Half the world’s population will live in urban areas by the end of this year and about 70% will be city dwellers by 2050, with cities and towns in Asia and Africa registering the biggest growth, according to new UN projections released today.
Half the world’s population will live in urban areas by the end of this year and about 70% will be city dwellers by 2050, with cities and towns in Asia and Africa registering the biggest growth, according to new UN projections released today.
The report predicts that there will be 27 “megacities” with at least 10 million population by mid-century compared to 19 today,but it forecasts that at least half the urban growth in the coming decades will be in the many smaller cities with fewer than 500,000 people.
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