeler (7) |
- |
Fylker (19) |
POL |
Poland |
Vojewodztwa (16) |
- |
Podregiony (66) |
PRT |
Portugal |
Comissões de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional e Regiões Autónomas (7) |
- |
Grupos de municipios (25) |
SVK |
Slovak Republic |
Zoskupenia krajov (4) |
- |
Kraj (8) |
SVN |
Slovenia |
Kohezijske regije (2) |
- |
Statisticˇne regije (12) |
ESP |
Spain |
Comunidades autonomas (19) |
- |
Provincias (59) |
SWE |
Sweden |
Riksomraden (8) |
- |
Län (21) |
CHE |
Switzerland |
Grandes régions (7) |
- |
Cantons (26) |
TUR |
Turkey |
Regions (26) |
- |
Provinces (81) |
GBR |
United Kingdom |
Regions and countries (12) |
- |
Upper tier authorities or groups of lower tier authorities or groups of unitary authorities or LECs or groups of districts (173) |
USA |
United States |
States and the District of Columbia (51) |
- |
Economic areas (179) |
Table A.2. Territorial grid of selected emerging economies
Code |
Country |
Territorial level 2 (TL2) |
---|---|---|
BRA |
Brazil |
Estados + districto federal (27) |
CHN |
China |
31 provinces; special administrative region of Hong Kong, China special administrative region of Macao, China and Chinese Taipei (33) |
COL |
Colombia |
Departamentos + Capital District (33) |
IND |
India |
States and union territories (35) |
LTU |
Lithuania |
Region (1) |
PER |
Peru |
Departamentos + Provincia Constitucional del Callao (25) |
RUS |
Russian Federation |
Oblast or okrug (83) |
ZAF |
South Africa |
Provinces (9) |
Table A.3. Smallest and largest regional population and surface by country
Country |
Number of TL3 regions |
Region with the highest |
Region with the lowest |
Number of TL2 regions |
Region with the highest |
Region with the lowest |
||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population |
Density |
Population |
Density |
Population |
Density |
Population |
Density |
|||
Australia |
49 |
5 029 768 |
473 |
38 023 |
0.1 |
8 |
7 861 068 |
174.6 |
246 105 |
0.2 |
Austria |
35 |
1 867 582 |
4 728.1 |
20 426 |
20.2 |
9 |
1 867 582 |
4 728.1 |
291 942 |
59.6 |
Belgium |
44 |
1 199 095 |
7 447.8 |
48 745 |
46.6 |
3 |
6 526 061 |
7 447.8 |
1 199 095 |
215.8 |
Canada |
294 |
2 929 886 |
4 649.1 |
475 |
0 |
13 |
14 193 384 |
17.9 |
37 996 |
0.02 |
Chile |
54 |
5 613 982 |
2 765.1 |
2 645 |
0.1 |
15 |
7 482 635 |
485.8 |
110 288 |
1 |
Czech Republic |
14 |
1 338 982 |
2 640.2 |
296 749 |
66.4 |
8 |
1 687 764 |
2 640.2 |
1 118 126 |
71.4 |
Denmark |
11 |
875 084 |
4 272.7 |
39 773 |
59.9 |
5 |
1 807 404 |
706.3 |
587 335 |
74.5 |
Estonia |
5 |
583 728 |
134.7 |
123 319 |
13.4 |
1 |
1 315 819 |
30.3 |
1 315 819 |
30.3 |
Finland |
19 |
1 638 293 |
180.1 |
29 214 |
1.9 |
5 |
1 638 293 |
180.1 |
29 214 |
6.4 |
France |
101 |
2 612 189 |
20 779.7 |
75 810 |
3.3 |
27 |
12 193 865 |
1 015.1 |
249 154 |
3.3 |
Germany |
402 |
3 574 830 |
4 708.4 |
34 428 |
36.4 |
16 |
17 890 100 |
4 007.7 |
678 753 |
69.4 |
Greece |
52 |
1 108 085 |
10 631.2 |
19 285 |
10.6 |
13 |
3 773 559 |
991.5 |
203 700 |
29.3 |
Hungary |
20 |
1 752 704 |
3 338.5 |
192 573 |
50.8 |
7 |
3 000 076 |
433.8 |
894 223 |
63.1 |
Iceland |
8 |
216 878 |
208 |
6 870 |
0.5 |
2 |
216 878 |
220.2 |
121 471 |
1.2 |
Ireland |
8 |
1 348 462 |
1 470.5 |
296 610 |
33.1 |
2 |
3 509 395 |
96.7 |
1 274 988 |
39.7 |
Israel |
6 |
2 115 800 |
8 072.1 |
399 300 |
87.7 |
6 |
2 115 800 |
8 072.1 |
399 300 |
87.7 |
Italy |
110 |
4 353 738 |
2 673.8 |
57 185 |
31 |
21 |
10 019 166 |
439.4 |
126 883 |
39.2 |
Japan |
47 |
13 624 000 |
7 114.4 |
570 000 |
64.1 |
10 |
36 294 000 |
2 768.0 |
3 818 000 |
64.1 |
Korea |
17 |
12 630 972 |
16 203.4 |
263 666 |
91.5 |
7 |
25 383 418 |
2 168.6 |
599 333 |
91.5 |
Latvia |
6 |
641 423 |
2 596.9 |
191 794 |
13 |
1 |
1 950 116 |
31.4 |
1 950 116 |
31.4 |
Lithuania |
10 |
805 173 |
85.4 |
98 608 |
20.1 |
1 |
2 847 904 |
45.5 |
2 847 904 |
45.5 |
Luxembourg |
1 |
590 667 |
228.4 |
590 667 |
228.4 |
1 |
590 667 |
228.4 |
590 667 |
228.4 |
Mexico |
209 |
8 287 260 |
7 459.3 |
9 360 |
0.8 |
32 |
17 363 387 |
5 937.5 |
747 801 |
11 |
Netherlands |
40 |
1 445 056 |
3 094.2 |
46 850 |
128 |
12 |
3 650 222 |
1 301.3 |
381 568 |
186.6 |
New Zealand |
14 |
1 614 400 |
360.7 |
32 500 |
1.4 |
14 |
1 614 400 |
360.7 |
32 500 |
1.4 |
Norway |
19 |
666 759 |
1 565.2 |
76 149 |
1.7 |
7 |
1 271 127 |
254 |
385 669 |
4.5 |
Poland |
72 |
1 750 345 |
3 500.7 |
186 455 |
42.5 |
16 |
5 341 484 |
371.4 |
950 710 |
58.1 |
Portugal |
25 |
2 821 349 |
935.8 |
82 731 |
13.9 |
7 |
3 584 575 |
935.8 |
245 283 |
22.7 |
Slovak Republic |
8 |
822 310 |
312.7 |
561 156 |
68.9 |
4 |
1 830 751 |
312.7 |
641 892 |
82.5 |
Slovenia |
12 |
539 672 |
231.8 |
52 582 |
36.7 |
2 |
1 091 159 |
124.8 |
974 736 |
88.5 |
Spain |
59 |
6 476 838 |
6 534.3 |
10 872 |
8.8 |
19 |
8 408 976 |
6 534.3 |
84 946 |
25.8 |
Sweden |
21 |
2 269 060 |
347.7 |
58 003 |
2.6 |
8 |
2 269 060 |
347.7 |
374 245 |
3.4 |
Switzerland |
26 |
1 487 969 |
5 218.1 |
16 003 |
27.8 |
7 |
1 859 557 |
895.8 |
354 375 |
102.8 |
Turkey |
81 |
14 804 116 |
2 849.1 |
82 193 |
11.1 |
26 |
14 804 116 |
2 849.1 |
766 303 |
26.5 |
United Kingdom |
173 |
1 183 120 |
15 409.3 |
21 755 |
7 |
12 |
9 056 701 |
5 641.3 |
1 875 228 |
69.3 |
United States |
179 |
23 764 056 |
616.4 |
83 028 |
0.5 |
51 |
39 250 017 |
4 284.1 |
585 501 |
0.5 |
OECD average |
63 |
3 732 879 |
4 273.2 |
130 995 |
34.2 |
11 |
7 654 458 |
1 863.3 |
752 532 |
53.8 |
Table A.4. Percentage of national population living in predominantly urban, intermediate and predominantly rural regions (TL3) and number of regions classified as such in each country
Percentage of population (2017) |
Number of regions (TL3) |
|||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rural (%) |
Intermediate (%) |
Urban (%) |
Rural |
Intermediate |
Urban |
|
Australia |
19.2 |
10.0 |
70.8 |
29 |
11 |
9 |
Austria |
40.5 |
27.6 |
31.9 |
24 |
7 |
4 |
Belgium |
8.5 |
38.2 |
53.3 |
12 |
19 |
13 |
Canada |
14.1 |
18.8 |
67.1 |
229 |
35 |
30 |
Chile |
35.9 |
15.7 |
48.4 |
41 |
7 |
6 |
Czech Republic |
21.2 |
54.0 |
24.8 |
4 |
8 |
2 |
Denmark |
28.6 |
48.7 |
22.7 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
Estonia |
44.7 |
10.9 |
44.4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
Finland |
39.9 |
30.3 |
29.8 |
12 |
6 |
1 |
France |
31.0 |
33.8 |
35.2 |
55 |
31 |
15 |
Germany |
15.7 |
40.9 |
43.4 |
110 |
197 |
95 |
Greece |
31.9 |
22.8 |
45.3 |
29 |
15 |
8 |
Hungary |
18.9 |
63.2 |
17.9 |
6 |
13 |
1 |
Iceland |
35.8 |
64.2 |
0.0 |
7 |
1 |
.. |
Ireland |
59.9 |
11.9 |
28.2 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
Israel |
0.0 |
32.1 |
67.9 |
.. |
2 |
4 |
Italy |
9.5 |
42.5 |
47.9 |
20 |
60 |
30 |
Japan |
11.8 |
31.1 |
57.0 |
13 |
22 |
12 |
Korea |
16.9 |
13.1 |
70.0 |
5 |
3 |
9 |
Latvia |
21.9 |
26.5 |
51.6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Lithuania |
8.6 |
63.2 |
28.3 |
2 |
7 |
1 |
Luxembourg |
0.0 |
100.0 |
0.0 |
.. |
1 |
.. |
Mexico |
37.2 |
17.4 |
45.4 |
145 |
30 |
34 |
Netherlands |
0.6 |
25.3 |
74.0 |
1 |
17 |
22 |
New Zealand |
9.0 |
45.8 |
45.2 |
3 |
9 |
2 |
Norway |
28.5 |
41.3 |
30.2 |
9 |
7 |
3 |
Poland |
35.0 |
38.6 |
26.5 |
31 |
26 |
15 |
Portugal |
31.3 |
22.2 |
46.5 |
16 |
6 |
3 |
Slovak Republic |
37.4 |
50.8 |
11.8 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
Slovenia |
58.5 |
41.5 |
0.0 |
9 |
3 |
.. |
Spain |
3.4 |
33.6 |
63.0 |
10 |
32 |
17 |
Sweden |
9.1 |
40.7 |
50.2 |
5 |
11 |
5 |
Switzerland |
3.2 |
36.1 |
60.7 |
2 |
14 |
10 |
Turkey |
29.9 |
36.5 |
33.6 |
49 |
27 |
5 |
United Kingdom |
3.6 |
21.7 |
74.7 |
15 |
34 |
124 |
United States |
37.8 |
20.2 |
42.0 |
132 |
21 |
26 |
Tunisia |
31.6 |
27.0 |
41.4 |
11 |
6 |
7 |
Bulgaria |
13.0 |
68.3 |
18.6 |
7 |
20 |
1 |
Romania |
53.7 |
33.2 |
13.2 |
28 |
11 |
3 |
Figure A.1. Extended regional typology
Figure A.2. Methodology to define the functional urban areas
Table A.5. Number of metropolitan areas and share of national population in metropolitan areas, 2015
Metropolitan areas (functional urban areas with population above 500 000)
Country |
Total metropolitan areas |
Population between 500 000 and 1.5 million |
Population above 1.5 million |
Rest (non-metropolitan) |
||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number |
% of national population |
Number |
% of national population |
Number |
% of national population |
% of national population |
||
AUS |
Australia |
6 |
63.7 |
2 |
7.9 |
4 |
55.7 |
36.3 |
AUT |
Austria |
3 |
47.1 |
2 |
14.6 |
1 |
32.5 |
52.9 |
BEL |
Belgium |
4 |
44.8 |
3 |
21.5 |
1 |
23.3 |
55.2 |
CAN |
Canada |
11 |
60.6 |
6 |
13.6 |
5 |
47 |
39.4 |
CHL |
Chile |
3 |
51.5 |
2 |
10.9 |
1 |
40.6 |
48.5 |
CZE |
Czech Republic |
3 |
34.9 |
2 |
13.6 |
1 |
21.3 |
65.1 |
DNK |
Denmark |
1 |
35.7 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
35.7 |
64.3 |
EST |
Estonia |
1 |
44.8 |
1 |
44.8 |
0 |
0 |
55.2 |
FIN |
Finland |
1 |
25.5 |
1 |
25.5 |
0 |
0 |
74.5 |
FRA |
France |
15 |
39.1 |
12 |
15.3 |
3 |
23.9 |
60.9 |
DEU |
Germany |
26 |
49.7 |
18 |
19 |
8 |
30.7 |
50.3 |
GRC |
Greece |
2 |
44.2 |
1 |
10.1 |
1 |
34.1 |
55.8 |
HUN |
Hungary |
1 |
30.1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
30.1 |
69.9 |
IRL |
Ireland |
1 |
39.4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
39.4 |
60.6 |
ITA |
Italy |
13 |
33.8 |
9 |
10 |
4 |
23.8 |
66.2 |
JPN |
Japan |
34 |
72.3 |
29 |
19 |
5 |
53.3 |
27.7 |
KOR |
Korea |
12 |
79.9 |
7 |
10.5 |
5 |
69.4 |
20.1 |
LVA |
Latvia |
1 |
46.1 |
1 |
46.1 |
0 |
0 |
53.9 |
LUX |
Luxembourg |
1 |
100.0 |
1 |
100.1 |
0 |
0 |
-0.1 |
MEX |
Mexico |
38 |
53.1 |
29 |
19.4 |
9 |
33.7 |
46.9 |
NLD |
Netherlands |
6 |
45.6 |
4 |
18.9 |
2 |
26.7 |
54.4 |
NOR |
Norway |
1 |
26.8 |
1 |
26.8 |
0 |
0 |
73.2 |
POL |
Poland |
10 |
32.6 |
8 |
18 |
2 |
14.6 |
67.4 |
PRT |
Portugal |
2 |
39.9 |
1 |
12.3 |
1 |
27.6 |
60.1 |
SVK |
Slovakia |
1 |
11.2 |
1 |
11.2 |
0 |
0 |
88.8 |
SVN |
Slovenia |
1 |
26.3 |
1 |
26.3 |
0 |
0 |
73.7 |
ESP |
Spain |
11 |
42.2 |
7 |
10.8 |
4 |
31.4 |
57.8 |
SWE |
Sweden |
3 |
39.5 |
2 |
16.8 |
1 |
22.8 |
60.5 |
CHE |
Switzerland |
3 |
28.7 |
3 |
28.7 |
0 |
0 |
71.3 |
GBR |
United Kingdom |
21 |
55.2 |
16 |
19.9 |
5 |
35.4 |
44.8 |
USA |
United States |
93 |
63.7 |
59 |
15.6 |
34 |
48.2 |
36.3 |
OECD31 |
329 |
54.9 |
229 |
16 |
100 |
38.9 |
45.1 |
|
COL |
Colombia |
9 |
45.2 |
5 |
9.1 |
4 |
36.1 |
54.8 |