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 reportion the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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graphic illustrates the proportion of the populace living in urban areas in the four Asian nation-states from 1970 to 2020 and

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predicts the future trends in these areas.

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, all these countries have shown a rise in their urban community with a maximum increase seen in Malaysia followed by Indonesia. In 1970, very few people lived in cities with almost one-third of people from Malaysia and the Philippines residing there

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these figures for Thailand and Indonesia were less than one-fifth of the total strength.Malaysian cities had seen a dramatic expansion with the number of individuals living there contributing to just under half of the population in 1990.It soared afterwards and peaked at three-fourths in 2020 and is expected to rise by a

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ten per

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in 2040.

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,the citizens of the Philippines showed a marked fluctuation peaking at fifty per

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in 1990 and afterwards showing a decline of ten per

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only to start rising again gradually with a forecast of just above fifty per

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of the country's total populace in 2040. The Indonesian cities grew at a similar rapid pace as Malaysia's hubs surpassing Thailand in 2000 and the Philippines in 2010.It is expected to continue its upward trend to reach sixty per

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in 2040.The growth of Thailand's metropolitans

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followed a steady upward course and is predicted to reach just 45 per

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in 2040 which will be half of the expected Malaysian urban expansion.