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 chart illustrates the fluctuations in the percentage of citizens in four Southeast Asian countries between 1970 and 2020 and the projections for the following decades.

Overall

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, the proportions of the urban residents in the four countries show a going-up tendency from 1970 to 2040

while

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the percentage of the population living in cities in the Philippines slightly decreased between 1990 and 2010.

Firstly

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, the percentages of people in the urban areas in Malaysia and Indonesia increased from 30% and 13% in 1970 to around 75% and 50% separately in 2020 enabling them to be in the top two places and the proportions are predicted to grow up continuously until 2040. In comparison, the ratio of residents living in cities in the Philippines was 31% in 1970 which was the highest proportion among the four countries and that of citizens in Thailand was about 19% in 1970.

However

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, the number of citizens in the Philippines declined between 1990(49%) and 2010(42%)

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that of people in Thailand was relatively stable during the same period.