The graph below gives information about the percentage of the population in four asian countries living in cities from 1970-2020, with predictions for 2030 and 2040

The line graph provides details about the

percentage

of the total

population

living in urban cities in four Asian territories. The data compared figures recorded between 1970-2020, with estimates for 2030 and 2040.

Overall

, at the beginning of the study, Indonesia ranked to have the lowest

population

percentage

in 1970 among the other

countries

.

However

, towards the end of the study, in an estimate of the year 2040, it can be noted that the

population

of Indonesia rose up to the second highest

percentage

of the

population

,

while

, Malaysia reached the top

percentage

compared to other Asian

countries

. In detail, in 1970 the Philippines started to have a

population

with an estimate of above 31% and can be noticed to increase slightly to 50% after 10

years

but in the succeeding

years

it can be noticed that it is gradually declining to reach almost 45% in the year 2010

then

it began to growing every decade with an additional 5% roughly reaching 55% in

population

in 2040. The other

countries

: Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia started with a few populations of 30%, 20%, and 15% and they gradually increased their

population

every decade consistently. In conclusion, The trend of the Philippines was observed to have a period of decline in their

population

in some

years

while

the other three

countries

progressively surged their census every 10

years

. Malaysia surpassed the Philippines more than four times as much as documented in the year 2000.