**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 below describes details about the proportion of people living in cities from the total population in four Southeast Asian countries between 1970 to 2020, alongside the speculations for 2030 and 2040.

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, all of the countries demonstrated an obvious rise in the percentage, with the notable exception of the Philippines, which showed a moderate degree of fluctuations relative to the other countries.

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the starting point was different, both Malaysia and Indonesia’s urban population percentages rose in a significant manner, with the net increase from 1970 to the predictions in 2040 of around 50% and 45%, respectively.

On the contrary

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, the Philippines experienced a decent amount of fluctuation, from just over 30% in 1970 and 1980, rising close to 50% in the following year, which

then

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continued relatively steady to the endpoint of slightly above 50% in the 2040 prediction. Thailand experienced a relatively gradual upward trend in the

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of people living in cities from the beginning of the trend and

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towards the 2040 prediction, with three decades-long plateau in between.