Top 10 among world's fastest-growing cities from India

Wednesday 12th December 2018 02:46 EST
 
 

India is set to dominate over the next two decades where the top 10 cities for economic growth is concerned. Topping the list is Surat, Gujarat's diamond processing and trading center, which will see the fastest expansion through 2035, averaging more than nine per cent. Richard Holt, Oxford's head of global cities research wrote that while economic output in many of those Indian cities will remain rather small in comparison to the world's biggest metropolises, aggregated gross domestic product of all Asian cities will exceed that of all North American and European urban centers combined in 2027. It will be 17 per cent higher by 2035, with the largest contribution coming from Chinese cities.

Not a lot will change at the top of the list of the world's biggest cities in the coming several years. New York, Tokyo, Los Angeles, and London will defend their spots as Shanghai and Beijing surpass Paris and Chicago. Guangzhou and Shenzhen in Southern China will also make the top 10, crowding out Hong Kong. Fastest-growing African city is the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam, while the Armenian capital of Yerevan holds the top spot in Europe.


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