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TASK 1

The diagrams show total global population between 1900 and 2000, and its proportions according to region.

Global population from 1900 to 2000

 

Task Plan:

• Paraphrase paragraph: (make one sentence for each type of show>give information about/illustrate; global>world; proportion>percentage
• diagram):
• Overview/summary: (1) line graph – world population increased rapidly after 1970 (2) pie charts – the region with the highest proportion was Asia
• Paragraph 3: report figures and trends for world population (line graph)
• Paragraph 4: report figures and changes for the two largest regions (Asia and Europe)
• Paragraph 5: contrast figures and trends for the other regions.

Answer:

The line graph gives information about total world population from 1900 to 2000. The pie charts illustrate the percentage of the world population in this period in terms of regions.

Overall, it is clear that global population rose dramatically after 1970. The region with the highest proportion of people in the world was Asia.

From 1.6 billion in 1900, the world population fluctuated until 1950. It then increased significantly, reaching 3 billion in 1980 and doubling to 6 billion by 2000.

According to the pie charts, 60% of global population lived in Asia in 1900, although this fell to 54% at the end of the period. The proportion of global population also fell in Europe (including Russia) from 25% in 1900 to 14% in 2000.

By contrast, in Africa the proportion of world population over the period more than doubled to reach 10%. There was a similar increase in Latin America, from 3% in 1900 to 8% in 2000. The proportion of global population in North America and ‘Others’ remained constant at 5% and 3%, respectively. Finally, a new region is shown in the chart for 2000, the Middle East with 6% of world population.