“Urbanization” or “Urbanisation”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 8 prefer “urbanization” and 4 prefer “urbanisation”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	urbanization	urbanisation	Preference
United States	98	2	“urbanization”
United Kingdom	18	82	“urbanisation”
India	56	44	“urbanization”
Philippines	96	4	“urbanization”
Canada	77	23	“urbanization”
Australia	15	85	“urbanisation”
Liberia	100	0	“urbanization”
Ireland	24	76	“urbanisation”
New Zealand	29	71	“urbanisation”
Jamaica	83	17	“urbanization”
Trinidad & Tobago	69	31	“urbanization”
Guyana	100	0	“urbanization”

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“urbanization”

With an urbanization rate of 100% the Suez…
Urbanization ratio is 24.1% and the…
The urbanization of NY 68 quickly dissipates…
…The city has seen great urbanization and agricultural prosperity as a…
…concerned with the relationship between urbanization and sexuality, especially in the…
rate of urbanization: 1.4% annual rate of change…
…Minister of the Environment and Urbanization, Minister of Family, Labor, and…
With industrialization and urbanization, these traditional customs fell out…
…Trondheim, a show of regional urbanization.
…in the 19th century, before urbanization drew people into and near…

“urbanisation”

…Highland society, increasing industrialisation and urbanisation.
Despite urbanisation of Finland and a temporary…
…reserves have been relinquished for urbanisation or abandoned due to overpumping…
…mainly because of the increased urbanisation.
…tree plantations, wheat cultivation and urbanisation.
Before the vigorous urbanisation of the second half of…
…development because of the increasing urbanisation of the expanding metropolitan area.
…the river and its surrounding urbanisation has been dominated by coal…
By 1890 the urbanisation of the area was complete.
…on with the spread of urbanisation.

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