Most of World Population in Cities by 2007

[WendyForsyth]

U.N. Projects Historic City Populations by 2007  
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By Grant McCool

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - For the first time in history, most of the world's population will live in cities by 2007, U.N. demographers said on Wednesday.

 

They said that 48 per cent of the world's population lived in urban areas in 2003 and this was "expected to exceed the 50 percent mark by 2007, thus marking the first time in history that the world will have more urban residents than rural residents."

They projected that the world's urban population would rise to 5 billion by 2030 from an estimated 3 billion in 2003. Conversely, demographers expect the rural population to decline to 3.2 billion from 3.3 billion in 2003 by that year.

Global urban populations would grow at an annual average rate of 1.8 percent and double at that rate in 38 years, according to the U.N. Population Division report, "World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision."

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[Deb]

Very sad Wendy. We are told to leave the cities and live in the country. Soon people will not be able to leave the cities...

Thanks for sharing this.

[Richard Myers]

It is very interesting to note that in the United States people vote according to this classification. Democrats control the cities and Republicans the rural areas.

[WendyForsyth]

Wow, I hadn't thought of that Brother Richard. Very interesting. Kerry is Catholic and attended Mass this weekend. It was the first I remembered hearing of it. Either way, whichever candidate wins, it can work towards the Sunday laws.

Happy Sabbath!
Wendy