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
, Malaysia had the highest value exceeding the 85% rate in 2040, even though originally it was exactly 30%. Linking Words
In contrast
, 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; Linking Words
however
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while
most of these Asian countries showed steady growth, Phillippines was the only country that was notably fluctuating. Linking Words
Nevertheless
, Thailand Linking Words
also
showed some kind of fluctuation, but it was not that significant.
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Additionally
, 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 Linking Words
last
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