The bar chart illustrates the proportion of people living in urban areas around the world and in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America in three years: 1950, 2007 and 2030.
Overall, it can be seen that there has been consistent population growth across the world and continents from 1950 to 2030 data.
Regarding with the global urban population, starting at 29% in 1950, which figures increased significantly by around 20% in 2007. It is predicted that it will grow to 60% in 2030. Similarly, the continents’ population in Africa and Asia were the lowest at 15% and 17%, however, they will increase to 51% and 54%, respectively.
Concerning North America, which was the highest urban population (64%) in 1950, the proportion people living in urban was rose to 79% in 2007, and it is predicted to peak at 87% by 2050. This was nearly followed by Europe and Latin America, the urban population figures for these two continents also increased rapidly in 2007, around 72% for Europe and 76% for Latin America. They will then increase by 2030 to 78% and 84% respectively. These two figures show that the urban migration in the two continents is increasing at a rate no less than that of North America.