Click on the image for a clear, full-size animation. This was prepared using static UN Urbanization data for 1960, 1980, 2011 and 2025.
The increasing % of urban population is shown by increasingly dark country colors. Growth in the number and size of large cities is represented with dots:
- Small Yellow = 1-5 Million
- Medium Orange = 5-10 Million
- Large Red = Over 10 Million
