The graph below gives information about the percentage of the population in four Asian countries living in cities from 1970 to 2020 with predictions for 2030 and 2040. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph below gives information about the percentage of the population in four Asian countries living in cities from 1970 to 2020 with predictions for 2030 and 2040. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
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The graph provides information about the ratio of the
population
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in (the
Philippines
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, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia) within 3 decades ( from 1970 to 2020) ,
in addition
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to predictions years 2030 and 2040. On one hand, the
percentage
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of the
Philippines
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population
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living in
cities
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in 1970 and 1980 was over 30% of the total
population
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,
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it significantly increased to 50% in 1990. In 2000 and 2010, the
percentage
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of people living in the
cities
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in the
Philippines
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declined to 40%. In Malaysia, the
population
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percentage
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was 30% in 1970, more than 40% in 1980 but slightly decreased in 1990,
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it increased to 60% in 2000, and it reached nearly 75% in 2020,
However
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, it reached 70% in 2010. In Thailand, the
percentage
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was nearly 18% in 1970 ,
whereas
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dramatically increased to 30% in 1990 and remained nearly constant till 2020.
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, in Indonesia, the
percentage
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of people living in
cities
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was 15% in 1970, developed to 25% in 1990 and it continued to increase till it reached 50% in 2020.
On the other hand
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, the predictions graph for the
Philippines
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states that the
population
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of the
cities
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is going to be 50% in 2030 and slightly increase in 2040.
While
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it is going to significantly increase to 80% of the
population
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living in
cities
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in Malaysia in 2030 and 85% in 2040. Regarding Thailand, the graph predicts that the
population
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in the
cities
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is going to be 40% in 2030 and nearly 47% in 2040.
However
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, the
population
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percentage
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of Indonesia is going to be nearly 60% in 2030 and slightly develop in 2040.
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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "however, while".
Common mistake: Your writing should be 150-250 words.
Vocabulary: Replace the words population, philippines, percentage, cities with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "information" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: The word "graph" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 6 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 6 times.
Vocabulary: The word "reached" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "nearly" was used 5 times.
Vocabulary: The word "significantly" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "slightly" was used 3 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • graph
  • percentage
  • population
  • cities
  • Asian countries
  • 1970
  • 2020
  • predictions
  • 2030
  • 2040
  • estimations
  • urban
  • increasing
  • steadily
  • Japan
  • China
  • rise
  • urbanization
  • South Korea
  • India
  • upward trend
  • slow pace
  • surpass
  • resided
  • projected
  • moderate increase
  • significant surge
  • exceed
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