The provided linear graph delineates the information about the proportion of people in four distinct countries who were urban dwellers from 1970 to 2020, along with projections for 2030 and 2040.
Overall, it is evident that all four countries describe a strong positive trend in urban population from 1970 to 2020, and this upward trend is expected to continue in the coming years. By 2040, Malaysia is predicted to have the highest urban population percentage, followed by Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand.
Out of the four countries, Malaysia and Indonesia have the most alike features throughout the seventy-year span. During the first twenty years, Malaysia and Indonesia both went through a steady growth, when Malaysia suddenly leaped more than 15 percent from about 45 to over 60 percent. Similarly, a decade later, Indonesia followed and settled itself at approximately fortyfive percent in 2010. Based on the predictions, Malaysia and Indonesia will have constant improvement throughout the remaining time, placing them at first and second rank, respectively.
In comparison to the seamless transitions seen by Malaysia and Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines suffered from various fluctuations in their figures. Both had strong beginnings, but after 1990, the Philippines continued on a gradual decline over the following 20 years, while the latter entered a plateaued stage during its development that lasted until 2020. Fortunately, projections indicate that for the next ten years, from 2030 to 2040, the Philippines’ population will grow at a modest rate and Thailand’s will grow by a staggering twenty percent, placing them third and fourth, respectively.