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National Center for Strategic Planning (CEPLAN) forecasts that around 35 million people will live in urban areas across Peru by 2050, that is, between 85% and 88% of the total population.
"The phenomenon of accelerated urbanization that has been taking place around the world is not unfamiliar to our country," it stressed.
CEPLAN also stressed that more and more people are migrating from rural areas to urban areas at the global level, which has caused an explosive growth in cities that are now home to more than 50% of the world's population.
By 2050, seven out of ten people in the world are expected to live in cities; this will be the case of around 86% of the regional population in Latin America and the Caribbean.
"Within this framework, Peru is the country with the sixth-highest rate of urbanization in the region below Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, and Brazil," it said.
According to the National Center for Strategic Planning, recent studies reveal a strong urbanization process in Peru.
In 1960, about 5 million people lived in urban areas, accounting for 46% of the Peruvian population; in 2015, the figure rose to nearly 24 million people, making up 79% of the population and; in 2020, the year the pandemic began, the figure increased by 3 million.
"That is, 27 million people were living in urban areas, which represented 80% of the Peruvian population," CEPLAN stated.
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Published: 2/5/2023