While the line graph the growth of world population over a 600-year period between 1400 and 2000, the pie charts compares its distribution over different continents in the years 1900 and 2000. It is evident that the global population rose consistently throughout the period.Another noteworthy observation is that Asia and Europe showed a downward trend, the opposite pattern was true for the others.Furthermore, the highest figure was seen in Asia’s population.
In 1400, the world population started at 500 million. This data then grew sharply to 6 billion in 2000, a growth of 12 times over 600 years. The increase was more dramatic after 1800, and only between 1700 and 1800 there was an obvious decline from 1.2 billion to 0.9 billion.
In both 1900 and 2000, Asia accounted for the largest share of the world population, at 60% and 54% respectively.Europe came next, at 24% in 1900 and 14% in 2000. But both continent witnessed a decline in their percentage of the world population, the former from 60% to 54% and the latter from 24% to 14%.On the other hand, the percentage of Africa and Latin America’s population grew considerably from 4.5% to 13% and from 3% too 8%, respectively. Similarly, the percentage in other areas rose from 3.5% to 6%. However, Norther America showed no change, remaining constant at 5%.