United_Nations_2018

United Nations (2019) World urbanization prospects: the 2018 revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division

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Keywords: Urbanization, statistics

55% of pop in cities in 2018, 30% pop in cities in 1950 and 68% projected to be in cities by 2050. Most urbanizaed region is North America (82%) and least is Africa (43 %). Almost half of urban dwellers live in small settlements less than 500,000. Richest countries have been urbanized for decades and urbanization rates are lowest, middle-class countries have highest rates of urbanization. Well-managed urbanization can maximize benefits of agglomeration and minimize environmental degradation.