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UNFPA: POPULATION ISSUES: Meeting Development Goals

The world is undergoing the largest wave of urban growth in history. In 2008, for the first time in history, more than half of the world’s population will be living in towns and cities.

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Youthink! | Issues | Urbanization

What Is It?
Cities growing as people move from the countryside in search of better jobs and living conditions.

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2005WUP_FS3.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Percentage of population residing in urban areas by major area, 1950, 1975, 2005 and 2030

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2005WUP_FS1.pdf (application/pdf Object)

In 2005, urban dwellers numbered 3.2 billion people, 49 per cent of humankind. By 2008, half of the world’s population is projected to be urban.

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2005WUP_FS2.pdf (application/pdf Object)

In 2005, the majority of all urban residents in the world lived in Asia (1.6 billion), Europe
(0.5 billion), Latin America and the Caribbean (0.4 billion), Africa (0.3 billion), Northern
America (0.3 billion) and Oceania (0.02 billion)

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World Urbanization Prospects: The 2005 Revision

The twentieth century witnessed the rapid urbanization of the world’s population.

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