World Urbanization Prospects: The 2007 Revision
According to the 2007 Revision, the world urban population will likely increase by 3.1 billion between 2007 and 2050, passing from 3.3 billion to 6.4 billion. The expected rise in the urban population surpasses that for the whole world population over the same period (2.5 billion), implying that urban areas are expected to absorb not only all the population growth expected over the next four decades but also some of the rural population, through rural-urban migration or via the transformation of rural settlements into urban centres. As a result, the world rural population is projected to start decreasing in about a decade and 0.6 billion fewer rural inhabitants are expected in 2050 than today (a decline from 3.4 billion in 2007 to 2.8 billion in 2008).
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Percentage
of population at mid-year residing in urban areas by major
area, region and country, 1950-2030 |
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Urban
population at mid-year by major area, region and country,
1950-2030 |
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Rural
population at mid-year by major area, region and country,
1950-2030 |
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Total
population at mid-year by major area, region and country,
1950-2030 |
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Average
annual rate of change of the urban population by major area,
region and country, 1950-2030 |
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Average
annual rate of change of the rural population by major area,
region and country, 1950-2030 |
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Average
annual rate of change of the total population by major area,
region and country, 1950-2030 |
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Average
annual rate of change of the percentage urban by major area,
region and country, 1950-2030 |
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The
30 largest urban agglomerations ranked by population size,
1950-2015 |
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Population
of urban agglomerations with 750,000 inhabitants or more in
2005, by country, 1950-2015 |
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Population
of capital cities in 2005 |
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Average
annual rate of change of urban agglomerations with 750,000
inhabitants or more in 2005, by country, 1950-2015 |
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Percentage
of the urban population residing in each urban agglomeration
with 750,000 inhabitants or more in 2005, by country, 1950-2015 |
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Percentage
of the total population residing in each urban agglomeration
with 750,000 inhabitants or more in 2005, by country, 1950-2015 |
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Urban
population, number of cities and percentage of urban population,
by size class of settlement, major area and region, 1975-2015 |
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