**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 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 graph shows the proportion of the total
people
who live in
cities
in
Philippines
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the Philippines
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, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia between 1970 and 2020, with projections for 2030 and 2040. On the one hand, accounted
approximately
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for approximately
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at
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30%, Malaysia was the second
country
who has
urban
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an urban
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population
. The total
population
rose in 2020 at around 75%.
In addition
to that, the
country
predicted
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is predicted
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to have almost 80% of its
people
living in the
cities
.
Conversely
, Indonesia
was
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the least
country
who has
people
living in the
cities
at
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around 10% of its
population
.
However
, recorded roughly at 50%, the
population
had a significant increment in 2020. The number
then
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is then
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projected to
have
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be
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around 60% in 2040.
On the other hand
,
Philippines
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the Philippines
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was the top
country
who has the most
people
living in the
cities
with just above 30% of its total
population
in 1970. After that, the
cities
population
had
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fluctuated and reached its peak
just
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of just
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under 50% in 1990.
However
, the number
then
projected to have
its
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a
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population
increase roughly above 50% in 2040.
Overall
,
total
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the total
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population
in the
cities
among the countries increased over the time period. The projection
also
shown
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shows
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the total
population
progressively grow from 2030 to 2040.
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