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.

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, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia from 1970 to 2040.

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, all the population living in cities witness an upward trend from all over the period. The figure for Malaysia makes it the highest proportion of urban citizens in the whole timeframe. In 1970, the rate of

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living in cities rose rapidly from 30% to around 70% in 2020.

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, the figure for Thailand and Indonesia jumped from 19% and 15% to around 28% and 49% respectively, which were 42% and 21% lower than the leading data in order. Meanwhile, the proportion of urban

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rose from 31% and reached

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peak

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49% in 1990,

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it decreased slightly to 44% in 2020. For the

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of the period, the percentage of

population

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the population

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in Malaysia’s cities is predicted to reach 80%

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of the period, followed by the figure for Indonesia and

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the Philippines

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which will stand at approximately 60% and 53% respectively. Meanwhile, the data of Thailand will edge up to around 46% in 2040.