A new United Nations Population Fund Report, State of the World Population: Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth, was released today. One key finding of the report got significant news coverage. In 2008, for the first time in world history more than half of the globe's population will live in towns and cities. The figure of roughly 3.3 billion urban dwellers is expected to grow to 4.9 billion by 2030. Surprisingly, overall rates of urban population growth will continue to decline during the next two decades. This is due in large part to declines in the populations of most of the world's mega-cities, such as Mexico City and Calcutta, among others. The upswing is actually fueled by growth in cities and towns with 500,000 people. This is a trend that is reminiscent of one documented by the US Census Bureau following the 2000 census.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Most of World's Population will Live in Urban Areas by 2008
A new United Nations Population Fund Report, State of the World Population: Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth, was released today. One key finding of the report got significant news coverage. In 2008, for the first time in world history more than half of the globe's population will live in towns and cities. The figure of roughly 3.3 billion urban dwellers is expected to grow to 4.9 billion by 2030. Surprisingly, overall rates of urban population growth will continue to decline during the next two decades. This is due in large part to declines in the populations of most of the world's mega-cities, such as Mexico City and Calcutta, among others. The upswing is actually fueled by growth in cities and towns with 500,000 people. This is a trend that is reminiscent of one documented by the US Census Bureau following the 2000 census.
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