Rise of the Megacities
The number of megacities is set to jump over the next decade, according to a new UN report, while urban dwellers are expected to make up more than two-thirds of the world’s population by 2050, up from just over half today.
By “2030, the world is projected to have 43 megacities with more than 10 million inhabitants, most of them in developing regions,” according to the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
Currently, “Tokyo is the world’s largest city with an agglomeration of 37 million inhabitants, followed by New Delhi with 29 million, Shanghai with 26 million, and Mexico City and São Paulo, each with around 22 million inhabitants. By 2020, Tokyo’s population is projected to begin to decline, while Delhi is projected to continue growing and to become the most populous city in the world around 2028.”
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