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World Population
by Region1
344
Million
North America
591
Million
435
Million
292
Million
Eastern Europe*
Western/Central
Europe
1.01
Billion
4.12
Billion
Asia Pacific***
Africa
Latin America**
Many of these roughly 6 billion people are clustered in cities. For example, 77% of
the Latin America population lives in a metropolitan area,2 and that percentage
grows to 85% in Brazil.19 Initiating a trial in just four Latin American cities (Buenos
* ncludes Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech
I
Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland,
Romania, Russia, Slovakia, and Ukraine
** Includes Central and South America
*** Includes Middle East
Aires, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, and Sao Paulo) allows access to 10% of the region’s
population (or approximately 59 million people).2
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