How Big Will Megacities Be in 30 Years?

By 2050, 7 in 10 of us could live in “megacities,” cities of at least 10 million people. What does this mean for the future?

#Megacities #population

[naweedsediq]

Lagos and Karachi are full of slums and extreme poverty. they need population control

[elfboi]

I prefer living in a city that's just a little above one million. It's the perfect size. Not too many skyscrapers, but I'm living in one of them, so I can see most of the city far below me.

[slickliverpool]

Anything over 5 million people in a metro area is no no for me. Everything becomes to expensive and taxes become to high.

[Logosfollower]

That's it I'm moving to Swaziland

[CEmma-jpbk]

Thank you soo much! This helped a lot in my geography research

[IntarwebUser]

According to Wikipedia, the city with the highest population density is Manila with 107, 562 people per square mile. Paris, at number 21, has a population density of 55, 673 people per square mile. You really don't know anything about population densities, do you?

[FieldMarshalCoTV]

Love it how they didn't talk about Mexico City even though it's the largest mega city in the Western Hemisphere

[andrewgerstner]

I love big cities but some of those are too big. I don't like going above the size of New York or London lol

[TjSamson]

I live in a city where the population is just about 130, 000 here in the Philippines and I am very happy not living in Manila.

[victory]

So pretty much we'll all be Asian by 2050?

[mmhoss]

I've been fascinated with Shenzhen for the past few years

[FerKzrs]

As interesting as this sounds, few good things can come from living in a mega city. I currently live in Mexico City, where crime, pollution and water shortages are serious issues. I already accepted how overcrowded it is, but my biggest concern is water. Granted, once I retire, I'll move somewhere else.

[KelseyCodes]

"The question is, which end of the spectrum will you become?" ?? I would say the question is what can we do to help prevent the inequality of these megacities and to facilitate more equalized megacities.

[VasileIuga]

And then all of them will migrate to EU. :)))

[stevengolly]

Here in Germany, it would be bad to move to the capital, because of overcrouding and lower payments than in other regions of the country.

[jakelim]

You should have mentioned Jingjinji. A megacity more likely to materialise than Shenzhen-Hong Kong.

[JoshuaMitchell-lelg]

that effect going on at the side distracted me so much lol

[subhashsolanki]

Instead of making development in present big cities new cities should be created in remote places so that they can be managable.

[colbybeltz]

Im Surprised that Rio De Janeiro, Bangkok, Kanpur, Nagoya, and Lahore weren't on the top 30

[dilipjain]

Mumbai, India will surpass Tokyo, Japan to be the largest city in the world by 2050.