The line graph depicts information about the rate at which people reside in cities in four Asian countries, namely: the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia, with additional forecasts for 2030 and 2040.
Overall, it’s evident that Malaysia and Indonesia had the highest number of people living in cities and maintained the increase as was forecast over the given years, while the Philippines and Thailand have the lowest number of population living in big towns and continue to decline throughout the predicted years.
To begin, The percentage of people living in cities in Malaysia continue to rise steadily between 1970 and 2020. In 1970 it was 30%, it then increased to 40% in 1990. Afterward, it reached its peak in 2020 ( 70%) and continued to maintain its growth in 2030 and 2040 (80%), respectively, in the predicted years. In addition, the rate at which people live in Indonesia stood at 12% in 1970; it then increased gradually to 20% in 2000 until it reached 50% in 2020 and maintained the growth till 2030 and 2040 as it was forecast.
Furthermore, The rate at which people live in big towns in the Philippines stood at 30% in 1970; it increased gradually and stood at about 49% in 1990, it then dropped dramatically to 40% in 2000, and it continued to level off till it reaches the predicted years 2030 and 2040, it stood at 40% respectively. Also, in Thailand, the proportion of people living in cities was about 19% in 1970; the growth was at the same level throughout the years except in one of the predicted Years, 2040, it peaked at 35%.