Band 5+: The graph below gives information about the percentage of the population in four Asian countries living in cities from 1970 to 2020, with predictions for 2030 and 2040

The line graph illustrates the proportion of residents of Asian countries, namely Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia, who lives in cities, between 1970 and 2020, with future estimates for 2030and 2040.

Overall, it can be seen, that despite some fluctuations, all four countries experienced growth in number of citizens and are expected to continue this tendency into the future.

As is apparent from the graph, Malaysia and Indonesia are predicted to witness a gradual increase throughout the whole period, initially accounting for around 30% and 12%, reaching their peaks at approximately 80% and 60% at the end of the period, respectively.

Going further into details, Philippines ranked first in 1970 making up over 30% of the total population and is expected to fluctuate moderately until finally constituting to nearly over 60% in 2040. Thailand, on the other hand, demonstrates a steady rise over the given period of time, nevertheless, is estimated to rank last comprising under 50% in 2040.