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.

The bar graph illustrates the proportion of the citizens of the Phillippines, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia staying in

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between 1970 to 2020 with a forecast from 2030 to 2040.

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, it can be seen from the diagram, that the

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of Malaysia is higher as compared to other nations,

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Indonesia was lower but its

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jumped to the second highest in the final year. Thailand and the Phillippines have displayed fluctuations for 70 years. It is conspicuous that the highest

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living in

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was slightly more than 30% which remained constant for the next ten years and

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it abruptly rose to nearly 50% before it fell to 40% in 2010, it displays a slight increment and reached to more than 40% in 2020.

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, it assumed the

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will touch in the next 20 years at 50% .

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, in the case of Malaysia, the residents were in

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30% in 1970 and expanded to nearly 45% in 1990, which experienced continuous growth till 2024 and hit 80%. Probing ahead, the lowest

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who lived in

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of Indonesia was close to 12% in 1970 and it kept rising to nearly 26% in 2000 after that, the

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increased to 40% in 2020 and it is forecasted that it will attain 60% in 2040.

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, the number of people who lived in Thailand’s

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was 18% in 1970 and it was gently augmented to 30% in 1990 before it was constant to 25% in 2020 and it will attain 40% in 2040.