The rendered live graph illustrate the proportion of the population of four Asian countries residing in urban areas from 1970 to 2020.
Overall, it con be clearly seen that there was an increase in the population of all the given countries residing in urban centres. It is predicted that the urban antres until was 2020 figures of all countries will continue a same pattern in the upcoming years.
Looking into the given details, in the initial year, about 31% population of Phillipinesl year, lived in the urban areas, followed by Malaysia at 30% ; whereas merely 14% population of Indonesia resided in cities during the same time period. Interestingly, after increasing steadily in 1980s, the figure of Philippines’ population living un cities inclined sharply and reached at about 50% in 1990. Contrarily, the percentage of inhabitants dwelling in urban areas of Malaysia increased significantly and stood at about 76% in 2020.
Delving deeper into the details, it is estimated that the proportion of residents in cities of Thailand ,which were only 19% in 1970 will rise considerably to reach at about 48% in 2014. Surprisingly a massive surge can be noticed in the population of urban areas of Malaysia after 2020 which will be raised between 75% and 85%. It is predicted that in 2014 about 60% and 48% of the total population of Philippines and Indonesia will dwell in urban areas