The pie charts below give information about world population in 1900 and 2000.
Sample Response
The pie charts illustrate changes in the population of different areas of the world between 1900 and 2000. The major regions are represented as percentages of the total world population. From 1900 to 2000, the percentage of people living in Africa more than doubled from 4%4.5% to 10%, while the share for Latin America and the CaribbeanLatin America’s proportion almost tripled in the same period. On the other hand, the shares of the world's population in Europe and Asiathe percentage of population in Europe and Asia decreased over the last century. Europe’s percentage dropped from 25% to 14%, while Asia's share fellAsia declined from 60% to 54%. North America’s percentage, however,North America’s percentage however, remained constant at 5% in 1900 and 2000. The Middle East and North Africa, a new category in 2000, represented 6% of the world’s populationof world population. Overall, this represents a huge increase in the world populationnumber of humans on the planet, from 1.6 billion to 6 billion in just one century. Most of this population growth has occurred in developing countries.
Why this response received Band 7.5
The response gives a clear, concise account of the main regional shifts and uses comparisons effectively, with Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and North America all addressed. Its main limitation is precision: Africa begins at 4%, not 4.5%, the unchanged Others share is omitted, and the final developing-country claim is broader than the chart labels. Prioritise exact values and a fully visual-based overview.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The main changes and totals are selected effectively, but one starting value is inaccurate and one stable category is omitted.
Report Africa's starting share as 4%, mention that Others remained at 3%, and keep the overview tied directly to the displayed categories.
Coherence and Cohesion
The response follows a clear sequence from rising regions to declining and stable ones, with comparisons easy to follow.
Use a distinct overview paragraph and a separate detail paragraph so the hierarchy of information is clearer.
Lexical Resource
Vocabulary is varied and generally precise, with effective use of proportion, tripled, declined, constant, and represented.
Prefer the more exact phrase share of the world population and avoid broad labels such as developing countries when the chart does not use them.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A good range of complex comparative structures is produced accurately, with only minor punctuation and phrasing lapses.
Set off however with commas and check article and preposition choices in phrases such as the percentage of the population.
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The pie charts below give information about world population in 1900 and 2000.
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