Academic TASK1
The graph below shows the percentage of population in cities since 1970s with projection to 2030.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
The line chart gives information and prediction about the proportion of population in cities from 1970 to 2030 in four countries.
As is shown in the graph, USA, Korea and China have a substantial growth in urban population during the whole period, while the increase in India is less obvious.
In 1970, the percentage in USA was the highest among the four countries (70%), while the figure in Korea was at 40%. In the following four decades, USA saw/experienced/witnessed an upward trend and it went up to 88% in 2010, remaining the country with the largest figure. However, a sharper increase to 85% took place in Korea, so the gap between them became narrower. The lowest percentage of city dwellers was in China and India, and it remained stable at 20% for the first twenty years. China outnumbered India in 1995, reaching 60% in 2010.
According to the forecast, the existing trend in USA and Korea is predicted to continue, (and it will reach) reaching the same figure at 90%. Likewise/similarly, in China, it is expected to grow up to 65% in 2030. Nevertheless, India is supposed to remain the same figure at 35% from 2012 onwards.