The bar chart shows the percentage of the total world population in 4 countries in 1950 and 2002, and projections for 2050.

The diagram illustrates the

proportion

of the total

world

population

in four different countries:

India

, China, the USA, and Japan over a 50-year period starting in 1950 and predicted figures for 2050.

Overall

, the most initial impression from the chart is the statistics for the

proportion

of the

world

population

decreased for all countries except

India

.

Also

,

India

is the only country that has increased the

proportion

of the

world

population

by 2050. In 1950 and 2002, the

proportion

of the

world

population

in China was the lion's share in all of the figures from approximately 23% to 20%.

Similarly

, the USA and Japan

also

have a fluctuating decline of around 2% over the same period, accounting for 5% and 2.5% respectively in 2002.

In contrast

, the opposite could be seen in

India

where the figure increased by approximately 15% to 17% in 2002.

On the other hand

, in 2050, as can be

seen

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that the figure for China and Japan continue to drop around 15% and 2% respectively,

while

the category of USA is likely to remain unchanged, at 5%.

Furthermore

,

India

's percentage of the total

world

population

is projected to continue rising to nearly 19% in 2050.