The
Bar Chart below gives information about the percentage of the population living
in urban areas in the whole world and in different parts of the world.
Summarize
the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
Write
at least 150 words
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| Ielts Academic - Graphs Urbanized Population |
The given bar chart illustrates trends of urbanization of population
across the globe, and specifically in five regions.
Less than 1/3rd world population was in urban areas in 50’s,
which almost doubled in 2007. But, the speed of urbanization is expected to
slow down in next decade.
In 1950’s, more than half of population in North America,
64%, and Europe,51%, was urbanized, while in 42% Latin Americans lived in
urbanized locations. Asia and Africa had less than 1/5th of population in urban
centers, 17% and 15% respectively.
By 2015, urbanized population almost doubled in Latin
America, 78%, Asia, 41%, and Africa – 37%. Quite strikingly, Europe, North and
Latin Americas found 3/4th of population in urban centers, less than 50% Asian
and Africans chose to live in cities.
By 2030, close to 90% of population – North American,87%,
Latin Americans, 84% - would be living in urban surroundings, while a little
more than 3 quarters, 78%, Europeans
would be urbanized. In Asia and Africa though only half of population would be
urbanized.
