Posted on 01/21/2023 7:07:50 PM PST by SeekAndFind
By 2050, 70 percent of the world’s population will live in cities, up from 54 percent in 2020, according to a new report by the Institute for Economics & Peace. This increase is being driven by both population growth and a continued shift towards urbanization, particularly to so called ‘megacities’ - metropolises that have a population of 10 million or more.
As Statista's Anna Fleck details below, urbanization takes place because of both push and pull factors. The IEA describes how in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital of Kinshasa, factors pushing people away from rural areas include issues of violence and a general lack of security, the presence of criminal groups, lack of policing, ecological degradation, and the fact there are too many people for the available agricultural land. Meanwhile, a pull factor could be the attraction of an increase in the standard of living.
There are currently 33 megacities worldwide. Tokyo (37.3 million), Delhi (32.3 million), Shanghai (28.7 million), Dhaka (22.6 million), São Paulo (22.5 million) and Mexico City (22.1 million) take the lead as the most populous of these. By 2050, 14 more cities are set to join their ranks, with a total increased population of some 213 million people. The new order will then become Delhi (49.6 million), Dhaka (34.6 million), Tokyo (32.6 million), Cairo (32.6 million) and Mumbai (32.4 million).
You will find more infographics at Statista
In addition to a rise in the number of people living in these cities, the countries themselves will also likely see economic growth.
According to AXA, Manila in the Philippines and Bangalore in India are expected to see close to 150 percent GDP growth by the end of the decade.
Africa is the only world region expected to still see strong population growth by the end of the century, according to the Pew Research Center, while all other regions’ growth rates will start to tail off. This is reflected in our chart, as it’s notably the African megacities that will see the biggest population rate increases. Meanwhile, only three megacities will see decreases in their population size: the Russian capital of Moscow (-3 percent), and Japan’s Osaka (-12 percent) and Tokyo (-12 percent). Despite Tokyo's shrinkage, brought on by an aging population and declining birth rate, the capital will still rank as the world’s fourth most populated megacity in 2050.
The 33 cities that have already hit megacity status are the following: Delhi, Dhaka, Cairo, Tokyo, Mumbai, Shanghai, Kinshasa, Lagos, Karachi, Mexico City, São Paulo, Beijing, Kolkata, New York City, Manila, Lahore, Bangalore, Chongqing, Buenos Aires, Osaka, Hyderabad, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro, Bangkok, Jakarta, Shenzhen, Lima, Paris and Moscow.
It’s important to note here that different sources cite different statistics, and that especially with forecasts, situations can change. For instance, where the United Nations initially predicted that India would overtake China as the biggest country in 2027, it is now expected to take place in April of this year. In terms of megacity status, according to UN data from 2018, several additional cities, including Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and Wuhan in China, will make the roundup even by 2035. Read more on the nature of conflicting reports here.
The “Elephant in the room” question is...where will the food to feed these hordes come from? No farmers with no fertilizers and
No permits planting no crops to feed the hordes equals mass starvation. Thank your local wef affiliate. The REAL question is...will you let them take everything from you or will you join others to take everything from them? “Life is hard. It’s harder when you’re stupid” John Wayne
I’ll be watching from heaven most likely!!!
Sounds like the roller ball teams from the movie.
Not sure about Chicago. Both the city and the state of Illinois are shrinking right now.
The hilarious thing is the Democrat Left and their worldwide handlers have been trying for at least 30 years to get people into easily-controlled cities, and their idiotic COVID-19 “strategies” have left commercial buildings empty and begging for tenants, and anyone with a brain departed for greener pastures.
These people — old ‘60s and ‘70s “activists” making their “last stand,” and their indoctrinated, Adderalled, kids and grandkids, are simply, monumentally, stupid.
Imported from points south?
Four of the largest 11 cites in the country are in Texas with DFW, Houston, San Antonio and Austin all growing fast.
How is the African continent going to support that many people? Khartoum Sudan is basically in the middle of a desert. Will they be eating cockroaches?
Governor Pritzker at the WEF in Davos?
Yep. Crime ridden MegaSh*tholes.
I guess sometimes Three Million new citizens is a crowd.
After a certain point, the city is changed forever.
In 1968, I encountered an article that predicted that by the 21st century, most Americans would be living in three megalopolises—Boswash (Boston-Washington), Chipitz (Chicago-Pittsburgh) and Sansan (San Diego-Santa Rosa).
None of these panned out. Although the Washington, DC area has grown exponentially, the areas to the north don’t seem to have grown all that much—in fact, some of those areas are losing population.
Chipitz became the Rust Belt.
Sansan also never developed as was predicted. Instead, we have three smaller areas: Sansac (San Jose-Sacramento), OceanCity (Oceanside-National City) and Bantura (Banning-Ventura)—which can also be called Castamente (Castaic-San Clemente).
I’ve lived in the sprawl of Southern California, the sprawl eastward on Long Island, NY, I’ve lived in the Gateway Area of Portland, OR, and in the srawl of Thd Greater New OrleansMetropolis.
Y’ALL CAN HAVE IT!!!
I live in what is known as the ‘rural sprawl across the river from a big little town 4 hours drive from: Houston, New Orleans, Shreveport/Boosier City,, Jackson, Mi, Lafayette, LA,.
Like that song says, “Gimme that country side of life, so’s I can turn out right ...”
All the USA is in the northeast, much as it in now.
Keep them penned in there.
>> Four of the largest 11 cites in the country are in Texas with DFW, Houston, San Antonio and Austin all growing fast.
Okay, nevermind, LORD HAVE MERCY! :-)
Bkmk
Tyler Durden is a nebulous man, if that is what he is. He’s been roaming around websites trying to find a home. Similar to Allahpundit, and both need a name verification.
:-)
You DO realize where the name Tyler Durden comes from, right?
(The first rule.....hint.)
This OP article is taken from Zero Hedge....where the Tyler’s (pen names, for several of the ZH authors) have resided, for years.
I’m hoping we are gone long before then
>>This OP article is taken from Zero Hedge....where the Tyler’s (pen names, for several of the ZH authors) have resided, for years.<<
Are they any relation to Ed Anger?
(Ed Anger is a pseudonymous opinion columnist in the Weekly World News, a former U.S. tabloid, now a web site)
Mexico City is already on the list. It’s bigger than New York.
Toronto is by most counts bigger than Chicago, though the Chicago metropolitan area is bigger than Toronto’s. I would have thought that Toronto would hit 10 million before Chicago, but if Biden’s immigration policy continues maybe not. Chicago was the fifth largest city in the world in 1900. It will never be that important again.
Metro Houston and Metro Dallas-Fort Worth will make it to 10 million, but a lot depends on how the statistics are compiled. The way things are going, it seems like more American metropolitan areas will be over 10 million in 2100, but they’ll still be a lot smaller than foreign mega cities.
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