The line graph illustrates a comparative chart of the ratio of people living in the urban area of Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia from the year 1970 to 2020, with an assumption for the years 2030 and 2040.
Overall, the chart shows the growing trend of the population in the given four countries, even seen in the extended years. Despite the continuous growth, two countries faced fluctuation in the middle and then again took the increasing trend and went up-to-predicted times; however, the remaining two countries exhibited only a gradual inclination of population in the whole study.
In the beginning of the year 1970, the percentage of population living in urban areas in Malaysia and Indonesia was 30% and below 15%, respectively. With passing years of 5 decades, the ratio increased steadily and reached around 75% and 50% in 2020, respectively. That increasing trend was continued in the extended period as well, making them above 80% and 69%, respectively.
Regarding the remaining two countries, the urban population percentage of Thailand was below 20% and that of Philippines was below 30% at the beginning of 1970. The increase in population continued till 1990, making them around 30% and 50%, respectively, and then the population of Thailand fell down little by little for the consecutive three years until 2020 making just below 30%. A similar pattern was seen in Malaysia too, but it dropped for two years only, exhibiting the population ratio above 40%. After these years, both countries started increasing their populations to above 40% and above 50%, respectively in 2040 considering the predicted periods.