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 ------------------- ------------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- Lagos Nigeria 5.7 3.2 211.7 139.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lahore Pakistan 3.6 3.1 109.0 100.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lanzhou China 2.1 1.9 53.2 56.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- La Paz Bolivia 3.6 2.2 105.1 69.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leeds United Kingdom -0.2 0.0 -5.0 0.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lima Peru 2.7 1.2 82.6 40.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lisbon Portugal 2.3 0.8 59.5 21.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lodz Poland 0.2 0.4 7.2 7.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- London United Kingdom 0.0 0.0 -6.5 0.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Los Angeles United States of America 1.6 0.5 39.0 14.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Luanda Angola 5.2 3.9 210.9 138.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucknow India 5.1 2.4 132.9 90.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ludhiana India 5.4 2.4 175.2 97.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Luoyang China 2.6 2.0 71.8 63.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lusaka Zambia 6.0 3.2 242.5 121.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lyon France 0.8 0.1 11.3 6.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Madras India 2.3 2.1 66.3 52.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Madrid Spain -0.5 0.0 6.5 0.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Madurai India 1.8 2.3 48.6 51.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Managua Nicaragua 3.5 2.1 128.2 70.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manaus Brazil 4.5 1.1 176.3 56.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manchester United Kingdom -0.3 0.0 -7.1 0.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mannheim Germany 0.9 0.0 10.4 4.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maputo Mozambique 7.6 3.2 318.6 139.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maracaibo Venezuela 3.4 1.3 94.3 52.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marseilles France 0.1 0.1 3.4 2.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mashhad Iran (Islamic Rep. of) 3.6 2.5 194.1 81.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Medan Indonesia 2.0 2.1 64.8 61.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Medellin Colombia 4.1 1.1 159.8 46.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meerut India 4.6 2.4 139.9 86.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Melbourne Australia 0.6 0.7 20.8 13.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Metro Manila Philippines 3.1 1.4 85.7 57.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mexico City Mexico 1.8 0.5 47.4 15.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Miami United States of America 1.6 0.7 47.5 19.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Milan Italy -1.6 0.0 -23.1 0.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Milwaukee United States of America 0.3 0.8 1.4 14.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Minneapolis United States of America 1.4 0.7 28.0 17.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Minsk Belarus 1.6 0.0 59.3 6.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monterrey Mexico 2.6 0.9 90.5 30.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Montevideo Uruguay 0.6 0.2 12.5 8.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Montreal Canada 1.4 0.5 18.4 11.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Moscow Russian Federation 0.5 0.0 21.6 0.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Multan Pakistan 3.7 3.3 106.5 107.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Munich Germany 0.9 0.0 14.3 4.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- United Nations publication, (ST/ESA/SER.A/163), Sales No. E.97.XIII.2 Copyright (C) United Nations 1997