Did You Know #59

Statistics...fascinating. Demographics...love them. A study that combines both...does life get any better? A big shout out to the Global Cities Institute at the University of Toronto for this embarrassment of enriching information.

By 2050, there will be almost 10 billion people on the planet. Today, Tokyo is the most populous city in the world, with about 38 million residents, one of the 10 most populous cities in the world is in Africa (Cairo), and two (Sao Paulo and Mexico City) are in Latin America. By 2020, these will be the 10 most populous cities: (10) Mexico City, Mexico: 24.3 million people (9) New York, United States: 24.8 million people (8) Karachi, Pakistan: 31.7 million people (7) Tokyo, Japan: 32.6 million people (6) Lagos, Nigeria: 32.6 million people (5) Kolkata, India: 33 million people (4) Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: 35 million people (3) Dhaka, Bangladesh: 35.2 million people (2) Delhi, India: 36.2 million people (1) Mumbai, India: 42.4 million people.