The provided bar graph illustrates the proportion of the people residing in urban areas in the whole world and other three regions such as Africa, Asia, and Latin America between 1950 and 2000, along with predictions for 2030.
Overall, the percentages of the population living in the whole world and other three regions increased throughout the period. However, Latin America accounted for by far the largest proportion of people in all three years.
In detail, the proportion of people increased from around 30% in 1950 to 49% in 2000 and reached 59% by 2030, across the whole world. Africa and Asia had almost similar values in all three years. In Africa, there were only 10% people in the beginning, which doubled to almost 40% in 2000, before increasing further to 50% by 2030.
The percentages of people in Asia started with 12%, which rose to around 39% in 2000. This value then went up to 56% by the final year. Latin America had the highest number of residents throughout the period. The number of people rose from approximately 41% in 1950 to 69% in 2000 and reached a peak value of 80% by 2030.