Cities and Urbanization

How has the world's urban population changed from 1950 to today?

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In 1950, less than 20 percent of Africans lived in cities, that number has increased to 43 percent for 2020. Image: Unsplash/Son Vu Le

Katharina Buchholz
Data Journalist, Statista
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