OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance 2018

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