Urbanisation and population
The statistic shows the degree of urbanization in japan from 2006 to 2016 and details the percentage of the entire population, living in urban areas in 2016, approximately 9393 percent of japan's total population was living in cities. Disclaimer: this web site contains data tables, figures, maps, analyses and technical notes from the 2014 revision of the world urbanization prospects.
The urban population of the world has grown rapidly from 746 million in 1950 to 39 billion in 2014 asia, despite its lower level of urbanization, is home to 53 per cent of the world’s urban population, followed by europe with 14 per cent and latin america and the caribbean with 13 per cent. Urbanization refers to the population shift from rural to urban areas, the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas, and the ways in which each society adapts to the change. Almost 62 per cent of the urban population in sub-saharan africa lived slums in 2010, the highest proportion of any region but slum growth is not the same as urbanization.
Urbanization in thailand was the fifth largest in east asia in terms of area and the ninth largest in terms of its population approaching 10 million in 2010 no other.
By 2045, the world’s urban population is predicted to exceed 6 billion 2 an estimated 70% of the global population will live in cities, demanding 80% of total energy by 2030 3 rapid population growth and urbanization will have a dramatic effect on the increased demand for jobs, housing, energy, clean water, food, transportation infrastructure, and.
- More than one half of the world population lives now in urban areas, and virtually all countries of the world are becoming increasingly urbanized.
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