The chart illustrates the proportion of population living in urban areas in three regions, with figures for the world as a whole, in 1950 and 2000, with a forecast for 2030.
Overall, it is clear that the populations are expected to increase in all three regions over the period. Latin America placed first for the highest urban population, while Africa has the lowest. Asia is projected to experience the largest overall increase, while the world as a whole is also expected to become increasingly urbanised. It is also worth noting that the world including those regions are shown to have a big leap on the growth from 1950 to 2000, while having just a gradual increase in 2030.
Looking first at Latin America, it has the highest proportion of urban residents compared to others with data beginning from around 42%, this figure then increased to approximately 60% in 2000 before being projected to hit 80% in 2030. However, big populations do not always mean big growth. From the graph, the area recorded a growth of about 38% from 1950 to 2030, being last in place.
As for the remaining regions, Asia placed second for the population number, behind Latin America with roughly 30% gap. While Africa is at last place with the number roughly 11% in 1950. In terms of largest growth, Asia took the crown for the region with significant increase throughout the years hitting around 56% in 2030. Africa also shows reconsiderable growth rising to around 51% for the same period.