The tables below give information about the world population and distribution in 1950 and 2000, with an estimate of the situation in 2050. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table shows the absolute number of the world

population

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for the years 1950,

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and the projected estimate for the year 2050. It

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reports the percentage

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by continent for the same years.

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, the global

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has increased more than twofold from 1950 to 2000 and is forecasted to

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rise by the year 2050.

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, the

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distribution

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will slightly change with Asia hosting more than

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of the total

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Europe is expected to contain less than one-tenth of it. The world

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presented a strong increase between 1950 and 2000, rising from 2.5 billion people to 6.0 billion.

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raise is estimated to proceed at a slower pace in the

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50 years when the total number is predicted to reach 9.0 billion. In terms of

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interesting changes are to be witnessed. First, the proportion of people living in Africa will increase from 9% in 1950 to 20% in 2050,

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confirming the increasing trend revealed in 2000, when the

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continent reached 13%. Asia has always hosted more than 50% of the world’s inhabitants, presenting only a few slender changes, ranging from 56% in 1950 to 59% in 2050. Europe’s

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has been the most impacted, dropping from more than one-fifth of the total count to 12% in 2000.

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,

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downward trend is expected to continue with a predicted

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of 7% in 2050. In conclusion, Latin and North America will keep the same demographic pace, whit the former, starting from 6% in 1950, stable

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9% both in 2000 and 2050, and the latter hosting around 5% of the world’s citizens throughout the whole timespan.

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, Oceania has had and will maintain the same

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fraction of almost 1%.