对象（the figure for, the amount of, the quantity of ,the number of, the percentage of, the proportion of ) +动词（increase/decrease等）+程度adv+变化幅度（by,to,from to)+时间范围(during/over the period from ...to...;in the following xx years; in the early /late period between ... and ...)
The number of M-city population surged considerably to 15 million during the period from 2000 to 2010
