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 illustrates how the percentage of citizens living in

cities

has been changing over time in various parts of the world.

Overall

, there seemed to be a common trend of citizens moving to urban centres over time in all the 5 above-listed countries. In 1950, Africa and Asia had the lowest number of

people

living in

cities

whereas

in North

America

and Oceania, more than half of the

population

was residing in urban areas. Almost half of the Europeans and just below half of Latin Americans/Caribbeans were living in the

cities

. Moving to the year 2007, there was a significant rise in the number of

people

from Africa and Asia who moved to

cities

(more than double). Around one-third of

people

in Europe and Latin

America

/Caribbean shifted to the urban centres.

On the other hand

, a smaller percentage of North American and Oceania residents were added to the

cities

. By 2050,

this

transition seems to follow the same pattern where a majority of

people

will be found in

cities

especially in Europe, Latin

America

/Caribbean, North

AMerica

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America

and Oceania where almost two-thirds of the whole

population

will contribute to the urban

population

. In the other two parts ( Africa and Asia) approximately three-fourths of the total

population

will be moved to the

cities

by 2050.