These pie charts show the geographic distribution of the population of the world at the start and end of the 20th century.
It is clear from the two charts that the world population has changed significantly in the period between 1900 and 2000. In continents like Asia and Europe, the percentage has dropped slightly. It has risen in other regions like Latin America, Middle East, North Africa and South Africa.
The population in Asia has decreased slightly in the last hundred years by a mere 6% where it originally made 60% of the total. It dropped in Latin America from 8% to 3%, while it fell off in Europe by 11% making the difference between it and Africa only 4%.
In Africa, the population has risen by 6% where it originally made 4% of the total, making it third after Asia and Europe. The Middle East also witnessed a rise in the percentage of its residents where there was no data in 1900. It now makes 6% of the total people worldwide. The percentage didn’t plunge and stayed the same in places like North America and others.
