LOS ANGELES NEW YORK MOSCOW KARACHI BEIJING TIANJIN

12.8m 19.3m 12.4m 22m 26.5m 14m

TOKYO
37.9m
KOLKATA
LONDON LAHORE 17.3m
11.5m CHONGQING
11.2m 16.6m
SHANGHAI OSAKA
ISTANBUL 29.4m 20.3m
16m

DHAKA
MEXICO CITY GUANGZHOU
24.3m
22.9m PARIS 16.7m
11.6m

BOGOT LAGOS
11.4m 20m

POPULATION IN 2025 CAIRO

(MILLIONS OF PEOPLE) 22.4m
MANILA SHENZHEN
15.2m 12.1m
25 +

20 < 25

15 < 20 LIMA MUMBAI

11.5m RIO DE JANEIRO 25.2m
10 < 15 13.8m
BANGALORE
13.3m
WARNINGS
JOHANNESBURG
Air pollution > 10 microgram/m 3 11m
BANGKOK
Rising sea levels SO PAULO 11m
22.9m
KINSHASA
High inequality GINI of .50+ 16.9m
HYDERABAD
High unemployment 20%+ 11.5m
CHENNAI JAKARTA
12.6m 12.6m

Urban
sprawl
BUENOS AIRES DELHI
16.5m 32.7m

Four billion people, 52 per cent of the global

population, now live in cities, according to the United CAPITAL GAINS BULGING CITIES 2.5 200

URBAN GROWTH PER YEAR

Nations agency for the built environment, known Seoul 46% As the financial services sector hub, The population of the worlds cities
LONDON 2

(MILLIONS OF PEOPLE)

(MILLIONS OF PEOPLE)
Tokyo 32% and by far the UKs largest city, has surged across many regions, 150

28.4%
as UN-Habitat. In October, for the first time in 20
London represents a disproportionate but particularly in fast-growing 1.5

SLUM DWELLERS
years, the UN met to discuss the challenges faced by Brussels 31%
SHARE OF GNI

percentage of the countrys economy. emerging markets in Latin America 100

cities. Many have changed little since the 1990s, as Paris 31% 1
population growth has continued to outstrip cities By comparison, the USAs financial and Asia. In many, the percentage
50
capacity to build housing and infrastructure. Added Mexico City 23% capital, New York, makes up less of people living in slums has fallen, 0.5
to that are worries about vulnerability to climate Toronto 19% than 8 per cent of the USAs total though this does not always mean
0 0
REST OF THE UK Rome 9% national income. However, Britain that the absolute number of people
change, and the social problems presented by rising 1995 2005 2015 2025 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
inequality and unemployment. Berlin 5% is not unique in the concentration living in informal settlements has N. America Asia Europe China Brazil
Washington DC 3% of its economy in its capital city. fallen dramatically. Oceania Africa Lat. Am. & Carib. India Indonesia
Source: UN Habitat; WHO; Asian Development Bank; World Bank