The graph below gives information about the percentage of population in four ASEAN 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.

The line graph illustrates the proportion of people, who lived in cities in the four ASEAN nations from the period of 1970 to 2020 and the future living projections from 2030 to 2024.

Overall

, the number of citizens of four countries will shoot up in a half-century. The citizens of Malaysia will be dominating in 70 years and Thailand will be at the lowest position among all nationals. Indonesia will show some significant growth as compared to other nations in the next seventy years. It is conspicuous that the majority of Malaysian citizens who lived in 1970 nearly 28% with an expansion reaching 40% in 1990 and increasing from 1990 to 2020 touching 70%,

moreover

it is projected to peak at 80% in 2040. For Indonesia, it was 14% in 1970 with a steady shoot up and attained 50% in the year 2020 and forecasted it will strengthen to 60% in 2040. Probing ahead, in Thailand people who lived in cities was 18% in 1970 and soared slightly to 25% in 1990 after some increments it hit 25% in 2020 and it is projected that it will be skyrocketed to 40% in 2040.

Lastly

, the Philippines’ residents were 32% in 1970 and in a period of 40 years it increased to 40% in 2020 and expecting the population will rise to 50% in 2040.