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Table 13 Population distribution of 2016 and 2021 census years, following the urban and non-urban partition explained in section "Effects of urbanisation on pandemic spread" in main manuscript, for Greater Capital Cities (GCCs) and cities with international airports (APs)

From: Measuring unequal distribution of pandemic severity across census years, variants of concern and interventions

 

GCCs / non-urban areas

GCCs & APs / non-urban areas

Total

2016 census

 Population

15,612,130 / 7,794,205

17,359,223 / 6,047,112

23,406,335

 SA2 areas

1,319 / 991

1,498 / 812

2,310

2021 census

 Population

17,059,063 / 8,368,966

18,973,019 / 6,455,010

25,428,029

 SA2 areas

1,460 / 994

1,650 / 804

2,454