1: Introduction
Demographia World Urban Areas (Built-up Urban Areas or Urban Agglomerations) is the only regularly published inventory of population, corresponding land area and population density for urban areas read more »
Evolving Urban Form: Development Profiles of World Urban AreasDemographia World Urban Area - 2025
by Wendell Cox 08/29/2025
1: Introduction Demographia World Urban Areas (Built-up Urban Areas or Urban Agglomerations) is the only regularly published inventory of population, corresponding land area and population density for urban areas read more » »
Hong Kong 2021 Census: The Evolving Urban Form
by Wendell Cox 02/27/2024
According to the 2021 census, Hong Kong grew from a population of 7.337 million in 2016 to 7.413 million. This article describes the population and population densities of Hong Kong and its major areas. read more » »
Summary of World Urban Population by Nation and Region
by Wendell Cox 12/18/2023
Defining "Built-Up Urban Area" The term urban area refers to a continuously built landmass devoted to urban development. Unlike metropolitan areas, urban areas have no rural land within their boundaries. read more » »
The Future of Cities: The Future of Chinese Cities
by Li Sun 02/10/2023
China represents the cutting edge of 21st century urbanism. Its successes and failures will shape global perceptions of city life, not only in that country but around the world. read more » »
Densification in Toronto: The Evolving Urban Form
by Wendell Cox 07/12/2022
Like many of the world’s largest cities (Note 1), public policy seeks to densify Toronto, which is already the densest urban area (the international term) or population centre (the Canadian term) in North America (as used here, north of Mexico). An urban area is continuously built up urbanization and is routinely at the core of a metropolitan area (in Canada, a Census Metropolitan Area, or CMA). read more » »
Nashville: The Evolving Urban Form
by Wendell Cox 01/23/2022
Nashville’s has long been known as “Music City,” a title that dates nearly a century to 1925 when the first “Grand Ole Opry” performance was held in the Ryman Auditorium (above). For even longer, Nashville has been the capital of Tennessee, with the 10th oldest state capitol building in the nation (below). But the big story increasingly has been the area’s rapid growth read more » Mexico City 2020: The Evolving Urban Form
by Wendell Cox 12/08/2021
The Mexico City metropolitan area (Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México) continues to grow, though has slowed somewhat from the previous decade. The metropolitan area is the functional or economic city. read more » »
Greater Manila 2020: The Evolving Urban Form
by Wendell Cox 08/23/2021
In 2021, the Manila built up urban area is estimated to have a population of 24.0 million, making it the fourth largest urban area in the world, according to Demographia World Urban Areas, covering 873 square kilometers and with a population density of 12,801 per square kilometer (33,135 per square mile). Only Tokyo, Jakarta and Delhi have larger populations. By comparison, the 2021 population of the New York urban area is 20.9 million. read more » Focusing on World Megacities: Demographia World Urban Areas, 2021
by Wendell Cox 07/29/2021
The 2021 edition of Demographia World Urban Areas includes current population estimates for the 985 identified built-up urban areas (Note 1 describes the background and methodology) with at least 500,000 population.This is a smaller number than last year, due to a methodology that rendered somewhat lower populations for some urban areas. read more » »
Katowice-Gliwice-Tychy: The Evolving Urban Form
by Wendell Cox 11/20/2020
Katowice-Gliwice-Tychy (hyperlinks are audio pronunciations) is fast-developing Poland’s second largest continuously developed urban area (urban agglomeration), with 1.7 million residents. read more » »
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