The bar chart illustrates how many residents lived in three distinct cities named Jakarta, Sao Paulo, Shanghai and its anticipated number of people.
Overall, three cities were predicted to have an increase in the number of citizens; while the anticipation for Sao Paulo reached the highest number. In addition, the actual population size was seen experiencing an upward trend in all three cities.
In terms of Jakarta, the number of people living here started at 8 million in 1990, after which it was expected to grow by 4 million in 2000 but the actual figures stood at 11 million that year. Sao Paulo went through the same trend as Jakarta; however, its population size was two-fold higher than Jakarta, stood at 16 million in 1990, and 21 million, 24 million for the actual and predicted category correspondingly.
Regarding Shanghai, approximately 12 million people lived here in 1990, with a subsequent prediction to rise to 15 million in 2000. However, in 2000, the exact number declined by 1 million compared to that in 1990, standing at 11 million.