The charts below give information on the ages of the populations 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 compare the proportions of Italian and Yemeni citizens in three age groups in 2000 and projections for 2050.

It is clear that

Yemen had

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younger

population

in the year 2000, and the same is predicted for the year 2050. The populations of both countries are predicted to get older over the

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period. In 2000 just over half the Yemeni

population

were under 14, compared to just over 14% of Italians in the same age

group

. Only a very small percentage of people in Yemen were over 60 at 3.6%,

in contrast

to nearly a quarter of the Italian

population

. The largest

group

for Italy was the 15-59-year-olds with just over 60%

while

Yemen had 46.3% of its

population

in

this

category. Yemen’s average age is set to increase with the proportion of over

60s

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increasing by just over 2% and the middle

group

rising by 11%, leaving the youngest

group

with a decrease of nearly 13%. It is envisaged that by 2050 the number of people in Italy over 60 will jump to 42.3%, the percentage of those in the youngest bracket will drop to 11.5% and the share in the middle category will decrease to 46.2%.