The bar chart illustrates the information about the proportion of the population living in urban areas in five part of the world.
Overall, it is clear that the number of population in Africa comprised the lowest in 1950, while the count for North America was the highest. In contrast, the figure for Latin America is predicted to increase until 2050.
Focusing on the first three parts of the world, the number of population in Africa was 15% at the start of the period, and it increased rapidly to 37% by 2007. After that, the estimation show that it will increase to 62% by 2050. The data for Asia accounted for 17% in 1950, and it inclined significantly to 41% until 2007. Following that, it predicted to increase to 66% until 2050. The proportion of population in Europe was 51% in 1950, and it estimated to increase to 84% by 2050, before inclining to 72% in 2007.
Looking at the remaining parts of the world, the number of population in Latin America comprised 42% at the beginning of the period, and it increased significantly to 76% until 2007. After that, the expectation indicate that it will increase to 89% by 2050. Finally, the figure for North America was 64% of population in 1950, and it is predicted to grow to 90% until 2050, before growing to 79% in 2007.