YEREVAN. – Armenia’s capital city is in the list of the most rapidly dying cities of the world, the UN report reads. It occupies the 24th place in the list. Besides Yerevan, Rome, Bucharest, Budapest, Prague, Tbilisi and Havana also are in the list.

The list of 28 dying cities mentions 11 Russian cities including Petersburg. In also have single cities from Hungary, Liberia, Georgia, Romani, Czech Republic, Armenia and Cuba.

The report was based on population of the cities above 750,000 people for the period of 1990 to 2010.

At the same time, among the top 30 prosperous cities, the report of which was made based on five components, including productivity, life standard, infrastructures, environment and social injustice, Russia’s Moscow was in the list.