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 ------------------- ------------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- Goiania Brazil 2.3 1.1 95.0 33.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guadalajara Mexico 2.6 0.9 86.3 29.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guangzhou China 2.7 1.8 44.8 61.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guatemala City Guatemala 5.5 3.2 208.3 102.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guayaquil Ecuador 3.1 1.7 106.6 61.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guiyang China 2.9 2.0 68.9 65.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gujranwala Pakistan 5.4 3.3 272.1 114.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamburg Germany 0.7 0.0 5.8 3.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Handan China 8.1 2.1 245.9 141.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hangzhou China 9.7 2.0 283.5 171.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hanoi Viet Nam 2.0 2.6 51.5 42.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hanover Germany 0.6 0.0 4.7 3.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harare Zimbabwe 0.0 3.2 166.7 124.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harbin China 4.3 1.9 95.3 81.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Havana Cuba 1.0 0.2 21.6 9.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hefei China 3.6 2.0 107.1 76.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Helsinki Finland 3.9 0.4 86.4 20.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ho Chi Minh Viet Nam 1.7 2.5 49.6 36.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hohhot China 2.9 2.0 76.2 67.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hong Kong Hong Kong, China 1.6 0.1 47.5 8.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Houston United States of America 1.6 0.7 55.8 18.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hyderabad India 5.3 2.2 162.6 91.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hyderabad Pakistan 3.0 3.3 63.3 105.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ibadan Nigeria 2.8 3.4 75.2 100.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inch'on Republic of Korea 5.4 0.4 195.9 49.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Indore India 2.9 2.4 89.7 63.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Istanbul Turkey 3.8 1.0 119.7 55.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Izmir Turkey 3.3 1.2 96.1 53.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jaipur India 4.0 2.3 132.4 77.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jakarta Indonesia 2.4 1.9 79.1 61.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeddah Saudi Arabia 4.1 2.5 155.7 88.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jilin China 2.1 2.0 48.6 56.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jinan China 7.3 2.0 180.5 127.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Johannesburg South Africa 2.9 2.2 45.0 54.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kabul Afghanistan 5.2 3.8 200.9 156.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kanpur India 2.1 2.3 56.8 53.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kansas City United States of America 1.4 0.8 24.7 19.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kaohsiung China 1.1 1.9 45.5 45.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Karachi Pakistan 4.1 3.0 144.4 99.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Katowice Poland 0.4 0.3 13.4 6.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kazan Russian Federation 0.4 0.0 20.2 0.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kharkov Ukraine 0.7 0.0 24.3 1.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Khartoum Sudan 4.2 3.1 151.1 107.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Khulna Bangladesh 3.5 3.3 126.9 90.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kiev Ukraine 1.3 0.0 46.0 4.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kinshasa Dem. Rep. of the Congo 4.2 4.1 144.5 122.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kitakyushu Japan 2.1 0.1 46.9 12.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kochi (Cochin) India 5.1 2.4 167.5 92.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2.0 1.8 91.7 52.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kunming China 1.5 1.9 42.3 49.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kuwait City Kuwait 0.0 1.2 59.7 36.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kwangju Republic of Korea 4.6 0.5 134.7 41.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kyoto Japan -0.1 0.0 4.9 0.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- United Nations publication, (ST/ESA/SER.A/163), Sales No. E.97.XIII.2 Copyright (C) United Nations 1997