The graph below shows the percentage of the population in 4 Asian countries living in cities from 1970 and 2020, with predictions for 2030 and 2040.

The line graph compares the proportion of the urban

population

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in four different countries between 1970 and 2020,

along with

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projections for 2030 and 2040.

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it is clear that

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an upward trend can be observed in all four countries.

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, Malaysia is expected to have the highest percentage of people living in cities throughout the period. First of all, looking at the graph in more detail, in Malaysia, only 30% of the

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lived in cities in 1970.

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, it surpassed the

Philippines

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in around 1997, when the

Philippines

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had previously had the highest urban

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percentage. Malaysia’s figure is projected to rise to a peak of 80% by 2040. In the same year, Indonesia is forecast to rank

second,

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at around 62%,

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it started at just 15% in 1970. The year 2010 marks the point when Indonesia overtook the

Philippines

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, which had a relatively stagnant growth rate. By 2040, the

Philippines

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is predicted to have the third-highest urban

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, approximately 50%.

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, Thailand began at 19% and is predicted to reach 45% by 2040.