Current rate of urbanisation could bring 'unprecedented challenges'
The Tribune - Bahamas
Over half of the world's 6.3 billion inhabitants reside in cities. According to the United Nation Population Division, in 20 years, six out of every 10 people are projected to be city dwellers. Almost 85 per cent of the Bahamas' population lives in urban areas, which is well above the Caribbean's 67 per cent average. By the year 2050, the urban population in the Bahamas is expected to comprise 91 per cent....(8 April 2010)

Urban population boost predicted by Dr. Lewis
Freeport News - Bahamas
Using data collected by the United Nations Population Division, Lewis, representative of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and World Health Organiza-tion (WHO) for the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands, added that by the year 2050 the urban residents-count is expected to increase to 414,000; this number representing 90.9 percent of the Bahamas' total population,…(8 April 2010 )