World Population Becomes More Urban Than Rural

biohack writes "A major demographic shift took place on Wednesday, May 23, 2007: For the first time in human history, the earth's population is more urban than rural. According to scientists from North Carolina State University and the University of Georgia, on that day, a predicted global urban population of 3,303,992,253 exceeded that of 3,303,866,404 rural people. In the US, the tipping point from a majority rural to a majority urban population came early in the late 1910s."

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[zanderredux]

Oh my... this statement is killing me:

For the first time in human history, the earth's population is more urban than rural.

I really do not see that there'll be a second time when the earth's population will be come more urban than rural. This trend is pretty much irreversible and, unless a mega-disease wipes out major urban centers, there'll be no second, third, fourth time.

A better way to write that should be:

Finally, the earth's population is more urban than rural.

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Mods on crack again

[Harmonious Botch]

Parent asks how the data in TFA is calulated. And he gets modded offtopic??