The charts below show the growth in the population in some of the world’s largest cities over three time periods. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The presented bar chart compares data about the rate of growth of the community per million at 4 various metropolises across the world namely, Tokyo, New York, Shanghai, Bambay, and Jakarta from 1970 to 2010.

Overall

, it was important that the trends of all big cities climbed over the period of 40 years.

According to

the diagram, in the beginning, Tokyo's citizens, the capital city of Japan had the highest population among other urban areas at all times, hitting nearly 16 ;

then

it rose significantly to nearly 27 in 2010. New York, the second city in 1970, increased slightly from approximately 14 in 1970 to 17 in 2010 and reached the

last

level in 2010. Shanghai scored almost 12 in 1970;

thereafter

, it jumped sharply to just over 20 in 2010. The graph demonstrates that the number of Bombay inhabitants leapt overwhelmingly owing to the fact that at the start, it reported 5 and in 2010, it recorded approximately the same figure at Tokyo. Jakarta touched nearly 2 in 1970 after that it grew considerably to roughly 19 in 2010.