The bar chart illustrates the proportion of population in four different parts of the world in a 160-year period, starting in 1840. Overall, it can be seen that the figure for Asia was clearly higher than the two remaining and the rest of the world was the lowest one. Dispite that, there were some differences in their situation at the end.
In 1840, the number of Asian populations accounted for a half of the whole world followed by Europe at 40% and the rest of the world (under 10%); However, four decades after the percentage for Asia decreased by half. In 1920, while the population distribution from Europe peaked at nearly 50%, that from Asia reached the bottom at 20%. The figure for the rest of the world fluctuated between 20% and 35% from 1880 to the end of the period.
In the later half of the period, the situation of each figure saw several differences. Opposite with 80 years before, the proportion of the Asian population increased by 19% from 20% to 39%. The percentage for Europe’s population in this same frame decreased significantly to around 35% and was surpassed by that for the rest of the world at the end of the period.