The bar chart shows the changes in percentage of population in urban areas in the whole world and different parts of the world in 1950, 2007, and 2030. Overall, it would appear from the chart that populations of all urban areas rose regularly, particularly in 2007 the biggest change happened in all parts.
A continent with the highest growth is clearly North America, which had the much higher inhabitants in urban areas and percentage of it rose to 79 in 2007 and therefore the figure is predicted to reach at 87 in 2030. The most noticeable feature of the chart is South American population change in urban area. According to the chart, the percentage of Latin Americans and Caribbeans living in cities in 2030 will be twice what it was eighty years earlier.
In Africa, only 15% of the population lived in urban areas in the middle of the last century, but this had risen to 37% by 2007.
In Africa, only 15% of the population lived in urban areas in the middle of the last century, but this had risen to 37% by 2007.