The charts below give information on the ages of the population of Yemen and Italy in 2000 and projections for 2050. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie charts show the

population

of

people

living in Yemen and Italy based on their

ages

in 2000, including its projection for 2050.

Overall

,

people

under 60 made up more than half of the

population

during the period,

while

significant changes are projected to occur in the number of elderly

people

in Italy. Looking first at Yemenis in 2000, more than half of them were

people

under 14 followed by a group of

people

from 15 to 59

years

accounted for 46.3% and the elderly

people

(more than 60

years

) were the fewest

population

(3.6%). Meanwhile, in Italy in the same year,

people

between the

ages

of 15 and 59

years

made up most of the

population

accounting for almost two-thirds (61.6%), almost a quarter of them were

people

above 60 and

people

under 14 made up only 14.3% of the total share. Turning to the projections in 2050, in Yemen, the

population

of

people

under 14 is expected to decrease to 37%,

while

people

ages

15-59

years

are predicted to make the most of the

population

. The elderly

people

in Yemen are forecast to increase by 2.1% to 5.7%. Moving to Italy's projections, the number of

people

above 60 almost doubled,

while

the

population

of

people

under 14 experienced a slight decrease to 11.5%. Interestingly,

people

with productive

ages

are projected to see a decrease to 46.2%.