October 19th, 2012
Via the Business Insider, a list of the fastest growing cities on earth:
More people in history live in cities than ever before in our planets history.
Urbanization rates have increased dramatically in the last decade, according to a new report by the U.N. Settlements Program, UN-Habitat.
But the way people are urbanizing are changing. People aren’t flocking to Europe and the United States as they did a century ago . A new class of cities is on the rise, and millions of people migrating to these new hubs throughout the developing world.
Business Insider analyzed the population growth from 1990 to the 2025 estimates for just under 600 of the world’s most populous cities.
31. Xiamen, China
1990 Population: 639,000
2010 Population: 2,207,000
2025 Population: 3,112,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 387.0%
30. Niamey, Niger
1990 Population: 432,000
2010 Population: 1,048,000
2025 Population: 2,105,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 387.3%
29. Nanyang, Henan province, China
1990 Population: 228,000
2010 Population: 867,000
2025 Population: 1,135,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 397.8%
28. Luanda, Angola
1990 Population: 1,568,000
2010 Population: 4,772,000
2025 Population: 8,077,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 415.1%
27. Kabul, Afghanistan
1990 Population: 1,282,000
2010 Population: 3,731,000
2025 Population: 6,888,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 437.3%
26. Yiyang, Hunan province, China
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1990 Population: 191,000
2010 Population: 820,000
2025 Population: 1,043,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 446.1%
25. Huambo, Angola
1990 Population: 326,000
2010 Population: 1,034,000
2025 Population: 1,789,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 448.8%
24. Shantou, China
1990 Population: 724,000
2010 Population: 3,704,000
2025 Population: 4,222,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 483.1%
23. Jiangmen, China
1990 Population: 190,000
2010 Population: 1,103,000
2025 Population: 1,448,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 504.2%
22. Maoming, China
1990 Population: 173,000
2010 Population: 803,000
2025 Population: 1,053,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 508.7%
21. Haikou, China
1990 Population: 331,000
2010 Population: 1,586,000
2025 Population: 2,065,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 523.9%
20. Shaoxing, China
1990 Population: 181,000
2010 Population: 853,000
2025 Population: 1,066,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 537.0%
19. Sana’a, Yemen
Courtesy of The Yemen Embassy in D.C.
1990 Population: 653,000
2010 Population: 2,342,000
2025 Population: 4,296,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 557.9%
18. Jieyang, China
1990 Population: 176,000
2010 Population: 1,384,000
2025 Population: 1,828,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 558.0%
17. Lilongwe, Malawi
1990 Population: 266,000
2010 Population: 865,000
2025 Population: 1,784,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 570.7%
16. Zhuhai, China
1990 Population: 220,000
2010 Population: 1,252,000
2025 Population: 1,516,00
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 589.1%
15. Taizhou, Jiangsu province, China
1990 Population: 158,000
2010 Population: 795,000
2025 Population: 1,101,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 596.8%
14. Linyi, Shandong province, China
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1990 Population: 260,000
2010 Population: 1,427,000
2025 Population: 1,827,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 602.7%
13. Kigali, Rwanda
1990 Population: 219,000
2010 Population: 939,000
2025 Population: 1,690,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 671.7%
12. Fuyang, China
1990 Population: 142,000
2010 Population: 874,000
2025 Population: 1,119,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 688.0%
11. Zhongshan, China
1990 Population: 393,000
2010 Population: 736,000
2025 Population: 3,114,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 692.4%
10. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
1990 Population: 537,000
2010 Population: 1,908,000
2025 Population: 4,332,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 706.7%
9. Quanzhou, China
1990 Population: 174,000
2010 Population: 1,068
2025 Population:1,462,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 740.2%
8. Huizhou, China
1990 Population: 205,000
2010 Population: 1,384,000
2025 Population: 1,828,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 791.7%
7. Abuja, Nigeria
1990 Population: 330,000
2010 Population: 1,995,000
2025 Population: 3,361,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 918.5%
6. Dongguan, Guangdong province, China
1990 Population: 553,000
2010 Population: 5,347,000
2025 Population: 6,852,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 1139.1%
5. Shenzhen, China
1990 Population: 875,000
2010 Population: 9,005,000
2025 Population: 11,146,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 1173.8%
4. Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast
1990 Population: 136,000
2010 Population: 885,000
2025 Population: 1,797,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 1221.3%
3. Jinjiang, China
1990 Population: 98,000
2010 Population: 858,000
2025 Population: 1,303,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 1229.6%
2. Foshan, China
1990 Population: 429,000
2010 Population: 4,033,000
2025 Population: 6,242,0000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 1355.0%
1. Puning, China
1990 Population: 76,000
2010 Population: 911,000
2025 Population: 1,255,000
Growth from 1990 to 2025: 1551.3%
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