The chart illustrates how the proportion of population residing in urban areas
across four different Asian nations changed between 1970 and 2020, with
anticipations extending to 2030 and 2040.
Overall, all given countries experienced increases in the urbanization's
percentages from 1970 to 2020 and are projected to rise further until 2040. It is
also noteworthy that Malaysia is predicted to record by far the biggest
proportion of their population living in cities.
In 1970, 32% of the Philippines' population inhabiting in urban areas, leading
the examined countries', followed closely by Malaysia's (30%). Over the next
period of fifty years, Malaysia's urban residency rose dramatically to 75%, after
which it is anticipated to continually grow and hit a peak of 85% by 2040, which
is the highest data in the chart. Meanwhile, the Philippines' municipal population
remained relatively stable in 1980, followed by a steady upward trend of about
15% in 1990 before dropping slowly to approximately 45% in 2010. However, it
soon recovered and is likely to reach 55% at the end of the period.
Moving to Thailand and Indonesia, these two nations had only around 15% of
population living in cities in 1970. Despite equaling Indonesia by 2000 (30%),
Thailand showed a more significant increase towards end. Specifically, there
was a moderate rise of 25% in its urban inhabitants in the next twenty years,
compared to only 2% of Indonesia's. Thailand is also predicted to become the
country with the second highest metropolitan population's percentage (65%),
while the other only will fall to the bottom of the chart with only 45%.
The chart illustrates how the prices of three different metals changed monthly
throughout 2014.
Overall,