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Primacy Rate

What is it?

Is an indicator of the reach of industrial development (URBANIZATION) within a

country or region. The higher the number, the less industrialization permeates the
entirety of the country or region. For purposes of FDI, in general, one would want a
high urbanization with a lower Primacy rate.
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What You Need To Know
Sweden has Population of 9,995,000
Population
Primacy Rate of Denmark
It has an Urbanization rate of 87.15% 5,749,000
Population
And
Be that
a Primacy
able to discuss lives ofin
raterate,
primacy urban
11.04
what it calculated, why is it 88%
is it, how isarea important?

Total
Primacy
Urban
HowRate manyPopulation
=People
Population
Live in Sweden’sin largestLargest Metropolitan
5,059,120 City
Metropolitan?

Largest Metro inTotal Denmark? Urban Population in Country

Copenhagen
Primacy Rate = with a population
Population of Metropolitan
living in largest 602,481
Total Urban Population of Country
Total Urban11.04 =Population
Population living in largest Metropolitan 5,059,120
Population Living in8,710,643
Stockholm = 961,655
Primacy Rate = 11.9
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US Urbanization Rate
82.06%
US Population
327,200,000
# Of Urbanites
268,500,320
Population of Largest US Metro

New York City 8,601,186

Total Urbanites 268,500,320

US Primacy Rate 3.2

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Canadian Urbanization Rate 81.35%

Canadian Population
37,060,000
# Of Urbanites
30,148,310
Population of Largest Canadian Metro

Toronto 2,930,000
Total Urbanites 30,148,310

Canadian Primacy Rate 9.7

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Turkish Urbanization Rate

74.64%
Turkish Population 79,810,000
# Of Urbanites
59,570,184
Population of Largest Turkish Metro

Istanbul 15,070,000
Total Urbanites 59,570,184

Turkey Primacy Rate 25.3

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Iceland Urbanization Rate 93.77%

Iceland Population 338,349
# Of Urbanites
317,270
Population of Largest Icelandic Metro

Reykjavic 130,345
Total Urbanites 317,270

Iceland Primacy Rate 41.1

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Country Primacy Rate FDI World Ranking

United States of America 3.2 #1

Canada 9.7 #10

Turkey 25.3 #38

41.1 #91
Iceland