The pie chart illustrates the changes in the proportion of world population across six different continents from 1910 to 2010.
In general, it is noticeable that different trends were observed in all the given continents. While Asia recorded the highest percentage of world’s people among all the given categories for the whole year, the opposite was true for ‘others’. Moreover, Latin America joined during the periods.
At the beginning of the period, Asia was the most common group in the world, at 60%. This was followed by a gradual decline to 54% in 2010, and remained the peak level of world population among all the given trends. The second most popular category, Europe showed higher out of others, at quarter. After which it declined significantly to 14% in the year 2010.
In 1910, ‘others’, North America, Middle East & North America, and Africa showed the lowest proportion of world population, starting at 3% and ending at 5%. In the following years, Middle East & North America and Africa steadily grew to almost twice as much in the period 2010, at 6% and one in ten. ‘Others’ and North America remained unchanged, and ‘others’ showed the lowest figure of world population across all the given continents. Moreover, Latin America was discovered during the years, and reached 6% of world population by the end of the year.
