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    1) By next year, more than half of the world's population will be living in cities for the first time in history, with 3.3 billion urban dwellers expected to grow to 5 billion by 2030. 2) A map shows the current distribution of urban populations around the world, with over half of people in China and Europe, and major cities like Shanghai, Beijing, Moscow, and Tokyo home to tens of millions. 3) Urbanization is expected to continue growing dramatically worldwide over the next decade as hundreds of millions more people move to cities.

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    1) By next year, more than half of the world's population will be living in cities for the first time in history, with 3.3 billion urban dwellers expected to grow to 5 billion by 2030. 2) A map shows the current distribution of urban populations around the world, with over half of people in China and Europe, and major cities like Shanghai, Beijing, Moscow, and Tokyo home to tens of millions. 3) Urbanization is expected to continue growing dramatically worldwide over the next decade as hundreds of millions more people move to cities.

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    URBAN WORLD 2806 Theguardian

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    1) By next year, more than half of the world's population will be living in cities for the first time in history, with 3.3 billion urban dwellers expected to grow to 5 billion by 2030. 2) A map shows the current distribution of urban populations around the world, with over half of people in China and Europe, and major cities like Shanghai, Beijing, Moscow, and Tokyo home to tens of millions. 3) Urbanization is expected to continue growing dramatically worldwide over the next decade as hundreds of millions more people move to cities.

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    The new urban world Russia

    The earth reaches a momentous Moscow


    milestone: by next year, for the first time
    in history, more than half its population
    Norway
    Sweden Finland
    7.6
    Estonia
    Latvia
    103.6 13.4
    will be living in cities. Those 3.3 billion
    people are expected to grow to 5 billion Canada
    UK Lithuania
    73% Shanghai
    Belarus
    54.0
    Denmark
    by 2030 — this unique map of the world
    26.3 Ireland Netherlands 17.3
    shows where those people live now
    80%
    13.3 Poland
    90% 81% 23.9
    Ukraine
    Canton
    62% 14.5
    Belgium
    10.2 Germany 30.9
    London
    US
    97%
    12.0 62.0 Czech
    Republic Slovakia
    7.4
    68%
    Mongolia
    Beijing
    12.7
    75%
    Moldova

    China
    France
    246.2 Austria Hungary
    Romania
    11.6 Kazakh-
    46.9 Istanbul
    New York Slovenia 54% stan
    N Korea
    Urban population in millions 21.8
    At the beginning of the 20th Switzer-
    Croatia Serbia &
    11.7
    Tehran
    8.6
    century, the world's urban
    77% land
    Italy Mont Georgia
    Uzbekistan 14.1

    81%
    population was only 220 Bulgaria Armenia

    559.2
    Bosnia Macedonia 12.1 62%
    10.1
    Japan
    million, mainly in the west
    39.6 Albania Azerbaijan Kyrgyzstan
    Turkmenistan 37%
    LA Urban percentage 68%
    Greece Turkey Tajikistan S Korea
    17.9
    Spain
    51.1 Iran Afghan-
    istan Urban population in millions 39.0 84.7
    Portugal
    33.6
    48.4 7.8
    66%
    42%
    68% 81%
    77%
    Cairo 68% Hong
    Kong
    15.9 Pakistan Urban percentage Seoul
    Mexico
    Lebanon Syria
    Tunisia Iraq
    23.2 Osaka
    10.2
    Cuba
    Algeria Palestine 51%
    20.3 59.3 Vietnam 16.6 Tokyo
    84.392 8.5
    Morocco 22.0 Libya Egypt Jordan
    67%
    Kuwait 36% 23.3 33.4
    19.4 Israel
    77%
    Haiti Dominican Puerto
    Republic Gambia 65% 33.1 27%
    Jamaica Rico
    Senegal 60% Burma
    Guinea-Bissau Niger Saudi Arabia UAE Karachi
    Sierra Leone
    Mauritania Lagos 43% 20.9 14.8
    Bhutan 16.5 Laos Cambodia

    Mexico
    Guate-
    mala
    Guinea 10.0
    Chad
    81% Oman
    Nepal
    32% Philippines Manila
    Nigeria
    Liberia Mali Burkina Eritrea
    Bangladesh Thailand
    City
    Honduras Trinidad & Tobago
    Ivory Sudan Ethiopia Yemen 21.5 55.0 15.4
    India
    El
    22.1 Salvador
    Nicaragua
    Coast
    8.6
    Ghana
    68.6 16.3 13.0 38.2 33% 64%
    11.3 43% 16%
    Venezuela 49% Somalia 26%
    Costa Rica
    26.0 50%
    329.3
    Uganda
    Togo Kenya Malaysia
    Panama
    94% DR Congo 7.6 Dacca
    20.2 Rwanda
    By 2030, the towns and 18.1
    Colombia Benin
    CAR
    cities of the developing
    world will make up 80%
    13.8 69%
    33% BurundiTanzania
    34.3
    29% Indonesia
    Cameroon of urban humanity
    Congo 9.9
    9.5 Zambia Singapore
    73% Gabon Angola 25%

    Brazil 114.1
    Ecuador Papua New Guinea
    9.3 Malawi
    8.7 Mozam- Mada- Mauritius Melanesia
    Botswana bique gascar Bombay
    Key 50%
    Namibia

    162.6
    Zimbabwe
    Peru 21.3
    21.0
    Sao Paulo
    Predominantly urban 73% 20.4 S Africa Swaziland

    85% 28.6 Sri Lanka E Timor


    75% or over Lesotho
    Delhi Jakarta
    Bolivia
    Rio de 60% 21.1 Calcutta 14.9 Australia
    Predominantly urban Janeiro
    50—74% Paraguay 15.5 18.3
    Chile 12.2 89% New
    Predominantly rural 14.6 Zealand
    88% Urban growth, 2005—2010
    25—49% urban Argentina Uruguay

    35.6 3.2%
    Predominantly rural Buenos 2.8%

    3,307,950,000
    0—24% urban 90% Aires 2.4%
    13.5
    Cities over 10 million people 1.7%
    (greater urban area)
    1.3% 1.3% 0.1% -0.4%
    Latin America
    Europe
    Africa Arab States Asia & Caribbean Oceania North America Eastern Europe The world’s urban population — from a total of 6,615.9 million SOURCE: UNFPA GRAPHIC: PAUL SCRUTON

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