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GEO-3: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT OUTLOOK  
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Urban population (% of regional totals) by region

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Nearly half the world population now lives in urban areas. Africa, and Asia and the Pacific, are the world's least urbanized regions, North America, Europe, and Latin America the most urbanized

Source: compiled from United Nations Population Division 2001b

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