The line graph illustrates the data in total population percentage lives in cities of four different countries in Asia – Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia, between 1970 to 2020 and forecast for 2030 to 2040.
Overall, all the four countries have experienced significant increase in the city area population percentage from 1970 to 2020, except in Philippine from 1990 to 2010. Although, according to the prediction for 2023 to 2040, all of the four nations show a gradually rising trends.
Malaysians, Indonesians, and Thais were more likely to live in town area, therefore, they have depicted an increasing percentage of total lived population over five decades.
Even though, from 1970, Thailand showed a raising trend in first two decades, then indicated gradually decrease in trend by 10% until 2010. But, it has predicted that percentage of population will start to rise by 10% from 2030 to 2040.
Forecasting data for the year of 2030 to 2040 shows that Malaysia will experience the highest percentage of population who willing to live in cities and the likeliness decrease from Indonesia, Philippine and Thailand.