The charts below show the growth in the population in some of the world’s largest cities as well as the population distribution in urban and rural areas. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar graph compares the

population

growth

in

five

large

cities

between 1970 and 2010

while

the table lists

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the

five

most populous

cities

in the world both in 1950 and 2010.

In addition

, the line graph analyses the global

population

in rural and urban areas.

Overall

,

Tokyo

had the largest

population

in 2010 but the

population

growth

in

Bombay

and

Jakarta

outranked other

cities

.

Finally

, more people started to live in

cities

after 2005 despite a different scenario in earlier years. As the data suggests,

Tokyo

had over 15 million residents in 1970 which was three and

five

times higher than that of

Bombay

and

Jakarta

respectively. New York and Shanghai had approximately 14 and 12 million inhabitants

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year. After two decades, New York witnessed a meagre

population

growth

while

it was dramatic both in

Jakarta

and

Bombay

. It is evident that

population

growth

in

Jakarta

and

Bombay

exceeded all other

cities

. In 1950, New York, London,

Tokyo

, Paris and Moskow were the top

five

populous

cities

in the world. In 2010

Bombay

, Lagos, Shanghai and

Jakarta

ranked in the list by eliminating all other

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except

Tokyo

which stood first on the chart with over 27 million citizens.

Finally

, the global urban

population

in 1980 was below 2

billion

while

3

billion

lived in villages. The

population

in

cities

grew steadily and went over 4

billion

in 2010 at which point 3

billion

global

population

resided in rural areas.