The table below shows information and prediction regarding the change in percentage of the population aged 65 and above in three countries.

The table below shows information and prediction regarding the change in percentage of the population aged 65 and above in three countries.
The table illustrates the proportion of the population aged 65 or more in
Canada
,
Germany
and the
UK
in 1988 and 2000 with
the
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predictions
in
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2030.
Overall
,
it is clear that
the number of elderly people in percentage increases from year to year in each country.
Canada
and
Germany
have generally
higher
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amount of elderly
population
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than the
UK
. In 1988, 20.45% of Germans were aged 65 or over, compared to 16.32% of Canadians and 14.23% of British. After two years, the proportions of people aged 65 and above in
Canada
,
Germany
and the
UK
rose to 20.67%, 25.32% and 14.89% respectively.
However
,
elderly
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population of the
UK
remained the smallest. Looking into the future, a slight increase of about a mere 5% is predicted for all
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three countries.
Thus
, the
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of elderly people in
Canada
and
Germany
accounted for 26.35% and 30.42% respectively,
while
for the
UK
this
number is just 20.35%.
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