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Authors: McKinsey,Company Inc.
HOUSEHOLDS WITH TAP WATER, 2011 (%)
| < 50 |
| > 50 |
HOUSEHOLDS WITH CARS, 2011 (%)
| < 3.1 |
| > 3.1 |
Sources: Reserve Bank of India, Census of India
MOVE TO THE CITY
In 1962, India was about 20% urban; now the figure is over 30%. Still, the country is under-urbanized compared to both the developed world and other emerging markets.
SHARE OF POPULATION LIVING IN URBAN AREAS, 2011 (%)
Mahatma Gandhi famously said that India lives in its villages. He and other leaders saw their country’s heartland in its thousands of rural communities. In the future, though, many more people will be living in cities, as they move off the land in search of opportunity.
But while India is primarily rural, its cities are among the most densely populated places on earth.
POPULATION PER SQUARE KILOMETER, 2011
India’s leading cities are among the world’s biggest, and getting bigger.
POPULATIONS OF WORLD’S LARGEST URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS, 2011 (MILLIONS)
Their growth rates will also slow less than those of many other megacities in the future.
| Average annual growth rate, 1990–2011 (%) |
| Predicted average annual growth rate, 2011–25 (%) |
