3 cities in India among the fastest growing
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About 52 per cent of the world's population currently live in urban areas; by 2025 this should increase to 58 per cent, says The Economist.
Nearly all this growth will take place in emerging-market economies, particularly Asia, as migrants from the countryside move in search of jobs, it says.
Let's have a look at some of the fastest-growing cities in the developing world.
NOTE: Courtesy, The Economist
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Image: A view of the India Gate in New Delhi.
Photographs: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
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New Delhi
Country: India
Annual average population increase (1995-2010): 640,000
Projected population increase (2010-2025): 410,000
Population in 2010: 22.2 million
Rank: 1
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Image: Tourists visit the The Bahai House of Worship known as the 'Lotus Temple' in New Delhi.
Photographs: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images
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Dhaka
Country: Bangladesh
Annual average population increase (1995-2010): 410,000
Projected population increase (2010-2025): 408,000
Population in 2010: 14.6 million
Rank: 2
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Image: A commuter jumps between cars on a train at the Kamalapur Railway Station, the largest in the country, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Photographs: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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Kinshasa
Country: Congo
Annual average population increase (1995-2010): 280,000
Projected population increase (2010-2025): 410,000
Population in 2010: 8.8 million
Rank: 3
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Image: The first sighting of Mountain Gorilla babies in Bukima, Congo.
Photographs: Brent Stirton/Getty Images
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Mumbai
Country: India
Annual average population increase (1995-2010): 396,000
Projected population increase (2010-2025): 380,000
Population in 2010: 20 million
Rank: 4
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Image: A visitor poses for a picture in front of Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai.
Photographs: Arko Datta/Reuters
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Karachi
Country: Pakistan
Annual average population increase (1995-2010): 370,000
Projected population increase (2010-2025): 310,000
Population in 2010: 13.1 million
Rank: 5
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Image: A man sells spices at a market in Karachi.
Photographs: Athar Hussain/Reuters
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Lagos
Country: Nigeria
Annual average population increase (1995-2010): 305,000
Projected population increase (2010-2025): 350,000
Population in 2010: 10.6 million
Rank: 6
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Image: Children playing soccer are silhouetted at sunset in Nigeria's main city of Lagos, Nigeria.
Photographs: George Esiri/Reuters
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Kolkata
Country: India
Annual average population increase (1995-2010): 240,000
Projected population increase (2010-2025): 301,000
Population in 2010: 15.6 million
Rank: 8
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Image: A horse-cart passes in front of the Queen Victoria Memorial in Kolkata.
Photographs: Jayanta Shaw/Reuters
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Shanghai
Country: China
Annual average population increase (1995-2010): 430,000
Projected population increase (2010-2025): 230,000
Population in 2010: 16.6 million
Rank: 9
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Image: Visitors walk through the Lujiazui Financial Area in Shanghai.
Photographs: Aly Song/Reuters
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Manila
Country: The Philippines
Annual average population increase (1995-2010): 140,000
Projected population increase (2010-2025): 230,000
Population in 2010: 16.6 million
Rank: 9
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Image: Tourists ride on a 'Kalesa', a horse-drawn carriage, in Manila's historic Intramuros also known as Walled City.
Photographs: Erik de Castro/Reuters
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Lahore
Country: Pakistan
Annual average population increase (1995-2010): 170,000
Projected population increase (2010-2025): 205,000
Population in 2010: 7.1 million
Rank: 10
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Image: A paratrooper performs in Lahore.
Photographs: Mohsin Raza/Reuters
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Dar es Salaam
Country: Tanzania
Annual average population increase (1995-2010): 190,000
Projected population increase (2010-2025): 105,000
Population in 2010: 3.3 million
Rank: 11
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Image: Houses are seen at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania's Hie district.
Photographs: Katrina Manson/Reuters
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Ho Chi Minh City
Country: Vietnam
Annual average population increase (1995-2010): 140,000
Projected population increase (2010-2025): 180,000
Population in 2010: 6.2 million
Rank: 12
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Image: An aerial view show Ho Chi Minh City.
Photographs: Nguyen Huy Kham/Reuters
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Khartoum
Country: Sudan
Annual average population increase (1995-2010): 120,000
Projected population increase (2010-2025): 180,000
Population in 2010: 5.2 million
Rank: 13
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Image: Men ride camels near the site of 44 Nubian pyramids of kings and queens in the ruins of the ancient city of Meroe next to Begrawiya, near Shendi in the River Nile state of Sudan.
Photographs: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters
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Nairobi
Country: Kenya
Annual average population increase (1995-2010): 110,000
Projected population increase (2010-2025): 190,000
Population in 2010: 3.5 million
Rank: 14
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Image: A hippopotamus yawns at sunset in Kenya's Tsavo West National Park, 280km east of Kenya's capital Nairobi.
Photographs: Noor Khamis/Reuters
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Beijing
Country: China
Annual average population increase (1995-2010): 270,000
Projected population increase (2010-2025): 170,000
Population in 2010: 12.4 million
Rank: 15
Image: A view of the city skyline from the Zhongfu Building at night in Beijing.
Photographs: Jason Lee/Reuters
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