Without fresh ideas to address rapid urbanization, the number of people living in slums lacking access to basic infrastructure and services such as sanitation, electricity, and health care may skyrocket from one billion at present to three billion by 2050, the united nations. The relationship between habitat loss and fragmentation. Today, 55% of the worlds population lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 68% by 2050. Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million. Pakistan the human capital index hci database provides data at the country level for each of the components of the human capital index as well as for the overall index, disaggregated by gender. This web site contains data tables, figures, maps, analyses and technical notes from the current revision of the world population prospects. There are many similarities with the urbanization process of developed countries in the 19th century. This concentration of urbanization in the developing world is likely to become much greater in the decades to come. The population division of the department of economic and social affairs of the united nations has been issuing for several decades revised estimates and. Urbanization is one of the most important global trends of the 21st century. World population prospects population division united nations. Within the population division, the 2018 revision of world urbanization. World urbanization prospects population division united. World urbanization prospects united nations population.
These documents do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the secretariat of the united nations. According to the united nations, urban population will increase more than 2. The index measures the amount of human capital that a child born today can expect to attain by age 18, given the risks of poor health and poor. Rapid urbanization threatens sustainable development our. Publications united nations population division department of. The base year of the world christian database has been updated from mid2015 to mid2020. Bangalore has grown by 2,185,452 since 2015, which represents a 3. The rapid urbanization in many developing countries over the past half century seems to have been accompanied by excessively high levels of.
Africa, in contrast, remains mostly rural, with just over 40 per cent of its population living in urban areas in 2018, while asia is now approximating 50 per cent. Concise report on strengthening demographic evidence base for the post2015 development agenda arabic. Demography, urbanization and development world bank. United nations, department of economic and social affairs, population division. Data on urbanization and migration migration data portal. Urbanization united nations system chief executives board. Nordpil has made available their layer of large urban areas for downloading. But changes in the organization of enterprises are currently challenging it. Population predictions for the worlds largest cities in. It is a transformative force that can be harnessed to enhance economic growth, productivity and development.
Average annual rate of change of the percentage rural per cent. Currently, the only spatially explicit data on urban population with global coverage is the united nations world urbanization prospects 1. World urbanization prospects 2018 ighlights 7 united nations, department of conomic and social afiairs, population diision. Bangalores 2020 population is now estimated at 12,326,532. This database represents the historic, current and future estimates and projections with number of inhabitants for the world s largest urban areas from 19502050. Aug 10, 2018 provide open access to this dataset so that researchers around the world can use the data for many different types of applications, from climate and weather modeling to energy balance studies provide basic tools in the portal to allows researchers to aggregate the data to a userspecified reference grid resolution and starting location and. It is considered the most authoritative source of global urban population data and provides information on urban populations for major urban agglomerations around the world. Global urbanization map showing the percentage of urbanization per country in 2015 guangzhou, a city of 14. Where can i find a database of worldwide cities and their. Jun 07, 2016 currently, the only spatially explicit data on urban population with global coverage is the united nations world urbanization prospects 1. Guo also maintains the global urban indicator database, and. The 2019 revision of world population prospects is the twentysixth round of official united nations population estimates and projections that have been prepared by the population division of the department of economic and social affairs of the united nations secretariat. These programs are used by researchers in statistical offices, universities, and private organizations around the world for data collection, data processing, and population analysis work.
The world urbanization prospects are used widely throughout the united nations and by many international organizations, research centres, academic researchers and the media. Over 140 reporter countries provide the united nations statistics division with their annual international trade statistics detailed by commodities and partner countries. Population predictions for the worlds largest cities in the. Aug 14, 2017 seeking to give a controversial answer to the tangled question being debated especially by indias urban development experts as to how urbanized india is, the government of indias midterm economic survey, released last week, has questioned the census of india data that just 31. World urbanization prospects wup, the 2014 revision. World urbanization prospects 2018 urbanization around the. Urban population % of total population world bank data.
Tabular data from the united nations world urbanization prospects. Delhi 2nd in a world of smaller urbanization by wendell cox 05172011 perhaps the most surprising development in urban areas over the past year was the ascendancy of. These documents do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the secretariat of the united nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the. Nov 14, 2011 this video shows the growth and decline of urban populations from 5600 bp to 0 bp. Apr 01, 2011 there is a city database available free from maxmind that has over 2 million cities in it and approx. It is considered the most authoritative source of global. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates. The urbanization of information systems has been a widely employed method for years. Report of the united nations world population conference, bucharest, 1930 august 1974. Over 140 reporter countries provide the united nations statistics division.
A set of excel files containing all available variables is available in the download center. Delhi 2nd in a world of smaller urbanization by wendell cox 05172011 perhaps the most surprising development in urban areas over the past year was the ascendancy of delhi to rank second in the world in population, following only tokyo yokohama. A new data booklet, the world s cities in 2018, based on the 2018 revision of world urbanization prospects, has been launched in advance of world cities day 31 october. Spatializing 6,000 years of global urbanization from 3700 bc. Urbanization in developing countries english abstract. From 2010 to 2050, the proportion of urban population is estimated to increase from 51. It is now the 24th most populous city in the world and the fastestgrowing indian metropolis behind new delhi, growing a whopping 38% from 1991 to 2001. The report presents findings from the 2018 revision of world urbanization prospects, which contains the latest estimates of the urban and rural populations or.
Annual percentage of population at midyear residing in urban areas. This web site contains data tables, figures, maps, analyses and technical notes from the 2018 revision of the world urbanization prospects. This interactive data query offers data for selected variables from world urbanization prospects. Spatializing 6,000 years of global urbanization from 3700. Commission on population and development 53rd session global launch of the world population prospects 2019 world urbanization prospects. Unhabitat global urban observatory urban info database. World urbanization prospects the 2018 revision united nations. Watchers are understandably spellbound by chinas urbanizing shift, which appears to exemplify the arrival of planetary urbanization. World urban database and access portal tools wudapt. These documents do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the secretariat of the united nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation. May 16, 2018 world urbanization prospects 2018 urbanization around the world 16 may 2018. Latin america and the caribbean were also reported as having a high degree of.
The 2019 revision of world population prospects is the twentysixth round of official united nations population estimates and projections that have been prepared by the population division of the department of economic and social affairs of the united nations. The following software products have been developed by staff of the u. The world urbanization prospectsun desas has been issuing since 1988. United nations executive director, unhabitat the world has changed remarkably since the habitat ii conference took place in istanbul in 1996. The data in this evision are consistent with the total populations estimated and projected according to the r medium variant of the 7 201revision of the united nations global population estimates and projections, published in world population prospects. World database of large urban areas, 19502050 nordpil. Urban and rural population by age and sex united nations. World urbanization prospects 2018 urbanization around. Sep 20, 2019 additional statistics from the world bank, estimate americas degree of urbanization at 82. Continuing population growth and urbanization are projected to add 2. Department of economic and social affairs population dynamics. According to the united nations, urban population will increase. Urbanization in developing countries english the world.
World population prospects united nations population. Bangalore population 2020 demographics, maps, graphs. According to this years united nations report on world urbanization we will observe the following trends. These programs are used by researchers in statistical offices, universities, and private organizations around. Typically, these methods are used in combination with each other, and a unique, and variable, border emerges for all larger urban areas. This web site presents the main findings of the 2018 revision of world urbanization prospects which are consistent with the size of the total population of each country as estimated or projected in the 2017 revision of world population prospects united nations, 2017. The trend towards urbanization is only accelerating and 96 percent of all. United nations world population prospects population division. Today, 55% of the world s population lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 68% by 2050.
Mumbai is the most populous city in india, and the eighth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available. The first version of urbaninfo was designed by unhabitat in collaboration with the united nations childrens fund and the united nations development group, with financial support from the world bank and other partners. As defined by wikipedia, the urbanization of the information system of the enterprise is a set of constructs based on those of the urbanization of the human environment organization of cities, land, notions that have been reused in computer modeling to formalize or reengineering of information system is. Urbanization united nations system chief executives. This means that estimates for the number of religionists in every country of the world are now reconciled with the united nations population projections for mid2020. First, urban growth has been substantially faster in todays developing world. The first version of urbaninfo was designed by unhabitat in collaboration with the united nations childrens fund and the united nations. World urbanization prospects the 2018 revision population. The primary world bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officiallyrecognized international sources. World urbanization prospects 2018 united nations population. Apr 28, 2016 urbanization has been accelerating around the world during the past several decades 912, becoming an increasingly important cause of habitat loss and fragmentation 19.
Feb 24, 2015 the worlds urban population now stands at 3. Primary data sources are chandler 1987, modelski 2000, geonames database. United nations population division department of economic and. Search, browse and map more than 10,000 projects from 1947 to the present. The 2019 revision of world population prospects is the twentysixth round of. More than one half of the world population lives now in urban areas, and virtually all countries of the world are becoming increasingly urbanized.