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 compares four Asian

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in terms of their proportion of

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in urban areas from 1970 to 2040. It is clear from the graph that the percentage of urban

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increases over the 7 decades from 1970 in each country. Malaysia has the highest urban

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rate among all

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. In 1970, 31% of the Phillippines

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lived in cities, narrowly followed by

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30% of the Malaysians. The percentage of

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population

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was around 19% in Thailand, and the respective figure for Indonesia was 12%. By the year 2020, the proportion of Malaysians and Indonesians who lived in urban areas

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risen steadily to just over 70% and 50% respectively, becoming the first and second largest urbanised

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.

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saw its metropolitan

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from about 50% in 1990 to 40% in 2010. Between 2030 and 2040, people living in cities are going to increase in all four

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, with

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fastest growth rate being expected in Thailand.