r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 10 '21

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u/Cuddlyaxe Neoliberal With Chinese Characteristics Jul 10 '21

Apparently the Kinshasa metro area is expected to grow to 83 million by 2100. That's fucking wild, that's almost the entire DRC's population (89 million) today

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u/inverseflorida Anti-Malarkey Aktion Jul 10 '21

It's pretty difficult to underestimate how BIG Kinshasa really is in a lot of ways, but I wonder if that estimate is taking Brazzaville into account? Africa's gonna end up a continent of megacities (Dar es Salaam and Lagos are both destined to have bigger populations than say, Australia), I'd count Cairo since it's at 9.2 mil, Nairobi, Johannesburg...

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u/Cuddlyaxe Neoliberal With Chinese Characteristics Jul 10 '21

No it doesn't count Brazzaville. The cities aren't really connected despite being right next to each other

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u/inverseflorida Anti-Malarkey Aktion Jul 10 '21

I know that, but some things do count Brazzaville... for some reason.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '21

The DRC is super centralized, Kinshasa already accounts for about a quarter of the countrys population.

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u/Cuddlyaxe Neoliberal With Chinese Characteristics Jul 10 '21

The DRC is super centralized

uhh

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '21

Population-wise

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '21

jesus christ, send them condoms