The graph below gives information about the percentage of the populationin 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. Write at least 150 words.

The line graph illustrates the trend of the proportion of the total

population

who are living in the

Philippines

,

Malaysia

,

Thailand

and

Indonesia

over the past 50

years

as well as

the predictions for the future 20

years

.

Overall

,

it is clear that

the

population

in

Malaysia

,

Thailand

and

Indonesia

, except the

Philippines

, is in fluctuating trend. It is

also

noticeable that the

Philippines

is the highest

population

in 1970,

while

Malaysia

will become the highest

at the end

of the predicted period. In 1970, around 30% of the total

population

come from

Malaysia

,

whereas

the Philipines is slightly higher than it, at roughly 31%. After 20

years

,

Malaysia

's

population

rises rocketed by around 15 percentage points, to around 45%. Compare to the

Philippines

, it is essentially unchanged in the first 10

years

but dramatically rises to 47% in the following 10

years

, which surpasses

Malaysia

.

In contrast

, both the

population

of

Thailand

and

Indonesia

are lower than 20% of the total in 1970, and

Indonesia

is fewer amounts of people, at around 13%. The figure for

Indonesia

has a significant increase through the period, and passes the proportion of

Thailand

and the

Philippines

in 2000 and 2010, respectively.

Moreover

, 20

years

later,

Malaysia

will rise to account for the highest proportion to 80% of the total, followed by

Malaysia

and

Indonesia

, at around 60% and 52% respectively

as well as

Thailand

will be the

last

one, which is only half of the total

population

.