The colored bar shows data about the proportion of urban dwellers in 6 distinct regions in the world.
Roughly speaking, the figures for all regions see a rise over the period shown. While the urban population in North America is in the majority in all 3 years, the opposite is true for Africa.
Regarding the lowest areas, namely Africa and Asia, just below 20% of people in these continents lived in cities in 1950 and the numbers of their city residents are estimated to increase to 62% and 66%, respectively by the end of the period. Additionally, the proportion of the urban population in Europe, which accounted for more than a half in 1950, will witness a significant growth of one-third as the forecast of 100 years later.
Turning to the three remaining world regions, there was 42% of urban citizens in Latin America/ Caribbean, which was around 20% lower than the figures for North America and Oceania. In the year 2050, it is calculated that these percentages of both Latin America/ Caribbean and North America will rise dramatically to around 90% for each, whereas the proportion of city dwellers in Oceania will only experience a slight growth.
The colored bar
shows
data about the proportion of
urban
dwellers in 6 distinct regions in the world.
Roughly speaking, the figures for all regions
see
a rise over the period shown. While the
urban
population in North America is in the majority in all 3 years, the opposite is true for Africa.
Regarding the lowest areas,
namely
Africa and Asia,
just
below 20% of
people
in these continents
lived
in cities in 1950 and the numbers of their city residents
are estimated
to increase to 62% and 66%,
respectively
by the
end
of the period.
Additionally
, the proportion of the
urban
population in Europe, which accounted for more than a half in 1950, will witness a significant growth of one-third as the forecast of 100 years later.
Turning to the three remaining world regions, there was 42% of
urban
citizens in Latin America/ Caribbean, which was around 20% lower than the figures for North America and Oceania. In the year 2050, it
is calculated
that these percentages of both Latin America/ Caribbean and North America will rise
dramatically
to around 90% for each, whereas the proportion of city dwellers in Oceania will
only
experience a slight growth.