The UN Divides the World into 10 'Regional Groupings'

Agenda 21 - This global contract binds governments around the world to the UN plan for changing the ways we live, eat, learn and communicate – all under the noble banner of saving the Earth. Its regulations would severely limit water, electricity and transportation – even deny human access to our most treasured wilderness areas. If implemented, it would manage and monitor all lands and people. No one would be free from the watchful eye of the new global tracking and information system. - Berit Kjos, "Local Agenda 21 - The U.N. Plan for Your Community"



Sustainable Development - The concept of Sustainable Development basically says that there are too many people on planet Earth and that the population of the world must be reduced in order to have enough resources for future generations. [Under the New World Order plan,] the UN should be the global custodian of the Earth and all of its resources. This means that we will be measured by how much we produce and how much we consume as found in the "family dependency ratio." Every person will be valued according to their usefulness. In addition, the UN will control the Earth's resources – energy, water, food and so on. The concept of Sustainable Development can be found in the Communisto Manifesto and the 1977 USSR Constitution. - Joan M. Veon, The Women's International Media Group, Inc.

The UN Divides the World into 10 'Regional Groupings'

By The United Nations
January 11, 2010

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today outlined seven priorities for 2010, beginning with the urgent need for a renewed focus on sustainable development, including advancing efforts to achieve the globally agreed targets aimed at ending poverty, disease and hunger. [Click here to read UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the informal session of the General Assembly, “Agenda 2010,” in New York today.]

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – as the targets are known – are among the seven “strategic opportunities” to be realized not over decades but within the next twelve months, Mr. Ban told the 192-member General Assembly.

“Taken together, they can make the world safer, fairer and more prosperous today and in the future,” he stated. “I ask that we join together to make 2010 a year of sustainable development – to meet the MDGs, address climate change, promote global health, and take the necessary steps for lasting and robust economic recovery.”

Mr. Ban highlighted the special MDG summit he will be convening in September in conjunction with the Assembly’s annual General Debate. Prior to that, in March, he will present his own assessment to the membership on the gaps and needs on this issue.

Negotiating a binding agreement on climate change, as well as to deliver on commitments made to date, was the second priority emphasized by the Secretary-General. Last month, countries ‘sealed the deal’ on a political accord which seeks to jump-start immediate action on climate change and guide negotiations on long-term action.

It also includes an agreement to working towards curbing global temperature rise to below 2 degrees Celsius, efforts to reduce or limit emissions, and pledges to mobilize $100 billion a year for developing countries to combat climate change. Mr. Ban said he intends to launch a high-level panel on climate change and sustainable development, which will deliver its own recommendations on the way ahead.

The Secretary-General also called for empowering women as never before during 2010, and pointed to the need to work towards setting up the new gender entity to be established within the UN, and step up efforts to prevent violence against women. The appointment of a Special Representative on the prevention of sexual violence in armed conflict will be announced soon, he added.

Noting encouraging progress in the field of disarmament, Mr. Ban’s fourth priority is working towards a nuclear-free world. “As with the MDG summit, we must prepare the ground for success,” he stated, listing a series of meetings that he will be attending on the issue in Geneva, Paris and Washington.

“The fifth strategic opportunity lies in preventing and resolving deadly conflicts around the world,” the Secretary-General went on to say, adding that 2010 will undoubtedly bring unforeseen political and humanitarian crises.

Among the challenges anticipated are critical elections in Iraq, Sudan, Cote d’Ivoire and Myanmar. In addition, the situations in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Guinea, among others, will continue to demand attention.

“In the Middle East, we must generate new momentum in the search for a comprehensive, just and lasting peace,” Mr. Ban stated. “One year after the Gaza conflict, a fundamentally different approach is required to address the major humanitarian and reconstruction challenges still facing its people.”

The sixth priority, said the Secretary-General, is to advance on issues “at the heart of who we are – human rights and the rule of law.” In this regard, he urged the Assembly in the coming weeks to conduct a thorough and clear-eyed review of the Human Rights Council.

He also called for strengthening the International Criminal Court (ICC), describing it as the “centrepiece of our system of international criminal justice,” and urged all nations to become parties to the Court’s Statute.

Last, but not least, Mr. Ban cited the need to strengthen the UN system.

“In the last years, we have made important progress in realigning the United Nations with new global realities. But more has to be done.

“As an Organization, we have to commit to continuously improve the way we are doing business. Changing with changing times and evolving needs has to become a way of life at the United States,” he said, noting the need to rejuvenate management, develop the emerging leaders of the future, and build a flexible workforce for the 21st century, as well as make better use of modern technologies.

“I sense renewed energy as we start the new year and take on the heavy agenda ahead,” Mr. Ban stressed to reporters following his informal briefing to the Assembly.

“We can make 2010 a year for action on a number of fronts,” he added. “We are ready to act, ready to deliver, and ready to make 2010 a year of results for people.”

Herding Americans into Urban 'Human Settlements'
The second action plan (of Sustainable Development) is called Smart Growth. Smart Growth will increasingly herd Americans into regimented and dense urban communities. Smart Growth is Sustainable Development’s ultimate solution, as it will create dense human settlements subject to increasing controls on how residents live and increased restriction on mobility. In the words of one Smart Growth activist: “It will be the humans in cages with the animals looking in.” - Transforming America: Sustainable Development

Habitat II - The UN Plan for Human Settlements
Bicycles instead of cars? Dense apartment clusters instead of single homes? Community rituals instead of churches? "Human rights" instead of religious freedom? The United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), which met June 3-14 in Istanbul, painted an alarming picture of the 21st century community. The American ways – free speech, individualism, travel, and Christianity – are out. A new set of economic, environmental, and social guidelines are in. Citizenship, democracy, and education have been redefined. Handpicked civil leaders will implement UN "laws," bypassing state and national representatives to work directly with the UN. And politically correct "tolerance" – meaning "the rejection of dogmatism and absolutism" as well as "appreciation" for the world's religions and lifestyles – is "not only a moral duty, it is also a political and legal requirement." - Berit Kjos, Kjos Ministries, June 1996

The Habitat Agenda Goals and Principles (Exerpt from the Preamble to this UN Document)
We recognize the imperative need to improve the quality of human settlements, which profoundly affects the daily lives and well-being of our peoples. There is a sense of great opportunity and hope that a new world can be built, in which economic development, social development and environmental protection, as interdependent and mutually reinforcing components of sustainable development, can be realized through solidarity and cooperation within and between countries and through effective partnerships at all levels. International cooperation and universal solidarity, guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and in a spirit of partnership, are crucial to improving the quality of life of the peoples of the world. The purpose of the second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) is to address two themes of equal global importance: "Adequate shelter for all" and "sustainable human-settlements development in an urbanizing world." Human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable development, including adequate shelter for all and sustainable human settlements, and they are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature.

UN: Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

 
10 SPHERES OF INFLUENCE -- NATIONAL REORGANIZATION

1. North America
2. Western Europe
3. Japan
4. Australia, South Africa, and the rest of the market-economy of the developed world.
5. Eastern Europe, including Russia
6. Latin America
7. North Africa and the Middle East
8. Tropical Africa
9. South and Southeast Asia
10. China

1941 Map Predicted Future ...

UN: Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are Among the Seven “Strategic Opportunities” for 2010

By The United Nations
January 11, 2010

According to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – as the targets are known – are among the seven “strategic opportunities” to be realized not over decades but within the next twelve months. [Note the map on page 57 of the report (PDF), which divides the world into 10 "Regional Groupings" as compared to the seven continents of the world.]



UN Regional Map 2012



Compare the maps to the seven continents and to the US Commands, which reflect America’s deployment of military might and wars of conquest.



I will tell thee the mystery of the woman,
And of the beast that carrieth her,
Which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
The beast that thou sawest was, and is not;
And shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition:
And they that dwell on the earth shall wonder,
Whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world,
When they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

And here is the mind which hath wisdom.
The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come;
And when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth,
And is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings,
Which have received no kingdom as yet;
But receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them:
For He is Lord of lords, and King of kings:
And they that are with Him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

And he saith unto me,
The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth,
Are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast,
These shall hate the whore,
And shall make her desolate and naked,
And shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil His will,
And to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast,
Until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

And the woman which thou sawest is that great city,
Which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

Revelation 17:7-18

Daniel Describes the Fourth Beast Kingdom Which is Yet to Come

By Richard H. Perry

Mystery of the Beast Which has the 7 Heads and 10 Horns

In this important Last Days prophecy, God explains the mystery of this beast which has the seven heads and ten horns. He also says that those whose names have not been written in the book of life will be astonished when they see the beast. Therefore, those whose names are written in the book of life will not be astonished. They will not be astonished because they will know the identity of this beast and be prepared. Let’s read the passage, so we understand.

I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. (Revelation 17:3-18).

Wisdom Comes from the Word of God

God says that wisdom is required to understand this mystery. When wisdom is required, the answer can be found in the Word of God, because wisdom comes from God.

For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding (Proverbs 2:6).

Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or swerve from them (Proverbs 4:5).

Since wisdom comes from the Word of God, we must search Scripture to understand the mystery.

Daniel Writes about Four Beast Kingdoms

Let’s start with what we know. Daniel’s prophecies tell of four beast kingdoms that will rise on earth, three have risen and the fourth is yet to come. When the fourth and final beast kingdom comes, it will continue until the Kingdom of God comes down from heaven to earth. Let’s read how this is written.

You, O king [Babylon], are the king of kings. The God of heaven has given you dominion and power and might and glory; in your hands he has placed mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds of the air. Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold. After you, another kingdom will rise, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth. Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron--for iron breaks and smashes everything--and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others … In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed. (Daniel 2:37-44)

The four great beasts are four kingdoms that will rise from the earth. But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will possess it forever--yes, for ever and ever. (Daniel 7:17-18)

Daniel Describes the Fourth Beast Kingdom Which is Yet to Come

From the time of Daniel’s prophecies three beast kingdoms rose to power: they were Babylon, Media-Persia and Greece. When the fourth and final beast kingdom comes, it will usher in the rise of the Antichrist. The Antichrist will be destroyed by the Second Coming of Christ. Let’s read how it is written:

I am going to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath, because the vision concerns the appointed time of the end. The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia. The shaggy goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king. The four horns that replaced the one that was broken off represent four kingdoms that will emerge from his nation but will not have the same power. In the latter part of their reign, when rebels have become completely wicked, a stern-faced king, a master of intrigue, will arise. He will become very strong, but not by his own power. He will cause astounding devastation and will succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy the mighty men and the holy people. He will cause deceit to prosper, and he will consider himself superior. When they feel secure, he will destroy many and take his stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be destroyed, but not by human power. (Daniel 8:19-25).

The Rise of the Antichrist from the Fourth Beast Kingdom

When the final beast kingdom arises it will begin with ten kings. Then another king will come up among the ten and subdue three kings. This king is the Antichrist. When the Antichrist has subdued the three kings, the Fourth Beast Kingdom will then have “seven heads and ten horns.” Let’s read how it is written:

The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it. The ten horns are ten kings who will come from this kingdom. After them another king will arise, different from the earlier ones; he will subdue three kings. He will speak against the Most High and oppress his saints and try to change the set times and the laws. The saints will be handed over to him for a time, times and half a time. But the court will sit, and his power will be taken away and completely destroyed forever. Then the sovereignty, power and greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be handed over to the saints, the people of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will worship and obey him. (Daniel 7:23-27)

So Daniel reveals that when the final beast kingdom has seven heads and ten horns, the Antichrist will be its leader and one of the seven heads.

Revelation Reveals More About this Final Beast

Let’s return to the mystery of the “beast which has the seven heads and ten horns:”

I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. (Revelation 17:3-8)

In addition to the “seven heads and ten horns,” we are also given several other pieces of information to help us understand this mystery. The beast comes up out of the Abyss and is destined for destruction.

Two Beast Kings are Destined for Destruction upon Christ’s Return

Two beast kings are destined for destruction upon Christ's Return: 

1. One is the Antichrist, whose destruction is prophesied in Daniel 8:25:

“He will be destroyed, but not by human power.”

2. The other is the False Prophet, who is destroyed with the Antichrist as prophesied in Revelation 19:20:

The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Let’s read more about these two beasts:

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have an ear, let him hear. He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. (Revelation 13:1-15)

But the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. (Revelation 19:20)

The False Prophet comes out of the earth (Abyss) with power to deceive the inhabitants of the earth and performs miraculous signs on behalf of the Antichrist to deceive unbelievers. The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing (they perish because they refuse to love the truth and so be saved).

Paul Also Tells Us About This

Paul also wrote of the coming Antichrist and the influence of the False Prophet when he says that God sends unbelievers a powerful delusion:

Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12)

Revelation Reveals More About the King from the Abyss

In Revelation we are told the name of the king of the Abyss. The Abyss is located either on or in the earth because the abyss will be opened when the star is on the earth.

I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power... And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. (Revelation 9:1-3, 10-11)

The Hebrew name “Abaddon” means a destroying angel, and the Greek name “Apollon” also means destroyer. In telling us these two names, God is confirming the identity of the angel king. The destroyer is described extensively in the Old Testament.

The Destroyer is "the beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is” (Revelation 17:8).

The False Prophet and the Destroyer are one and the same.

The Seven Kingdoms of Revelation 17

Let’s return to the mystery of “the beast which has the seven heads and ten horns.”

What can we learn about the seven heads?

The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth (Revelation 17:9).

Prophecy frequently describes kingdoms as mountains. Below are examples:

The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle (Isaiah 13:4).

Deliverers will go up on Mount Zion to govern the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will be the Lord's (Obadiah 1:21).

And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD. Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain. (Jeremiah 51:24-25)

Listen to what the LORD says: "Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel." (Micah 6:1-2)

Who are the Seven Kingdoms?

The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space (Revelation 17:9-10).

At the time John was given the revelation, Rome was the kingdom in power; therefore, Rome is the one who “is.”

1. Fallen = ?

2. Fallen = ?

3. Fallen = ?

4. Fallen = ?

5. Fallen = ?

6. One is = Rome

7. Yet to come = ?

What does Scripture say about the five that have fallen?

In Jeremiah chapter 50 we find the following prophecy regarding kingdoms and kings that have scattered Israel:

Israel is a scattered flock that lions have chased away. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (Jeremiah 50:17).

The king of Assyria is the first to have fallen.

1. Fallen = Assyria

2. Fallen = ?

3. Fallen = ?

4. Fallen = ?

5. Fallen = ?

6. One is = Rome

7. Yet to come = ?

In Daniel we find the remaining four fallen kingdoms.

You [Babylon], O king, are the king of kings (Daniel 2:37).

The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia. The shaggy goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king. (Daniel 8:20)

Therefore, the five kingdoms that have fallen are Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia and Greece.

1. Fallen = Assyria

2. Fallen = Babylon

3. Fallen = Media

4. Fallen = Persia

5. Fallen = Greece

6. One is = Rome

7. Yet to come = ?

The One “Yet to Come” Kingdom is the Future Fourth Beast Kingdom

The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it. The ten horns are ten kings who will come from this kingdom. After them another king will arise, different from the earlier ones; he will subdue three kings. (Daniel 7:23-24)

The fourth beast kingdom of Daniel’s prophecy has ten kings, and then the Antichrist arises among them and subdues three. Then the Fourth Beast Kingdom with “seven heads and ten horns” is lead by the Antichrist.

1. Fallen = Assyria

2. Fallen = Babylon

3. Fallen = Media

4. Fallen = Persia

5. Fallen = Greece

6. One is = Rome

7. Yet to come = Fourth Beast Kingdom with 7 heads and 10 horns

Therefore, the Fourth Beast Kingdom is the seventh kingdom of Revelation 17 which “has not yet come.” Antichrist will be the seventh king since he will lead the seventh kingdom.

Let’s read how the seven kingdoms are also seven kings:

And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. (Revelation 17:9-10)

The Eighth King Becomes the Beast with “7 Heads and 10 Horns”

Returning again to the explanation of the mystery of the beast which has the “seven heads and ten horns,” we find there is even more information:

And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition (Revelation 17:11).

Remember, the False Prophet, “ was, and is not, and yet is;" and "shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition” (Revelation 17:8).

So, how is the False Prophet an eighth king who also belongs to the seven?

And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. (Revelation 13:11-13)

The False Prophet “exercised all the authority of the first beast.” The first beast is the Antichrist and the seventh king. Therefore, when the False Prophet assumes all the authority of the Antichrist, he will become “an eighth king” since he follows the seventh. Also, “[he] belongs to the seven” because he will be one of the seven.

The False Prophet is this "beast which has the seven heads and ten horns.”

New World Order Map from 1942

The New World Order Map from 1942

Click image to see the map at full size.

By Frank Jacobs, BigThink.com
June 6, 2008 

Published in Philadelphia in early 1942, this ‘Outline of (the) Post-War New World Map’, created by Maurice Gomberg, shows a proposal to re-arrange the world after an Allied victory against the Axis forces.  Its title refers to a ‘New World Order’, a vague concept, its many definitions often contradicting each other. At the core of the NWO, however, is always the notion that a small group of powerful individuals, institutions, industries and/or nations must lead the world in the right direction (i.e. towards ‘unification’). This may be against the world’s own will (and therefore done covertly, at least in some versions of the NWO-story), but ultimately it is for its own good.

One of the most recent references to the NWO by a major political figure was made by US president George Bush (Sr), who explicitly used the NWO to refer to US objectives in a Post-Cold War world. The term has a pedigree much older than the Cold War, or even both World Wars. Some might even say – and now we’re straying somewhat prematurely into the field of conspiracy theory – that it goes all the way back to Roman times, as is attested by the (modified) quote of the Roman poet Virgil on the revers of the US Great Seal and (significantly or not, since 1935) on the back of the dollar bill: Novus Ordo Seclorum – literally: ‘A New Order for the Ages’.

In a modern context, it was the British imperialist Cecil Rhodes (who gave his name to Rhodesia) who first proposed a federal world government to be imposed by the US and the British Empire. US President Woodrow Wilson was inspired by a similar concept to draw up his plans for a League of Nations in the aftermath of World War I. Most fascist regimes in the 20s, 30s and 40s of the twentieth century also proposed some sort of NWO – in fact, most styled themselves to be a ‘New Order’. H.G. Wells – he of ‘War of the Worlds’ – wrote ‘The Open Conspiracy’ (1928) in which he describes his efforts to get intellectuals to back the idea of a World Social Democracy and ‘The New World Order’ (1940), in which he details how a generation of struggle will be necessary to overcome the opponents of such a global government.

From this sketchy overview, it might be equally sketchily concluded that One World Government was the mostly benevolent projected outcome of an optimist, positivist, socialist and/or imperialist (or in some cases, national-socialist) world view, a kind of secular New Jerusalem, the best of all possible worlds. The death of communism, which as an ideal expired much earlier than its empire, can be seen as the ultimate argument against this philosophy. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it share that resource equally with the other horses. The philosophy of man is not: work as much as you can, consume as much as you need, but: work as little as you need to, consume as much as you can. Karl Marx defeated by Gordon Gekko.

And yet, optimism persists – for what else can it do? In the face of continuing efforts to better the world, to ‘unify’ it, opposition to NWO-like groups, institutions and intentions have coalesced into a myriad of theories, most of which are of a conspirational nature (I would say that, being in the pay of the Bilderberg Group), all of which fly the flag of freedom (for the secular-minded) or religion (for those who see the End Times brought nearer by the likes of UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon). This is where an overview has to limit itself to naming some of the many conspirational configurations suspected to be secretly running the New World Order. Pick and mix, and create your own conspiracy: the Illuminati, the freemasons, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission, the Jews, the Bilderberg Group, the G-8, the Nazis, the Bretton-Woods agreement, black helicopters, US-alien collusion, the Zionist lobby in cahoots with American Neo-Cons, those out to ‘miscegenate’ and dilute the white race, the House of Windsor, the Antichrist, a cabal of multinational corporations, extraterrestrial reptilians, the United Nations…

I don’t know whether Maurice Gomberg, of whom next to no information is traceable online, was an extraterrestrial reptilian, but he certainly has a Jewish surname, which would make him equally suspect in some circles. Not much more is known of him; it has even been suggested that this map was a Nazi forgery*, to induce fear in America of a communist takeover of the world. But I think it’s safer to assume that this map was an earnest attempt, out of the aforementioned benevolent socialist sentiments, to propose a reorganization of the world that would end war once and for all, and bring “permanent peace, freedom, justice, security and world reconstruction”. Or at least let that be our working assumption in evaluating this map. The main building blocks of his New World Order were to be:

• The United States of America (USA): the US, Canada, all Central American and Carribean states, most Atlantic islands (including Greenland and Iceland), most Pacific islands, Taiwan, Hainan, the Philippines and several now Indonesian islands, including Sulawesi. This was to be the dominant power in the world, military and otherwise.
• The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR): the Soviets were to be rewarded with Persia (Iran), Mongolia, Manchuria, Finland, and all of Eastern Europe, which subsequently would form part of the Eastern Bloc (excluding Albania, but including the real-life maverick state of Yugoslavia, socialist but anti-Soviet). All of theses states were simply to become member-states of the USSR. Austria and most of Germany, although ‘quarantained’ are shown within the Soviet sphere.
• The United States of South America (USSA): including all South American states, with the three Guianas as a single constituent state and the Falkland Islands part of the USSA.
• The Union of African Republics (UAR): All of Africa as a federation of republics.
• The Arabian Federated Republics (AFR): covering Saudi and all other states now occupying the Arabian Peninsula, plus present-day Iraq and Syria.
• The Federated Republics of India (FRI): Present-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Birma (Myanmar).
• The United Republics of China (URC): A federation including all parts of present-day China, Korea, the erstwhile French colony of Indochina (now Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia), Thailand and Malaya.
• The United States of Scandinavia (USS): Norway, Sweden, Denmark.
• The United States of Europe (USE): the Benelux countries, the German Rhineland, France, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal and Italy.
• And finally the British Commonwealth of Nations (BCN), including Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Madagascar and most of Indonesia.

Smaller entities include Eire (the whole of Ireland), Greece (including Albania), Turkey (excluding European Turkey), Hebrewland (the Holy Land plus Jordan) and Japan. The three axis states (Germany, Italy and Japan) were to be ‘quarantained’ until they could be readmitted in the family of nations.

Mr Gomberg possibly took his cue for this map from US president Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose speech about Four Freedoms and a Moral Order (from his State of the Union to the 77-th Congress) he quotes, before outlining his own vision (at the bottom of the map):

“As the USA with the cooperation of the Democracies of Latin-America, the British Commonwealth of Nations and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, assumes world leadership for the establishment of a New World Moral Order for permanent peace, justice, security and world reconstruction.”

Many thanks to the many people who alerted me to this map, including Jack Alexander, David McClelland, Ilya Vinarski, Joel Thibault, Richard Stokes, Goran Zec, Sam Cicero (great name, that), Scott, Brian Truebe, Felix Hippmann, Sam Brodey, Bob G (the Bobbie Gee?) and jfrantz. The map can be found here on this page of the History Department at the University of San Diego.

* A genuine example of a map forged by the Nazis forged for propaganda purposes is this map of South America (#250). A genuine map, drawn up by an American Jew and twisted around by the Nazis for propaganda purposes is one of an ‘extinguished’ Germany (#50).

1942 Map of a Proposed New World Order (Maurice Gomberg)

By Joey deVilla
September 19, 2007

Continuing my recent “map kick“, here’s a Post-War New World Map, taken from the blog Sun Bin. Created it 1942, it proposes a post-war “New World Moral Order” — a world divided among the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union.

See the blue parts of the map? That’s the new United States and its territories. Note that Canada, Mexico, Greenland and a helluva lot of Pacific Islands, Philippines included (it was still an American protectorate at the time) are included in that area.

(Had the plan come true, the country in which I was born and every country I’ve lived in would’ve been American turf, and Wendy wouldn’t have needed to go through all that immigration rigmarole. Nor I, for that matter.)

Here’s the text at the bottom of the map, reproduced for your reading, copying/pasting, search engine and accessibility pleasure:

1. We, the U.S.A, in cooperation with out allies, for reasons of our national safety and in the interests of international morality, are determined to crush and completely destroy the military power of the Axis aggressors and their satellites regardless of cost, effort and time necessary to accomplish this task.


2. The old world order of colonial oppression, exploitation of dominions, rival imperialisms and mercenary balance of power diplomacy; of majesties, dictators, privileged minorities, plutocratic monopolists and similar social parasites; the corrupted order responsible for the present world cataclysm, endangering our national safety and peaceful progress, shall never rise again.


3. A New World Moral Order for permanent peace and freedom shall be established at the successful conclusion of the present war.


4. For reasons of history, economic structure, favorable geography and the welfare of Mankind, the U.S.A. must, altruistically, assume the leadership of the newly established, democratic, world order.


5. The reduce the burden and criminal waste of armaments expenditures everywhere in the world, the U.S.A., with the cooperation of Latin-America, the British Commonwealth of Nations, and the U.S.S.R. shall undertake to guarantee peace to the nations which will be permanently and demilitarized after the conclusion of the present war.


6. In order to be able, in fulfillment of our obligations, to effectively prevent the possibility of a recurrence of another world cataclysm, the invincibility of the U.S.A. as a military, naval and air power, shall be the major prerequisite.


7. For realistic considerations of strategy and our invulnerability, it is imperative that the U.S.A. shall obtain relinquishment of controls of their possessions from all foreign Powers in the entire Western Hemisphere, its surrounding waters and strategic island outposts as outlined on accompanying map.


8. For considerations of hemispheric defense and in the spirit and tradition of the new Monroe Doctrine of hemispheric solidarity and the “Good Neighbour” policy, the U.S.A., with the consent of the Latin-American Republics, shall obtain control and protectorate rights of the relinquished territories.


9. To strengthen our position in the Caribbean area which is of obvious importance to hemispheric defense, all possible inducements shall be offered to our neighbors of Central America and the West Indies to facilitate their entrance as equal states of the U.S.A. as outlined on map.


10. To fortify the politico-economic unity of the Western Hemisphere, the U.S.A. shall promote and assist the unification of South America into a well organized, democratic, federated “United States of South America”.


11. Their liberated British, French and Netherlands Guanas shall be recognized as one state of the U.S.S.A.


12. All Powers shall relinquish their controls of their colonial, mandate and strategic island possessions everywhere in the world.


13. The British Commonwealth of Nations, the second military and naval Power of importance cooperating in a binding compact with the U.S.A. as a Power for freedom, shall retain and acquire control of such territories, peace-seeking security bases and strategic island outposts for the maintenance of world peace and freedom of the seas as outlined on map.


14. The U.S.S.R., the third military Power of importance cooperating with the U.S.A. as a Power for freedom and the maintenance of world peace, shall acquire control of the liberated, disorganized adjacent areas and those of Germany-Austria to be re-educated and eventually incorporated as equal republics of the U.S.S.R., as approximately outlined on map.


15. A World League of Nationalities with arbitration and supervision powers shall be organized.


16. A World Court with punitive powers of absolute boycott, quarantine, blockade and occupation by international police, against lawbreakers of international morality shall be organized.


17. The U.S.A. with the close cooperation of the United States of South America, the British Commonwealth of Nations, the U.S.S.R. and the World League of Nationalities, shall promote and assist in the unification of the relinquished territories and the areas at present unsoundly divided into well organized, democratic and absolutely demilitarized federated republics as approximately outlined on map.


18. The areas known as Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, Switzerland, France, Spain, Portugal, the island of Corsica and eventually Italy and the islands of Sardinia and Sicily shall be unified as a demilitarized, federated “United States of Europe”.


19. The areas known as Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the Spitsbergen islands shall be unified as a demilitarized, federated “United States of Scandinavia”.


20. The continent of Africa shall be reorganized and unified as a demilitarized, federated “Union of African Republics”.


21. The areas known as Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Hejas, Yemen, Aden and Oman, shall be unified as a demilitarized union of “Arabian Federated Republics”.


22. The areas known as India, including Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Nepal, Bhuta and Burma shall be unified as a demilitarized “Federated Republics of India”.


23. The areas known as China, Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Thailand, Malaya, Indo-China and Korea, shall be unified as a demilitarized, federated “United Republics of China”.


24. The areas known as Greece, Macedonia, Albania, Crete, Dodecanese and adjacent islands in the Aegean Sea shall be unified as a demilitarized “Federated Republic of Greece”.


25. The areas known as Eire and Northern Ireland shall be unified as a demilitarized independent republic of “Eire”.


26. The area of the Holy Land of the ancient Hebrews, at present known as Palestine and Trans-Jordan, and the adjacent requisite regions outlined on map, for considerations of history and the imperative necessity to alleviate a post-war refugees problem, shall be unified as a demilitarized independent republic of “Hebrewland”.


27. The area known as European Turkey, adjacent to the Dardanelles, sea of Marmora and Bosporus, for considerations of realistic peace strategy shall be placed under joint control of the U.S.S.R. and Turkey.


28. The area known as Turkey shall be a demilitarized independent republic of “Turkey”.


29. All problems of exchange, transfer and repatriation of populations shall be administered by the World League of Nationalities.


30. The criminal perpetrators and their partners in guilt of this hideous war shall be brought to justice and unforgettable punishment administered.


31. All subjects of Japan and all persons of Japanese origin of doubtful loyalty shall be permanently expelled from the entire Western Hemisphere, U.S.A. protectorates and strategic island outposts and their property confiscated for post-war reconstruction needs.


32. All subjects of Germany and Italy and all persons of German and Italian origin known as active supporters of nazi and fascist ideologies shall be treated similarly.


33. German, Italian and Japanese immigration to the Western Hemisphere, its protectorates and island outposts shall be indefinitely stopped.


34. All persons of German origin in East Prussia and the Rhineland shall be transferred to inner Germany and the regions permanently de-Prussianized.


35. All persons of German, Italian and Japanese origin shall be permanently expelled from their now conquered territories and their property confiscated for post-war reconstruction needs.


36. The cleanse the population of the defeated Axis aggressors of the intoxication of military chauvinism; to effectuate the removal and destruction of their potential military establishments; to recover the accumulated loot and to re-educate them for their eventual membership in the Family of Nations, the areas of Germany-Austria, Italy and Japan shall be hermetically and indefinitely quarantined and administered by appointed Governors subject to supervision by the World League of Nationalities.


37. All resources, industrial and labor capacity of the quarantined areas shall be employed for the post-war restoration and reconstruction needs.


38. To reduce the numerical power of the aggressor nations, as a potential military advantage, a Population Control Policy shall be elaborated and applied in the quarantined areas.


39. In the New World Moral Order which we seek to establish, besides the essential political freedom, the following fundamental economic changes are imperative:
    
    
    • Nationalization of all natural resources and equitable distribution of same to all nations — everywhere in the world;
    
    
    • Nationalization of international banking, foreign investments, railroads and power plants — everywhere in the world;
    
    
    • Nationalization of all armaments producing establishments by all remaining military powers;
    
    
    • Federal control of foreign commerce and shipping;
    
    
    • The establishment of a world common monetary system.
    
    
    • World-wide limitations of interest rates to a maximum of two percent.


40. To retain the victory and leadership of our united democratic effort — the aim of which is not vengeance or exploitation, but freedom and security to all nations for peaceful progress — the unified “Supreme War Command of the United Nations” and the conclusion of the present war, shall be reorganized and transformed into a permanent “Supreme Military and Economic Council” collaborating with the World League of Nationalities in post-war reconstruction and to enforce world peace.


41. The “Supreme Military and Economic Council” shall appoint the Governors to administer the quarantined areas until their eventual parole.

For this purposeful beginning we must fight until absolute victory.

Maurice Gomberg

My first reaction to reading this was “Holy crap.”

My second reaction was “Hebrewland? Sounds more like the name of a denominational amusement park than a country.”


http://strangemaps. wordpress. com/2008/ 06/06/286- the-new-world- moral-map/

70% of World Population to be Crammed into Poor, Overcrowded, Polluted Urban Corridors

By 2050, 70% of World Population to be Crammed into Poor, Overcrowded, Polluted Urban Corridors Comprising a Tiny Fraction of Habitable Land

By Daily Mail
March 24, 2010

The world’s largest cities are merging into vast ‘mega regions’ which will be characterised by overcrowding, poverty and pollution, a new report warns.
 
The continuing growth of urban areas is likely to be one of the most significant factors affecting society over the next 50 years, a United Nations agency said.

Such mega regions will stretch hundreds of miles across countries and will be home to more than 100 million people. Last year it was confirmed for the first time that over half the world’s population lives in cities.

The State of the World Cities report claims that urbanisation is ‘unstoppable.’

A mega region, which is often two or more cities becoming connected as increasing numbers of towns and ghettos spring up between them, has already been established in the Hong Kong-Shenhzen-Guangzhou region of China where 120 million people live.

Eduardo Lopez Moreno, the report’s author, said:

‘The top 25 cities in the world account for more than half of the world’s wealth, and the five largest cities in India and China now account for 50 per cent of those countries’ wealth.’

However, he claims an explosion of mega regions will not necessarily be a bad thing despite warning of ‘further patterns of social and economic exclusion.’

‘They, rather than countries, are now driving wealth,’ Mr Moreno added.

“Research shows that the world’s largest 40 mega regions cover only a tiny fraction of the habitable surface of our planet and are home to fewer than 18 per cent of the world’s population yet account for 66 per cent of all economic activity and about 85 per cent of technological and scientific innovation.’

Anna Tibaijuka, director of UN-Habitat, said:

‘Just over half the world now lives in cities, but by 2050 over 70 per cent of the world will be urban dwellers.

‘By then, only 14 per cent of people in rich countries will live outside cities, and 33 per cent in poor countries.’

World’s Population Increasingly Urban with More Than Half Living in Urban Areas

By The United Nations

July 10, 2014

Today, 54 per cent of the world’s population lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 66 per cent by 2050. Projections show that urbanization combined with the overall growth of the world’s population could add another 2.5 billion people to urban populations by 2050, with close to 90 percent of the increase concentrated in Asia and Africa, according to a new United Nations report launched today.

The 2014 revision of the World Urbanization Prospects by UN DESA’s Population Division notes that the largest urban growth will take place in India, China and Nigeria. These three countries will account for 37 per cent of the projected growth of the world’s urban population between 2014 and 2050. By 2050, India is projected to add 404 million urban dwellers, China 292 million and Nigeria 212 million.

The urban population of the world has grown rapidly from 746 million in 1950 to 3.9 billion in 2014. Asia, despite its lower level of urbanization, is home to 53 per cent of the world’s urban population, followed by Europe with 14 per cent and Latin America and the Caribbean with 13 per cent.

The world’s urban population is expected to surpass six billion by 2045.  Much of the expected urban growth will take place in countries of the developing regions, particularly Africa. As a result, these countries will face numerous challenges in meeting the needs of their growing urban populations, including for housing, infrastructure, transportation, energy and employment, as well as for basic services such as education and health care.

“Managing urban areas has become one of the most important development challenges of the 21st century. Our success or failure in building sustainable cities will be a major factor in the success of the post-2015 UN development agenda,” said John Wilmoth, Director of UN DESA’s Population Division.

Mega-cities with more than 10 million people are increasing in number

The report notes that in 1990, there were ten “mega-cities” with 10 million inhabitants or more, which were home to 153 million people or slightly less than seven per cent of the global urban population at that time. In 2014, there are 28 mega-cities worldwide, home to 453 million people or about 12 percent of the world’s urban dwellers. Of today’s 28 mega-cities, sixteen are located in Asia, four in Latin America, three each in Africa and Europe, and two in Northern America. By 2030, the world is projected to have 41 mega-cities with 10 million inhabitants or more.

Tokyo remains the world’s largest city with 38 million inhabitants, followed by Delhi with 25 million, Shanghai with 23 million, and Mexico City, Mumbai and São Paulo, each with around 21 million inhabitants. Osaka has just over 20 million, followed by Beijing with slightly less than 20 million. The New York-Newark area and Cairo complete the top ten most populous urban areas with around 18.5 million inhabitants each.

Although Tokyo’s population is projected to decline, it will remain the world’s largest city in 2030 with 37 million inhabitants, followed closely by Delhi, whose population is projected to rise swiftly to 36 million in 2030. While Osaka and New York-Newark were the world’s second and third largest urban areas in 1990, by 2030 they are projected to fall in rank to the 13th and 14th positions, respectively, as mega-cities in developing countries become more prominent.

Small cities are numerous and many are growing rapidly

Overall, nearly half of the world’s 3.9 billion urban dwellers reside in relatively small settlements with fewer than 500,000 inhabitants, while only around one in eight live in the 28 mega-cities with 10 million inhabitants or more. Many of the fastest growing cities in the world are relatively small urban settlements.

Rural populations expected to decrease as urban populations continue to grow

The rural population of the world has grown slowly since 1950 and is expected to reach its peak around 2020. The global rural population is now close to 3.4 billion and is expected to decline to 3.1 billion by 2050. While Africa and Asia are urbanizing rapidly, the regions are still home to nearly 90 per cent of the world’s rural population. India has the largest rural population with 857 million, followed by China with 635 million. 

Sustainable urbanization is key to successful development

The report notes that a successful urban planning agenda will require that attention be given to urban settlements of all sizes. If well managed, cities offer important opportunities for economic development and for expanding access to basic services, including health care and education, for large numbers of people. Providing public transportation, as well as housing, electricity, water and sanitation for a densely settled urban population is typically cheaper and less environmentally damaging than providing a similar level of services to a dispersed rural population.

The 2014 revision of the World Urbanization Prospects provides new and updated information on global urbanization trends and city growth. Such information is vital for setting policy priorities to promote inclusive, equitable and sustainable development for urban and rural areas alike. Recognizing the importance of smaller cities and towns, this latest revision expands the number of cities and provides, for the first time, population estimates and projections for all of the world’s urban settlements with 300,000 inhabitants or more in 2014.

Percentage of Global Ppopulation Living in Cities, by Continent

Studies have shown city dwellers have smaller carbon footprints than their countries' national averages

By The Guardian
August 24, 2009

Since 1950 there has been a huge worldwide increase in the percentage of population living within cities. The trend shows no sign of stopping - for the next 20 years, the flow of people is predicted to continue soaring.

Some commentators believe this move to urban living is good for the environment because of denser housing and greater use of public transport. Studies have shown city dwellers on four continents have smaller carbon footprints than their countries' national averages.

In 1950, the population living in UK cities was 79% - already a large figure - but one which is set to rise to 92.2% by 2030. Elsewhere, China's percentage rose from 13% to 40.4% between the years 1950-2005, and is predicted to rise to 60.3% by 2030. With so many migrating from rural areas, what does this mean for Chinese agriculture and its domestic food security? In all likelihood, it will look more like the UK - importing an increasing proportion of its food with the wealth generated by its urban industry and commerce.

But it's Botswana that has experienced the largest influx. Next year, 61.2% of its population are expected to live in urban areas, yet back in 1950 only 2.7% of Botswanans lived in cities.

• DATA: Percentage of global population living in cities, by continent 1950 to 2030

Urban population as a percent of total population

Country	2030	2020	2010	2000	1990	1980	1970	1960	1950
Afghanistan	36.3	29.7	24.8	21.3	18.3	15.7	11	8	5.8
Albania	62.7	56.2	49.1	41.8	36.4	33.7	31.7	30.7	21.7
Algeria	76.2	71.9	66.5	59.8	52.1	43.5	39.5	30.5	22.2
American Samoa	95.6	94.8	93	88.8	80.9	74.3	70.4	66.2	61.8
Andorra	87.9	87.2	89	92.3	94.8	95.6	84.7	58.5	38.8
Angola	68.2	62.7	56.6	50	37.1	24.3	15	10.4	7.6
Antigua and Barbuda	54.9	48.1	41.6	37.3	35.4	34.6	33.8	39.7	30.1
Argentina	93.2	92.2	90.9	89.2	87	82.9	78.9	73.6	65.3
Armenia	69.1	65.2	63.7	65.1	67.5	66.2	59.9	51.3	42.6
Aruba	52.5	48.8	46.9	46.7	50.3	50.5	50.6	50.8	50.9
Australia	91.9	90.6	89.1	87.2	85.4	85.8	85.3	81.5	77
Austria	73.1	69.2	66.6	65.8	65.8	65.8	65.4	65.3	64.6
Azerbaijan	59.2	54.4	51.9	50.9	53.7	52.8	50	47.7	42.5
Bahamas, The	93.9	92.8	91.5	88.8	83.6	75.1	67.6	59.7	52.1
Bahrain	98.8	98.5	97.6	94.6	88.1	86.1	83.8	82.3	64.4
Bangladesh	39.9	32.9	27.3	23.2	19.8	14.9	7.6	5.1	4.2
Barbados	67.7	61.8	55.7	49.9	44.8	40.2	41.4	40.3	39.8
Belarus	81.7	78.6	74.6	70	66.4	56.5	44	32.4	26.2
Belgium	97.8	97.6	97.3	97.1	96.4	95.4	93.8	92.5	91.5
Belize	59.3	53.5	49.4	47.7	47.5	49.4	51	54	55.3
Benin	53.9	47.3	42.1	38.4	34.5	27.3	16.7	9.3	5
Bermuda	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Bhutan	22.4	17	12.8	9.6	7.2	5.3	3.9	2.9	2.1
Bolivia	75.2	71	66.5	61.8	55.6	45.5	39.8	36.8	33.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina	61.7	55.2	48.6	43.2	39.2	35.5	27.2	19	13.7
Botswana	72.7	67.6	61.2	53.2	41.9	16.5	7.8	3.1	2.7
Brazil	91.1	89.5	86.5	81.2	74.8	67.4	55.8	44.9	36.2
British Virgin Islands	73.7	69.1	63.6	57.3	50.2	38.8	28.7	20.4	14
Brunei	82.3	79.3	75.7	71.1	65.8	59.9	61.7	43.4	26.8
Bulgaria	77.8	74.4	71.3	68.9	66.4	62.1	52.3	37.1	27.6
Burkina Faso	32.5	25.7	20.3	16.5	13.8	8.8	5.8	4.8	4
Burma (Myanmar)	48.4	41	33.9	28	24.9	24	22.8	19.2	16.2
Burundi	20.8	15.6	11.6	8.6	6.3	4.3	2.4	2	1.7
Cambodia	37	29.6	22.8	16.9	12.6	12.4	11.7	10.3	10.2
Cameroon	71.5	66	58.9	50	40.7	31.9	20.3	13.9	9.3
Canada	84.4	82.3	80.7	79.4	76.6	75.7	75.7	69.1	60.9
Cape Verde	72.4	67.3	61	53.4	44.1	23.5	19.6	16.7	14.2
Cayman Islands	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	59.1	52.8	47.2	43	39.7	36.9	28.2	17.7	10
Central African Rep	48.4	42.4	38.9	37.6	36.8	33.9	27.3	20.1	14.4
Chad	41.2	33.9	27.6	23.4	20.8	18.8	11.6	6.7	4.5
Channel Islands	36.6	32.7	30.8	30.5	31.4	32.1	35	38.5	41.3
Chile	92.3	91	89	85.9	83.3	81.2	75.2	67.8	58.4
China	60.3	53.2	44.9	35.8	27.4	19.6	17.4	16	13
Colombia	80.3	77.3	74.2	71.2	68.7	62.6	56.6	49.1	42.1
Comoros	55.1	47.7	40.4	33.8	28.2	23.2	19.4	12.6	6.6
Congo (Brazzaville)	70.9	66.3	62.1	58.3	54.3	47.9	39.1	31.6	24.9
Congo, Dem Rep	49.2	42	35.2	29.8	27.8	28.7	30.3	22.3	19.1
Cook Islands	82.5	79	73.8	65.2	56.9	53.8	53.3	49.4	45.6
Costa Rica	73.8	69.3	64.3	59	50.7	43.1	38.8	34.3	33.5
Croatia	66.5	61.6	57.8	55.6	54	50.1	40.2	30.2	22.3
Cuba	77.3	75	74.8	75.6	73.4	68.1	60.3	58.4	56.5
Cyprus	76.4	73	70.3	68.6	66.8	58.6	40.8	35.6	28.4
Czech Rep	78	75	73.5	74	75.2	74.6	52	45.8	40.9
Denmark	89.1	87.6	86.2	85.1	84.8	83.7	79.7	73.7	68
Djibouti	92	90.6	88.1	83.3	76	72.1	61.8	50.3	39.8
Dominica	81.3	78.1	74.6	71.1	67.7	63.4	46.9	27.3	24.9
Dominican Rep	80	76.2	70.5	62.4	55.2	51.3	40.2	30.2	23.7
Ecuador	74.2	69.9	65.2	60.3	55.1	47	39.3	33.9	28.3
Egypt	53.9	47.7	43.7	42.5	43.5	43.9	42.2	37.9	31.9
El Salvador	69.8	65.2	61.3	58.4	49.2	44.1	39.4	38.3	36.5
Equatorial Guinea	49.4	43.3	39.7	38.8	34.8	27.9	27	25.5	15.5
Eritrea	34.4	27.5	21.6	17.8	15.8	14.4	12.6	9.8	7.1
Estonia	74.9	71.4	69.3	69.4	71.1	69.7	64.9	57.5	49.7
Ethiopia	27.1	21.3	17.4	14.9	12.6	10.4	8.6	6.4	4.6
Faeroe Islands	49.5	43.6	39.9	36.3	30.6	31.2	28	21.4	17.4
Falkland Islands	96.3	95.4	92.9	85.8	74.5	58.7	54	50.5	51.1
Fiji	64.4	58.8	53.4	48.3	41.6	37.8	34.8	29.7	24.4
Finland	68.8	64.4	61.6	61.1	61.4	59.8	50.3	38.1	31.9
Former Serbia and Montenegro	62.8	57.3	53.4	51.6	50.9	46.3	39.3	28.6	18.9
France	82.9	80.2	77.8	75.8	74.1	73.3	71.1	61.9	55.2
French Guiana	81.4	78.6	76.4	75.1	74.5	70.8	67.4	63.3	53.7
French Polynesia	58.8	53.8	51.6	52.4	55.9	57.4	55.3	42.4	34.1
Gabon	90.6	88.8	86	80.1	69.1	54.7	32	17.4	11.4
Gambia	71	65	58.1	49.1	38.3	28.4	19.5	12.1	10.3
Georgia	60.4	55.4	52.7	52.7	55.2	51.6	47.5	42.3	37.3
Germany	80	77.3	75.6	75.1	73.4	72.6	72.9	69.8	64.7
Ghana	64.8	58.5	51.5	44	36.5	31.2	29	23.3	15.4
Gibraltar	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Greece	67.4	62.7	59.7	58.8	58.8	57.7	52.5	42.9	37.3
Greenland	88.4	86.5	84.3	81.6	79.7	76.1	72.7	58.5	49
Grenada	40.5	34.2	31	31	32.2	32.9	32.2	30.3	28.5
Guadeloupe	99.9	99.9	99.8	99.6	98.5	88.5	75.4	56.6	37.2
Guam	96.2	95.7	94.7	93.2	90.8	93.8	61.9	50.1	41.3
Guatemala	60.6	54.7	49.5	45.1	41.1	37.4	35.5	31.1	25.1
Guinea	48.6	41.4	35.3	31	28	23.7	16	10.5	6.7
Guinea-Bissau	38.6	32.8	30	29.7	28.1	17.6	15.1	13.6	10
Guyana	37	31.2	28.5	28.6	29.5	30.5	29.4	29	28
Haiti	56	49	42.1	35.6	29.5	23.7	19.8	15.6	12.2
Honduras	60.3	54.3	48.8	44.4	40.3	34.9	28.9	22.7	17.6
Hong Kong	100	100	100	100	99.5	91.5	87.7	85.2	85.2
Hungary	76.1	72.3	68.3	64.6	65.8	64.2	60.1	55.9	53
Iceland	94.7	94	93.2	92.3	90.8	88.3	84.9	80.3	72.8
India	40.7	34.4	30.1	27.7	25.5	23.1	19.8	17.9	17
Indonesia	68.9	62.6	53.7	42	30.6	22.1	17.1	14.6	12.4
Iran	77.9	74	69.5	64.2	56.3	49.7	41.2	33.7	27.5
Iraq	71.3	67.8	66.6	67.8	69.7	65.5	56.2	42.9	35.1
Ireland	70.4	65.9	62	59.1	56.9	55.3	51.7	45.8	40.1
Isle of Man	57.4	53.9	52.1	51.8	51.7	51.8	55.8	55.1	52.9
Israel	93	92.2	91.7	91.4	90.4	88.6	84.2	76.8	71
Italy	74.6	70.9	68.4	67.2	66.7	66.6	64.3	59.4	54.1
Jamaica	64.3	59	54.7	51.8	49.4	46.8	41.4	33.8	24.1
Japan	73.7	69.8	66.8	65.2	63.1	59.6	53.2	43.1	34.9
Jordan	88.5	86.5	83.9	80.4	72.2	59.9	56	50.9	37
Kazakhstan	66.9	62.2	58.6	56.3	56.3	54.1	50.2	44.2	36.4
Kenya	33	26.6	22.2	19.7	18.2	15.7	10.3	7.4	5.6
Kiribati	65.3	59	51.5	43	35	32.3	24.1	16.3	11
Korea, North	72.4	67.8	63.4	60.2	58.4	56.9	54.2	40.2	31
Korea, South	86.3	84.2	81.9	79.6	73.8	56.7	40.7	27.7	21.4
Kuwait	98.7	98.6	98.4	98.2	98	94.8	85.7	74.9	61.5
Kyrgyzstan	46.2	40.1	36.6	35.4	37.8	38.6	37.5	34.2	26.5
Lao People's Dem Rep	34	27.6	22.6	18.9	15.4	12.4	9.6	7.9	7.2
Latvia	73.5	70.1	68.2	68.1	69.3	67.1	60.7	52.9	46.4
Lebanon	90	88.6	87.2	86	83.1	73.7	59.5	42.3	32
Lesotho	31.1	24.7	20.1	17.8	17.2	13.4	8.6	3.4	1.4
Liberia	73.7	67.9	61.5	54.3	45.3	35.2	26	18.6	13
Libya	90	88.4	86.3	83.1	78.6	67.9	45.1	27.3	19.5
Liechtenstein	19.4	15.6	14.4	15.1	16.9	18.3	18.5	20.4	19.9
Lithuania	71.1	67.8	66.4	67	67.6	61.2	49.6	39.5	28.8
Luxembourg	84.1	82.4	82.2	83.8	80.9	80	74.4	69.6	67.2
Macau	100	100	100	100	99.8	99.1	97	95.3	96.9
Macedonia, FYR	81.1	77.5	72.3	64.9	57.8	53.5	47.1	34	23.4
Madagascar	39.3	32.6	28.2	26	23.6	18.5	14.1	10.6	7.8
Malawi	31.9	25.1	19.5	15.1	11.6	9.1	6	4.4	3.5
Malaysia	81.9	78.1	71.8	61.8	49.8	42	33.5	26.6	20.4
Maldives	45.2	38	32.1	27.5	25.8	22.3	11.9	11.2	10.6
Mali	47.4	40	33.3	27.9	23.3	18.5	14.3	11.1	8.5
Malta	98.1	97.7	96.5	93.4	90.4	89.8	89.7	90.1	88.9
Marshall Islands	74.9	71.1	67.8	65.8	64.7	58.3	53.5	35.6	23.3
Martinique	98.4	98.2	98	97.8	97.6	79.6	61	40.1	32.9
Mauritania	51.7	45.4	41.4	40	39.7	27.4	14.6	6.9	3.1
Mauritius	52.1	46.1	42.8	42.7	43.9	42.4	42	33.2	29.3
Mexico	82.8	80.1	77.3	74.7	72.5	66.3	59	50.8	42.7
Micronesia, Fed States	30.3	25.1	22.7	22.3	25.8	26.4	24.8	22.3	20
Moldova, Rep	58.8	52.7	48	46.1	46.8	40.4	32.1	23.4	16.5
Monaco	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Mongolia	65.7	60.7	57.5	56.6	57	52.1	45.1	35.7	20
Morocco	72.7	67.8	61.9	55.1	48.4	41.3	34.6	29.3	26.2
Mozambique	53.7	46.2	38.4	30.7	21.1	13.1	5.8	3.7	2.4
Namibia	51.5	44.5	38	32.4	27.7	25.1	22.3	17.9	13.4
Nauru	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Nepal	30.6	23.9	18.2	13.4	8.9	6.1	4	3.5	2.7
Netherlands	88.6	86.5	82.9	76.8	68.7	64.7	61.7	59.8	56.1
Netherlands Antilles	78.6	75.3	71.7	69.3	68.3	67.9	67.9	67.9	67.9
New Caledonia	73.5	69.4	65.5	61.9	59.6	57.4	51.2	37.4	24.6
New Zealand	89.5	88.1	86.8	85.7	84.7	83.4	81.1	76	72.5
Nicaragua	69.7	65.1	60.9	57.2	53.1	50.3	47	39.6	34.9
Niger	27	21.3	17.8	16.2	15.4	13.4	8.8	5.8	4.9
Nigeria	66	59.3	52.2	43.9	35	26.9	21.4	16.6	11.6
Niue	53.7	46.7	39.9	33.7	30.9	27	21.1	21.5	21.5
Northern Mariana Islands	96.8	96.3	95.3	93.3	89.8	86.8	70	51.3	42
Norway	81.9	79.5	77.9	76.1	72	70.5	65.4	49.9	50.5
Oman	76.4	73.3	71.7	71.6	65.4	44.3	25.1	12.4	8.6
Pakistan	49.8	42.7	37	33.1	30.6	28.1	24.8	22.1	17.5
Palau	75.4	72.1	70.1	69.6	69.6	62.5	59.7	56.8	53.9
Palestinian Territories	77.2	74.1	72.1	71.5	67.9	62.4	54.3	44	37.3
Panama	83.6	80.3	74.8	65.8	53.9	50.4	47.6	41.2	35.8
Papua New Guinea	21.4	16.5	14	13.2	13.1	13	9.8	3.7	1.7
Paraguay	71.9	67.1	61.5	55.3	48.7	41.7	37.1	35.6	34.6
Peru	79.3	76.3	73.7	71.6	68.9	64.6	57.4	46.8	41
Philippines	76.7	72.3	66.4	58.5	48.8	37.5	33	30.3	27.1
Poland	70	65.7	62.8	61.7	61.3	58.1	52.1	47.9	38.3
Portugal	71.4	66.4	60.7	54.4	47.9	42.8	38.8	35	31.2
Puerto Rico	99.6	99.5	98.8	94.6	72.2	66.9	58.3	44.5	40.6
Qatar	96.9	96.5	95.8	94.9	92.2	89.4	88.4	85.2	79.2
Reunion	96.3	95.7	94	89.9	81.2	53.5	41.7	32.8	23.5
Romania	63.1	58.1	54.6	54.6	54.3	45.8	40.3	34.2	25.6
Russia	75.7	73.2	72.6	73.4	73.4	69.8	62.5	53.8	44.2
Rwanda	42.1	33.4	23.9	13.8	5.4	4.7	3.2	2.4	1.8
Saint Helena	49.8	43.4	39.5	39.2	41.6	44	46.5	49.1	51.6
Saint Kitts and Nevis	41.6	35.4	32.4	32.8	34.6	35.9	34.1	27.6	26.5
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	91.3	90.2	89.3	88.9	88.9	89.6	88.4	86.4	80
Samoa	33.2	27.1	23.4	21.9	21.2	21.2	20.4	18.9	12.9
San Marino	99.7	99.6	98.7	93.5	90.1	81.2	59.8	48.9	43.2
Sao Tome and Principe	74	69	62.2	53.4	43.6	33.5	29.5	16.1	13.5
Saudi Arabia	86.2	84.2	82.1	79.8	76.6	65.9	48.7	31.3	21.3
Senegal	53.2	47.1	42.9	40.6	39	35.8	30	23	17.2
Seychelles	66.6	61.1	55.3	51	49.3	49.4	39.1	27.7	27.4
Sierra Leone	59.5	52	44.4	37	30.1	23.9	17.5	11.6	7.4
Singapore	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Slovakia	64.7	59.8	56.8	56.3	56.5	51.6	41.1	33.5	30
Slovenia	60.6	55.3	51.9	50.8	50.4	48	37	28.2	19.9
Solomon Islands	29.2	23	18.6	15.7	13.7	10.6	8.9	5.8	3.8
Somalia	49.9	43	37.5	33.3	29.7	26.8	22.7	17.3	12.7
South Africa	71.3	66.6	61.7	56.9	52	48.4	47.8	46.6	42.2
Spain	81.9	79.4	77.4	76.3	75.4	72.8	66	56.6	51.9
Sri Lanka	21.4	16.9	15.1	15.7	17.2	18.8	19.5	16.4	15.3
St. Lucia	36.1	30.6	28	28	29.3	26.5	23.9	21.5	19.2
St. Vincent/ Grenadines	58.6	52.6	47.8	44.4	40.6	27.2	26.9	13.9	13.7
Sudan	60.7	53.2	45.2	36.1	26.6	20	16.5	10.7	6.8
Suriname	82	79	75.6	72.1	68.3	55	45.9	47.3	46.9
Swaziland	37	30.3	25.5	23.3	22.9	17.8	9.7	3.9	1.8
Sweden	87.5	85.8	84.5	84	83.1	83.1	81	72.5	65.7
Switzerland	83.1	80.3	77	73.1	68.4	57	54.5	51	44.3
Syria	61	55.5	51.7	50.1	48.9	46.7	43.3	36.8	30.6
Tajikistan	31.1	25.9	24.2	25.9	31.5	34.3	36.9	33.2	29.4
Tanzania	38.7	31.8	26.4	22.3	18.9	14.6	7.9	5.2	3.5
Thailand	45.8	38.9	34	31.1	29.4	26.8	20.9	19.7	16.5
Timor-Leste	40.8	34	28.7	24.5	20.8	16.5	12.9	10.1	9.9
Togo	58.6	51.2	43.7	36.6	30.1	24.6	21.1	10.1	4.4
Tonga	36.9	30.1	25.3	23.2	22.7	21.2	20.2	17.6	12.9
Trinidad and Tobago	23.7	18.1	13.9	10.8	8.5	10.9	11.9	17.3	21.4
Tunisia	75.1	71.1	67.2	63.4	59.6	51.5	44.5	37.5	32.3
Turkey	77.7	74	69.6	64.7	59.2	43.8	38.2	31.5	24.8
Turkmenistan	59.9	53.9	48.1	45.1	45.1	47.1	47.8	46.4	45
Turks and Caicos Islands	55.1	49.1	45.2	43.5	42.6	41.7	40.8	40.7	40.6
Uganda	20.7	16	13.3	12.1	11.1	7.5	6.7	4.4	2.8
Ukraine	75.2	71.7	68.9	67.1	66.8	61.7	54.8	46.8	35.5
United Arab Emirates	80.5	78.2	76.9	77.4	79.1	81.1	80.6	73.5	54.5
United Kingdom	92.2	91.1	90.1	89.4	88.7	87.9	77.1	78.4	79
United States	87	84.9	82.3	79.1	75.3	73.7	73.6	70	64.2
Uruguay	94.3	93.5	92.5	91.3	89	85.4	82.4	80.2	77.9
Uzbekistan	46.1	40	36.9	37.3	40.1	40.8	36.7	34	31.4
Vanuatu	38	31	25.6	21.7	18.7	14.7	12.3	10.4	8.8
Venezuela	97.1	96.5	94.9	91.1	84	79.4	71.6	61.2	46.8
Vietnam	41.8	34.7	28.8	24.3	20.3	19.2	18.3	14.7	11.6
Virgin Islands	97	96.5	95.3	92.6	87.7	80.1	69.6	56.5	58.3
Western Sahara	93.6	92.8	92	91.2	88.5	75.2	43.3	54.5	38.9
Yemen	41.7	34.8	29.4	25.4	20.9	16.5	13.3	9.1	5.8
Zambia	44.7	38.9	35.7	34.8	39.4	39.8	30.4	18.1	11.5
Zimbabwe	50.7	43.9	38.3	33.8	29	22.4	17.4	12.6	10.6

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