You can explore the data on urban and rural populations for any country or region using the "Change country or region" toggle on the interactive chart. The UN estimates this milestone event – when the number of people in urban areas overtook the number in rural settings – occurred in 2007. This means over half of the world lives in urban settings. More than 4 billion people now live in urban areas. In the visualization, we see estimates of the number of people globally who live in urban and rural areas. How many people live in urban areas today? There has been a mass migration of populations from rural to urban areas. Over the past few centuries – and particularly in recent decades – this has shifted dramatically. See all charts on urbanization ↓ Urbanization across the world today Number of people living in urban areas More than 4 billion people – more than half of the world – live in urban areasįor most of human history, most people across the world lived in small communities. This topic page presents an overview of urbanization across the world, extending from the distant past to the present, and projections of future trends. This transition has transformed the way we live, work, travel, and build networks.
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However, urban settings are a relatively new phenomenon in human history. More than half of the world's population now live in urban areas - increasingly in highly dense cities.