|
|
|
|
|
Research |
|
|
|
Resources |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|||||||
| The 25 Fastest Growing Cities of China: 1985 - 2010 | |||||||
|
|||||||
|
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social
Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects,
the 2009 Revision New York, 2010,
http://www.unpopulation.org |
|||||||
|
Between 1985 and 2010 the coastal city of Shanghai had the biggest increase in population: 9.7 million. This increase was higher than the growth of Shenzhen (8.8 million) and Guangzhou (6.6 million) or Chongqing (6.5 million). Between 1985 and 2010, Beijing's population increased by 6.4 million. |
|||||||
| In relative terms, as expected, smaller cities had some really spectacular increases in population. The most spectacular increase was calculated for Shenzhen, which was a small town in 1985 and increased its population more than 50-fold. Dongguan increased more than 22-fold and Foshan, Zhuhai and Puning increased their population about 15-fold between 1985 and 2010. | |||||||
| These numbers clearly indicate that China is in the middle of a massive urbanization process. As in any other developed country, China's population will be predominantly urban at the end of this transition period. The "romantic" idea of China as being a "peasant society" is rapidly fading away. | |||||||
 |
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|||||||
| This data section was updated on April 17, 2010 | |||||||
