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INSIGHT: India's accelerating urbanization

10/17/2017

 
Today, two-thirds of Indians still live in rural areas – making the country roughly as urbanized as China in 1995, South Korea in 1965, Japan in 1935, Europe in 1905, or America in 1885.  However, India's rural-to-urban migration is gathering pace.  Over the next two decades, its urban areas are forecast to gain a New York City's worth of new residents every ten months – laying the groundwork for an extended period of elevated economic growth.
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For more on this topic, check out the Demographics dispatch.

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