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Bookmark or Share- Demographic Trends and Urbanization - World Bank GroupThere is great diversity of demographic trends among African countries and regions. The region has the highest urban growth rates in the world, but a relatively low share of population living in urban areas. As life expectancy increases, between 2015 and 2050, Africa will have the fastest increase in the world in the number of elderly persons.
- Myanmar’s Urbanization: Creating Opportunities for All - World Bank GroupMyanmar remains a predominantly rural country, with 15 million of the country’s 51.5 million people living in urban areas. However, this figure is expected to change -- projections indicate that an additional 7.1 million of its current rural population will move to cities by 2050.
- Urban Development Overview - World Bank GroupThe World Bank’s work in urban development aims to build sustainable cities and communities through an urbanization process that is green, inclusive, competitive, and resilient, contributing to the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No.11, to the implementation of the New Urban Agenda, as well as to the World Bank’s goals to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity.
- Urban Development in Phnom Penh - World Bank GroupBy 2050, it is expected that 36% of its residents will live in urban areas. Cambodia's rate of urbanization is lower than what can be expected for its GDP, suggesting that the pace and scale of urbanization is likely to rise. Countries with similar levels of GDP, such as Bangladesh and Kyrgyzstan, have an urbanization rate closer to 35%.
- Gearing up for India’s Rapid Urban Transformation - World Bank GroupBy 2036, its towns and cities will be home to 600 million people, or 40 percent of the population, up from 31 percent in 2011, with urban areas contributing almost 70 percent to GDP. How well India manages this urban transformation will play a critical role in realizing its ambition of becoming a developed country by 2047, the 100 th year of ...
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