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Urban Population Study
1950-2000
22" diameter x 3" (freestanding)
found metal and glass
Brent Bukowski 2005
Pat Forsyth photo |
Urban Population Study 2000
| |
1950 |
2000 |
|
Region |
urban
inhabitants |
|
WORLD |
733 000 000 |
2 857 000 000 |
|
Africa |
33 000 000 |
295 000 000 |
|
Asia
|
232 000 000 |
1 367 000 000 |
|
Europe |
280 000 000 |
529 000 000 |
Latin
America |
70 000 000 |
393 000 000 |
North
America |
110 000 000 |
250 000 000 |
|
Oceania |
8
000 000 |
23 000 000 |
|
Difference |
2
124 000 000 |
|
% change
from 1950 to 2000 |
+390% |
 |
INSERT:
%
Urban/Rural 2000
Urban: 47.1% Rural: 52.9% |
SOURCE:
United
Nations (2004),
World Urbanization
Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Population Division,
Department for Economic and Social
Affairs, ESA/P/WP.190, New York, 323 pages. |
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