The bar chart shows the percentage of the total world population in 4 countries in 1950 and 2002, and projections for 2050. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the proportion of the total world

population

in four nations (

India

, China, USA and Japan) in 1950, 2002 and predicted statistics for 2050.

Overall

, all nations saw a fall in their percentage of the global

population

, except for

India

.

In addition

,

India

was the only country that had an increase in the proportion of the

population

compared with the others in 2050. It is noticeable that China made up the largest portion of the world’s

population

in 1950 and 2002,

although

a slight decline in its number from about 23% to 20%.

Similarly

, USA and Japan had a decrease of around 7% to 5% and about 4% to 3% respectively in the period of 1950 to 2002.

However

,

India

had the opposite when its number increased from approximately 15% to 17% in 2002. From the figure, it can be inferred that the proportion of the

population

in China and Japan is predicted to continue dropping down around 20% to 15% and 3% to 1% respectively in 2050,

while

the USA remains unchanged at 5%.

On the other hand

,

India

’s percentage of the

population

tends to rise to around 18%.