Perspectives for the Church in the 21st Century
Demographic Perspectives
Sources: The United Nations 1996 Demographic Yearbook
& The United Nations' Population Division web site
36.7%
35.0%
20.1%
17.3%
45.0%
31.7%
67.3%
% of
Urban
Pop.
World
S. America
Oceania
N. America
Europe
Asia
Africa
64.7%
195,620
20.2%
213
12.5%
18
64.8%
389,347
34.6%
1,270
33.8%
184
26.2%
241,899
37.1%
859
17.9%
48
27.4%
57,991
31.1%
323
51.6%
57
29.9%
4,034
27.1%
19
52.8%
5
22.0%
88,026
34.9%
331
30.0%
26
54.5%
977 Million
33.0%
3,015
30.3%
338
% of
Pop.
Rural**
Population in Small Towns (Mill.)
% of
Urban
Pop.*
Cities
> 100K
% of
Urban
Pop.*
Cities
> 1Mill.
* Percent of the urban polulation of the continent living in cities of this size ** Percent of total population of the continent living in rural areas