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 line graph shows and predicts the proportion of

people

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living in four different countries in Asia over a 60-year period.

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it is clear that

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all the countries's

people

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choose to live in cities in

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period.

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, there were several fluctuations before 2010,

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all four experienced a gradual increase after that year. Looking at the diagram more closely, one can see that the percentage of

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living in Indoesia's cities was the highest in 1970, which was around 32%, followed by Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia, three of these were 30%, 18% and 14% respectively.

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, after 30 years, Malaysia overtook Indonesia

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and became

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the country which had the highest rate of

people

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living in cities, and

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remained steady growth . In the next 20 years, Malaysia is expected to hit a peak at about 80%, which is the highest proportion ever seen before, and other countries will

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rise continuously in the future.