The graph compares four Asian countries, which are Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia, in terms of the percentage of people living in cities between 1970 and 2020, and predicts the possible population in the years 2030 and 2040.
Overall, all the countries showed an upward trend with some fluctuations. At the beginning of the period, Philippines had the highest cities population and Malaysia was just bellow it, while Indonesia had the lowest among the four countries. By time, number of citizens in Malaysia became much higher than the rest, conversely Thailand became the lowest. In Future, it is most probably for all conteries to continue rising steadily.
Looking in the details, In 1970, Malaysia’s population in cities was one-third of its total people, it increased gradually and became 40% which is more than the philippines’ by about 10% in 1980, after that it slowly declined in 1990 being around 35% which is less than the philippines’ by about 2 percentages. However, it showed a sharp growth after that, reaching around 70% in 2020, and it will mostly be 82% by 2040, which is far away from any other countries percentages.
Thailand and Indonesia started with low porportion of there population living in cities, which were 15% and 18% respectively. Indonesia’s rates had a steady increasing, reaching approximately 27% in 2000, when it exceeded the Thailand’s, and then rose even faster, as its cities population made up around 50% in 2020 and it is thought that an extra 10% of its population will move to cities by 2040.