Given data provided by United Nations, by 2025 the world's population will sit at more than 8 billion people. While some regions, like Europe, will experience slow growth, many cities in Africa and Asia continue to grow in the 21st century. Latest world population estimates predict, Earth will be home to 10 billions persons by 2057. A growth of more than 27% from the current world population.
This SAS Visual Analytics infographic visualizes the global population growth and let's viewers identify fastest growing cities as well as largest Megacities on our planet.
The Rise of Megacities
You can also view the ultra-high resolution version of the graphic (resolution: 2000x5000, size: 5MB, format: PNG).
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