20%
Approximately 91% of the population in Japan lived in urban areas in 2009. This high percentage is due to Japan's dense population clusters around major cities and metropolitan areas.
By the end of 2014, 54.7 percent of the Chinese population lived in urban areas--a rate that increased from 26 percent in 1990.
25%
1% to 4%
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Around 83% of the population of England lives in urban areas or cities. This is based on data from the latest census.
Approximately 6.4% of the world's adult population lived with diabetes in 2010.
Nevada
The Wabash and Erie Canal increased population and commerce in the state of Indiana and Ohio. It was short-lived because railroads soon to the business.
It is estimated that before the 20th century, around 1-2% of the global population lived to be 65 or older. In modern times, with improvements in healthcare and living conditions, this percentage has increased significantly.
When the railroads were first being built, they had a big impact on the cities. Trains allowed the people in the cities to get more goods than they could before, and trains allowed people living outside cities to sell their produce and wares further away from where they lived. The overall impact on cities was that people could buy more things for less money.
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