The provided line chart delineates the comparison about the proportion of the citizens living in urban of four different countries in Aisian: Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia between 1970 and 2020, and the projection for 2030 and 2040.
Overall, there has been increasing trend of citizens proportion who lived in cities in Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia over the past fifty years from 1970 to 2020. The projection of residents in 2030 and 2040 also depicts same trend like in the past.
In early 1970, Philippines has the highest number of resident with over 30% of total population among other countries. There was increasing steadily in 1980 and 1990, but in the next of 20 year was declining into peak 40%. In the future, Philippines’s residents who living in urban is predicted will increase become over 50% of total population, with this projection, Malaysia would placed in third positions compare to other Asian countries.
In contrast with Philippines, Indonesia at the beginning of 1970 has the lowest population living in cities compare with other countries. In the past 50 years, Indonesia’s population who lived in urban dramaticlly increased become over 40% of total population. For the projection, in the future of 2030 and 2024, Inondiensia become the second countries with the highest proportion of residents living in Urban.