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<title>Our World in Data - Urbanization</title>
<subtitle>Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems</subtitle>
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<updated>2026-02-17T17:13:00.000Z</updated>
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    <title>Explore updated data on global development from the World Bank</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/explore-updated-data-on-global-development-from-the-world-bank</id>
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    <published>2026-02-17T17:13:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Mojmír Vinkler</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[We’ve updated over 400 charts with the latest World Development Indicators release.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/explore-updated-data-on-global-development-from-the-world-bank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/default-featured-image.png"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Bangladesh has been urbanizing much faster than its neighbors</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/bangladesh-has-been-urbanizing-much-faster-than-its-neighbors</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/bangladesh-has-been-urbanizing-much-faster-than-its-neighbors"/>
    <published>2025-02-28T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/bangladesh-has-been-urbanizing-much-faster-than-its-neighbors"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/c9d2e006-4c8b-47c9-501f-178f6b406b00/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>The plurality of people in the world now live in cities</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-majority-of-people-in-the-world-now-live-in-cities</id>
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    <published>2024-04-05T07:27:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Veronika Samborska</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-majority-of-people-in-the-world-now-live-in-cities"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/b333ac76-a936-48e3-c693-c54a99b45800/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Urbanization</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/urbanization</id>
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    <published>2024-02-21T12:12:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Veronika Samborska</name></author><author><name>Max Roser</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The world population is moving to cities. Why is urbanization happening and what are the consequences?<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/urbanization"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/a57ed482-5955-4a15-01c2-fc5092c4ac00/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/sdgs/sustainable-cities</id>
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    <published>2023-07-18T14:11:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Our World in Data team</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Sustainable Development Goals Tracker for SDG 11<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/sdgs/sustainable-cities"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/0e4ac972-7680-4718-a51a-6ca47d8e7300/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>How urban is the world?</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/how-urban-is-the-world</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/how-urban-is-the-world"/>
    <published>2018-09-27T12:34:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[More than half of the world live in urban areas, and this will continue to grow.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/how-urban-is-the-world"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/17d0b4e0-17e9-44d5-060e-95f7728a4500/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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