The world's megacities as of 2007 and how they will stack up in 2025, according to the UN-Habitat report released yesterday. The number of megacities will rise from 19 to 26 with newcomers Chennai (India), Jakarta (Indonesia), Lahore (Pakistan), Lagos (Nigeria), Kinshasa (Congo), Guangzhou and Shenzhen (China). Megacities are cities with populations of more than 10 million. Visit the UN-Habitat website for more interesting details.
Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is the fastest growing megacity in the world, with an annual growth rate of 4.4 per cent a year, says the report.
Interestingly, Europe has no megacity except Moscow and Istanbul. The US has two: New York-Newark and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana. India has three: Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata. China has two: Shanghai and Beijing. Japan has two: Tokyo, the world's biggest megacity, and Osaka-Kobe. The other Asian megacities are Dhaka, Karachi and Manila. Africa has one: Cairo. Mexico City is the world's second biggest megacity. The other megacities are in Latin America: Sao Paolo, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro.
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