Mumbai is the second most crowded city on the planet
Mumbai is the second most crowded city on the planet
- Medellin in Columbia (19,700 people per sq km) is the third most dense, Manila in the Philippines (14,800) is fourth, Casablanca in Morocco ( 14,200) comes fifth, Lagos in Nigeria (13,300) is sixth, Abuja (10,500) is eighth, Singapore (10,200) is ninth and Jakarta (9,600) is 10th.
The WEF said: “There are various reasons why vast numbers of people decide to settle in urban areas, but in the majority of cases it boils down to the simple fact that cities are where the work is.”
- Medellin in Columbia (19,700 people per sq km) is the third most dense, Manila in the Philippines (14,800) is fourth, Casablanca in Morocco ( 14,200) comes fifth, Lagos in Nigeria (13,300) is sixth, Abuja (10,500) is eighth, Singapore (10,200) is ninth and Jakarta (9,600) is 10th.
The WEF said: “There are various reasons why vast numbers of people decide to settle in urban areas, but in the majority of cases it boils down to the simple fact that cities are where the work is.”
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