The bar chart compares the proportion of urban population across particular regions of the world from 1950 to 2000, alongside future predictions for 2030.
Overall, all regions witness a continuous growth of their urban population throughout the period of 80 years. Latin America consistently remains the highest percentage for city dwellers, while the whole world maintains the second-highest one. During the same period, those figures for Africa and Asia were relatively similar in 1950 and 2000, but in 2030, Asia is projected to surpass Africa.
Looking at Africa and Asia, the percentage of urban population in Asia was slightly higher than that of Africa in 1950, standing at 14% and 12%, respectively. By 2000, both regions witnessed substantial growth, converging at nearly 40%. However, Asia’s percentage of city dwellers will grow more rapidly than Africa’s, predicted to be 56% in Asia and 51% in Africa.
Regarding the two remaining ones, which are the whole world and Latin America, both maintain their respective rankings across 80 years. From the start, the figure for the whole world (30%) was 10% lower than that for Latin America (40%). Remarkably, the figure for Latin America in the base year was almost equal to those for Africa and Asia in 2000. By 2030, Latin America’s city dwellers percentage is expected to double to 80%, which is 20 percentage points higher than the whole world’s (approximately 60%).