The number of people on the planet is rapidly growing. At the same time, the number of people living in urban areas is also increasing. By 2050, 70% of everyone on the planet will be an urbanite.
As part of its State of the World’s Children campaign, UNICEF recently released an animated graphic showing the growth of both countries and urban areas over time.
In this first map, we can see the size of the world in 1950. The rose-colored countries have urban populations greater than 75%, the yellow have 50% to 75%, the blue have 25% to 50%, and the green have less than 25%.
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