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Urban Population Study 1950-2000
22" diameter x 3" (freestanding)
found metal and glass
Brent Bukowski 2005

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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.