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The bar chart below gives information about the percentage of the population living in urban areas in different parts of the world.

The bar chart below gives information about the percentage of the population living in urban areas in different parts of the world.
The given bar graph gives data on the number of
people
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 living in urban
areas
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in
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on
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 different continents of the
world
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. The data are given for three different years, i.e. 1950, 2007 and projected for the year 2030. As is presented from the given data,
initially
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 in 1950, on
an
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average 29%
people
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 of
the
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in the
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world
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 lived in the urban area.
In
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this
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 year, the highest
percentage
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 of the
population
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lived
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living
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 in urban
areas
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were
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 in North America which was 64%. In Africa and Asia, these percentages were
lowest
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the lowest
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 (15 and 17
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percentage
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 respectively). Half of the Europeans lived in urban
areas
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while
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this
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percentage
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 was 42% in Latin America. After 57 years in 2007, the
percentage
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 of urban area
population
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 reached
to
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49% in the
world
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. North America again had the highest
percentage
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 of the
population
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 who lived in urban
areas
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. The lowest
percentage
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 was in Africa (37%) and in other continents, the percentages were around 40 to 70. The
percentage
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 of the
population
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lived
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living
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 in urban
areas
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 increased significantly in 2007 compared to the percentages
of
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in
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 1950. It is projected that 60% of the
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world
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world's
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population
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 would live in urban
areas
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 in the year 2030.
This
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percentage
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 would be more than 80 in both of the American continents. In Europe,
this
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 would increase to 78 and both in Asia and Africa around half of their
population
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 would live in urban
areas
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. In summary, the
percentage
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 of
people
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lived
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 in urban
areas
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 increased over time and more and more
people
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 would be living in urban
areas
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 over time.

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Common mistake: Your writing should be 150-250 words.
Vocabulary: Replace the words people, areas, world, percentage, population with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "give" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "data" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 12 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
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