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.

The line graph illustrates how the percentage of people who live in cities in four

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of Asia has grown from 1970 to 2040. The initial impression is that every four

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have experienced upward trends and Malaysia has had the highest proportion of

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living in cities. It is clearly seen from the chart that the percentage of total

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in all

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saw an increase between 1970 and 1990. There were notable rises in the rate of people in Malaysia and the Philippines of about 15 % in the same period. Thailand and Indonesia,

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, witnessed slight growths of almost 16 % during the same years. After that from 1990 until 2010, the fraction of citizens decreased steadily to nearly 40% in the Philippines,

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in Thailand the rate of

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remained roughly unchanged at around 30 %.

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, the proportion of people experienced sharp rises in Malaysia and Indonesia of 25 % between 1990 and 2010.

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the figure, gradual increases were seen in the percentage of

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of less than 5 % in four

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from 2010 to 2020. It is predicted that the rate of citizens in the three

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will climb slowly by under 5 % in 2030 and 2040. In Thailand,

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, the fraction city

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is going to go up by approximately 15 %.