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10 countries with the largest slum population in the world
Sep 4, 2024
A slum is a residential area that completely lacks basic amenities needed for human survival like sanitation, potable water, electricity etc.
As more cities adapt to urbanisation, one of the negative by-products is the increasing pockets of poverty which develop in the form of slums.
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) defines a slum as a residential area that completely lacks basic amenities needed for human survival like sanitation, potable water, electricity etc.
Slums have substandard housing, very overcrowded, unhealthy and most times, are situated in very hazardous locations supporting the notion that urbanisation has little contribution to the development and improvement of citizens’ lifestyle.
10 countries with the largest slum population in the world
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Using data from the World Bank and the Participatory Slum Upgrading Program (PSUP) by the UN-Habitat, below are the top 10 countries with the highest slum population:
S/NCompanyPopulation% In Slums
1
South Sudan
2.1M
94%
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