The given table sheds light on real and anticipated records for populations in three different urban areas, namely Sao Paulo, Jakarta and Shanghai.
Overall, it is clear that there was an upward trend in the numbers of citizens in Sao Paulo and Jakarta, while the figure for Shanghai decreased. In addition, the quantity of urban dwellers in Sao Paulo had the most densely populated city.
In 1990, Sao Paulo experienced the highest figure, with 15 million people. Shanghai ranked the second, at 13.5 million citizens. Lastly, there was 9.5 million occupants in Jakarta.
In 1990, it is estimated that the population of people in Sao Paulo will rise dramatically while the figure for people in Jakarta and Shanghai will experience an upward trend, at 14 and 17 million people respectively. However, the real data recorded that Sao Paulo and Jakarta saw an increase of 3 and 2 in its figure. Conversely, the amount of metropolitans is Shanghai fell by one million.
