REMARKABLE: Each of the top-10 fastest growing cities in the World are Indian. Here's the list

The world is ever more urban. The top 780 global cities already produce almost 60 per cent of all world economic activity, and they are set to grow in importance as urbanisation continues. But when it comes to the top cities in the list for economic growth, India dominates and will continue to do so for the next two decades, according to a report in Oxford Economics. Out of the 780 global cities in the category of fastest growing, Indian cites hold the top 10 positions. What is more encouraging according to the report is out of the top 20 fastest growing cities in the world, 17 are going to be from India.

With an expected annual growth rate of 9.17 per cent Surat is the world's fastest growing city between 2019-35. After Surat, Agra, Bengaluru, Hyderabad are going to be the top two, three and fourth fastest growing cities in the world with expected GDP growth rate of 8.58 per cent, 8.50 per cent and 8.47 per cent. Nagpur, Tripura, Rajkot, Trichy, Chennai, Vijayawada are the other Indian cities that feature in the top 10 list of fastest growing cities in the world.

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While economic output in many of those Indian cities will remain rather small in comparison to the world’s biggest metropolises, aggregated gross domestic product of all Asian cities will exceed that of all North American and European urban centers combined in 2027. By 2035, it will be 17 percent higher, with the largest contribution coming from Chinese cities. Little will change at the top of the list of the world’s biggest cities between now and 2035.

New York, Tokyo, Los Angeles and London will defend their spots as Shanghai and Beijing -- each boasting more than 20 million people -- surpass Paris and Chicago. Guangzhou and Shenzhen in Southern China will also make the top 10, crowding out Hong Kong.

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The fastest-growing African city is the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam, while the top spot in Europe is held by the Armenian capital of Yerevan, according to the report. San Jose -- a proxy for Silicon Valley -- will be best performer in North America.