According to the UN, at some point in 2008 the proportion of the world's population living in urban areas will hit 50% for the first time ever in history.
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Adam Ryzner
Source:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/26/news/UN-GEN-UN-Growing-Cities.php
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Approximately 55% of the world's population lives in urban areas. This number is expected to increase to 68% by 2050 according to the United Nations. Urbanization continues to be a global trend with more people moving to cities seeking opportunities and better living standards.
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Approximately 60% of Egypt's population lives in rural areas.
Approximately 91% of the population in Japan lived in urban areas in 2009. This high percentage is due to Japan's dense population clusters around major cities and metropolitan areas.
London is the city that is home to about 10 percent of the United Kingdom's total population. It is the largest city in the UK and one of the most populous urban areas in Europe.
Approximately 50% of the world's population lives on about 3% of the Earth's land area, most of which is concentrated in urban areas.
The country in North America with an urban population of 77 percent is Canada. The majority of Canadians live in urban areas, with cities like Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal being major urban centers.
12 to 20 percent
In Urban areas, 85 percent, in rural areas: 25 percent.
47%
Currently, In 2011, 51% of the world lives in urban areas.
The 70 percent of the Indian population lives in the rural areas of the country.
44%
80%
50%
idk but 70% lives in rural lol sorry for the opposite thing
By the end of 2014, 54.7 percent of the Chinese population lived in urban areas--a rate that increased from 26 percent in 1990.
62 percent
much of the world's population lives in crowded urban areas rapidly OW