Einar H. Dyvik
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Get in touch with us nowThe number of people living in slums worldwide increased from around 900 millions in 2000 to nearly 1.1 millions in 2020. Eastern and South-Eastern Asia was the region with the largest urban slum population that year. The number decreased in some regions such as Latin America and the Caribbean over the time period.
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