Band 6+: IELTS Academic Writing Task 1: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 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.

This graph showcases the percentage of population in the Asian countries: Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia that are residing in urban areas through years 1970 to 2020, as well as comprising future expectations for 2030 and 2040.

Initially, it’s clear that Malaysia has the highest percentage of popoulation in most of the shown years except for 1990 which is lead by Philippines (nearly 50%). The Malaysian population has rised dramatically from only 30% reaching almost 80% in just 30 years and expected to continue increasing in 2030 and 2040 to reach nearly 90% of population, similar to Indonesia which also faced a huge change from 10% in 1970 to 50% in 2020 with predictions to risng till it reaches 60% n 2040. While Philippines has had less of a shocking change as the city barely increased by 15% over the years. However, in 1990 the city experienced a high increase in the amount of residents as we had discussed. Thailand had competed with Malaysia after similarly increasing slope during 1970 until intersecting in 2020 with exactly 30% of the populaton living in cities.

Overall, The graph suggests that all fur Asian countries’ Urban residnts will continue to rise which indicates industrial developments.