The chart below shows the movement of people from rural to urban areas in three countries and predictions for future years.

The chart below shows the movement of people from rural to urban areas in three countries and predictions for future years.
The line graph illustrates how the number of
people
who have moved from rural to urban areas in
Iran
, Indonesia, and Russia has changed since 2000, with
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projections until 2025.
Overall
, all countries have experienced a growth in the number of
people
who have moved to urban areas, and they are predicted to continue growing until 2025.
Furthermore
, by the end of the period,
Iran
will be the leader in the proportion of its
population
that lives in urban areas. At the beginning of the period, at around 15
million
people
, Russia had the largest proportion of residents living in urban zones. Meanwhile, Indonesia had only 10
million
city dwellers, and
Iran
had the lowest urban
population
at approximately 9
million
.
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, the number of urban citizens in Russia first increased dramatically to 70
million
people
until
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2015, and since
then
it has gone up to 80
million
. Meanwhile, the city
population
in
Iran
has grown substantially by 70
million
, and in Indonesia,
this
indicator has grown by only 20
million
, showing the lowest urban
population
.
According to
the predictions,
Iran
’s urban
population
will surpass Russia’s urban
population
at 95 and 85
million
, respectively,
whereas
Indonesia’s urban
population
is predicted to remain stable, showing 30
million
people
by the end of the period.
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