The line charts detail population trends about location and age globally from 1950 until 2040.
Overall, the forecast shows that the population of urban will undergo an increase, which will become the main component of population growth. In terms of age structure, the percentage of 15 to 65 year old people are predicted to increase dramatically.
Firstly, the anticipation reveals the proportion of urban and total population have a similar trend will increase from 11% and 5% in 1950 to 43% and 38% in 2040. However, the proportion of rural residents will basically remain unchanged nearly 4% during this period.
Regarding the trend of age changes, It is estimated that proportion of 15 to 65 year old people will experience an significantly increase from 6% in 1950 to 35% in 2040. There was an opposite trend between the group of under 15 and over 65, they all had a 2% change, but it starts from 3% and ends at 4% in 1950 to 1970. After that, these two groups will witness an increase from 4% in 1970 to 5% in 2040.
