The given data presents the percentage of people living in cities of four different Asian countries namely Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia during the year 1970 and 2020, and forecast the possible population for the year 2030 to 2040.
Overall, the number of people living in cities in Malaysia and Indonesia are rapidly increasing, while the population of Thailand and Philippines are falling behind with some slight increment over time but with some fluctuations.
In the year 1970, Indonesia had the lowest percentage of people at around 14%, with Philippines at the top with 31%. Similarly, the population was at 30% for Malaysia and around 19% for Thailand in 1970. The population of Indonesia increased rapidly overtaking Thailand in year 2000 at 30% and Philippines after a decade at 40%, finally reaching 50% in 2020. Whereas the population of Thailand was slowest in growth and was at 30% in 2020. The future trend of both Indonesia and Thailand increased to 60% and 45%, respectively. People in cities of Malaysia increased more than Philippines during first decade but was surpassed again in 1990 at around 45%. Later, the growth of Malaysia overtook Philippines during 1990 and reached highest at around 75% which is predicted to be at 80% in 2040, while Philippines oscillated around 45% and is forecasted to be at 50% in 2040.