OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance 2024
Annex A. Description of regions and FUAs
Copy link to Annex A. Description of regions and FUAsTable A.1. Territorial grid of OECD member and accession countries
Copy link to Table A.1. Territorial grid of OECD member and accession countries|
Country |
Territorial Level 2 (TL2) |
Territorial Level 3 (TL3) |
|---|---|---|
|
AUS |
States/territories (8) |
Statistical Areas Level 4 and Greater Capital City Statistical Area (50) |
|
AUT |
Bundesländer (9) |
Gruppen von Politischen Bezirken (35) |
|
BEL |
Régions (3) |
Arrondissements (44) |
|
CAN |
Provinces and territories (13) |
Census divisions (293) |
|
CHE |
Grandes regions (7) |
Cantons (26) |
|
CHL |
Regions (16) |
Provincias (56) |
|
COL |
Departamentos + Capital District (33) |
Subregions (158) |
|
CRI |
Planning regions (6) |
Planning regions (6) |
|
CZE |
Oblasti (8) |
Kraje (14) |
|
DNK |
Regioner (5) |
Landsdeler (11) |
|
DEU |
Länder (16) |
Kreise (401) |
|
ESP |
Comunidades autónomas (17)/Ciudades autónomas (2) |
Provincias (59) |
|
EST |
Region (1) |
Groups of maakond (5) |
|
FIN |
Suuralueet (5) |
Maakunnat (19) |
|
FRA |
Régions (13) + Régions d’outre-mer (5) |
Départements (96) + Départements d’outre-mer (5) |
|
GBR |
Regions and countries (12) |
Upper-tier authorities or groups of lower-tier authorities or groups of unitary authorities, local enterprise companies (LECs) or groups of districts (179) |
|
GRC |
Regions (13) |
Regional units and combination of regional units (52) |
|
HUN |
Planning statistical regions (8) |
Vármegyét (counties) and Budapest (20) |
|
ISL |
Regions (2) |
Landsvaedi (8) |
|
IRL |
Groups Regional Authority Regions (3) |
Regional Authority Regions (8) |
|
ISR |
Districts (6) |
Districts (6) |
|
ITA |
Regioni (21) |
Province (107) |
|
JPN |
Groups of prefectures (10) |
Prefectures (47) |
|
KOR |
Regions (7) |
Special city, metropolitan area and province (17) |
|
LVA |
Region (1) |
Statistical regions (6) |
|
LTU |
Group of counties (2) |
Counties (10) |
|
LUX |
State (1) |
State (1) |
|
MEX |
Estados (32) |
Grupos de municipios (209) |
|
NLD |
Provinces (12) |
COROP regions (40) |
|
NZL |
Regional councils (14) |
Regional councils (14) |
|
NOR |
Landsdeler (7) |
Fylker (13) |
|
POL |
Vojewodztwa (17) |
Podregiony (73) |
|
PRT |
Comissaoes de coordenaçao e desenvolvimento regional e regioes autónomas (7) |
Grupos de municipios (25) |
|
SVK |
Zoskupenia krajov (4) |
Kraj (8) |
|
SVN |
Kohezijske regije (2) |
Statistične regije (12) |
|
SWE |
Riksomraden (8) |
Län (21) |
|
TUR |
Regions (26) |
Provinces (81) |
|
USA |
States and the District of Columbia (51) |
Economic areas (179) |
|
BRA |
Estados + districto federal (27) |
Mesoregiao (137) |
|
BGR |
Planning regions/Rayoni za planirane (6) |
Oblasts/Podregioni (28) |
|
HRV |
Statistical regions (4) |
Counties/županije and City of Zagreb (21) |
|
PER |
Departamentos + Provincia Constitucional del Callao (25) |
- |
|
ROU |
Regions/Regiuni (8) |
Counties + Bucharest/Județe + București (42) |
Table A.2. Number of small regions by access to city typology
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|
Metropolitan large |
Metropolitan midsize |
Metropolitan regions |
Near an FUA >250K |
Near an FUA <250K |
Remote |
Non-metropolitan regions |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
AUS |
4 |
6 |
10 |
1 |
9 |
30 |
40 |
50 |
|
AUT |
5 |
6 |
11 |
10 |
7 |
7 |
24 |
35 |
|
BEL |
7 |
10 |
17 |
25 |
1 |
1 |
27 |
44 |
|
CAN |
35 |
26 |
61 |
14 |
14 |
204 |
232 |
293 |
|
CHE |
.. |
10 |
10 |
11 |
3 |
2 |
16 |
26 |
|
CHL |
5 |
9 |
14 |
4 |
17 |
21 |
42 |
56 |
|
COL |
6 |
17 |
23 |
20 |
33 |
82 |
135 |
158 |
|
CZE |
2 |
3 |
5 |
.. |
9 |
.. |
9 |
14 |
|
DEU |
62 |
147 |
209 |
141 |
31 |
20 |
192 |
401 |
|
DNK |
4 |
3 |
7 |
1 |
.. |
3 |
4 |
11 |
|
ESP |
4 |
19 |
23 |
3 |
23 |
10 |
36 |
59 |
|
EST |
.. |
1 |
1 |
.. |
2 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
|
FIN |
.. |
3 |
3 |
.. |
4 |
12 |
16 |
19 |
|
FRA |
9 |
34 |
43 |
14 |
10 |
34 |
58 |
101 |
|
GBR |
61 |
55 |
116 |
42 |
5 |
16 |
63 |
179 |
|
GRC |
6 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
12 |
29 |
45 |
52 |
|
HUN |
2 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
11 |
2 |
14 |
20 |
|
IRL |
2 |
1 |
3 |
.. |
3 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
|
ISL |
.. |
.. |
0 |
.. |
4 |
4 |
8 |
8 |
|
ITA |
6 |
18 |
24 |
27 |
44 |
12 |
83 |
107 |
|
JPN |
11 |
20 |
31 |
13 |
3 |
.. |
16 |
47 |
|
KOR |
7 |
6 |
13 |
4 |
.. |
.. |
4 |
17 |
|
LTU |
.. |
2 |
2 |
.. |
4 |
4 |
8 |
10 |
|
LUX |
.. |
1 |
1 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
0 |
1 |
|
LVA |
.. |
2 |
2 |
.. |
1 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
|
MEX |
14 |
50 |
64 |
35 |
17 |
93 |
145 |
209 |
|
NLD |
10 |
13 |
23 |
17 |
.. |
.. |
17 |
40 |
|
NOR |
.. |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
10 |
13 |
|
NZL |
.. |
3 |
3 |
.. |
9 |
2 |
11 |
14 |
|
POL |
8 |
21 |
29 |
9 |
25 |
10 |
44 |
73 |
|
PRT |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
13 |
22 |
25 |
|
SVK |
.. |
2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
.. |
6 |
8 |
|
SVN |
.. |
2 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
12 |
|
SWE |
1 |
3 |
4 |
.. |
6 |
11 |
17 |
21 |
|
TUR |
5 |
6 |
11 |
12 |
5 |
53 |
70 |
81 |
|
USA |
31 |
59 |
90 |
18 |
15 |
56 |
89 |
179 |
|
BGR |
3 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
16 |
5 |
22 |
28 |
|
HRV |
.. |
4 |
4 |
1 |
7 |
9 |
17 |
21 |
|
ROU |
2 |
8 |
10 |
3 |
23 |
6 |
32 |
42 |
Table A.3. Number of functional urban areas (FUAs) and share of the national population in FUAs, 2023
Copy link to Table A.3. Number of functional urban areas (FUAs) and share of the national population in FUAs, 2023|
Total FUAs |
FUAs with 50 000 to 100 000 inhabitants |
FUAs with 100 000 to 250 000 inhabitants |
FUAs with 250 000 to 1.5 million inhabitants |
FUAs with more than 1.5 million inhabitants |
Rest (non-FUA) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Country |
No. |
% of national population |
No. |
% of national population |
No. |
% of national population |
No. |
% of national population |
No. |
% of national population |
% of national population |
|
AUS |
18 |
77.4 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
3.7 |
8 |
16 |
4 |
57.7 |
22.6 |
|
AUT |
6 |
59.8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
25.9 |
1 |
33.9 |
40.2 |
|
BEL |
14 |
69.3 |
1 |
0.6 |
6 |
8.5 |
6 |
31.5 |
1 |
28.8 |
30.7 |
|
CAN |
17 |
59.6 |
8 |
9.4 |
5 |
10.1 |
3 |
17.7 |
1 |
22.5 |
40.4 |
|
CHE |
35 |
40.9 |
12 |
5 |
16 |
13.3 |
6 |
11 |
1 |
11.7 |
59.1 |
|
CHL |
26 |
70.1 |
1 |
0.2 |
9 |
4.5 |
11 |
18.5 |
5 |
46.9 |
29.9 |
|
COL |
10 |
51 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
9.1 |
4 |
24 |
1 |
17.9 |
49 |
|
CZE |
26 |
77.7 |
2 |
0.7 |
14 |
12 |
9 |
24.1 |
1 |
40.9 |
22.3 |
|
DEU |
53 |
64.5 |
6 |
1 |
25 |
7.4 |
18 |
20 |
4 |
36.2 |
35.5 |
|
DNK |
15 |
52.5 |
3 |
2.5 |
8 |
12 |
3 |
16.9 |
1 |
21.1 |
47.5 |
|
ESP |
98 |
67.8 |
9 |
1 |
36 |
7.9 |
46 |
30.2 |
7 |
28.7 |
32.2 |
|
EST |
4 |
57.8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
21.2 |
1 |
36.6 |
42.2 |
|
FIN |
81 |
70.7 |
20 |
3.3 |
35 |
12.1 |
22 |
22.9 |
4 |
32.4 |
29.3 |
|
FRA |
3 |
60.9 |
1 |
3.6 |
1 |
11.7 |
1 |
45.6 |
0 |
0 |
39.1 |
|
GBR |
7 |
57.4 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
9.8 |
3 |
19.7 |
1 |
28 |
42.6 |
|
GRC |
69 |
64.4 |
1 |
0.1 |
20 |
5.3 |
44 |
31.4 |
4 |
27.7 |
35.6 |
|
HUN |
86 |
77.8 |
5 |
0.7 |
35 |
8.1 |
40 |
31.7 |
6 |
37.3 |
22.2 |
|
IRL |
14 |
58.2 |
6 |
4.7 |
6 |
10 |
1 |
9.9 |
1 |
33.7 |
41.8 |
|
ITA |
7 |
58.1 |
2 |
4.7 |
3 |
12.9 |
2 |
40.5 |
0 |
0 |
41.9 |
|
JPN |
19 |
64 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
19.5 |
4 |
11.6 |
1 |
30.9 |
36 |
|
KOR |
5 |
64.8 |
1 |
1.7 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
20.6 |
1 |
42.5 |
35.2 |
|
LTU |
1 |
56.7 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
56.7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
43.3 |
|
LUX |
82 |
55.6 |
16 |
2.2 |
42 |
12.5 |
20 |
16.8 |
4 |
24.1 |
44.4 |
|
LVA |
61 |
79.3 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
1.5 |
47 |
24.3 |
5 |
53.5 |
20.7 |
|
MEX |
22 |
80.9 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.6 |
16 |
18 |
4 |
62.2 |
19.1 |
|
NLD |
6 |
52.8 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
8.9 |
2 |
39 |
0 |
0 |
47.2 |
|
NOR |
1 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
NZL |
4 |
64 |
1 |
4.5 |
2 |
11 |
1 |
48.6 |
0 |
0 |
36 |
|
POL |
91 |
63.9 |
1 |
0 |
26 |
3.6 |
54 |
25.3 |
10 |
35 |
36.1 |
|
PRT |
35 |
81 |
3 |
1.3 |
16 |
14.3 |
14 |
38.5 |
2 |
26.9 |
19 |
|
SVK |
14 |
74.5 |
7 |
10.7 |
4 |
12.3 |
2 |
18.6 |
1 |
32.9 |
25.5 |
|
SVN |
58 |
56.3 |
12 |
2.7 |
27 |
11.4 |
17 |
27.2 |
2 |
15.1 |
43.7 |
|
SWE |
12 |
56.4 |
2 |
1.4 |
7 |
11 |
2 |
14.9 |
1 |
29.1 |
43.6 |
|
TUR |
8 |
34.6 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
15.4 |
2 |
19.2 |
0 |
0 |
65.4 |
|
USA |
2 |
41.8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
41.8 |
0 |
0 |
58.2 |