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Detailed explanation-1: -India’s urban population is estimated to stand at 675 million in 2035, the second highest behind China’s one billion, the U.N. has said in a report, noting that after the COVID-19 pandemic, the global urban population is back on track to grow by another 2.2 billion by 2050.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 2022, urban population for India was 35.9 %. Over the last 50 years, urban population of India grew substantially from 20.7 to 35.9 % rising at an increasing annual rate that reached a maximum of 1.64% in 1974 and then decreased to 1.35% in 2022.

Detailed explanation-3: -United Nations, June 30 India’s urban population is projected to be 675,456,000 in 2035, growing from 483,099,000 in 2020 to 542,743,000 in 2025 and 607,342,000 in 2030, the report said. By 2035, the percentage of population in India at mid-year residing in urban area would be 43.2 per cent, it said.

Detailed explanation-4: -The urban percentage of the world’s population is projected to reach 60 percent by 2030 (see figure). The urban share is likely to rise from 75 percent to 81 percent in more developed countries between 2007 and 2030, and from 44 percent to 56 percent in less developed countries.