The information about the proportion of the population living in crowded areas in the world and in different continents is shown by the bar chart.
Overall, the proportion of populations living in urban areas is increasing every year.
On the one hand, in 2030, the highest percentage among continents will be Latin America, namely 80 percent; this will be an all-time high among all continents. It is followed closely by the whole world at 60 percent in the same year. Besides that, Africa and Asia will similarly increase to more than 50 percent.
On the other hand, in 1950, Africa had the lowest proportion at around 10 percent, and this was the all-time low in the world. Afterward, at the same time, Asia had a proportion of approximately more than 10 percent; then, the whole world started around 30 percent at the beginning. In 1950 also, Latin America had a larger proportion than other regions.