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. Write at least 150 words.

The chart shows the four Asian nations' proportion of urban population between 1970 and 2040.

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it is clear that

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all the countries will have been increasing for a 70-year period in the year

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2040.

Malaysia

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is the place that has gained the most citizens in the

last

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50

years

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. In the next 20

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, researchers predict that the cities in

Malaysia

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will be ascending and it will still be the highest one in the report. Looking at the graph more closely, one can see that at the beginning of

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research, the Philippines' performance was a little higher than

Malaysia

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's, but in the end, the number is about 55%. The increase in

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land is the least. Thailand grows slowly, and the percentage of cities there is relatively lower than others. Indonesia's pattern is almost the same as

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's. Both of them will have

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approximately 50% in these 70

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. The Philippines was the one which decreased in the

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1990 to 2010.