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 illustrates the percentage of the

population

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in cities of four Asian

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, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia from the

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1970 to 2020,

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for 2030 and 2040.

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, all the countries have seen an upward trend of people living in urban areas. For two nations, Malaysia and Indonesia have shown similar upward trends in

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population

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growth in every decade. They began with 30% and 15%

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approximately which reached 75% and 50% in the

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2020 and projected as 80% and 60% by the

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2040.

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, Thailand has seen a steady increase from nearly 18%

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in urban

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people to 30% in the

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2020.

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, predicting a similar rise reaching up to 45% by the

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2040.

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, the trend was upward and downward. The Philippines began with nearly 30% people in the

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1970 which increased to 50% in 1990.

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, there was a decline in the next 20 years

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reducing the

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to 40% and a small increase of 5% seen till 2020.

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was projected that a steady increase

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be seen to 55% in the

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2040.