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.

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

population

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who are living in the

Philippines

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,

Malaysia

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,

Thailand

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and

Indonesia

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over the past 50

years

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as well as

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the predictions for the future 20

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.

Overall

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,

it is clear that

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the

population

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in

Malaysia

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,

Thailand

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and

Indonesia

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, except the

Philippines

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, is in fluctuating trend. It is

also

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noticeable that the

Philippines

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is the highest

population

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in 1970,

while

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Malaysia

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will become the highest

at the end

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

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come from

Malaysia

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,

whereas

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

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,

Malaysia

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's

population

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

Philippines

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, it is essentially unchanged in the first 10

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but dramatically rises to 47% in the following 10

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, which surpasses

Malaysia

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.

In contrast

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, both the

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of

Thailand

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and

Indonesia

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

Indonesia

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

Indonesia

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

Thailand

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and the

Philippines

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in 2000 and 2010, respectively.

Moreover

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, 20

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later,

Malaysia

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

Malaysia

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and

Indonesia

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, at around 60% and 52% respectively

as well as

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Thailand

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will be the

last

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one, which is only half of the total

population

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.