Proportion of urban population in developing world increased by 10 percentage points during 1990-2010 and reached 45% in 2010. Income growth reduced the proportion of urban population living in slums from 46% in 1990 to 33% in 2010.
Nevertheless, population living in slums continues to grow and in 2010 it amounted to 828 million people (+171 million since 1990). More than half of increase comes from Sub-Saharan Africa, where population living in slums grew by 97 million from 1990.
According to the UN, the world's urban population will increase by about 60 percent by 2050, from 4 million people in 2015 to 6.3 million in 2050. In other words, by 2050, the UN expects that two out of three people in the world will live in an urban area. In contrast, during the early part of the twentieth century the majority of the world's population lived in rural areas. Some countries will remain rural population dominant, particularly in Africa. However, the UN expects that Africa will experience the fastest increase in urbanization, from 40 percent of the total population in...
In 1950 New York with its 12.3 million people was the largest urban agglomeration. It was followed by Tokyo (11.3 mln.), London (8.4 mln.), Paris (6.3 mln.) and Moscow (5.4 mln.). Only 4 cities from the former top 10 stay there 60 years later. Population of Tokyo more than trippled (reached almost 37 millions in 2010) and now it is the largest urban agglomeration on Earth. Population of New York increased by 8 millions since 1950, and now it is the fouth largest urban agglomeration. New members in top ten are Delhi and Mexico City with population above 20 millions going after...
Urban population - the population living in urban areas. Due to the fact that the criteria for classifying settlements as urban in different countries do not coincide, the data on the urban population of different countries are not quite comparable. In developed countries, the predominance of large-urban forms of settlements is observed.The ratio between the urban population and the rural population characterizes the degree of urbanization of a country or an individual region.In 2018, the urban population reached 4.2 billion people, or 55% of the world's population. The entire...
Between 2018 and 2050, the number of people globally who live in urban areas is expected to increase from about 4.2 billion to 6.7 billion. With popoulation expected to increase to 9.8 bilion over the same period, the world's urban areas will become home to more than two-thirds of the people in the world. Urban domination will have implications for society. Without proper planning and investment, urbanization trends could strain our housing, transportation, infrastructure, public safety, and other fundamental infrastruture and community servies and utilities upon which modern...
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