**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 given line chart compares data about the proportion of inhabitants of 4 various Asian countries who lived in the cities between 1970 and 2020
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and will live in urban areas in 2030 and 2040.
Overall
, it was important that the number of people who chose metropolises for living increased;
moreover
, they predict that these trends will climb.
According to
the diagram, at the start, the Philipines and Malaysia roughly hit the same percentage at 30;
then
the Philipines jumped and reached the vertex at nearly 50% in 1990 after that, it reduced to 40% in 2010 and touched the same fraction as Indonesia;
thereafter
, it improved to 45% in 2020;
then
it will be increasing slightly to 55% in 2040.
However
, Malaysia leapt enormously to 75% in 2020;
thereafter
, it will go up moderately to 85% in 2040. The graph demonstrates that Thailand, the third one, scored just under 20 in the beginning;
then
it rose marginally to 30 in 2020 after that, it will grow somewhat to 50%. The
last
country was Indonesia, recording roughly 5% in 1970;
thereafter
, its fashion went up and touched the same portion as Thailand in 2000 at approximately 30%;
then
it climbed significantly to 50% in 2020;
then
it will leap to 60% in 2040.
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