ESS Tutorial 11

The Proportion of the World's Population Living in Urban and Rural Area in 1990 and the Forecast for 2025

Pie Chart 1990 World's Population
rural developing world 52%; rural developed world 6%; urban developing world 25%; urban developed world 17%
Pie Chart 2025 World's Population
rural developing world 13%; rural developed world 37%; urban developing world 46%; urban developed world 4%

The pie charts show the proportion of the world's population in urban and rural area in 1990 and the forecast for 2025.

More than half which was a significant 52% of the world's population live in rural developing area in 1990 followed by urban developing area, urban developed area and rural developed area with 25%, 17%, and 6% respectively. In 2025, 46% and 37% of the world's population will be reciting at urban developing and rural developed area respectively. The others will be living at rural developing and urban developed area with 13% and 4% respectively.

The rural developed area in 2025 was forecasted to be populated by more than 50% the population in 1990. The world most populated area, the rural developing area in 1990 was forecasted to experience drastic population decline to 13% in 2025. The population living at urban developing area in 2025 was predicted to increase to almost double the population in 1990. The urban developed area was predicted to be populated by only 4% of the world's population in 2025 compared to 17% in 1990.

The improvement in the health system in the rural developing countries may be the reason of them becoming rurul developed world as shown by the drastic movement. The lack of inflow of immigrants to the rural developing countries may be the main reason for the dramatic slump. The urban developing area may be dominating the world's production, hence, the increase in population. The urban developed countries such as countries from the U.S. and the Europes, may lost their scientific and technical supremacy for the benefit of developing countries. In urban developed countries, population are projected to decline as fertility levels are expected to remain low.

(* Correction: As wordings are limited, and this part is just contain 2%, Ms Christina suggested us to write only one or two reasons or prediction generally.)

From the information above, the world's population living in urban area has an overall increase in 2025 as the result of the development of rural area.