The line graph compares the proportion of the population of 4 different countries in Asia living in cities between 1970 and 2020, with projections to 2040.

The provided graph demonstrates the percentage of the population living in cities from 1970 to 2020 and its projections for 2040 in the Phillippines, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.

Overall

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, Malaysia had the highest value exceeding the 85% rate in 2040, even though originally it was exactly 30%.

In contrast

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, Thailand's figure was the lowest, as it did not reach even 50% throughout the changes. Taking a closer look, it can be clearly seen that each country's number of people in cities grew over the 70-year-long period with Malaysia having the greatest surge and increasing its original value by almost 3 times;

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,

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most of these Asian countries showed steady growth, Phillippines was the only country that was notably fluctuating.

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, Thailand

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showed some kind of fluctuation, but it was not that significant.

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, in 1970, each country did not exceed the 35% rate, but by the end of 2040 all of them demonstrated a unique level of rise, where some took first place, and some took

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place.