The graph below gives information about the percentage of the population in four Asian countries living in cities from 1970 to 2020, with predicitions for 2030 and 2040.

The presented line graph provides comparative information about the number of population living in the cities of five different countries from 1970 to 2040.

Overall

, it can be seen apparently that there was an upward trend in all countries throughout the period.

According to

the graph, Malaysia had 30% of total residents living in an urban area, before it continually increased to around 43%, in 1990, and reached the top at 80% in the next five decades. In the meantime, there was just above 30% of people staying in big areas in the Philippines at the beginning

then

the figure fluctuated from around 32% to 40% 40

years

later,

finally

, it climbed steadily to 50% approximately in the future.

Furthermore

, Thai citizens seemed to depreciate living in the city, which accounted for just below 20% in the first

years

. Afterwards, the figure increased sharply to nearly 30% and remained at

this

level for 30

years

, before being expected to go up to about 48% within twenty

years

.

Lastly

, there was only around 13% of Indonesians staying in the urban areas, in 1970, which eventually significantly rose to 60% in the final.