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The world’s fastest growing cities
The tables provide assumed annual growth rates for cities and urban areas between 2006 and 2020. The assumptions are based on past growth/decline and forecasts by international and national statistics organisations. |
|
Rank
|
City/Urban area
|
Country
|
Average annual growth
2006 to 2020, in % |
|
201
|
Xuzhou | China |
1.48
|
|
202
|
Yantai | China |
1.48
|
|
203
|
Nanchang | China |
1.48
|
|
204
|
Jinxi | China |
1.48
|
|
205
|
Guiyang | China |
1.47
|
|
206
|
Changchun | China |
1.47
|
|
207
|
Chongqing | China |
1.46
|
|
208
|
Cape Town | South Africa |
1.44
|
|
209
|
Tianshui | China |
1.40
|
|
210
|
Zaozhuang | China |
1.39
|
|
211
|
Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic |
1.39
|
|
212
|
Recife | Brazil |
1.39
|
|
213
|
Brisbane | Australia |
1.36
|
|
214
|
Jingmen | China |
1.34
|
|
215
|
Suining | China |
1.33
|
|
216
|
Vancouver | Canada |
1.33
|
|
217
|
Seattle | USA |
1.32
|
|
218
|
Miami | USA |
1.32
|
|
219
|
Nanning | China |
1.31
|
|
220
|
Hefei | China |
1.30
|
|
221
|
Handan | China |
1.28
|
|
222
|
Tehran | Iran |
1.28
|
|
223
|
Monterrey | Mexico |
1.27
|
|
224
|
Yueyang | China |
1.27
|
|
225
|
Tangshan | China |
1.27
|
|
226
|
Pôrto Alegre | Brazil |
1.26
|
|
227
|
Perth | Australia |
1.25
|
|
228
|
Columbus, Ohio | USA |
1.24
|
|
229
|
Suqian | China |
1.23
|
|
230
|
Tampa, St. Petersburg | USA |
1.23
|
|
231
|
Auckland | New Zealand |
1.22
|
|
232
|
Wuxi | China |
1.21
|
|
233
|
Weifang | China |
1.20
|
|
234
|
Madurai | India |
1.19
|
|
235
|
Santiago | Chile |
1.17
|
|
236
|
Chengdu | China |
1.17
|
|
237
|
Memphis | USA |
1.16
|
|
238
|
Durban | South Africa |
1.14
|
|
239
|
Linyi | China |
1.14
|
|
240
|
Singapore | Singapore |
1.13
|
|
241
|
San Antonio | USA |
1.13
|
|
242
|
Rosario | Argentina |
1.13
|
|
243
|
Huaian | China |
1.12
|
|
244
|
Bangkok | Thailand |
1.11
|
|
245
|
Sydney | Australia |
1.09
|
|
246
|
Kuwait City | Kuwait |
1.09
|
|
247
|
Huainan | China |
1.08
|
|
248
|
Ottawa | Canada |
1.08
|
|
249
|
Xinyi | China |
1.08
|
|
250
|
Chifeng | China |
1.07
|
|
251
|
Boston | USA |
1.07
|
|
252
|
Qingdao | China |
1.07
|
|
253
|
São Paulo | Brazil |
1.06
|
|
254
|
Zigong | China |
1.04
|
|
255
|
Guadalajara | Mexico |
1.03
|
|
256
|
Liupanshui | China |
1.03
|
|
257
|
Washington DC | USA |
1.03
|
|
258
|
Yuzhou | China |
1.01
|
|
259
|
Melbourne | Australia |
0.99
|
|
260
|
Buenos Aires | Argentina |
0.97
|
|
261
|
Minneapolis, St. Paul | USA |
0.97
|
|
262
|
Hong Kong | China |
0.97
|
|
263
|
Torreón | Mexico |
0.97
|
|
264
|
Kwangju | South Korea |
0.97
|
|
265
|
Taejon | South Korea |
0.97
|
|
266
|
Jilin | China |
0.95
|
|
267
|
Xian | China |
0.95
|
|
268
|
Newcastle, Gateshead | UK |
0.94
|
|
269
|
Fuyu | China |
0.94
|
|
270
|
Dublin | Ireland |
0.94
|
|
271
|
Caracas | Venezuela |
0.94
|
|
272
|
Taiyuan | China |
0.94
|
|
273
|
Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
0.93
|
|
274
|
Cincinnati | USA |
0.92
|
|
275
|
San Diego | USA |
0.92
|
|
276
|
Providence | USA |
0.92
|
|
277
|
Pingxiang, Jiangxi | China |
0.91
|
|
278
|
Neijiang | China |
0.90
|
|
279
|
Mexico City | Mexico |
0.90
|
|
280
|
Inch'on | South Korea |
0.90
|
|
281
|
Daqing | China |
0.89
|
|
282
|
Baltimore | USA |
0.89
|
|
283
|
San Jose | USA |
0.88
|
|
284
|
Zibo | China |
0.86
|
|
285
|
Baotou | China |
0.85
|
|
286
|
Kansas City | USA |
0.83
|
|
287
|
Helsinki | Finland |
0.83
|
|
288
|
Pyongyang | North Korea |
0.80
|
|
289
|
Lanzhou | China |
0.80
|
|
290
|
Chicago | USA |
0.80
|
|
291
|
Jinan | China |
0.79
|
|
292
|
Taian | China |
0.76
|
|
293
|
Leshan | China |
0.75
|
|
294
|
Dalian | China |
0.74
|
|
295
|
Virginia Beach | USA |
0.74
|
|
296
|
Kaohsiung | China |
0.73
|
|
297
|
San Francisco, Oakland | USA |
0.70
|
|
298
|
Porto | Portugal |
0.70
|
|
299
|
Kunming | China |
0.69
|
|
300
|
Stockholm | Sweden |
0.67
|
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