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

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, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia between 1970 and 2020, with the forecasted population in 2030 and 2040.

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, it can clearly be seen that all cities were experiencing a gradual increase over the years and are predicted to reach their peak by 2040. Looking at two countries

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the highest population

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at the beginning,

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and Malaysia stood approximately at the same point of 30%. In the following 3 decades, both were increasing steadily and converged twice at around 48% just before and after 1990. From that point onwards, Malaysia

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significantly by about 20%,

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showed a slight fall by around 5% between 1990 and 2019, before rising steadily by 10% until the final year. As for Indonesia, it stood at around 15% in 1970, which is slightly lower than Thailand at about 17%. In the following years, both steadily rose by roughly 15% and converged in 2000 at about 25%. Since

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and Thailand were growing considerably by approximately 35% and around 18% respectively in the forecasted year of 2040.

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its immense growth, Indonesia is predicted to have the second-highest urban dwellers, despite

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being ranked the lowest.