The two pie charts give data on the world population by different regions between 1900 and 2000. The areas are represented as percentages of the total world population.
Overall, the world population experienced a substainal rise over a century, with Asia consistently having the greatest number of inhabitants. It is worth noting that a new region, the Middle East and North Africa, emerged in 2000.
During the 100-year period the proportion of people in Asia relative to the whole world slightly dropped from 60% to 54%, yet it remained as the leading region in terms of overall population. Europe and Russia’s figures also declined in 2000, from 25% to 14%. The number of inhabitants in North America in terms of global population remained constant over 100 years in 5%. Both Africa and Latin America saw growth, increasing from 4,5% to 10% and from 3% to 8% respectively. The newly registered area, th Middle East and North Africa, consisted of 6% of global population. Other regions, apart from the most significant ones, had 2,5% and 3% of the total number of people on earth in years 1900 and 2000 respectively.