Sign In
Learn bits
Index & Reports
Mahesh

04/07/22 06:10 AM IST

Habitat World Cities Report 2022

In News 
  • Recently,the United Nations published its report titled “Habitat World Cities Report 2022”.
Major Findings 
  • The UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2022 highlights that, rapid urbanisation in India was delayed temporarily due to covid-19 pandemic.
  • Urban population in India is estimated to reach at 675 million in 2035. It will be the second highest figure, behind China’s one billion.
  • After covid-19 pandemic, global urban population is growing again. It will grow by another 2.2 billion by 2050.
  • India’s urban population is likely to reach 675,456,000 in 2035, as compared to 483,099,000 in 2020.
  • Percentage of population in urban areas pf India will be 43.2 percent, by 2035.
Global Scenario 
  • Urban Population in China is estimated to reach at 1.05 billion in 2035.
  • Urban population in Asia will increase to 2.99 billion in 2035.
  • Big economies such as China and India account for large share of the world’s population. Development trajectories across these countries have influenced global inequality.
  • In last two decades, India and China experienced rapid urbanisation and economic growth. As a result, number of people living in poverty reduced.
Source- Indian Express 

More Related Current Affairs View All

05 May

Key objectives of caste count

'The Union Cabinet has decided that the next Census will include questions on caste to its enumeration of India’s population, for the first time in almost a century. ' T

Read More

05 May

2 new genome-edited rice varieties

'Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan recently released two genome-edited varieties of rice, the first achievement of its kind in the country.' These two varieties, which

Read More

05 Mar

First-ever comprehensive survey of India’s river dolphins

'Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the results of the first-ever comprehensive population estimation of riverine dolphins – Gangetic and Indus dolphins – done in In

Read More

India’s First Ai-Driven Magazine Generator

Generate Your Custom Current Affairs Magazine using our AI in just 3 steps