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These Will Be The World's Next Megacities: By 2050, 70 percent of the world’s population will live in cities, up from 54 percent in 2020
Nation and State ^ | 01/21/2023 | Tyler Durden

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).

Infographic: The World’s Next Megacities | Statista

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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.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: brics; ccp; china; cities; demographics; falseprophecy; india; megacities; redchina; shitholes
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To: BenLurkin

No, no, Mega-CITY, not Mega-Shi##y


61 posted on 01/21/2023 10:37:16 PM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: SeekAndFind

They say this as people flee the cities in droves so they know it will have to be by force. They may be in for a surprise.


62 posted on 01/21/2023 10:40:44 PM PST by CFW (old and retired)
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Well, in Mega City One, he is the law.


63 posted on 01/21/2023 11:37:25 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Fiji Hill
I remember that article too. Seems like it referred to these as strip-cities or something like that.
64 posted on 01/22/2023 3:43:22 AM PST by Savage Beast (The Honest DESPISE the corrupt elites, their media toadies and the corruption of the US government!)
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To: Terry L Smith

Yes, I live in the Middle of Nowhere too. It’s one of God’s dearest blessings.


65 posted on 01/22/2023 3:45:08 AM PST by Savage Beast (The Honest DESPISE the corrupt elites, their media toadies and the corruption of the US government!)
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To: roving
"I’m hoping we are gone long before then"

Yes, but think about our children!

How do we prepare them?

66 posted on 01/22/2023 3:46:32 AM PST by Savage Beast (The Honest DESPISE the corrupt elites, their media toadies and the corruption of the US government!)
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To: Savage Beast

i have discovered that, in my retirement, i have revoked my rat race driver’s license!


67 posted on 01/22/2023 3:58:52 AM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: SeekAndFind

I hate big cities. Always have.


68 posted on 01/22/2023 4:09:57 AM PST by dforest (Joy Behar is a big mouth cow.)
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To: Terry L Smith
I did too. Out of the rat race in the Middle of Nowhere!

Every morning, every night, and all through the days and nights, I constantly give thanks! What blessings!

69 posted on 01/22/2023 4:10:04 AM PST by Savage Beast (The Honest DESPISE the corrupt elites, their media toadies and the corruption of the US government!)
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To: PittsburghAfterDark

Illegals and welfare types.

Deep State loves those.


70 posted on 01/22/2023 4:25:09 AM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: lee martell

Florida might tip over, I’d avoid that area.


71 posted on 01/22/2023 4:34:20 AM PST by Fireone (The only reason our elections are complicated is because the cheaters want it that way.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The country is Boring and lonesome. Please don’t come here. You’ll hate it


72 posted on 01/22/2023 4:46:11 AM PST by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships.)
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To: Flavious_Maximus

Africa, like Russia, could be a world power based upon it’s largely untapped resources but isn’t because of incessant local corruption and tribalism.

“Africa win again”


73 posted on 01/22/2023 6:06:39 AM PST by RedMonqey ("A republic, if you can keep it" Benjamin Franklin.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The mega cities in China are presently being depopulated by disease in numbers unheard of since the Black Plague.

Disease will kill off populations of cities that are lacking in governmental capability to counter. Nairobi and Kinshasa and perhaps Mexico City and Mumbai are such cities.


74 posted on 01/22/2023 6:18:09 AM PST by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality daythis piece is )
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To: SeekAndFind; 4everontheRight; 4Liberty; 5thGenTexan; 45semi; 101stAirborneVet; 300winmag; ...
Prepper ping - Urbanization of the worlds population will occur due to "push and pull" of society
This represents a 54% increase within 30 years
'Push and pull' have been identified as: violence, crime, food security, energy and fuel availability, mass transportation,
availability of employment and jobs, etc., etc., and will lead to "megacities"

" 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..."

75 posted on 01/22/2023 7:15:20 AM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: SeekAndFind

GOOD! More room for me here in the woods.


76 posted on 01/22/2023 7:47:12 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: SeekAndFind; Tilted Irish Kilt

It won’t be ME living in any of those future dumpster fires!


77 posted on 01/22/2023 8:13:10 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: PittsburghAfterDark
You can get a house cheap

City lots $1-5,000.00

Bring your own security

78 posted on 01/22/2023 8:14:06 AM PST by Pollard ( >>> The Great Reset is already underway! <<<)
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To: Qwapisking
The “Elephant in the room” question is...where will the food to feed these hordes come from?

Click images for link to videos.

Vertical Indoor Farming

Cricket Labs - processing facility.

Lab grown meat

All have two things in common. 1) Patented; technology and/or processes and/or CRISPR Cas9 gene editing. 2) Can be done in cities. They don't want the average Joe to be able to supply their own food.

The rich will still have their jets with unvaXXXed pilots, their ocean front mansions and will eat real food grown the old fashioned way. It's CRISPR Cas9 gene edited veggies, lab grown meat and crickets for the rest of us.

CRISPR Cas9 Gene edited tomato plant with vertical growth gene(s) removed for a better fit into vertical indoor farms


79 posted on 01/22/2023 8:42:33 AM PST by Pollard ( >>> The Great Reset is already underway! <<<)
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To: Fireone

Careful, don’t wanna end up like Guam!


80 posted on 01/22/2023 8:54:13 AM PST by lee martell
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