Urban Population Growth

Urban population - the population living in urban areas. Due to the fact that the criteria for classifying settlements as urban in different countries do not coincide, the data on the urban population of different countries are not quite comparable. In developed countries, the predominance of large-urban forms of settlements is observed.
The ratio between the urban population and the rural population characterizes the degree of urbanization of a country or an individual region.
In 2018, the urban population reached 4.2 billion people, or 55% of the world's population. The entire population is considered urban in 10 countries.
The rapid urbanization of the world led to the fact that in 2007 a historically important milestone was overcome - for the first time in the history of mankind, the urban population exceeded the rural population. In subsequent years, the urban population continued to grow at a faster pace. Now the growth rate of the world's urban population is gradually slowing, although it remains high.