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Ethiopia is a mostly agrarian rural country [1]: 135 with only its capital, Addis Ababa, having over 1 million people.However the urban population of Ethiopia has expanded dramatically, from 10.8 million in 2002 to 28 million in 2022, [2] a growth of 160%, which has resulted in the urban population as a percentage of the total population growing from 15% to 23% over the same time period. [2]
This is a list of the largest urban agglomerations in Africa. Figures are from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report, as well as from citypopulation.de . Figures for administrative areas are also given.
Centralization meant that companies had even more reason to establish themselves in the already large capitals because this was closest to power. In effect this led to a huge concentration of investment in urban areas. For example, in Nigeria where 80% of investments not related to agriculture was spent in urban areas (Rakodi, 1997).
The World Population Prospects predicts that by 2050, Nigeria will become the third most populated country in the world. Over the last 50 years, Nigeria's urban population has grown at an average annual growth rate of more than 6.5% without commensurate increases in social amenities and infrastructure."
All-Union Population Censuses were carried out in the USSR (which included RSFSR and the other republics) in 1920 (urban only), 1926, 1937, 1939, 1959, 1970, 1979, and 1989. The first post-Soviet Russian Census was carried out in 2002, followed by the 2010 Census. Currently, the census is the responsibility of the Federal State Statistics Service.
Lagos, Nigeria is the second largest city in Africa and one of the primary economic hubs for the continent. Cairo , Egypt is the third largest city in Africa and the largest one in the Arab world . Riverside of Giza , a mega-suburb of Cairo and the second-largest city in Egypt with over 9 million inhabitants.
There are two measures of the degree of urbanization of a population. The first, urban population, describes the percentage of the total population living in urban areas , as defined by the country. The second measure, rate of urbanization, describes the projected average rate of change of the size of the urban population over the given period ...
Unless otherwise noted, areas and populations are sourced from the United Nations World Population Prospects, which uses the latest censuses and official figures, as well as figures from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Data is current as of 2023. [a]