Global Report on Human Settlements 2007 - PoA-ISS

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Number of agglomerations Distribution of urban population Population
Estimates and projections by size of agglomerations Estimates and projections
(%) (%) (%) (000) (000) (000)
Size of urban agglomeration 1985 2000 2015 1985 2000 2015 1985 2000 2015
Northern Africa
10 million or more — 1 1 — 12.15 10.43 — 10,391 13,138
5 to 10 million 1 — 1 15.26 — 4.78 8,328 — 6,022
1 to 5 million 5 6 8 17.54 19.45 16.00 9,573 16,637 20,152
500 000 to 1 million 4 8 19 5.11 6.65 10.19 2,790 5,690 12,829
Fewer than 500 000 … … … 62.09 61.75 58.60 33,884 52,822 73,805
Southern Africa
10 million or more — — — — — — — — —
5 to 10 million — — — — — — — — —
1 to 5 million 4 5 7 36.67 40.02 50.37 6,382 11,227 16,821
500 000 to 1 million 3 2 1 11.35 6.61 1.86 1,975 1,855 622
Fewer than 500 000 … … … 51.98 53.37 47.77 9,047 14,971 15,952
Western Africa
10 million or more — — 1 — — 10.12 — — 16,141
5 to 10 million — 1 — — 9.17 — — 8,422 —
1 to 5 million 6 10 21 23.88 18.76 25.46 10,858 17,236 40,603
500 000 to 1 million 9 19 29 12.37 13.86 12.55 5,622 12,731 20,008
Fewer than 500 000 … … … 63.75 58.21 51.88 28,980 53,469 82,740
Asia
10 million or more 3 9 13 6.09 9.66 11.05 50,995 131,686 217,699
5 to 10 million 13 17 23 10.49 8.75 8.16 87,832 119,232 160,865
1 to 5 million 97 166 244 21.45 22.61 23.81 179,591 308,118 469,091
500 000 to 1 million 128 195 241 10.81 9.99 8.71 90,522 136,228 171,655
Fewer than 500 000 … … … 51.15 48.99 48.26 428,126 667,769 950,904
Eastern Asia
10 million or more 2 3 5 11.21 9.85 10.41 40,654 58,858 87,298
5 to 10 million 5 8 8 9.62 9.91 7.22 34,882 59,214 60,595
1 to 5 million 57 93 133 27.29 29.27 31.77 99,009 174,901 266,509
500 000 to 1 million 65 109 121 12.83 12.78 10.58 46,545 76,355 88,748
Fewer than 500 000 … … … 39.06 38.19 40.02 141,682 228,162 335,759
South-central Asia
10 million or more 1 5 5 3.64 14.13 14.04 10,341 61,764 89,450
5 to 10 million 4 5 8 10.07 6.82 9.08 28,587 29,793 57,871
1 to 5 million 18 42 66 13.94 15.76 18.38 39,578 68,895 117,077
500 000 to 1 million 49 51 71 12.22 8.34 7.72 34,692 36,466 49,202
Fewer than 500 000 … … … 60.12 54.94 50.77 170,680 240,118 323,401
South-eastern Asia
10 million or more — 1 2 — 5.38 9.25 — 11,065 29,739
5 to 10 million 3 2 5 16.74 7.92 9.24 18,955 16,282 29,717
1 to 5 million 9 13 17 17.37 15.45 10.17 19,668 31,778 32,697
500 000 to 1 million 9 16 23 5.23 5.21 5.01 5,923 10,716 16,113
Fewer than 500 000 … … … 60.65 66.03 66.32 68,658 135,781 213,211
Western Asia
10 million or more — — 1 — — 6.49 — — 11,211
5 to 10 million 1 2 2 7.00 11.35 7.34 5,407 13,944 12,680
1 to 5 million 13 18 28 27.63 26.48 30.56 21,336 32,544 52,809
500 000 to 1 million 5 19 26 4.35 10.33 10.18 3,361 12,692 17,593
Fewer than 500 000 … … … 61.01 51.84 45.44 47,106 63,708 78,533
Europe
10 million or more — 1 1 — 1.93 2.07 — 10,103 11,022
5 to 10 million 3 4 5 5.18 5.42 6.57 25,352 28,293 34,994
1 to 5 million 45 48 45 16.66 15.12 13.85 81,544 78,940 73,787
500 000 to 1 million 77 77 84 10.52 9.76 10.57 51,525 50,938 56,299
Fewer than 500 000 … … … 67.64 67.77 66.94 331,157 353,834 356,539
Eastern Europe
10 million or more — 1 1 — 4.85 5.61 — 10,103 11,022
5 to 10 million 1 1 1 4.27 2.51 2.73 8,580 5,214 5,375
1 to 5 million 21 22 18 15.84 14.14 12.76 31,853 29,426 25,088
500 000 to 1 million 27 28 34 9.01 8.67 11.63 18,114 18,042 22,857
Fewer than 500 000 … … … 70.88 69.84 67.27 142,517 145,360 132,221
Northern Europe
10 million or more — — — — — — — — —
5 to 10 million 1 1 1 10.33 10.47 10.31 7,667 8,225 8,618
1 to 5 million 6 7 8 13.78 13.94 14.81 10,228 10,944 12,378
500 000 to 1 million 11 11 10 10.52 10.11 8.59 7,814 7,942 7,179
Fewer than 500 000 … … … 65.37 65.48 66.29 48,535 51,419 55,399
Southern Europe
10 million or more — — — — — — — — —
5 to 10 million — 1 2 — 5.40 10.72 — 5,162 11,143
1 to 5 million 10 9 8 30.12 24.15 18.25 26,743 23,077 18,960
500 000 to 1 million 17 18 19 12.56 12.37 12.03 11,151 11,821 12,499
Fewer than 500 000 … … … 57.32 58.07 59.00 50,886 55,479 61,300
Western Europe
10 million or more — — — — — — — — —
5 to 10 million 1 1 1 7.26 6.93 6.63 9,105 9,692 9,858
1 to 5 million 8 10 11 10.14 11.08 11.68 12,719 15,493 17,362
500 000 to 1 million 22 20 21 11.51 9.39 9.26 14,447 13,133 13,764