The graph below gives information about the percentage of the population in four Asian countries living in cities from 1970 to 2020, with prediction for 2030 and 2040. Summarize the information bt selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparison where relevant.

The line chart illustrates data about the proportion of urban settlements in the Philippines,

Malaysia

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, Thailand, and

Indonesia

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between 1970 and 2040.

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, it is clear from the graph that

Malaysia

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and

Indonesia

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show a sharp increase,

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the Philippines and Thailand show a gradual growth. In 1970,

Malaysia

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was in second place at exactly 30%,

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Indonesia

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was in

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place with just above one-tenth.

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, in

Malaysia

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, there was a dramatic rise from 1970 to 2010 and reached a peak at about 70% of population numbers.

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, it reaches approximately third and it is predicted to grow slightly to 80% in 2040.

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shows a constant trend and stayed at just under 30% in 2000, and it continues to go upward and will reach its maximum point at 60% in the year 2040.

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, the Philipines was in first place at the beginning at around 30% and it stayed about the same in the next year,

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it jumped to the point 50% and decreased steadily and reached roughly 40% in the years 1990 and 2010, respectively. It uplifted moderately and is predicted to stay like that to the end of the period and take its peak point at 50%, in 2040. As

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, Thailand

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presented a progressive increase at the beginning and reached about 30% stay at

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level in the next 4 years and it will begin to go up and reach approximately 45%, in 2040.