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 displays how many inhabitants of four Asian countries stayed in cities between 1970 and 2020 and how those will be in 2030 and 2040.

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, from all of the four countries, the biggest number of inhabitants living in the cities was inhabitants in

Malaysia

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while

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that of

Thailand

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was the least. Meanwhile, the data predicts that more people are going to stay in the metropolis in both 2030 and 2040.

To begin

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with, almost in all of the years given, there was a constant increase in the

proportion

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of

Malaysia

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from exactly 30% in 1970 to approximately 75% in 2020. In comparison,

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at the beginning of the year, the

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of the Philippines experienced a slightly similar number to that of

Malaysia

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at 32%, it

then

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fluctuated in the following years until reached around 42%.

On the other hand

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, the residents of Indonesia which gained the smallest

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at the start of the period at about 14%, kept on rising along the period and achieved nearly above 50%

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in 2020. The

last

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country,

Thailand

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, had a contribution of just under 20% in 1970 before rising constantly to about 30% in 2020. In terms of forecasts for 2030 and 2040, the percentage of

Malaysia

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, Indonesia, Philippines, and

Thailand

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will have growth to around 80%, 60%, 53%, and 45% respectively.

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,

whereas

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all of the country's contributions going up in the future, the greatest increase will be the residents of

Thailand

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by 15%.