Share of the total population living in urban areas, with UN urbanization projections to the year 2050. | The Infographics Show

The United Nations Population Division highlights significant global urbanization trends over recent decades. Africa and Asia, with urban populations already surpassing those of Europe, Latin America and North America, have seen the steepest growth in urban dwellers since 1950. While less than 20% of their populations lived in cities then, this had risen to 45.4% in Africa and 53.4% in Asia by 2024. Latin America and the Caribbean, now over 80% urbanized, exceed Europe's 75.8%, while North Ameri