POPULATION OF ASIAN COUNTRIES
Abstract
Over the past three decades, more than half of the world's population lives in cities. In 1999, 47 percent of the world's population (2.9 billion people) lived in cities. By 2030, according to UN projects, this ratio will reach 60% and make up 4.9 billion people. About 95 percent of this major urban growth is occurring in less developed countries.
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Abstract
Over the past three decades, more than half of the world's population lives in cities. In 1999, 47 percent of the world's population (2.9 billion people) lived in cities. By 2030, according to UN projects, this ratio will reach 60% and make up 4.9 billion people. About 95 percent of this major urban growth is occurring in less developed countries.
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Unless otherwise noted, all urban population estimates and projections in dis article may be attributed to the UN Population Division’s World Urbanization Prospects: The 1999 Revision (Geneva: UNFPA, 2000).
PRB’s Population Bulletin “An Urbanizing World” by Martin Brockerhoff.
The urban population figures used in the following section are based on Asian Development Bank (ADB) data from 1998. These data are available on the ADB’s “Cities Data Book” website www.citiesdatabook.org.
Гиляров А.М. «Популяционная экология» изд-во МГУ. 1990.
