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The below give information on the ages of the populations of Yemen and Italy in 2000 and projections for 2050.

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The pie chart is a comparison of the
population
 of an Asia county
Yemen
 and a European country Italy. Both countries' populations in the year 2000 and it forecasted for the year 2050. In 2000, half of
Yemen
's
population
 are young
people
 , and in Italy, one-quarter of her
population
 are youth. The old
people
 are the least in number in both
Yemen
 and Italy. By 2050, there will be lesser children in Italy than in
Yemen
, while, the elderly will be higher in Italy than in
Yemen
.
To begin
 with, in the year 2000,
Yemen
 had 46.3% of children, 3.6 are adults 50.1 % are old
people
 above 60 years. Comparing these to Italy at the same period, 24.1% are toddlers below 14, 14.3% are adults, and 61.5% are adolescents and adults of productive age. Hitherto, the forecast shows that
Yemen
 will have a growing
population
 of young
people
 between 0 to 59years and a paltry old
population
 of 5.7%. Meanwhile, the percentage of old
people
 will increase from 24.1% to 42.3% during the period under review.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • age demographics
  • age structure
  • population distribution
  • youthful population
  • ageing population
  • life expectancy
  • birth rate
  • demographic shift
  • population projection
  • median age
  • dependents
  • working-age population
  • elderly dependents
  • geriatric
  • fertility rate
  • migration
  • demographic trends
  • baby boomers
  • demographic dividend
  • population pyramid
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