That means our apartments are getting smaller, and our living arrangements denser.
Some people get roommates to avoid living in such small spaces. Others, due to poverty or personal obligations, have no choice but to accept their crowded circumstances.
We don't know how they do it, but somehow they make it work.
China's largest developer China Vanke showcases a micro-apartment at the Pearl River Delta Real Estate Fair in Guangzhou province.
In space-deprived China, tiny is the new big.
Like in all tiny apartments, efficient storage keeps the room from feeling too constricting.
The Burger family from Los Angeles, California, gets ready in a converted garage in wife Elizabeth Burger's mother's home. The family lost their home in 2009 and was forced to sell their possessions.
Dharavi, a locality in the middle of Mumbai, India, is one of the largest slums in Asia. More than a million people live there.
"It was an affordable option living inside the city's core for under 1,200," Stubblefield told reporters in 2013.
New Yorkers were introduced last year to the city's first official micro-apartment building near the Manhattan neighborhood of Kips Bay. Each one measures roughly 300 square feet.
The modern spaces are designed to maximize flexibility, with telescoping tables and Murphy beds that descend from the wall. Monthly rents range from $2,500 to $2,900.
Sometimes even 300 square feet is considered palatial. The Keret House in Warsaw, Poland (named after Israeli writer Edgar Keret) is just 36 inches wide at its narrowest point.
The house is so small that it's classified as an art installation. The building's architect, Jakub Szczesny, and Keret select writers and artists to stay there for brief residencies.
The house opened its door (it only fits one) in 2012.
Kong Kyung-soon, 73, lives in a cramped apartment with just 21 square feet of living space, not including the area for her toilet and hot plate.
She lives next to the posh Gangnam suburb, in Seoul, South Korea.
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