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 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 illustrates the number of people who live in the city by percentage between 1970 and 2020 and forecasts the future
trend
for the next twenty years.
Overall
, it can be seen that all
countries
observed an upward
trend
throughout the period. It was noticeable that the
Philippines
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Philippine's
Philippines'
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total population rate scaled up far from the other three
countries
.
According to
the graph, Malaysia and Indonesia, there was a similar
trend
in the two
countries
, which increased dramatically in the period, when the former started from 30% in 1970 to 80% which is the first rank in 2040. The latter is the smallest of the four
countries
, which rose four times in terms of city population from 15% in 1970 to 60% in 2040.
Furthermore
, the percentage of Thailand grew steadily to approximately 30% in 2003,
however
between 1990 and 2020 the
trend
had almost no change and
then
has
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a significant increase to 50% in 2040. The Philippines ranked at the top at 31% in 1970, after fluctuation in four decades reaching 55% in 2040.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • graph
  • percentage
  • population
  • cities
  • Asian countries
  • 1970
  • 2020
  • predictions
  • 2030
  • 2040
  • estimations
  • urban
  • increasing
  • steadily
  • Japan
  • China
  • rise
  • urbanization
  • South Korea
  • India
  • upward trend
  • slow pace
  • surpass
  • resided
  • projected
  • moderate increase
  • significant surge
  • exceed
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