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Jul 2, 2023
Writing Feedback / IELTS TASK 1: bar chart- percentage of the population living in urban areas in different parts [4]
The given graph compares the percentage of the population living in cities in six regions of the world in three different years, including predictions for the year 2050.
Overall, it can be seen that there is an upward trend in the growth of urban population in all six parts mentioned. In addition, the highest figures are always witnessed in North America, whereas Africa is constantly the lowest in the proportion of urban dwellers, despite dramatic growth over the given period.
According to the chart, 64% of people in NA already lived in cities by 1950, increasing to 79% in 2007 and it is predicted to rise to 90% in 2050. It is also noticeable that in 2007 the number of people living in urban areas in LA and C surpassed Europe and will be higher than Europe by 2030. On the other hand, 62% of the population in Oceania settled in cities in 1950, which was higher than in Europe and in LA/C, but it was then exceeded by these two regions in 2007 and is predicted to be 76% in 2050.
In Africa, there will be a fourfold increase in the percentage of city dwellers over a 100-year period, from 15% in 1950 to 62% in 2050. The same dramatic change in the proportion of people in cities will be witnessed in Asia between 1950 and 2050, from just 17% to 66%.
numbers of cities inhabitants and prediction for the future
The given graph compares the percentage of the population living in cities in six regions of the world in three different years, including predictions for the year 2050.
Overall, it can be seen that there is an upward trend in the growth of urban population in all six parts mentioned. In addition, the highest figures are always witnessed in North America, whereas Africa is constantly the lowest in the proportion of urban dwellers, despite dramatic growth over the given period.
According to the chart, 64% of people in NA already lived in cities by 1950, increasing to 79% in 2007 and it is predicted to rise to 90% in 2050. It is also noticeable that in 2007 the number of people living in urban areas in LA and C surpassed Europe and will be higher than Europe by 2030. On the other hand, 62% of the population in Oceania settled in cities in 1950, which was higher than in Europe and in LA/C, but it was then exceeded by these two regions in 2007 and is predicted to be 76% in 2050.
In Africa, there will be a fourfold increase in the percentage of city dwellers over a 100-year period, from 15% in 1950 to 62% in 2050. The same dramatic change in the proportion of people in cities will be witnessed in Asia between 1950 and 2050, from just 17% to 66%.