United Nations report cover titled 'World Urbanization Prospects: Highlights, 2014 Revision,' published by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The photo shows an aerial view of a dense, hillside urban settlement with closely packed brick and concrete buildings surrounded by green vegetation.

World Urbanization Prospects 2014 Revisions

Today, 54 per cent of the world’s population lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 66 per cent by 2050. Projections show that urbanization combined with the overall growth of the world’s population could add another 2.5 billion people to urban populations by 2050, with close to 90 percent of […]

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