The graph illustrates how populated the urban areas of four Asian countries were, including the predicted population for a decade, from 2030 to 2040.
Overall, Malaysia and Indonesia have had the most urban citizens from 2010 to 2020, with Malaysia leading the chart, having reached 80% of the whole population living in the cities. According to the forecasted years, these two nations will remain leading countries in 2040, with a steady percentage rise throughout the decades.
Malaysia has witnessed a steady increase from only 30% of the citizens living in the metropolitans in 1970, then to 60% in 2000, followed by over three-quarters living in the cities by 2020. However, the second leading country, Indonesia, started with only around 15% in 1970, and then dramatically increased by 20%, from 2000 to 2010. Then, it steadily increased, having reached over two-fifths in 2020. The city population of the Philippines has been fluctuating through the 1980s and 2000s, with the forecasted period proportion rising steadily and reaching half of the population. Next, Thailand has been steadfast with a quarter of the population living in the cities, expected to hit its peak at 40% by 2040.
Apart from fluctuations, the four countries had the exact proportions living in the cities at some points. For instance, Indonesia had scored near the same number as Thailand and the Philippines, at 20% in 2000 and 35% in 2010, respectively. Also, Malaysia scored slightly lower than the Philippines in the 1990s at 45%.