<div id="ooyalaplayer" style="width: 800px; height: 450px;"></div><div style="display:none;" id="kalturavideoplaceholder">kalturavideoplaceholder</div><div><div><script src="https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js"></script><div class="g-ytsubscribe" data-channel="BusinessInsider" data-layout="full" data-count="default"></div></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Almost four billion people - more than half of the world's population - now live in cities and towns. By 2050, </span><a href="http://esa.un.org/unpd/wup/FinalReport/WUP2014-Report.pdf">the UN</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&#xa0;projects that number will grow by two-thirds. Here's how today's biggest cities have grown from 1970 and might grow through 2030.</span></p><p><em>Produced by Alex Kuzoian</em></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>Follow BI Video:</strong> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BusinessInsider.Video?fref=ts">On Facebook</a>&#xa0;</span></p>

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Animated chart shows the incredible growth of Asia's major cities compared to the rest of the world

kalturavideoplaceholderAlmost four billion people - more than half of the world's population - now live in cities and towns. By 2050, the UN&#xa0;projects that number will grow by two-thirds. Here's how today's biggest cities have grown from 1970 and might grow through 2030.Produced by Alex KuzoianFollow BI Video: On Facebook&#xa0;

kalturavideoplaceholderAlmost four billion people - more than half of the world's population - now live in cities and towns. By 2050, the UN&#xa0;projects that number will grow by two-thirds.

Animated chart shows the incredible growth of Asia's major cities compared to the rest of the world

Alex Kuzoian

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