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Africa's Urbanizing, But Not How You Think
Urban growth isn't necessarily streaming in from the countryside.
The stats are pretty clear: the world's population is increasingly concentrating in urban areas. A recent report from the United Nations estimates that the global urban population will grow from its 2011 level of 3.6 billion people to more than 6.3 billion by 2050. Most of that growth is projected to happen in less developed countries.
As we reported when that report was released in April, much of the growth in developing countries is expected to happen in Africa: