The line graph illustrate population trends in Thailand fro 1960 to 2020.

The line graph compares and contrasts the proportion of residents living in the rural and urban areas in Thailand over the period of 60 years, between 1960 and 2020.

Overall

, more people emigrated from villages to cities during the period. Having looked at the provided chart for more details, it is apparent that the urban population rate has been increasing

while

the one in the rural areas saw the opposite trend. Particularly, in 1960, 20% of inhabitants lived in towns which was a quarter of the population settled down in villages. Two decades later, the city witnessed an increase of 7% in its population,

by contrast

, the countryside experienced a decrease with the same percentage.

Moreover

, in 2010, many farmers moved to urban areas which made the rate of

this

area rise from 27% to 44%.

Consequently

, the countryside's rate in the same year declined from nearly three-fourths to over a half. In 2020, the figure for the city took over the one for the rural and stood at over half which was higher than the percentage of the rural by 4%.