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FORECASTS OF 'CITY MAYORS' INDEPENDENT RESEARCH NETWORK: YEREVAN POPULATION BY 2020 TO REDUCE BY 70,000
Arminfo
2007-03-20 13:15:00
As "Svoboda" Radio station reports, by forecasts of the City Mayors'
experts, the population of Yerevan by 2020 will make up 990,000
people instead of the present 1 mln 60 thsd. According to the source,
Yerevan takes the 395th place on the list of 400 biggest cities of the
world. Yerevan will remain in this list by 2020, but it will take the
last but one place, between Cheliabinsk and Volgograd, the City Mayors
forecasts. In the opinion of experts, the population of Tbilisi will
also reduce from 1 mln 30 thsd to 930,000. The population reduction
tendency will cover some European capitals - Sophia, Budapest,
Bucharest and Rome.
At the same time, according to the experts, the population of Baku
will grow from 1 mln 840 thsd to 2 mln. The biggest cities of the
world by 2020 will be Tokyo (37 mln), Bombay (26 mln) and Delhi
(25 mln). The most significant cities will be Tokyo, New York and
Los Angeles. Only Moscow and Saint Petersburg among the post-Soviet
cities fell into the list of the most significant ones, having taken
the 23rd and 57th places, respectively.
Arminfo
2007-03-20 13:15:00
As "Svoboda" Radio station reports, by forecasts of the City Mayors'
experts, the population of Yerevan by 2020 will make up 990,000
people instead of the present 1 mln 60 thsd. According to the source,
Yerevan takes the 395th place on the list of 400 biggest cities of the
world. Yerevan will remain in this list by 2020, but it will take the
last but one place, between Cheliabinsk and Volgograd, the City Mayors
forecasts. In the opinion of experts, the population of Tbilisi will
also reduce from 1 mln 30 thsd to 930,000. The population reduction
tendency will cover some European capitals - Sophia, Budapest,
Bucharest and Rome.
At the same time, according to the experts, the population of Baku
will grow from 1 mln 840 thsd to 2 mln. The biggest cities of the
world by 2020 will be Tokyo (37 mln), Bombay (26 mln) and Delhi
(25 mln). The most significant cities will be Tokyo, New York and
Los Angeles. Only Moscow and Saint Petersburg among the post-Soviet
cities fell into the list of the most significant ones, having taken
the 23rd and 57th places, respectively.