The line graph illustrates the proportion of city dwellers living in four different Asian countries namely Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia over a fifty-year period between 1970 and 2020, with the projections of 2030 and 2040. Overall, the percentage of urban dwellers was highest in Malaysia compared to other countries, while Thailand had by far the lowest rate of people living in major cities.
To specify, there was a gradual fluctuation between just over 30 percent and approximately 45 percent in the rate of Philippines urban people from the beginning of the period to 2020. The data of Malaysians living in metropolitan areas rocketed from 30 percent to around 75 percent, which surpassed the Philippines by about four times the population’s percentage living in cities. Thailand experienced an upward trend in the share of city dwellers by nearly 10 percent between 1970 and 2020. Similarly, the proportion of Indonesians in cities rose dramatically from a little more than 10 percent to 50 percent in 2020.
As can be seen from the line graph, from 2020, Malaysia continued to be the largest urbanized city and reached a peak of roughly 85 percent, which was followed by Indonesia with an increase of approximately 10 percent. The year 2030 witnessed a moderate growth from 45 percent to just under 60 percent in the data of Philippines urban residents. Likewise, a projected figure of people who live in the metropolitan of Thailand climbed to a little under 50 percent by the end of the period.