Currently, Tokyo is the world’s most populous city, but Jakarta is predicted to reach 35.6 million people by 2030 to become the biggest megacity of all. African cities will experience the fastest population growth, with Dar es Salaam and Luanda set to be among the six new megacities predicted to emerge by 2030. But while the populations of newer megacities are growing faster, the biggest ...
Little more than a fishing village back in 1970, urbanization and foreign investment transformed it into the major megacity it is today. Its growth has been staggering. In the five years from 1995 the city’s population increased by 4.16 million – the equivalent of the entire population of Kuwait. And it’s not just the population that has ...
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The Chinese government is planning to create even bigger megacities, including combining nine cities in the Pearl River delta, and creating the massive megacity of JingJinJi. With a current population of over 130 million, the planned link-up of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei would be bigger than Japan by population, and larger than Uganda by area.
The Megacity Landscape Today’s chart is based on a forecast from Euromonitor International, outlining how the megacity landscape will shift in the coming years. It focuses on the 39 megacities expected by the year 2030, when they will house 9% of the global population and contribute 15% of the world’s GDP.
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