The most homeless city in the world is Manila, Philippines with 3.1 million people, with 70,000 of them being children. Homelessness is a large problem across all of the Philippines with one-fourth of the the overall population living in poverty.

The homeless epidemic is causing the city to take drastic measures to make their streets "appear" more clean. In 2015 Pope Francis visited Manila and the government detained people living on the streets so that there were significantly less homeless people for the Pope to see (Bagri).

The Philippines as a whole struggles with the homeless epidemic with a total of about 1.2 million children who are living on the streets without a home (When In Manila).

Home of 8.5 million people, New York is the second most homeless city across the world with the homeless population being 74,000. Living costs in New York are expensive, making it very difficult for people to find affordable housing in the area.

A large amount of people who are living on the streets are affected by mental illness or other severe heath problems. According to the Coalition for the Homeless, New York City's homeless population is quite disproportionate. They State, "Approximately 58 percent of New York City homeless shelter residents are African-American, 31 percent are Latino, 7 percent are white, less than 1 percent are Asian-American, and 3 percent are of unknown race/ethnicity" (Coalition for the Homeless).

Mumbai, India is the world's third most homeless city with 60,000 homeless people, with a large majority of them being children. The homeless population in India as a whole rose 20% between the years of 2001 and 2011.

While the number people that are homeless, which is defined as people living without a structure with a roof in Mumbai is around 60,000, the city has an even larger problem with the overwhelming population of people living in poverty. The number of people living in Mumbai's slums reaches about 12 million (Nair).

According to the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), there is an estimated 37,059 children who wander the unsafe streets of Mumbai (Rajadhyaksha). The census conducted by TISS also found that 70% of the street children are boys and 30% girls (Rajadhyaksha). These children are at high risk of malnutrition and addiction to substances .