United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division Urban Agglomerations 1996 Annual Percentage growth rate increase (percentage) between 1990 2010 1975 1995 to to & & Agglomeration Country 1995 2015 1995 2015 ------------------- ------------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- Aachen Germany 0.8 0.0 9.3 4.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire 4.9 2.6 190.9 88.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Accra Ghana 3.5 3.4 96.5 107.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adana Turkey 3.6 1.3 130.9 59.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Addis Ababa Ethiopia 4.8 4.9 161.6 170.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adelaide Australia 0.4 0.8 17.9 13.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Agra India 2.4 2.4 54.4 58.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ahmedabad India 2.6 2.2 81.0 57.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aleppo Syrian Arab Republic 3.5 2.5 109.4 79.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexandria Egypt 2.3 1.9 59.9 51.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Algiers Algeria 4.0 1.7 127.7 71.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alma-Ata Kazakstan 1.4 1.2 49.2 22.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amman Jordan 4.3 2.5 136.5 93.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amsterdam Netherlands 1.0 0.0 12.0 5.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ankara Turkey 2.3 1.1 66.6 41.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anshan China 1.3 2.0 33.2 47.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arbil Iraq 8.2 2.2 605.2 117.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asansol India 7.4 2.5 263.5 129.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asuncion Paraguay 3.1 2.7 96.1 81.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Athens Greece 0.2 0.0 13.0 0.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlanta United States of America 2.5 0.7 77.6 23.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baghdad Iraq 1.4 2.1 54.1 58.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baku Azerbaijan 1.1 1.4 29.3 26.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baltimore United States of America 0.8 0.7 17.8 15.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bandung Indonesia 3.3 2.1 94.0 75.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bangalore India 3.5 2.2 127.4 66.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bangkok Thailand 2.1 2.2 70.4 50.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baotou China 1.7 2.0 45.9 52.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Barcelona Spain -0.7 0.0 -1.9 0.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Barranquilla Colombia 1.9 1.2 55.6 37.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beijing China 0.9 1.7 32.2 37.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beirut Lebanon 2.9 0.8 71.9 35.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Belem Brazil 2.6 1.0 83.2 36.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Belgrade Yugoslavia 0.7 0.5 23.5 7.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Belo Horizonte Brazil 2.5 0.9 85.9 32.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Benxi China 2.1 2.0 46.1 57.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Berlin Germany 0.2 0.0 2.8 0.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bhopal India 4.6 2.4 165.6 85.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bielefeld Germany 1.0 0.0 11.9 5.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birmingham United Kingdom -0.3 0.0 -6.5 0.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bogota Colombia 3.0 1.0 100.2 38.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bombay India 4.2 2.1 120.8 73.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boston United States of America 0.5 0.7 6.5 12.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brasilia Brazil 2.8 1.0 126.5 37.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brazzaville Congo 4.8 3.3 196.8 105.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brisbane Australia 2.1 0.8 56.2 28.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brussels Belgium -0.5 0.0 -0.6 0.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bucharest Romania 0.4 0.1 12.4 4.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budapest Hungary 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buenos Aires Argentina 1.2 0.5 29.1 17.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bursa Turkey 4.8 1.3 203.2 74.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- United Nations publication, (ST/ESA/SER.A/163), Sales No. E.97.XIII.2 Copyright (C) United Nations 1997