Demographic indicators by access to city typology — Deaths by country

About this data

Indicator

Demographic indicators by access to city typology — Deaths

Unit

Per 1 000 inhabitants

Source

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Licence

OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)

Coverage

38 places, 948 data points, 1990–2025

Last refreshed

17 August 2026

<p>This data set provides indicators on demography by territorial typology according to the population's access to cities.</p> <p><strong>Data source and definition</strong></p> <p>The data by typology includes share of population, dependency rates, fertility and mortality rates, population mobility within and outside countries. Data is collected from Eurostat (reg_dem) for EU countries and via delegates of the OECD Working Party on Territorial Indicators (WPTI), as well as from national statistical offices' websites.</p> <p>The indicators are aggregated data at the national level, using the typology of small (TL3) regions to calculate totals or averages for all metropolitan large regions, metropolitan midsize regions, near a midsize/large FUA regions, near a small FUA regions and remote regions.</p> <p><strong> Territorial typology on population's access to cities</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Territorial typologies helps to assess differences in socio-economic trends in regions, both within and across countries and to highlight the specific issues faced by each type of region.&nbsp;The OECD territorial typology on access to cities uses the concept of functional urban areas (FUA) &ndash; composed of urban centres and their commuting areas &ndash; and classifies small (TL3) regions (<a>Fadic et al., 2019</a>) according to the following criteria:</p> <ul> <li>Metropolitan regions, if more than half of the population live in a FUA. Metropolitan regions are further classified into: <em><strong>metropolitan large</strong></em>, if more than half of the population live in a (large) FUA of at least 1.5 million inhabitants; and <em><strong>metropolitan midsize</strong></em>, if more than half of the population live in a (midsize) FUA of at 250 000 to 1.5 million inhabitants.</li> <li>Non-metropolitan regions, if less than half of the population live in a midsize/large FUA. These regions are further classified according to their level of access to FUAs of different sizes: <em><strong>near a midsize/large FUA</strong></em> if more than half of the population live within a 60-minute drive from a midsize/large FUA (of more than 250 000 inhabitants) or if the TL3 region contains more than 80% of the area of a midsize/large FUA; <em><strong>near a small FUA</strong></em> if the region does not have access to a midsize/large FUA and at least half of its population have access to a small FUA (i.e. between 50 000 and 250 000 inhabitants) within a 60-minute drive, or contains 80% of the area of a small FUA; and <em><strong>remote</strong></em>, otherwise.</li> </ul> <p>List of OECD regions and typologies are presented in the OECD Territorial correspondence table&nbsp;<a>(xlsx)</a>. Maps of For more information, see the OECD Territorial grid <a>(pdf)</a>.</p> <p><strong>Cite this dataset</strong></p> <p>OECD Regions, Cities and Local Areas database&nbsp;<a>http://oe.cd/geostats</a></p> <p><strong>Further information</strong></p> <ul> <li><a>OECD Regions and Cities Statistical Atlas</a>&nbsp;</li> <li>The report <a>OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance</a></li> </ul> <p>Contact:&nbsp;<a>RegionStat@oecd.org</a></p>