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 line graph given compares how the proportion of city dwellers in four Asian countries varied across 8 different time periods, from 1970 to 2040.

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, if we take the 4 countries in combination, it is evident that Malaysia has the highest number of people living in urban areas,

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Thailand appears to have the lowest. During 1970, Malaysia had exactly 30% of the

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settling in cities;

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, it underwent a significant boost and rose to roughly 80% in 2020.

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the predictions,

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number will continue to increase, reaching nearly 90% in 2040.

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,

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Thailand started higher than Indonesia with almost 20% of the total

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living in cities, it elevated at a slow rate and only increased by 10% in 2020, equivalent to approximately 30%.

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, it is predicted to

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, with half of the

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living in urban areas in 2040. The remaining countries, namely the Philippines and Indonesia,

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had the tendency to

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in terms of urban

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. As far as the Philippines is concerned, though its proportion of city dwellers decreased in some periods, it still managed to

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about 25%. Regarding Indonesia, its city

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elevated stably throughout the years, from more than 10% in 1970 to 50% in 2020 and will continue to

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to 60% in 2040.