Question

Urban population of the world is
A)45%
B) 39%
C) 35%
D) 30%

Answer 1

Hint:The total population of the world is about 7.7 billion and out of this population, about 4.2 billion population is living in the urban area.

Complete answer
The urban population of the world has a percentage of about 55% that is close to 45% among all options given in the question. According to the United Nations, the world population reached 7 Billion on October 31, 2011. The US Census Bureau made a lower estimate, for which the 7 billion marks were only reached on March 12, 2012. According to current projections, the global population will reach eight billion by 2024, and will likely reach around nine billion by 2037. In 1980, 1.731 billion people worldwide, i.e. 39% of the world population were living in cities. In 2015, the number had increased to 3.968 billion (54%). According to projections, the urban share of the world population will grow to 6.419 billion (66%) by 2050. While 82% of the North American population lives in cities, the same is true of only 38% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa. In between these two extremes are Latin America (80%), Europe (74%), Australia/Oceania (71%), and Asia with an urban share of 48% of their population.

Therefore, option A is correct is the correct answer.

Note:Around 50% of the urban population worldwide, which corresponds to 1.984 billion people, lives in small or medium-size cities with less than 500,000 inhabitants.