The graph below gives information about the percentage of the population in four Asian countries living in cities from 1970 to 2020, with prediction for 2030 and 2040. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparison where relevant.

The line diagram provides information on the proportions of masses in four major Asian nations throughout a forty-year period

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to a projection of the populations in the years 2030 and 2040. The data contained within the visual representation indicates an expansion of the number of people in Malaysia, Thailand, and

Indonesia

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whereas

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the Philippines underwent some noticeable fluctuations.

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, the growth of Malaysian society increased the most

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and Thailand marked the second and the third respectively. The Philippines,

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, struggled to improve, rising only by about 20% in comparison to its baseline in 1970. As the chart depicts, both Malaysia and

Indonesia

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demonstrated an upward trend and a similar growth pattern. Despite that Malaysia experienced a marginal fall in 1990, standing at around 45%, figures climbed enormously and steadily, surging by nearly twofold and levelling at 80% in 2020.

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, the percentages for

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grew consistently, finishing at less than 50% in 2040.

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, the number of the Thai community improved slightly, growing from less than 20% to almost 30% in only 40 years, a figure that has been maintained in 2030 and 2040. Alternatively, the Philippines witnessed

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volatile, soaring up to 50% in 1990 and losing

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value in 2010 when it reached 40%.

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was proceeded by a slight, improvement by almost 10% every decade.