Mapping The Increase Of The World's Cities

In 1950 solely 30% of the world's population was living inwards cities. Today, inwards 2015, 54% of us alive inwards cities. By 2050 the percent is expected to convey risen to 66%. The world's cities are growing.

World City Populations 1950-2030 shows the population size of cities approximately the the world for 1950, 1990 together with 2015. The map equally good shows the predicted population size of each urban centre inwards the twelvemonth 2030. The populations for each twelvemonth are visualized amongst nested circles placed over each city. The circles are proportional to the urban centre populations inwards 1950, 1990, 2015 together with 2030.

If you lot mouse-over a urban centre on the map you lot tin sack equally good persuasion a trouble graph of the city's population over time, based on information from United Nations World Urban Prospects.