Demographics

Being one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world, Shanghai has a large population size, the total being 16.74 million in 2000, occupying the fifth place among the 10 largest cities, next only to Mexico City, Tokyo, San Paulo, and New York. The population density of Shanghai is as high as 2,657/per sq.km on average. Since 1993, Shanghai has been the first region of China to have a negative fertility growth rate in its registered population, while the total number of registered people is increasing owing to in-migration. According to the 2000 population census, the rate of natural increase was -1.9 per 1,000. Besides, along with the urbanization and expansion of metropolitan regions, the urban population of Shanghai increased to 14,78 in 2000, accounting 88.31% to total population. Generally speaking, the trend is such that settlements of urban inhabitants are extending to suburban areas where rural inhabitants are also assembling on the border line of metropolitan areas. In year 2010 it is said that the population of shanghai has increased drastically. Which has put the city of shanghai at a very high population rate.



Shanghai, China is known to be the worlds largest city. This is better shown in numbers below;


 * City || Population ||
 * Shanghai || 17,836,133 ||
 * Istanbul || 13,255,685 ||
 * Karachi || 12,991,000 ||
 * Mumbai || 12,478,447 ||
 * Beijing || 11,716,000 ||

1.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_proper_by_population. Population Chart 2.)http://www.google.ca/imgresq=demographics+of+shanghai+map&um=1&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=738&tbm=isch&tbnid=C1wfbMuFRByaqM:&imgrefurl=http://alvin.foo.my/2007_06_01_archive.html&docid=-9iT5NdwbHTSOM&imgurl=http://bp1.blogger.com/_4jfk59bc9d8/Rm4a_WQM3XI/AAAAAAAAA-E/Ih9Yu7fMLiE/s400/Map-thumb.gif&w=330&h=400&ei=fzwwT8GaLqXe0QHh9J3wCg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1060&vpy=340&dur=399&hovh=213&hovw=176&tx=114&ty=94&sig=118002952045964192477&page=3&tbnh=171&tbnw=141&start=45&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:19,s:45. Map of demographics
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